2004 Veuve Clicquot Brut Vintage, Reims

This is an open and more cuddly vintage for Veuve, showing plenty of fruit with lemon rind, apple, red fruits and all the toasted nuts and richness you expect from Veuve. There's plenty of autolysis here, but plenty more to come if you hang onto this. Dosage weighs in through the finish as per the house style, and there's a toasty, biscuity afterburn that gives the illusion of reserve wine. Speaks decidedly more of Veuve than the vintage for now.

Nick Stock Good Wine Guide

Medium to light bright yellow colour. Subtle toasted bread, brioche-like bouquet of genuine aged complexity and charm. Multi-faceted: very, very detailed. Rich and smooth in the mouth with depth and complexity. Texture is a high-point. It caresses the tongue. Great depth and detail of flavour, marvellous mouthfeel and long, long finish of great harmony. Superb!

96 points Huon Hooke The Real Review