90+ The current release of Lilbert-Fils non-vintage Blanc de Blancs is from the base year of
2012, but this only represents thirty-five percent of the blend, as thirty percent is from 2011 and
another thirty-five...
90+ The current release of Lilbert-Fils non-vintage Blanc de Blancs is from the base year of
2012, but this only represents thirty-five percent of the blend, as thirty percent is from 2011 and
another thirty-five percent from the 2010 vintage. The wine was finished with a dosage of six
grams per liter, after having spent three years aging sur latte. The bouquet is excellent, offering
up scents of pear, delicious apple, hazelnut, chalky minerality, brioche and incipient notes of
smokiness in the upper register. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and still fairly
youthful in structure, with a fine core, lovely backend mineral drive, pinpoint bubbles and fine
length and grip on the nascently complex finish. This is still a young wine and could do with a
bit more bottle age to start to blossom, but it will be lovely once it has had a chance to relax a bit
in bottle. 2017-2030.