Soft

An outstanding vintage champagne, which spent its early years maturing in the limestone cellars dug deep beneath the Deutz estate, before bursting onto the scene like a champagne supernova, scooping top honours in Decanter Magazine’s Vintage Champagne panel tasting.

Powerful and rich, savoury and full with long length and generous appeal. A big step up from the Cuvée Spéciale and knocks spots off many Grande Marques Champagnes.

Attractive citrus, vanilla, pear, roasted nut and subtle honey aromas signal a fine Champagne experience is about to unfold. The elegant lightly creamed mousse coats the palate with soft lemon, brioche and fine nutty characters evolving through to a captivating finish of gala apple and freshly baked bread. A very fine bead sustains the long complex finish, unfurling further complexity with every sip.

A constant, slender, stream of thousands of tiny bubbles. On the bouquet it delivers not only notes of raspberry, strawberry, blueberry and vanilla, but also nuances of lilac and violet, which confer delicacy and freshness. This freshness is also found on the palate; with those prevailing aromas of red fruits there is a hint of pink grapefruit on the finish.