Champagne coloured with bright, luminous reflections.

Very fine, even bubbles.

The bouquet reveals yellow fruits (mirabelle plum and nectarine) and candied citrus (lemon), complemented bytoasted, oaky notes (vanilla) which come from the 24%of wines vinified in our French oak foudres. The finereductive notes (shellfish) weave their spell, giving the winea very chiselled character sculpted by the Chardonnay.

The palate is very light and delicate with fruity (peach)and floral (pollen) flavours. The gently releasing bubblesare soft and creamy, creating a mouth-watering impressionthanks to the savoury and dry-chalk sensations createdon the tongue and lips. The texture on the mid-palate isfresh, oily, powdery and vibrant. The finish is serene andgraceful, and lifted by some smoky and toasty reductivenotes that are very definitely from the Perpetual Reserve.

Collection 246 is a precise, soft and lively champagne.Its thirst-quenching lightness comes from the exceptionalproportion of Chardonnay, which creates finesse, elegance,chalkiness and salinity. It is not unlike the character ofcertain Blancs de Blancs.