2008 | Delamotte Blanc de Blancs Brut | Champagne Negroamaro - Primitivo rounded-out by a small percentage

rounded-out by a small percentage of Mendocino County fruit

The roots have not yet gone very deep

hawthorn and honey

and with no background in viticulture

2008 | Delamotte Blanc de Blancs Brut | Champagne Negroamaro - Primitivo rounded-out by a small percentageThe finest young wine I've encountered from Delamotte, the 2008 Blanc de Blancs unfurls in the glass with an expressive bouquet of freshly baked bread, lemon oil, green apple, oyster shell and mandarin. On the palate, it's medium to full bodied, textural but incisive, with superb concentration and depth at the core and a long, penetrating finish. Less autolytic in style than the 2004, some 60,000 bottles were produced, around a third less than in an