Accolades:
Guide Hachette 2003 - 2 Étoiles
Vinalies d’Argent aux Vinalies Internationales 1999
Hors Série Revue du Vin de France Nov 2003
Wine Description
The Story
Blend: 100% Chardonnay from old vines from the best crus in Epernay
Production: 3.000 magnums
Vintage 1996
Up to this point 1996 has been considered a fantastic vintage which produced classic wines; the best since 1990. A long, dry summer produced grapes of record ripeness with record acidity. Some, including myself, question how the 1996s are aging. The wines are generally characterized by a distinctive rather lemony acidity and very good attack, but some wines now seem terribly austere, while others already seem dangerously short of fruit. None o...
