A bright straw/yellow hue, the 2017 Champagne Grand Cru Blanc De Blancs Mineral Extra Brut is entirely Chardonnay and is initially forward in the glass with aromatic notes of yeasty, fresh bread dough, delicate toast, dark wet stones, yellow flowers, pineapple, and pear. Medium-bodied, it offers a lively mousse, with an expansive feel that takes on some warmth, and a lovely salty, mineral touch that adds a fantastic spice to the relatively broad structure of this cuvée in this warmer vintage. As it opens in the glass, it takes on a good deal of focus and shines with notes of lemon confit all the way through. The wine’s powerful backbone and structure suggest this can age slowly over the coming 10-15 years. Disgorged May 2023. - Audrey Frick

The 2017 Extra-Brut Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Minéral has turned out nicely, exhibiting notes of orange zest, Meyer lemon, white flowers and hazelnuts, followed by a medium to full-bodied, satiny and seamless palate that's layered, vinous and elegantly mineral, exhibiting a charming profile that will make this vintage approachable young. - William Kelley

The 2017 Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs Minéral Grand Cru is gorgeous. It offers a beguiling mix of lemon confit, marzipan, spice and graphite, melding together notable textural richness and vibrancy. This is an especially open-knit edition of the Minéral. That's not a bad thing at all. There's an exotic quality to the 2017 that is perhaps not characteristic but makes this quite enjoyable. -- Antonio Galloni