The Californication of Champagne

“…Chardonnay-dominant, pure and refined.”

The Californication of Champagne

“…full-bodied and capable of aging gracefully, as a recent tasting of vintages back to 1987 showed.”

Stateside: What Linda’s been drinking this month

“One new tête de cuvée … rivals anything from Champagne – it’s amazingly elegant and refined, showing some mature flavours along with some bright, crisp berry and citrus fruit.”

Best of Year Issue

“Compared to the winery’s ’99 Reserve, with which it was co-released, this bubbly is slightly sweeter, softer and smoother. It’s a fancy wine, drinkable now with crab cakes or smoked salmon or on its own, of course. Chardonnay-based, the wine possesses a light elegance and very great finesse. But it should age well over the next ten years.”

Best of Year Issue

“For starters, this is a very fine wine, architecturally clean, bone dry and strong in acids. It’s too young to fully enjoy now, though, all raw elbows and yeast. If you don’t mind that edgy sharpness, try it as an aperitif, but it will benefit from five years or longer in the cellar.”