Clos Lanson 2006

The Clos Lanson 2006 is a vintage champagne made from Chardonnay, exclusively from the first pressing. At the wish of Victor Lanson, the juice is vinified for several months in oak barrels from the Argonne forest. The wines of the Clos were long aged separately within the house, and with the 2006 vintage Lanson offered the cuvée to enthusiasts for the first time. Only 7,870 numbered bottles exist, each in a wooden box.

After long ageing in the cellar, it is full-bodied, rich and fine. Ripe fruit mingles with butter, vanilla, pastry and hazelnut, with a smoky note on top. Serve it at 10 to 12 °C in a large white wine glass so the aromas can unfold. It goes with pan-fried scallops, veal or poultry in a cream sauce, but it is just as good on its own as the high point of an evening.