Carte Blanche Demi-Sec

The latest installment of Roederer's NV Demi Sec Carte Blanche is promising, unfurling in the glass with notes of ripe lemons, gingerbread and toasted nuts, followed by a medium to full-bodied palate with a nicely concentrated core of fruit, bright acids and the house's characteristically delicate, refined mousse. The real interest—and complexity—will come with more time on cork.