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Pascal Doquet Cœur de Terroir Le Mesnil-sur-Oger Grand Cru 2006
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By Daniel Min · Tasted 2020-06-20 · Published 2026-09-30 · Updated 2026-09-30
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4.5/5 — higher than Vivino's 4.4 average · world avg price US$128 · An organic grower champagne from Le Mesnil-sur-Oger.
Wine-Searcher aggregate of 6 critic reviews: 93. Vivino lists one critic score of 93 from 2018 (publication not named).
Market note: World average US$128 / 750ml (Wine-Searcher, ex-tax, Sep 2026). On the same basis the house's non-vintage grand cru 'Diapason' is US$85 (91), the premier cru 'Arpège' US$65 (90) and the single-vineyard 'Champ d'Alouettes' US$182 (92). On Vivino, all six vintages with 30+ ratings (1995–2009) score 4.3–4.5.
Father's note — Daniel Min
Original author of the notes“메닐 쉬르 오제 지역 중에서 뛰어난 RM 으로 이름난 파스칼 도께. 그랑크뤼 답게 06빈티지의 뛰어난 꼬숩은 퍼포먼스와 떼루아의 미네랄 특성을 잘 보여준다. 가성비 참 뛰어난 샴.”
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“toast brioche butter minerals caramel apricot oak stone ginger 메닐 쉬르 오제 지역 중에서 뛰어난 RM 으로 이름난 파스칼 도께~ 그랑크뤼 답게 06빈의 뛰어난 꼬숩은^^ 퍼포먼스와 떼루아의 미네랄 특성을 잘 보여준다. 가성비 참 뛰어난 샴.”
What I learned today: you can drink champagne with your ears first.
Thursday. When I came in after switching on the sign, Master Seo had a tall flute standing on the counter. He half-filled it from a cloth-wrapped bottle and said that tonight the ears come before the nose. Lean close to the glass and stay still, he said. When the bar went quiet, I heard a very small sound. Bubbles rising and bursting. Thin, and never stopping.
Only then did I bring my nose to it. Toast, brioche, butter. Under them, wet stone. When I held a sip, the acidity stood up straight, and at the end a little caramel and ginger stayed behind. And my whole mouth tasted nutty and toasty — the word that came to me first wasn't the proper one but the dialect one, kkosupda. That word opened an early-summer kitchen.
Twenty-one, a Saturday evening in June. The first hot day of the year. The kitchen window was wide open, and Dad took a cloth-wrapped bottle straight from the fridge and poured two glasses. I took a sip and said without thinking: kkosupda. Dad laughed out loud. What kind of wine word is that, he said. Then he filled my glass once more. I don't know the name of the bottle.
I opened the notebook to that date. The first line is this bottle. A house famous as an excellent RM in Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, he wrote. True to grand cru, it shows the year's "excellent kkosupeun performance" and the minerality of the terroir. A champagne of truly great value. Four and a half stars. The bottle was Pascal Doquet Cœur de Terroir Le Mesnil-sur-Oger. I stuck on the wine-name Post-it. The notebook says kkosupeun. That isn't how Dad talked. It's what I said that day. He probably laughed and wrote my word down just as it was.
I asked Master Seo what RM means. The answer was short.
After closing, I wrote the name on the twenty-third page of the new notebook. At the bottom of the aroma column I wrote kkosupda. What I learned today: you can drink champagne with your ears first. And sometimes Dad's notebook holds my words.
What this wine is
Le Mesnil-sur-Oger is a grand cru village in Champagne's Côte des Blancs. Chardonnay grows on chalk here, and several famous blanc de blancs come from the village. Pascal Doquet's family began making wine in the village in the 1930s, with his maternal grandfather. From 1982 the bottles carried the name 'Doquet-Jeanmaire', and Pascal took over the running of it in 1995.
The turning point came in 2003. When his parents retired, the vineyards were divided among the siblings, and that same year Pascal set up a house under his own name. Today he tends about 8 hectares across Le Mesnil, Vertus and Bergères, with vines 37 to 77 years old (according to the British merchant Justerini & Brooks).
The farming is organic. Fermentation uses only wild yeasts; filtration before bottling is light and there is no fining. About a third of production is aged in used oak barrels. He reportedly never picks below 10.5 degrees of potential alcohol — quite ripe by Champagne standards. 'Cœur de Terroir' (heart of the terroir) is the house's vintage cuvée from a single village and a single year.
What the world says
The six critic reviews gathered on Wine-Searcher aggregate to 93. Vivino also lists a 93 from 2018.
On Vivino this vintage averages 4.4 from 144 ratings, and the label as a whole 4.4 from 563. There are 102 fours and 32 fives — nearly everyone sits at the top end. All six vintages with 30+ ratings score 4.3–4.5. The suggested drinking window is 2008–2026.
The aroma keywords run brioche, toast and almond (45 mentions), minerals, honey and ginger (39), apple, green apple and pear (32), butter and caramel (20), and lemon and citrus (19). Structure: acidity 4.4/5, fizziness 4.2, intensity 4.1. One reviewer rated the 2006 the best of the 2005, 2006 and 2008, pointing to its creamy texture and chalky minerality.
"So vibrant, so lively with succulent fruit core." — Vivino review, Apr 2019, 4.5
How I drank it
June 20, 2020, 4.5 stars. I wrote down toast, brioche, butter, minerals, caramel, apricot, oak, stone and ginger.
A house famous as one of the best RMs in Le Mesnil-sur-Oger. True to grand cru, it showed the nutty maturity of the 2006 vintage well, and the minerality of the terroir was clear. Above all, it was a champagne of excellent value.
The same day I gave Nuala Sauvignon Blanc 2019 a 4, and the first sangria I'd ever tried a 3. I've also given 4.5 to Delamotte Brut 'Le Mesnil-sur-Oger' from the same village. My 4.5 is almost exactly Vivino's 4.4. A rare bottle where the community and I looked at the same thing.
Vivino community data
2006 vintage rating distribution (144 ratings, average 4.4)
| 5★ | 32 (22%) | |
| 4★ | 102 (71%) | |
| 3★ | 9 (6%) | |
| 2★ | 0 (0%) | |
| 1★ | 1 (1%) |
Most-mentioned aromas
| Family | Mentions | Top keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Yeast & toast | 45 | brioche 23 · toast 13 · almond 3 · nutty 3 · biscuit 2 |
| Earth & leather | 39 | minerals 16 · honey 13 · ginger 4 · stone 2 · flint 1 |
| Tree fruit | 32 | apple 17 · green apple 5 · pear 3 · apricot 2 · yellow apple 2 |
| Oak | 20 | butter 9 · caramel 4 · oak 4 · chocolate 2 · milk chocolate 1 |
| Citrus | 19 | citrus 7 · lemon 7 · grapefruit 1 · lemon peel 1 · lime 1 |
Structure: Acidity 4.4/5 · Intensity 4.1/5 · Fizziness 4.2/5
Average by vintage (all vintages: 563 ratings, average 4.4)
| Vintage | Average | Ratings |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 4.5 | 31 |
| 2004 | 4.4 | 38 |
| 2005 | 4.4 | 99 |
| 2006 | 4.4 | 144 |
| 2008 | 4.4 | 120 |
| 2009 | 4.3 | 50 |
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What kind of wine is Pascal Doquet Cœur de Terroir Le Mesnil 2006?
A vintage blanc de blancs made solely from Chardonnay in the grand cru village of Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, from an organic grower (RM). The 2006 scores 4.4 on Vivino (144 ratings), with a Wine-Searcher critic aggregate of 93, at 12% alcohol.
How much does it cost?
Wine-Searcher's world average is US$128 per 750ml (ex-tax, Sep 2026). The 2006 is listed at one overseas retailer (Hong Kong) for US$102.33 (tax incl.).
What food goes with it?
The Vivino community suggests pork, shellfish, rich fish such as salmon, and mild soft cheese. Its nutty maturity also suits rich dishes like butter-fried white fish or Korean savoury pancakes.
What does RM mean?
Récoltant-Manipulant: a grower who makes champagne from grapes picked in their own vineyards. It appears in small print at the bottom of the label. Large houses that buy in grapes are marked NM (négociant-manipulant).
Links & sources
View on Vivino · Prices on Wine-Searcher
- Vivino — wine page and community data
- Justerini & Brooks — Pascal Doquet
- Wine-Searcher — 2006 Pascal Doquet Grand Cru Le Mesnil-sur-Oger
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