Light straw-yellow hue. The bouquet is exquisitely complex, figuring toasted bread, dried fruits, dried flowers and much more, the taste intense and precise, powerful yet subtle, with beautifully balanced acidity and impressive depth of flavour. Wonderful lemon-citrus, faintly honeyed flavours. It has a refreshing, moreish dryness and cleanness on the finish and aftertaste. This is a very approachable Cristal, a lovely drink right now. (60% pinot noir, 40% chardonnay; 32% vinified in oak, zero malolactic. Dosage 8 grams/litre)