France

Champagne

Medium

Natural Cork

White

This was the inaugural vintage of Noble Cuvée, and even today it’s evident how this wine created an archetype for future releases, encasing a vivid and vibrant core of Pinot flavour in a sleek, elegant structure of grand cru Chardonnay. It’s smoky and tense, its waxy, almondy flavours feeling evolved and expressive without being anywhere near decline, and in fact it appears notably lively for a Champagne of this age. This bottle was disgorged in February of 1989, and it makes a strong case for early disgorgement and long post-disgorgement ageing, demonstrating an uncommon harmony, complexity and completeness. A great ’79, and a great Noble.

Chardonnay

Lanson, Noble Cuvée Blanc de Blancs, Champagne, Champagne, France, 1979

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This was the inaugural vintage of Noble Cuvée, and even today it’s evident how this wine created an archetype for future release

Lanson, Noble Cuvée Blanc de Blancs Brut, Champagne, France 1979

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