Henri Giraud, Fut de Chene MV13 Grand Cru Brut Size:6x750ml cool and restrained nose offers

cool and restrained nose offers an appealingly spicy array of red currant

so I don't like those

(from Les Petits Charrons

drink it now for all that floral perfume

heavy aspect of white Graves is in the ascendant

Henri Giraud, Fut de Chene MV13 Grand Cru Brut Size:6x750ml cool and restrained nose offersDisgorged in November 2017, the finest Champagne that I have ever tasted from Giraud is the NV Brut Grand Cru A Ft de Chne MV13, a blend of 70% Pinot Noir and 30% Chardonnay that's based on the 2013 vintage, supplemented by fully 40% older wine from a perpetual reserve. Wafting from the glass with a rich bouquet of buttered yellow orchard fruits, brioche, dried white flowers, peach, orange rind and smoke, complemented by some delicate oxidative top