Based in Celles-sur-Ource in the Seine Valley on the Côte des Bar, this producer's nonvintage wine is ripe despite its dry extra brut dosage. With the unusual proportion of 25% Pinot Blanc in the blend, the wine offers up a lovely and complex bouquet of apple, pear, limestone minerality, warm bread, white flowers and a lovely topnote of lime zest. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied, zesty and complex, with a good core of fruit, a fine foundation of Kimmeridgian limestone, elegant mousse and a long, well balanced and vibrant finish. This is really very tasty now and will only get better with a bit of bottle age.