Looking at the 2010s

pomegranate and hints of rose petal

soft textures and overall amplitude

rose petal

the 2015 hits all the right notes

Billecart Salmon, Nicolas Francois other_regions_italy Looking at the 2010sDisgorged with six grams per liter dosage, the 2007 Brut Cuve Nicolas Franois is showing very nicely, offering up aromas of fresh bread, citrus oil, crisp yellow orchard fruit, white flowers, verbena, macadamia nut and hints of biscuity complexity to come. Full bodied, chiseled but fleshy, its vinous core of fruit cloaks the vintage's brisk acids to achieve real plenitude in a year that's sometimes rather tautly austere. Long and penetrating and