The 2012 vintage is celebrated as a "starry" year for Champagne, where a tumultuous spring gave way to a radiant summer, yielding fruit of extraordinary maturity and tension.

This Luminous edition—housed in the iconic glow-activated bottle—contains the classic 2012 assemblage, presenting a pale gold shimmer and an energetic mousse.

 

The bouquet is a sophisticated dialogue between floral brightness and toasted depth, revealing notes of white flowers, apricot, and rhubarb that transition into a complex smokiness and hints of white pepper.

 

On the palate, the wine displays a rhythmic "vibrant, focused" energy (James Suckling), where the opulence of ripe stone fruit is masterfully reined in by a bracing, saline acidity and a crystalline structure. It is a vintage of remarkable harmony and tactile precision, finishing with a persistent, citrus-tinged minerality. James Suckling awards this release 97 points, describing it as incredibly "layered, refined and so sleek" with a toasty edge