This 100% Viognier exerts luminous energy and vigor with intense floral waves. Spring flowers are dusted with vanilla and honey, while the perfume permeates the air. Fresh, with a mineral wash on the finish.

Dense plum, and tobacco adhere to suede tannins. Earth and herbs unite with a lightly paint-brushed charcoal. Polished, with a slight tannic tension.

Dried roses, cherry skins, and a dusting of cranberry cocoa slides across the palate. Distinctively high-toned, its vivid character startles with a lilt of sweet tobacco and white pepper.

Offers a lush, sunny, generous profile that’s utterly delicious. Oily in feel, with a broad palate filled out with layers of sun tea, honeycomb, juicy orchard fruit and persimmon. Decadent notes of buttery biscuit grace the finish, where bitter mineral and a blast of alpine herbs bring freshness. Smoky, briny and savory. Drink now through 2039

The 2018 Cristal is a blend of 57% Pinot Noir and 43% Chardonnay with 7 grams per liter of dosage. No malolactic was performed and 28% of the base wines were vinified in French oak. Still very youthful, it emerges slowly from the glass with delicate scents of crunchy yellow apples and juicy pears, giving way to an undercurrent of honeysuckle, chalk dust, and white pepper with a hint of allspice. The palate has impressive orchard fruit richness accented by subtle nuances of floral notes and baking spices, and offset by a crisp backbone and very fine, persistent bubbles, finishing long and chalky. Although 2018 was a riper vintage, Chef de Cave Jean-Baptiste Lécaillon has been very clever with harvest dates and winemaking, maintaining freshness and vivacity while capturing the opulence of the year. The result is magnificent.