Fleury Blanc de Noirs Brut Champagne

This has a notably deep golden colour and even lightly pinkish-grey tinge, displaying considerable evolution. The nose is likewise intensely rich and toasty and wonderfully mature, fully focused on toasted almonds and hazelnuts, dried fruit -apples, pears and nectarines - [and] dried cherries, alongside plenty of toasted wheat bread with honey and apple turnover-type aromatics. The palate is linear and firm, very dry, braced by riveting acids and very good to excellent length. This is a champagne for fans of a mature and toasty style, suitable for sipping but even better for the table, and, say, a hazelnut-encrusted sea bass. Score - 92. (John Szabo, M.S., winealign.com, Dec. 13, 2013)