Wafting from the glass with scents of Anjou pear, crisp yellow apple, freshly baked bread, clear honey, iodine and fresh mint, it’s full-bodied, ample and pillowy, with a layered, concentrated and effortlessly balanced core of fruit, uniting precision and sensuality to compelling effect. Girdled by racy acids and animated by a delicate pinpoint mousse, it concludes with a long, penetrating finish. Does it get much better than this?

• Style: Champagne
• Varietals: Pinot Noir / Chardonnay
• Region: Champagne, France
• Vintage: 2013
• ABV: 12.5%
• Size: 750ml