Geoffroy Terre Extra Brut Millesime, Champagne, France 2009 Nosiola and lemon zest

and lemon zest

Sweet berries and cherries on the nose with sweet tobacco

ripe sour cherries

Really a huge amount that uncurls slowly in the glass

Geoffroy Terre Extra Brut Millesime, Champagne, France 2009 Nosiola and lemon zestThe complex nose lets aromas of red and blackcurrant and cherry burst out, mixed with a delicate and sensual oakiness and underpinned by vanilla, cinnamon and pear. Attractive scents of citrus (lemon, mandarin), peach and roasted apricot close this superb olfactory experience. The attack on the palate is pure and of rare density, punctuated by a savoury minerality. It is then the turn of the Chardonnay to reveal its palette of buttery brioche and