Made from 43% Pinot Meunier, 29% Pinot Noir and 28% Chardonnay, the 2003 Grand Vintage (in this case tasted from a Magnum) opens with a rich, ripe and intense fruit on the nose where vanilla and hazelnut flavors intermix with ripe and stewed pip fruits. Full-bodied and very well structured, this is a very rich, round, intense and powerful Champagne with good tension and persistence in the finish. This is Champagne to be drunk from big Burgundy glasses with food.