Idee Fixe Premier Brut Blanc de Blancs 2021

It's very important to note that the wine I tasted here, at the Idée Fixe cellar in May, was hand-disgorged in front of me and, as such, is an unfinished wine. In many ways, I wish the wines could all be like this: hand-disgorged on request... there is nothing fresher or more delicious. So, the 2019 Late Disgorged Premier Brut is a product of hand-riddling and hand-disgorgment. It is the 2019 Premier Brut that has rested on its lees since secondary fermentation commenced in bottle, some time in the middle of 2019. It speaks so fragrantly of coastal sea spray, rockery, saline, tension and minerality, lemon zest, white rocks, river stones, persistent, cool, fresh, fine. I love this. It is sensational, classic, mineral blanc de blancs. The future of this house rests on wines like this. If only we could all have them like this, all the time. Wine to be released sometime in the future.