** This is the only bottle in the country **
"If a wine could ever make you want to pull the top down on your ‘68 Ferrari convertible, rip off the rearview mirror and take off, this is it"
100/100 Points: Wine and Spirits USA
98 Points: WINE ENTHUSIAST December 2008
97 Points: THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD 3 February 2009
96+ Points: THE WINE ADVOCATE Antonio Galloni, 31 December 2008
97 Points: JAMES HALLIDAY’S TOP 100 14-15 November 2009
97 Points & Penguin Best Vintage Champagne: THE PENGUIN GOOD AUSTRALIAN WINE GUIDE 2009
"If a wine could ever make you want to pull the top down on your ‘68 Ferrari convertible, rip off the rearview mirror and take off, this is it. It has a different kind of energy than the ‘02 Cristal Rosé, which is more ethereal, like strawberries at the right hand of some ancient Gallic god. This is more insolent, brash, earth bound. All the scents and flavours seem to emanate from limestone, as does the acidity, which hits the front of the mouth and powers through the wine with the kind of solar energy that lifts mist off the white chalk on a cool morning in Cramant. The wine goes for miles. It’s already irresistible and will only improve with 10, 20, 30 and 40 years age". Wine and Spirits USA
STYLE: Precise, silky, balanced, and harmonious with a powerful, rich body, great purity and an incredible ability to age.
TASTING NOTES: An intense delicate wine that reveals a precise, pure combination of sugared flowers, cocoas, finely toasted hazelnuts, and candied citrus fruits. The texture is infi nitely silky, concentrated and flavoursome with an explosion of ripe fruit, red fruit, white chocolate, caramel and viennoiserie typical of Cristal. It is a powerful and elegant wine with a crescendo of sensations that attains a true harmony of fl avours and perfect integration. The end is fresh with a fine bitterness which almost lends the wine “crispness”. Jean-Baptiste Lécaillon
THE PERFECT ACCOMPANIMENT:
Scallops, caviar with citrus
Half-smoked salmon
Chardonnay lobster and rhubarb
Spider crab and fennel
Oysters with a champagne zabaglione
Oyster tartare chipolatas with chives
Marinated raw fish
Didier Elena, 2-star Michelin chef, Phillipe Jamesse, head sommelier at the Château Les Crayères
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