A saline edge of fleur de sel accents flavors of pastry, red currant, almond and citrus in this fresh, focused rose, which is firm, yet offers a creamy mousse, with an underlying streak of minerality. Though labeled as non-vintage, this is wholly from 2006. Disgorged February 2011. Drink now through 2018
Scents of ginger and chalk hold this wine to a long, narrow frame. The flavors are precise and floral, yielding scents of cherry blossoms and supple apple notes
This is becoming very fine, and watch out; it's entirely different from its old apples-and-butter form, more oystery and chalky and ginger and talc, with the apple-butter thing skulking in the mid-palate. It's racy, on the tensile side. I'd be a lot happier with three more grams of rs, but you won't agree if you prefer a vigorously dry Champagne.