2010 VDP.Sekt.Prestige® Extra Brut Grande Cuvée Blanc de Blancs (Deg.: 05/2024), Rheinhessen, Germany

Deeper and more complex, distinctly yeasty, nutty and floral, also root-vegetable and slightly waxy scent of herbs and bacon with tobacco aromas, a bit of smoke, maple, undergrowth, dried mushrooms, citrus peels and restrained, rather core-fruit-focused yellow-fruity aromas. Ripe, dense and herb-juicy fruit with fine plant to herbal spice, nutty and yeasty aromas, yellow-spicy nuances, distinctly herbs as well as a bit of bacon, mushrooms, capers and smoke, dried-floral nuances, fine mousse, undergrowth, a lot of salt and chalky tones, sustainable, multifaceted and deep, herb-aromatic unfolding, with air comes a very slight candy sweetness, rather dark background, has grip, very good to long, herb-juicy and complex-spicy finish.

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