Delamotte, Blanc de Blancs Vintage Vintage:2007 The refined yet tautly muscled

The refined yet tautly muscled flavors possess good detail and plenty of punch before culminating in a dusty and mouth coating finish of grand cru depth and persistence

with extraordinary concentration

The wine has a beautiful entry to the palate

My observation is that this 2011 vintage feels more overtly ripe

the purity and flavor make this rise above the crowd

Delamotte, Blanc de Blancs Vintage Vintage:2007 The refined yet tautly muscledThe finest young wine I've encountered from Delamotte, the 2008 Blanc de Blancs unfurls in the glass with an expressive bouquet of freshly baked bread, lemon oil, green apple, oyster shell and mandarin. On the palate, it's medium to full bodied, textural but incisive, with superb concentration and depth at the core and a long, penetrating finish. Less autolytic in style than the 2004, some 60,000 bottles were produced, around a third less than in an