Description

The 2013 Brut Grand Cru Aÿ Argonne is the latest in a series of superb releases from Giraud.

Unwinding in the glass with notes of buttered toast, crisp yellow orchard fruit, honeycomb, warm spices and ripe stone fruits, it’s full-bodied, deep and vinous, with a layered core of concentrated fruit, incisive acids and an elegant pearly mousse.

Long and penetrating, it’s finer-boned than its richer, more muscular 2012 predecessor; but like that more structured wine, it will reward bottle age.