Essi Avellan: Medium-deep peach-hued color. Pungent floral nose, with some hay notes. Less so on the palate. Firm and structured but with a drying, dusty finish. Austere 14

Simon Field: Expressive nose of brioche, sour honey, and tobacco. The palate is far from subtle, with a grippy fruit profile dominated by lateseason apples and plum skins; quite stentorian in scope, a little bullying in its demeanor. An archetypical blanc de noirs, in other words.. 16.5

Tom Stevenson: A touch of light straw on the nose but fresh, with easy-drinking yet quite fine fruit on the palate 16.5