2010 Nyetimber Classic Cuvee
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From magnum. Dried apples, chamomile and jasmine, white chocolate and there's open-knit yeastiness too. This is still so remarkably vibrant, testament to the quality of the fruit and the quality of the winemaking. Who knows how much longer this will age? But it's going strong now, for sure. (RH)
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Jancis Robinson MW
Jancis Robinson MW
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55% Pinot Noir, 36% Chardonnay, 9% Meunier. Malolactic conversion takes place and the wine was bottled on 16 June 2011. RS 10.5 g/l, TA 7.3 g/l, pH 3.11. Total SO 2 63 mg/l, free SO 2 2 mg/l. This was a very good wine in bottle. Very nice, refreshing counterpoint to the magnum of much heavier Boizel champagne. (JR)
The 2010 Classic Cuvée, disgorged in May 2015, has a crisp, focused, quite steely bouquet of fresh Granny Smith apples mixed with wet limestone and nettle notes; a touch of dandelion emerges with time. Certainly this has more complexity than the 2006 and 2007, which did not go through malolactic. The palate is taut and fresh on the entry with a fine bead of acidity, fresh and saline, with a touch of ginger toward the phenolic finish. This has a Blanc de Noirs character due to the higher percentage of Pinot Noir, though Brad Greatrix told me that it was apparently not as expressive that year.
51% Pinot Noir, 36% Chardonnay, 13% Pinot Meunier. Apple and cinnamon spice, white fruit, plenty of lifted yeasty aroma on the palate. Dry, fine-grained texture to the palate. (RH)