Minneapolis Wine Club does Champagne

Nice selection of vintage Champagne along with a stellar Napa sparkler and several bonus bottles.

• NV Louis Roederer Champagne Brut Premier 91 Points

  France, Champagne

  Pear, green apple, toast, light yeast on the nose, palate is deliciuosly crisp and clean. great balance of fruit and minerality. Great N/V, second time in two days and both were stellar. 91-92pts.

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• 2001 Mumm Napa DVX 92 Points

  USA, California, Napa Valley

  Pale gold color. Toasty almonds, citrus, mineral nose. Nice fruit, crisp, clean, balanced well, long finish. 92+pts.

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• 2002 Louis Barthélémy Champagne Brut Saphir 89 Points

  France, Champagne

  toasty, grapefruit, citrus nose. Lacks some minerality, slightly bitter finish. Not bad, not great.

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• 2000 Piper-Heidsieck Champagne Brut Millésimé 90 Points

  France, Champagne

  Nose is yeasty, less toast, good minerality, lemon. Palate follows. Slight bitter finish. Medium length.

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• 1998 Henriot Champagne Brut Millésimé Rosé 89 Points

  France, Champagne

  Very pale salmon color. A little mineral and some citrus on the nose. I found it somwhat flat on the palate with a very bitter finish. This may have improved given more time if one was drinking an entire bottle over the evening. But I didn't really find this all that compelling.

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• 1996 Henriot Champagne Brut Millésimé 92 Points

  France, Champagne

  Very nice nose, apple, mineral, floral, yeast, lemon. Palate is consistent, very dry, very crisp acidity, long finish, slightly bitter.

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• 2000 Dom Pérignon Champagne 93 Points

  France, Champagne

  expressive nose of floral, mineral, toasty, yeast, apple, lemon, citrus. The palate is delicious, creamy, elegant. Really nicely balanced fruit, minerality, and acidity. This is excellent. My WOTN in a close race with the '01 DVX, DVX wins in a landslide on QPR however.

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• 2005 Schramsberg Vineyards Blanc de Blancs 88 Points

  USA, California, North Coast

  Very pale gold color. toast, lemon, yeast, apple. Palate is consistent. Fairly bitter on the finish. Good, but have had better vintages of B d' B.

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• 2005 Sergio Barale Langhe Chardonnay 88 Points

  Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Langhe DOC

  This is an unoaked chardonnay from Barolo. Very light gold color. The nose is mineral, apple, citrus, slight spice. The palate is just a bit thin, decent acidity, mineral, apple, citrus, a tad bitter on the finish. I have not had this for about 2 years, it was not as compelling as it was in the past. Just not as crisp and resfreshing. Probably past it's peak, drink up. Past bottles were solid 90's.

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My WOTN was the 2000 Dom with the 2001 DVX a close 2nd and the 1996 Henriot 3rd.