Salon 2008

Crushed chalk, lemon oil, white flowers and a faint waxy richness open this with uncommon clarity and focus. Fine, persistent bubbles carry the wine's extraordinary tension, coiled and precise, yet never austere. The intensity here is earned rather than imposed, building steadily through a finish that simply refuses to quit. This is Salon at full stretch, pure and tightly wound, with the architecture to reward cellaring well into the 2040s.