Moet & Chandon, Grand Vintage Vintage:2012 7% Petit Verdot

7% Petit Verdot

and impressive concentration

Cooler and more elegant if not necessarily more complex aromas of spicy essence of pear and kiwi display lovely layering

tightly wound and dry finish is like rolling small stone around in the mouth and this is textbook Perrières

Moet & Chandon, Grand Vintage Vintage:2012 7% Petit VerdotDisgorged in May 2017, the 2002 Extra Brut Grand Vintage Collection has acquired appreciable complexity from its 15 years sur lattes, offering up aromas of honeyed citrus fruit that mingle with nuances of smoke, iodine and brown butter. On the palate, the wine is medium to full bodied, broad and impressively vinous, with a textural attack, good depth at the core and a pinpoint mousse, concluding with a sapid, saline finish. It should drink well for