Lanson Champagne Black Label Depuis 1760 Brut - 750ml 12.5%

• Look: A very nice soft golden colour with good translucence. Bubbles are strong with a nice, small size.
• Smell: Lanson Black Label gives a nice soft fruity “bouquet”, blended with a bready and yeasty aroma.
• Taste: Served chilled straight from the fridge, Lanson Black label arrives on your tastebuds with a soft foam flavoured with toasted honey and hints of fresh green apple, pear and lemon fruits. It is not overly sweet – it’s well balanced (it has 8g/L of sugar added per bottle) and the flavour rolls very well over the back of the tongue.
• Lanson is not heavily acidic either, and migrates to dry favours in a subdued manner. The length of time it sits on your tongue is very good, and leaves a mellow touch of honey-sweet flavour on back of the roof of the mouth as well as on the tongue.

Recommendations:

• Party Potential: I think that Lanson is certainly worth putting in the ice bucket for your next hosted party – if you would like a quality drink with decent value. It may be the next best thing if you are not after something as sweet as Piper Heidsieck. Lanson will be perfectly acceptable as your next BYO offering – and is well worth sharing out.
• As a Gift: It would make a decent quality present. They needn’t be a champagne buff and this would be an excellent introduction if they are unfamiliar with the drink. I would gift this to one of my friends on their birthday.
• At Home: Use for a special occasion, such as having your family and friends over for dinner, or a nicely prepared in-house dinner date with your partner. 
• Matching: With a fantastic and lasting whole mouth finish, it makes a great match to light savoury foods – ideal for canapes service. On its own, the quality of the bottle I had was great, and when well chilled is capable of a star performance.