Essi Avellan | Deep golden color. Really mature nose, with tertiary aromas ruling. Plenty of fruit still on the bold nose, which jumps out at you. Big acidity on the winey, concentrated palate. Really wine rather than champagne. Time to drink up. | 89

Simon Field | Lively, almost luminous gold; small, well-behaved bubbles join in briefly; the nose descants fin-de-siècle indulgence, with intimations of excess... We shall see. The palate, for all that, is less powerfully inhibitive, with the citric fruit allowed more expression, albeit wrapped in an all-enveloping bed of lemon curd and quince; a slightly pinched style. | 90

Anthony Rose | Deepish golden hue, more so than most, suggesting perhaps an element of barrel- fermentation, confirmed on the nose, with a smoky, massively rich, sweet digestive biscuit and buttery maturity; and this rich, golden-buttered toast flavor carries through to the palate, which is relatively evolved and full of toasty maturity in an almost traditional Meursault-with-bubbles style, underpinned by a lovely, natural, balancing acidity; absolutely gorgeous if you love that goût anglais style, but it may not appeal to everybody. | 95