Agrapart Minéral Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut 2005

Stony and pure, with a cutting precision that's immediately arresting. Lemon oil, crushed chalk, white peach and acacia blossom emerge with quiet authority, underpinned by the kind of electric acidity that is Pascal Agrapart's hallmark. Fine bubbles carry everything with seamless integration, and the finish stretches long and taut, flinty to its core. A profound expression of the Avize terroir, drinking beautifully now but with a decade or more of life ahead.