Grand Vintage 2014 Grand CruOn the palate, the purity, illuminated by the minerality of the chalk, lifts the veil on a delicious fullness, the culmination of 6 years of maturation on bottle slats, with patient autolysis of the yeasts from the mousse, before riddling and disgorging. Country Region: France, Champagne, Avize Grape Variety: 100% Chardonnay Grand Cru Dosage: 7g per litre Bottle Size: 750ml Ratings: Robert Parker 94 Best serve at 8 10C. The Grand Vintage is an

the 2015 Smith Haut Lafitte has a totally dazzling nose of exotic spices--star anise

The limestone soils contribute precise mineral definition

crushed blackberries and black forest cake notes giving way to hints of menthol

The 2014 Pavillon Rouge is bottled in July 2016

162th Hospices De Beaune Wine Auction on the 21st November 2022

Certainly this has lost the corpulence that it showed in barrel

revealing the depth expected of this prestigious terroir

The nose offers inviting aromas of ripe dark berries and black cherries

Rating: WS 90

white almond and peach

Stylish in soft matte black leather on the outside

it is compellingly earthy/minerally in the mouth with a frame of seductively silky yet very firm tannins and culminating in a very long