The 2016 growing season took a little time to really get going but by mid-July things had picked up and the sunshine continued almost unabated until harvest. The small but perfectly formed bunches were allowed to bask in a long Indian summer and achieve full ripeness with excellent phenolics â the building blocks
for some great sparkling wines. By harvest time, the fruit was beautifully ripe with perfect acids, which enabled an incredibly exact picking date. Carefully selected bunches were harvested by hand and gently whole-bunch pressed. Partial fermentation in old Burgundian barrels followed by a generous lees-ageing in bottle for a minimum of four years imparts a wonderful richness and complexity on this flagship cuvée.