Essi Avellan: Deep bright lemon color. Mild, soft, seductive, coffee, caramel, and pastry-shop nose. It has a caressing, inviting tone to it. Fresh, sweet, fruitdriven palate. Fleshy and zesty, full of exuberant, ripe fruit. Lively, lemony palate and sweet fruity finish. No signs of tiring. 18.5

Simon Field: Impressive bright color, youthful gold, and then very strong and persistent mousse. The palate does not disappoint; it’s lively, energetic, and fizzy, and yet has powerful, truffley, almost gamey notes in deference to its age. Young and old meet and agree to go the same way; upward, paradigmatically, onward, inevitably. 19

Tom Stevenson: Light to medium lemon color, with gentle toasty aromas seducing on the nose and beautifully elegant fruit on the palate. 19 (28 months post disgorgement, tasted 2014; 12%; 10g/l dosage; 30mg/l total SO2)