Friday 5 September 2014

Veuve Fourny & Fils 'R' Extra-Brut. Champagne, France

90%Chardonnay, 10% Pinot Noir. The base wine is fermented in small oak barrels. Quite an intriguing richness on the nose at first with butter and creme fraiche turning to bitter almond, dried apple and even a touch of curry powder-like spice. There's a keen, pithy acidity that keeps it all together on the palate, with quite a powerful, continuous delivery of fragrant stone fruit flavour on the finish too. Not short on flavour for the price, this.

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