Features flavors of pink grapefruit sorbet, mandarin orange peel, pastry cream and pickled ginger that are creamy and finely knit on a satiny mousse. This has accents of chalk, anise and elderflower that linger on the fresh finish. Disgorged December 2022. Drink now through 2030. 95 cases imported.

The 2016 Champagne Millésime Carte d'Or Brut is 60% Pinot Noir and the remainder Chardonnay. It offers fresh aromas of mango, yellow flowers, bread dough, and pilsner, and the palate is dry and focused on a mineral soft stony texture. I enjoyed this as a savory and food-friendly wine. Drink over the next 10-15 years.

The 2016 Brut Millésime Carte d'Or is a very pretty, focused Champagne. The blend is 60% Pinot Noir and 40% Chardonnay, yet the Chardonnay really dominates in both its flavor profile and airy, rather lifted feel. White flowers, mint, crushed rocks, lemon peel and a whole range of mineral inflections build into the chiseled, beautifully persistent finish. Superb. Disgorged: December, 2021.