Hello again, nothing much to add to recent note, this really is a terrific champagne

Robust and zesty with delicious pineapple and pear notes, with a slight mineral edge. A big wine no doubt, but lean and sinewy with no excess fat. For me, the gentle crispness is just about right in terms of acidity level.

I am rapidly running out of this delicious LLC from an unheralded (=reasonably priced) vintage. Not as rich and inky as some recent vintages, it is a classic old-school combination of mature wood and mineral aromas, velvety fruit and fine rounded tannins. Most enjoyable drinking

Decanted for 2 hours. This is one of those wines that does everything right. Pungent perfumed nose, rich dark berry flavors, plush mouthfeel, rounded tannins, faultless performance. I particularly liked the sweet hints of incense bobbing up occasionally amidst the stony, smoky endless waves of dark fruit. Just when you start to think this wine is already very enjoyable, the ever-present (though hardly obtrusive) tannins remind you that you've just popped the cork on a juvenile. For those of you friends out there who have a few bottles of this and want to try one for yourself by all means do so, but the majority of your bottles should be left for the 2030's when it will be stupendous. I've decided that if HK is underwater by then, I'll live on a little boat with a small stash of this wine safely stowed below deck...