Drappier Carte d'Or Brut NV (750ML)

91 WS / 91 BH

91pts: Granny Smith apple, toasted almond, currant and whole-grain toast flavors are fresh and well-meshed, structured by bright acidity and a lively bead. Offers a creamy finish, with hints of smoke and honeycomb. Drink now through 2018. 900 cases made. - Alison Napjus, The Wine Spectator

Note: 75% pinot noir, 15% chardonnay, 10% pinot meunier, , 7 g/L 

Tasting note: Pretty notes of toasted bread, yeast, orange peel and white peach introduce rich, full-bodied and borderline creamy flavors that are shaped by a relatively soft effervescence before terminating in an agreeably dry, clean and focused finale. This is drier than the 7 g/l would usually suggest but I underscore that it stops short of austerity. Lovely stuff fashioned in a "drink me now" style. Allen Meadows - Burghound