Salon - Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne Le Mesnil 1999 (1.5L) Boberg

Salon - Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne Le Mesnil 1999 (1.5L) BobergCritical Acclaim 96 points Wine & Spirit As it turns 15, this wine still has youthful notes of chamomile and meadow flowers. Its flavor intensity, a force of nature pitting those vibrant, sunny floral notes against a resonant limestone earth tone, is something that could only have been achieved through all those years in bottle. While the mousse is persistent and as fine as a mist, the flavors are vinous, suggesting you serve this wine as you would a

Length of aging before bottling: 7 months

This wine needs at least three years cellaring before it can open up its complexity

Deep in color with a very classy nose for a Savigny

round and pleasant tannins

were sewn to further enrich the soils at the beginning of springtime and autumn

strawberry rhubarb crumble

lead to opulent flavors of ripe apricot

Notes of tar and graphite follow with hints of dried herbs and tobacco

The cool year sets the tone in the nose with austere aromas of fresh plum

(Tasted: July 31

sweet toasted oak and earthy

A vintage that promises very good promises