The rating for 2012 Agrapart Fils Mineral Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut Grand Cru Champagne is 95 points from Robert Parker and the tasting note - Disgorged in April 2019 with three grams per liter dosage, the 2012 Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Extra Brut Minéral is showing brilliantly, bursting from the glass with aromas of ripe citrus fruit, warm bread, green apples and crushed chalk. On the palate, it's medium to full-bodied, chiseled and incisive, with a tensile, chalky core that displays considerable concentration and structuring dry extract, as well as a racy spine of acidity. This comes warmly recommended. Serious and softly spoken, Pascal Agrapart is one of the Côte de Blancs's finest vignerons, and I have long admired the chiseled but powerful wines he produces from his organically farmed vineyards. Old vines, ripe grapes, alcoholic and malolactic fermentation with ambient microflora and élevage of vins clairs in tank and seasoned demi-muids are the rudiments of his approach. The Brut 7 Crus, which includes 10% Pinot Noir from Avenay-val-d'Or, introduces the range, followed by the formidable Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs Terroirs Grand Cru, a wine derived from the villages of Avize, Cramant, Oger and Oiry. For his next two bottlings, Agrapart blends wines from clay-rich terroirs to produce his Blanc de Blancs Avizoise, a cuvée that finds its complement in the Blanc de Blancs Minéral, derived from the domaine's chalkiest soils. Then come single-vineyard bottlings - the extraordinary Vénus, from Avize lieu-dit La Fosse, and Complantée, from a parcel of young, co-planted vines in the same site.