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We have re-ignited our love affair with sparkling wine, a project Penfolds first explored on Australia soil in the early 1900’s. Now more than a century later, we set our sights on France and the region of Champagne. Partnering with Champagne Thiénot, a respected player in the world of Champagne, Penfolds has worked in tandem with their team to release an extraordinary 2014 Avize Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru. A Champagne
released in Penfolds 180th anniversary year – worthy of celebrating our past, present, and future
TASTING NOTE
Volume … with lightness and understatement. Long and lingering. Immediately fills the mouth yet still measured and contained. Finish is precision-tapered and defined.
• Pastry & brioche up-front. Citrus on finish with a brine “sapidity” signing off.
• Within - crème-brulée creaminess reappears and white flowers (acacia, fleur de lis – lily or iris?) prance unrestrained.
• Very expressive. Palatability – very light, very more-ish. Very expressive.
• The zeroes have it: zero MLF liveliness & lift: zero dosage not aggressive, avec perfect stance/poise.
Prudent decisions, now validated!
