Orange’s elevation and capacity to produce pristine chardonnay fruit is catapulting its reputation for quality sparkling wine. This Blanc de Blanc is fresh in the glass, and its soft bead shows the benefits of three years’ maturation before release. It is a wine of precision and detail, driven by bracing acidity and classic, cool-climate citrus. As it warms in the glass, it unfurls layers of brioche with a fine nuttiness – a hallmark character of premium chardonnay. Finely-boned and aristocratic, this is a scintillating sparkling wine that sits comfortably among the great aperitif styles of the old world.