Essi Avellan | Deep lemon color. Evolving nose, with blown wheat, hay, and meadow notes over an apple and toffee base. A slight lift to the nose. Really powerful and vinous on the palate. A little heavy- handed overall, with a woody presence. | 88

Simon Field | A golden hue, and an attractive nose, which marries red fruit, spice, and gentle oak; plush and lifted, posset and meringue, red fruit and a flinty linear subtext, which pays homage to the great villages to the south of Epernay. Nuanced and subtle. Today there is a resinous subtext; tomorrow it will probably sing more, fruit and autolytic development poised in an almost preternatural tension. | 91

Anthony Rose | Pale golden-hued bubbles here, and the fine, alluring, aromatic light toastiness suggests Chardonnay, confirmed on the palate by a delightfully full-flavored toffee-apple richness, supported by a bright, chalky acidity and serious vinosity in almost white-Burgundy mode, beautifully balanced with an elegant, dry finish. | 95