Georges Laval Les Chênes Cumières 1er Cru Brut Nature 2006

Bright citrus peel and crushed chalk open this taut, focused Cumières, with white peach, toasted almonds and a flinty undercurrent threading through the palate. There's a compelling push and pull between vinous richness and razor-sharp precision, the kind of tension that makes you keep coming back to the glass. Zero dosage strips everything back to the vineyard's raw character, and the vineyard delivers. Give it time; this has decades of evolution ahead.