Winemaker Notes
Deep gold, dark and rich, with a delicate mousse and persistent perfume of honeyed green apples with hints of lemon, white peach and toasted nuts. The palate is fruit driven, with red apples, poached pears and bright red berry fruit. It displays subtle flavors of peach and developed toasty notes of freshly baked bread, roasted nuts and apple pie before a long, elegant and rounded finish.
Blend: 40% Chardonnay, 33% Pinot Meunier, 27% Pinot Noir.
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
Hints of green apple and lemon zest parade themselves with sprightly ease, assisted by the still frothy foam that's dancing and dazzling, bright and spiky one moment, creamy and mellow the next. A lovely, lively and nonetheless elegant sparkler of purity and freshness.
Representing the topmost expression of a Champagne house, a vintage Champagne is one made from the produce of a single, superior harvest year. Vintage Champagnes account for a mere 5% of total Champagne production and are produced about three times in a decade. Champagne is typically made as a blend of multiple years in order to preserve the house style; these will have non-vintage, or simply, NV on the label. The term, "vintage," as it applies to all wine, simply means a single harvest year.
The limestone soils of England’s southern end have proven ideal for the production of British sparkling wine. While it might seem too damp and cold for grape growing in England, recent warm summers and the onset of global warming signify great future growth for the British wine industry.