(2019) From a Jeroboam!  This is lot number beginning L17033 (disgorged February 2017) and is in fact the 2008 base, and the wine of the tasting.  Extolling the virtues of the large format, such precise, anaerobic freshness gives us the opportunity to dive down and examine each individual facet in vivid detail. A focused, finely toasted, and painfully austere wine. This Champagne coats the palate with the sheer intensity of its underlying core of dry extract.  It will need a few years in the cellar to develop some creaminess and further complexity, and to move beyond the smoky (reductive), bitter stone fruit flavours.  Currently at 91/100, wait until 2023 for the 95/100 experience.  Drink until 2033.  At time of review, the Jeroboam in stock is on 2006 base.