No 1 Family Estate Cuvee No 1 Blanc De Blanc

Mid-lemon hue. This powerful, tightly wound. wine is very complex with layers of fresh herbs, subtle smoke, oyster shell and steely minerality juxtaposed against generous lees development notes of cigarbox, brioche and hazelnut. The dry palate is impressively powerful and weighty yet also surprisingly elegant and light on its feet. The panoply of flavours reprises on the long, sustained finish. It has the structure and depth to continue developing complexity in bottle but is already at a delicious stage.

This has to be the perfect aperitif, the bouquet is both pure and precise, it is seductive with complexity and depth. Aromas of citrus and fresh butter brioche, the autolysis intensity increases as the wine opens out in glass, complexity and fruit spice, flower, mineral and new. As the wine touches the palate the mousse delivers a rush of flavours wrapped is a precise and bold texture, carrying with it flavours of citrus and white peach, then breadth and depth from entreillage of at least 18 months. Can you tell this is one of my favourites?