49% Pinot Noir; 48% Chardonnay ; 3% Pinot Meunier. Regardless of cepage, there is an elegant quality found in the best from J that captures the lightness and almost ethereal nature of the best Blanc de Blancs. This wine has a more toasty, aged element to its aromas than is typical of the winery, but there is nothing old or tired about it even as it rushes past its tenth birthday. Its color remains light and lively, its mousse never stops in its insistent passage and its bubbles are small. It is so very long at the end and filled with vital, crisp, energetic, wonderfully complex flavors. It is precise, deep, refined and exciting both as a fine wine and as a study in the ways that age can improve the best bubblies.