(Henri Billiot Brut) ($78.00) The ’04 is the best wine I’ve tasted from that uneven vintage, and in any vintage this would be great Champagne. Disgorged 1/10, it’s entirely more silky and buoyant; in fact as gauzy a vintage wine as I recall from here; really safrané and polenta and sweet straw. By the way, it’s not that there’s more PN in this, as some have supposed; it’s from older vineyards and the PN is stronger. The blend is very similar to that of the N.V.
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By Brad Baker
(Henri Billiot Millésime) Login and sign up and see review text.May 2013, Issue #16, Champagne Tasting Notes