Maison Deutz Blanc De Noirs 1982

[tomstevenson]

Rogunenant, Christian Rogunenant. Lovely guy, bloody peculiar accent! Sorry, I completely missed "Maison" - I saw Deutz and Champagne and went into European mode ....

Although I like Christian, I was never fond of the fizz he produced, which was never up to the standard of Deutz Marlborough in New Zealand. I put it down to where he was sourcing his fruit from and the fact that he was happier producing still Pinot Noir.

However, what confuses me here - yep, I'm still confused - is the vintage: 1982. That venture, as I'm sure you know Curmy, was set up in 1985. Perhaps they bought in some mature finished wine and fizzed it up so that they had something on the shelf while their own sparkling wines were slowly maturing. Can you shed any light?