Moet & Chandon, Grand Vintage

Moet & Chandon, Grand VintageDisgorged in May 2017, the 2002 Extra Brut Grand Vintage Collection has acquired appreciable complexity from its 15 years sur lattes, offering up aromas of honeyed citrus fruit that mingle with nuances of smoke, iodine and brown butter. On the palate, the wine is medium to full bodied, broad and impressively vinous, with a textural attack, good depth at the core and a pinpoint mousse, concluding with a sapid, saline finish. It should drink well for

It has a deep

this was initially badly reduced

but it is already beginning to unwind

It's showing very well

cool and elegant nose offers up wispy notes of red currant and pomegranate along with hints of lavender

There is notably better mid-palate density to the medium-bodied and mineral-driven flavors that display focused power on the bone-dry

orange peel and minerals

on the youthfully austere and mildly awkward finish as there is just enough dryness to mention

Given the greatest of the estate's other wines

Showing great intensity and elegance on the medium-bodied frame

En la Perrière Noblot

After fermentation