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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.9 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 43 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Frank Murray III on 4/18/2024: Blind Champagne Tasting (Basanti in San Juan Capistrano, CA (South OC)): Disgorged October 2017. Roughly 3/4 PN and 1/4 Chard. I kept wanting to say savory in my notes, Not to mean lean or negative in tone, but that a savory, earthy sense was in the wine. Apple and salinity. Have some leftover from last night so I have the good fortune to retaste again and improve my note here... (535 views) | | | Tasted by WetRock on 4/17/2024: Wednesday Champagnes at Basanti: Served blind. Two mature wines in a row? Its just going to be one of those tastings. Compelling nose. Dense with integrated honey and apples. Showing in a mature way. Clean palate. Well integrated with tart acidity. Marguet wins this one. I don't think gambling on aging wines with sulfur adds is a winning bet, this one is doing fine. Very well in fact. Nice wine. (381 views) | | | Tasted by IrisTable on 4/17/2024: April Basanti (blind): Blind. Would never have guessed Marguet since the last few Marguets (different bottlings) I tasted had a lot more oak treatment.
Something like pencil shavings on the nose. Yellow raspberries, yellow apples, an a saline note. Some maturity coming across, but this has aged gracefully. Nice acidity and overall balance. (343 views) | | | Tasted by Chris Davies on 8/21/2023 & rated 91 points: High quality. Despite the age and being 5 years post disgorgement this was still very much on the lean and acidic side. Just about balanced out with a nice toastiness . Super dry and rocky. Long finish.4- (868 views) | | | Tasted by sfqwino on 3/4/2023 & rated 91 points: The oxidative note works well here. Delish (1096 views) | | | Tasted by Philippe_C on 12/4/2022 & rated 89 points: Pomme Grany-Smith, herbe coupée... Grany-Smith, bois un peu vert. (1566 views) | | | Tasted by sfqwino on 11/13/2022: Needs time and air. Opens as it warms up. Another couple of years before the next btl i suppose. (1203 views) | | | Tasted by Kim Gerner on 11/5/2022 & rated 94 points: Danish Top 20 champagne blind tasting vintage 2012 (24 btls) (Nimb): Horisontal half blind tasting of 24 top champagnes from vintage 2012. Conclusion: It is a great vintage. My topratings were to some extent unexpected. My winner was Diebolt-Vallois Fleur de Passion which I rated 96. In a shared second place with 94+ were Legras Saint Vincent (unexpected but I don't forget that 1996 might be the best champagne I have ever tasted so far. Try to get a btl. if you can. It is difficult but worth it - still in a perfect drinking window), Veuve Clicquot vintage(!), Moet & Chandon Grand vintage(!) and Perrier-Jouet Belle Epoque.
This wine: Reduction but could be swirled away. Ripe apple, dried fruit, toast, nutty, lemon. Delicate mousse. (606 views) | | | Tasted by larsth on 12/31/2021 & rated 93 points: Deep full-bodied apple and peach fruit, yet elegant with fine mineral balance. (1968 views) | | | Tasted by beatles on 12/15/2021 & rated 94 points: Zero dosage. Plenty of ginger here in a slightly oxidized style. Clean, pure, chalky, elegant, but also hints of mature sweetnes with mushrooms and confit d'orange. Ends with a swirp of acidity. (2595 views) | | | Tasted by Aravind Asok on 11/25/2021: Popped yesterday. Bottled 07/2013, Disg 12/2017. 72% PN, 28% Chard, no added sulfites, 0 g/l dosage. Yum. Notes from day 2 open. On the nose: soft cranberry and lemon, slightly oxidative in style, a hint of copperiness. On the palate: fantastic acidity and density; strawberry and peach, lemon, loads of minerals and wet stone with some juicy grapefruit notes on the finish. Will (hopefully) wait a while on the next btl, but this drinks very well now. (1731 views) | | | Tasted by adnorthup on 3/19/2021: 2017 disgorgement. Slightly oxidative, almost savory with the acid on the end. Definitely shows it’s BdN character. Frank at the end of the night where it worked wonderfully, wouldn’t start an evening with it. (2203 views) | | | Tasted by Collector1855 on 1/28/2021 & rated 94 points: Corton dinner. Drank this after the terriffic 2004 Clos des Goisses and it held its own. Lovely nose of lemon, touch of brioche with raspberry. Vinous. A bit too foamy at this stage. I would lay this down till 2025. (3076 views) | | | Tasted by GArpaia on 8/21/2020: Medium gold, intense. Yeasty. Notes of apple, nuts and oak. Mineral. Dark profile, shows tiredness. Complex.
72% PN 28% CH
Tirage: July 2013
Degorgement: May 2017
0 dosage (2280 views) | | | Tasted by Derek Darth Taster on 7/3/2020 & rated 93 points: End of the Merlot showdown night at Maison Dakota. Drank in Gabriel Standart.
Appearance is clear, medium intensity, yellow gold colour. Thin legs. Persistent fine bubbles.
Nose medium+ intensity, with aromas of saline minerality, chalk and limestony minerals, red apples, green apples, bit of oxidative nuttiness. Developing.
On the palate, very dry, high acidity, medium- alcohol (12.5%), medium body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of yeasty mealy bread, red apples, green apples, golden yellow apples, oxidative caramel and nuts, saline and stones minerality, fresh chalk powder, cooling white fungus. Long finish.
Very good quality. Very dry style, oxidative and very grower. Vinous without being big bodied, but savoury. Serious and in need of more age to develop.
72% Pinot Noir, 28% Chardonnay. Zero dosage. Disgorged October 2017. (2478 views) | | | Tasted by aagrawal on 4/25/2020 & rated 95 points: 72% Pinot Noir, 28% Chardonnay, 0g/L dosage. Light golden, very fine bead; medium-plus intensity aromatics with slight chalk, limestone, apple, lemon, cream; palate is medium bodied with balanced mousse, elegant mouthfeel, dry but not at all sharp and in fact has a creaminess to it, medium-plus acidity, medium alcohol, lemon curd, some richer fruits, not quite brioche but a richness to the palate; finish is long, slightly tart, with a ton of character. Probably the best zero dosage champagne that I've had, and one of the best champagnes overall I've had. This is at the quality level of Tete du Cuvees from top brands (Taittinger Comtes, Dom, etc). Incredibly lovely. 95+
Update: This has a savory quality to the palate and the finish which is really lovely and makes this easy to come back to. (3030 views) | | | Tasted by MichaelSy on 4/21/2020 & rated 96 points: One of the best zero dosage champagnes I have had. Let it breathe for a while - this thing will give you crunchy yellow apples, apple strudel, limes, macadamias and all that other good stuff. (2797 views) | | | Tasted by 5laton on 3/6/2020: 72/28 pinot noir and chardonnay, from the Les Crayères lieux-dit in Ambonnay. This was a lovely bottle. Still very young, but also quite giving with that unique Marguet touch. Mildly oxidative with intense preserved lemon and salinity, crunchy acids but no longer overly sharp or austere. The aging in oak is felt in the mouthfeel here but not tasted. This seems to be rounding into fine form. Will try to hold my remaining couple of bottles at least 1-2 years for additional development, but it won't be easy. (2491 views) | | | Tasted by Kim Gerner on 11/2/2019 & rated 92 points: Marguet - Horizontal tasting with Benoit Marguet (L'Esprit du Vin Copenhagen): Excellent aromas (1035 views) | | | Tasted by 5laton on 10/10/2019: La Tintorería in Madrid. Solid and from what I recall - mirabelle plum, spicy, gentle oxidative notes and firm acidity. But so far I prefer his 2013s across the board. They seem to have more of everything. Perhaps in time, though.
On day 2, this is even slighter. (1999 views) | | | Tasted by kuumies on 5/1/2019: Highly expressive, bright and generous on the nose with a good deal of smoke, ripe apple, lemon and whipped cream with a fat/butter note. On the palate somewhat on the richer side with a real wine underneath the strong and very persistent mousse. Very dry yet not austere at all, if anything it is really satisfying. Markedly minerally/saline with just fantastic energy. A highly confident, powerful and serious wine with a structure to behold. (2659 views) | | | Tasted by Frank Murray III on 4/28/2019: Pulled this towards the end of the evening as a palate cleanser and farewell to the meal. Disgorged 09/2017, zero dosage with 72% PN, 28% Chard. I continue to love the Marguet wines. Why? Because in this instance (not all, as some can show the lower dosage more evidently), this bottle of Crayeres drinks perfectly without the lack of dosage being part of the discussion. I poured this blind too, as previously we had Vilmart CdC and Cristal, both that have about 7 g/l. For me, what Benoit Marguet shows is that a wine made without dosage can be equally compelling. The balance on this is terrific, with an imprint of raspberry and black cherry, and an aromatic of rye, which is the term Brig used tasting the wine next to me. This continues to drink super at this stage, too. (2741 views) | | | Tasted by brigcampbell on 4/28/2019: A spectacular wine. Raw dough nose but quickly evolves into a dark rye or pumpernickel, magical sparkler. One of my favorites. (2482 views) | | | Tasted by Frank Murray III on 2/14/2019: Disgorged 09/2017, and no dosage as is the house style. 72% PN, 28% Chard. Both contribute here. There is a creamy note to this bottle that comes through with the green apple. Raspberry, lemon and a finishing lick of saline that gives the wine a clean finish. This bottle is about energy and intensity, mixing of the red fruit and the apple flavors beautifully. (2836 views) | | | Tasted by Bakerbd on 12/23/2018 & rated 93 points: Jasmine, lemon zest, green apple, chalk. Intense and long. Surprised that this is 72% pinot 28% chardonnay, as it struck me as more of a blanc de blanc (2384 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| Marguet producer websiteChampagne Blend"Champagne blend" is a classic grape blend that typically includes Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and/or Pinot Meunier in any proportions.
However, this blend can also include Arbane, Fromenteau (Pinot Gris), Petit Meslier and/or Pinot Blanc as well.Les Crayèresin Ambonnay. On weinlagen-infoFrance Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
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