Juicy as hell. The aromatics are lovely - red berries, buttery brioche, red apple skin so vivid you can almost feel the texture. Not hugely complex, and it deflates fast once it sits, but while it's singing, it's singing. The oxidative touch works well here. Only gripe: why so short on the palate? Feels like it ends mid-sentence.

Less interesting than the Brut Nature - missing that candy-bright fruit and energy. Just… generic. Bitterness and residual sugar muddy the palate rather than complementing each other. It's fine, technically. But "fine" isn't what you want from Champagne. Their oxidative style still shows through nicely, but there's nothing to hang it on.

Popcorn, caramel, boiled sweets. Some pear and quince jam. Citrus soda vibes. A bitter herbal note - tarragon, maybe? Touch of peanut butter. Fun, not complex, but genuinely tasty. Easy drinking with decent balance and moderate brightness. Could use more acidity to pull it together, but as a crowd-pleaser, it works.

Finally - this is where the house shows what it can do. Peanut butter and some kind of jam, but there's a lovely perfume lifting it all. Despite the dosage, it drinks dry - sherry hints, that signature peanut character, and you can feel the lees age. Finish isn't enormously long, but there's salinity and genuine interest. Gets more complex as it opens. This is the one worth seeking out.

Oof. Smells like fabric softener and something rotting. The palate follows: hollow, decayed, fruit long gone. Naked acidity with nothing to cover it. Not good.

Strangely, it improved with time in the glass - became almost acceptable. But "almost acceptable" after starting at "laundry disaster" isn't exactly a ringing endorsement.

Smells like cheap table grapes - that generic "red grape" character you get from supermarket fruit. And tastes the same, but worse: something rotten underneath, completely hollow. Just red grape skin and disappointment. Pass.