Sparkling wine. Champagne, France. Sustainable. "The 2016 Herbert Beaufort “l’Âge d’Or” Extra Brut Millésime is composed of a blend of primarily pinot noir, with a bit of chardonnay included. The vins clairs do not undergo malolactic fermentation and the wine was disgorged in May of 2021, after four-plus years aging sur latte. The bouquet is deep, complex and vibrant, offering up scents of apple, nectarine, a touch of hazelnut, patissière, a beautifully complex base of soil tones and a topnote of dried flowers. On the palate the wine is crisp, full-bodied and complex, with a fine core, lovely soil undertow, refined mousse, bright acids and fine focus and balance on the long, classy and wide open finish. This is a lovely wine that is drinking with generosity already." — 92 Points, John Gilman, View From The Cellar #95 (September / October 2021)