Bright silver/straw-colored and coming from 50-year-old vines, the NV Champagne 1er Cru Selection Brut is made from 70% Pinot Noir and the rest Chardonnay, with 60% from the 2020 vintage and reserve wine from 2019 and 2018. The nose takes on more salinity but remains fresh, with notes of delicate flint, wet stones, honeydew melon, and raspberries. Medium-bodied, juicy, and inviting, with lovely purity and freshness through the palate, it has a pillowy mousse, a lovely, rounded texture, and some very pleasing pastry notes. It is quite appealing now and should continue to offer a wide window of enjoyment over the coming 8-10 years. 6 grams per liter dosage.

A blend of 70% Pinot Noir from Mareuil-sur-Aÿ and 30% Chardonnay from the communes of Bisseuil and Mareuil-sur-Aÿ, the NV Brut Premier Cru Sélection offers up aromas of pear, white peach, spring flowers and lemon oil mingled with delicate notes of pastry. Medium to full-bodied, with good depth at the core, it's round and vinous, with a delicate, fresh mid-palate that leads to a long, crystalline and pure finish. - YC

Very pale gold with fine, quickly dissipating bubbles, the Sélection Vielles Vignes 1er Cru NV is a 70% Pinot Noir and 30% Chardonnay based on the 2020 vintage. Fermented in stainless steel and finished Brut with a six gram per liter dosage, it opens to delicate and precise aromas of red currant, lemon sorbet, white grapefruit and a touch of honey that are pristine and fresh. The light-bodied palate is joyful with an exuberant acid line swirling around nashi pear and little lemon zest freshness, then finishing with an attractive bitter note.

Mouthwatering, with a refined, lacy mousse, this is well-spiced and fragrant. A subtle skein of ground anise, clove and cardamom winds through flavors of baked cassis, chopped hazelnut, lime blossoms and pastry. Tightly meshed, with sleek elegance and fine tension throughout. Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Disgorged February 2024. Drink now. - AN