Champagne Perrier-Jouët Blanc de Blancs BRUT NV100% Chardonnay Classic style with reductive Chardonnay, delicate nose of charcoaled orange and lemon peel. Carob, nougat and greengage on the palate with a lifted freshness of lime macaron and white pepper. 89, Tom Hewson, Alan Bednarski, Shane Jones, Decanter.

High Petit Verdot in this blend because using the 2% that normally goes into the first wine but is kept out in 2022

with each harvested up to eight times

juicy acidity is balanced by fine but chalky tannins and a flint undertone giving the minerality and tension

and black currant pastilles scents

This is an early-drinking Corton Blanc

Dark earth

although only the youngest vines suffered blockages

citrusy aromas

with scope and imagination that doesn't want to let you go

broad-shouldered and muscular

Aromas of sweet cherries and berries mingled with hints of cedar box

while bright and present acidity provides the kind of lift that makes the wine seem almost featherweight