From 1.5L, this wine has a bright warm yellow color and an equally sunny bouquet and palate.
Aromas include lemon and lemon curd with a background of toast and just the faintest hint of nuttiness. In the mouth, texturally there is a nice interplay between piercingness provided by the bubbles and the acidity and the wine’s vinous richness and width. Flavorwise there is a sensation of salinity and white soils, and the continuation of white and yellow flowers present on the aroma, as well as a pronounced yeastiness on the finish.
Seems to be at the end of its primary stage, and at a very enjoyable place. Likely the wine will develop additional stages of development but as much as I love old wines it is hard to see this really get much better.
I have found the 2000 to be weirdly advanced as well. The 1998 however was nothing short of superb six years ago. I’ve understood that they have now stopped producing this cuvée.