Extra-Brut 2014 Grand Cru

This 2014 extra brut comes from grand cru sites near Vernezay on the Montagne de Reims. It is 75 per cent Pinot Noir and 25 per cent Chardonnay. It spent five years in the house's chalk cellars, and you can taste it: the nose shows toasty notes, freshly baked bread and nuts, carried by the Pinot Noir.

On the palate it is juicy and lively, with citrus fruit and pronounced chalky minerality. The low dosage of 2 to 3 grams per litre keeps it lean and gives it an airy structure without making it austere. That makes it a fine companion for caviar, carpaccio of meat or fish, raw fish, sushi and sashimi. Pour it at 8 to 10 °C in a white wine glass with a gentle curve.