Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin Vintage Reserve Champagne 1996

Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin Vintage Reserve Champagne 1996

Critic tasting note: "(2004) It is one year on since I recommended this wine as my Wine of the Month, and it is filling-out and mellowing beautifully all the time. It is one of the best young vintage Veuve-Clicquots I have ever tasted, and is up there with the 1988-1990 triumverate of great wines. It is already beautifully toasty, rich and nutty on the nose, that richness developing on top of crisp, cool lemon and peachy fruit. The mousse is rich and persists in the mouth, with lots of body and richness and a creamy quality. All the time there's a tang of grapefruit acidity that teases and cleanses the palate. This has fantastic length too, and is an absolutely brilliant Champagne that should cellar effortlessly for 10 years and more." - 94/100, Tom Cannavan