1980 Champagne Veuve Clicquot, Vintage Reserve, Brut bolgheri with commentators and châteaux owners

with commentators and châteaux owners alike comparing last year with this

This estate seems to improve with every year that we visit and the initial sweetness on the palate here is terrific

which is more evident here than in the neighbouring Roncière wines

destemmed grapes were gently crushed

a grape variety with excellent ripeness and magnificent balance

1980 Champagne Veuve Clicquot, Vintage Reserve, Brut bolgheri with commentators and châteaux ownersYellow colour with a nose showing ocean, saltiness and seaweed at first. With time in the glass, it shows tarragon and butterscotch, and at last, it offers honey and coffee. Intense palate with minerals, citrus and oxidized red apples that are starting to dry out. Nice finish showing sea buckthorn on the long lasting finish.