1980 Veuve Clicquot Cave Privee

(Disgorged May 1986. Pinot Noir 53% /Chardonnay 37%/Pinot Meunier 10%. Dosage 9g/l bottle) Rich gold in colour, this bottle version - with a full 24 years of post-disgorgement ageing - was the star of the show. It has reached a peak of glorious complexity: slightly honeyed with very ripe fruity notes, a vanilla crème caramel mouth feel, a very long finish with some coffee/mocha notes, and yet still enlivened by a streak of fresh acidity. Gilles Fallowfield, Decanter.com