2015 Armand de Brignac Blanc de Noirs 1.5L

98 POINTS: On the nose, initial scents of salted almond, fresh pear, and lemon deepen and darken with aeration: Think marzipan, plum upside-down cake, Christmas spice, and even an earthy hint of prosciutto. Sensuous and sinuous in style, the perlage-pinpricked palate strikes a similar balance between high-toned notes of just-underipe nectarine with richer ones of caramel-coated red apple and lime curd before easing into an extremely long, clean minerally finish.