Tasting Notes 94 points,Dried-lemon, apricot, green-apple, salted-almond, walnut and light caramel notes. Vinous and layered, with small and tight bubbles. Excellent focus and intensity.James Suckling 92 points,Roederers newly released NV Brut Collection 243 is a pillowy, enveloping Champagne evocative of crisp stone fruits, honeycomb, white flowers and buttery pastry.Robert Parkers Wine Advocate; Collection 243 was crafted using 10% oak-aged reserve wines (from 2012-2017), 31% Perpetual Reserve, and 59% of the finest grapes harvested in 2018. Fined with pea protein, the final bottling is vegan friendly (although you may want to consider some of the requirements of biodynamic farming). The result is a deep and dense wine with a gorgeously silky texture. Expect baked apple, jasmine, bread dough, lemon meringue pie, mirabelle plum, apricot and pear, followed by almond croissant, festive gingerbread, grapefruit sorbet, honeycomb, blossom and a pinch of sea salt. If this is t