Gosset Grande Réserve

Aromas of crips orchard fruit, pear and apricot, mingled with hints of fresh bread and pastry, introduce the latest release of Gosset's NV Brut Grande Réserve, a medium to full-bodied, fleshy but incisive wine that's deceptively generous but also structured to reward some bottle age.

Mealy nose. Tight bead. Pretty complex with lots of tight-knit elements that are yet to unfurl, but it does seem quite sweet relative to many champagnes nowadays, as well as fairly chewy on the end still. It's a champagne I'd be tempted to decant! The (terribly heavy) handsome flask-shaped bottle is one of its more obvious attributes.

This is very fresh and has attractively flavorful, punchy fruit presence, in a very pure mode. Strawberries and grapefruit and some pastry and spiced-biscuit to close. Drink now.