Non-vintage #20 Technical Specifications
Grape Varieties 80% Pinot Noir; 20% Chardonnay
Region Champagne
Base Wine Years 1990-2020
Production Details PR 20-90 is the third PR release and is 100% perpetual-reserve wine. It combines two perpetual reserves: an Aÿ Grand Cru reserve begun in 1990 and replenished through the 2020 vintage, and another fed by Esprit de Giraud since the 1950s. The blend was aged three years on lees. Recommended serving temperature is 9°C in summer and 10-11°C in winter.
Tasting Notes Orange blossom, chalk, bitter minerality and a long saline character.
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Non-vintage #19 Technical Specifications
Grape Varieties 80% Pinot Noir; 20% Chardonnay
Drinking Window Drinking well now and potentially interesting over the next decade
Region Champagne
Base Wine Years 1990-2019
Production Details PR 19-90 is 100% perpetual-reserve wine, blending wines from 1990 through 2019 and aged for three years on lees.
Tasting Notes Orange blossom, chalk, bitter minerality and a long saline character; the importer wine page additionally describes rich fruit, nuts, brioche, toasted hazelnut, dried fruit, fresh custard, white peach and a creamy mousse.
Non-vintage #18 Technical Specifications
Grape Varieties 80% Pinot Noir; 20% Chardonnay
Drinking Window Drink or hold
Region Champagne
Base Wine Years 1990-2018
Production Details PR 18-90 is a non-vintage release drawn after the 2018 vintage was added to a perpetual reserve begun in 1990. A cited James Suckling note describes it as a blend of two perpetual-reserve/solera systems started in 1990.
Tasting Notes Thomas Parker MW (November 2022): pale straw; bright citrus and stone fruit over honey, beeswax and all-butter biscuit; steely freshness, umami and a gentle mousse. James Suckling (June 2022): hazelnut, apricot, peach pit, lemon, pomelo and seashell, with round creamy bubbles.
Critics Ratings Thomas Parker MW: 94+ (November 2022); James Suckling: 96 (June 2022)
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