Saturday, December 16, 2023 - 93% Chard, 7% PN still wine with 40% reserve wines.
Dust, toffee, vanilla, cinnamon/tonka bean, ripe red apples, ripe pear and star anise, roasted pecans on the nose. A little oxidative, and it smells like there is some age on it. Intensity of aromas is medium +. It tastes a bit younger, showing flavors of ripe cranberries, ripe blueberries (crazy flavor for something with that much Chardonnay), steel, autolytic yeast and wet stone. Intensity of flavors is medium +. I like both the palate and the nose on this and it's amazing how different they are from each other.
Medium body with medium + acid and a medium - mousse. Delicious and enjoyable. With this, you get "the best of both worlds" between young and aged Champagne.