We tasted: Lanson “Clos Lanson” 2007

After complicated months of stress and frustrations, we are officially relocated (bottles included) in a brand new appartement and we are able to share new and amazing champagne experiences. As many great things happened, it was a difficult task to choose the starting point. Well, as we had this bottle long time ago, in December 2021, while visiting Lanson’s premises in Reims (here is the link of that visit), we decided to share the experience of tasting the same cuvée after some aging time. And we actually tasted “Clos Lanson 2007” twice lately: with friends in December 2024, at Le Parc restaurant at Domaine Les Crayères (Reims) and then in April 2025 at our home in Gran Canaria island. So, three different tastings:

– the first one, tasted in a cold afternoon of December 2021 at the maison, inside, only few years after the release, a bottle that only travelled 20 meters from the cellars, it was the purest expression of the terroir, young and lively, but already showing an immense complexity, dominated by the hints of white flowers but also toasted grains and butter flavours.

– the second one, tasted in the morning, inside, before a fantastic meal at Le Parc in Reims (few hundreds meters from the maison), also in December, but 3 years later, in 2024. It was very similar with the first one, but aging signs were already present, the initial white flowers notes have been converted in more complex orange and gardenia notes and the toasted grains turned into roasted nuts mix, butterscotch and even dark chocolate. A beautiful complex transformation during the aging process.

– the third one, during our holidays on the island in April 2025, with obvious Atlantic Ocean influence. We enjoyed the bottle outside, at sunset and prolonging to the night, taking advantage of the pleasant warm weather of the island. This bottle travelled a lot: from Reims to Madrid, and then from Madrid to the island, but we always kept it in a wine storage with controlled temperature and humidity. And all that care worth the price: the bottle was in perfect conditions. Very similar with that from Le Parc, actually. The same mesmerising complexity, intense notes of dark chocolate and caramel completed with a gourmet salinity (probably the Ocean influence?) that made the experience even more outstanding.

After these three experiences with Clos Lanson 2007, we can definitely say it’s a fabulous cuvée. We hope to try soon the last release, the 2010 vintage.