Winemaker Notes
This a perfectly clear sparkler with cool pit fruit and fine notes of brioche on the nose. With fresh acidity, a firm palate and a creamy, piquant finish, this is an exceptional bubbly.
Best paired with salmon with horseradish as well as beef tartar with capers and all salty dishes.
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
In this elegant bubbly, well-knit, mouthwatering acidity enlivens ripe fruit flavors of white raspberry, ginger biscuit, lemon zest and chalky minerality. It offers a round, delicate finish, with a lively, lingering thread of exotic spice.
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.
This sunny and relatively dry region served for many years as a German tourist mecca and was associated with low cost, cheerful wines. But since the 1980s, it has gained a reputation as one of Germany’s more innovative regions, which has led to increased international demand.