According to the winemaker, there are a number of secrets in this cuvée. It is a blend of nine different vintages, but he strongly denies that oak barrels are involved at all. The color is a deep greenish-yellow and the nose is buttery and mature. The flavor is fruity and sweet in a positive way, unified and with a long aftertaste of honey. Nineteen eighty-two is the dominant vintage in my mouth. Sure, this is a damn good Champagne, but I would rather have seen a cuvée de prestige made entirely out of Pinot grapes. Later versions have been slipperier, younger, and even more homogeneously concentrated, with an impressively unreleased density. The amount of reserve wine has been reduced.