Colour and perlage: light gold, with youthful brilliance, with fine greenish highlights, extremely fine mousse, persistent and smooth with delicate pearls. Aroma: profound on the nose, very pure and precise, characterized by the calcareous soils of the Côte des Blancs, and at the same time highly complex with fragrant aromas of pears, green apples, white pepper, citrus fruits (lime) and orange blossom, underlined with mineral, slightly chalky notes, hints of blanched almonds, fresh brioche and a fine warm roasted note. Taste: on the palate a Comtes de Champagne in its purest form with a perfect balance of concentration, fullness and finesse, elegant, dense and powerful, with enormous tension, distinctive, slightly salty minerality and clear, perfectly integrated acidity, aromas of white-fleshed fruits (apple, pear, peach) and grapefruit merge with fresh menthol notes, in the finale long with fine acidity, a delicate honey note reminds of the twelve years of maturity and yet this Comtes shows an impressively youthful energy and powerful liveliness, which promise it excellent potential