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Champagne - 100 Vintage and NV Champagne
Tasted Tuesday, December 15, 2015 - Tuesday, December 15, 2020 by Collector1855 with 2,193 views
Introduction
I am not a big white wine drinker and even less a Champagne drinker, but as a Vinous person I attend a lot of tastings and wine dinners where Champagne is offered by those who fancy it more than me. So I created this story to keep track of what is good and what not. After tasting 100+ different Champagnes, I would summarize the situation as follows:
- Do not waste your time on normal NV champagne Cuvees of the big houses. They are of no interest to the connoisseur. The wines lack character and depth. They are like Prosecco or supermarket still wines: commercial offers for quaffing with little gastronomic value. To make matters worse, due to successful marketing even the lousiest Champagne is expensive. Prosecco and Jellow Tail Chard is at least cheap, 10$ or so, Champagne is not even that. So don't a waste of your time and money on it.
- There is great Champagne though both from smaller growers and prestige cuvees of bigger houses. These often are seriously complex wines, much to like. You have to find your style. Less or more dosage (sugar), more creamy or more racy, more brioche, more citrusy, more floral or savory, more/less oxidative, etc. Some of my hard core Champagne friends say that the blanc de blancs (Chardonnay only) are the best. I cannot confirm that. I often find them a bit boring actually, clearly prefer the blends with Pinot. See below my scores of what I was impressed by and what not. Cheers!
Flight 1 - The best showings 97-100 pt (12 Notes)
Flight 2 - Top showings 96 pt (16 Notes)
2002 Gosset Champagne Célebris 96 Points
France, Champagne
(2/6/2017)
During a tasting. Nose of bakery, yeast , quite floral but restraint and not too sweet. Very nice complexity, good tertiary aromas also emerge on the finish. Nice perlage and mouth feel. A top showing.
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1996 Billecart-Salmon Champagne Le Clos Saint-Hilaire 96 Points
France, Champagne
(6/27/2016)
During a tasting lunch. Complex nose of apple, flowers yeast, very young and fresh for a 20 year old bottle. Enters the palate lively and bubbly, classic and refined. Good freshness and finish.
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1997 Salon Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut 96 Points
France, Champagne
(1/13/2018)
Not a Champagen buff myself but I found this to be a great Champagne. Mineralic, floral, drinks like a Montrachet or Meursault, goes well with food not just as apero. The perlage is subtle and fine. Great freshness and mouth feel.
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2012 Jérôme Prévost Champagne La Closerie Extra Brut Les Beguines 96 Points
France, Champagne
(9/6/2018)
Wow, really loved this grower Champagne. Very racy acidity, excellent fruit, minerality, sophisticated perlage, this Extra Brut is not sour and lean, well done. Felt like a Meusault Perrieres with bubbles.
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1990 Moët & Chandon Champagne Cuvée Dom Pérignon 96 Points
France, Champagne
(8/9/2015)
From Magnum. What a great start into this wine dinner. Medium yellow, aromas of apple, bakery, lemon, apricot. Excellent presence and perlage. This struck the right balance of drinkability and complexity. Everyone liked it. It also felt young and fresh from this MG bottle. Terrific!
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2002 Dom Pérignon Champagne 96 Points
France, Champagne
(12/19/2015)
Discrete and complex nose of bakery, minerals, flowers, very elegant and deep. Enters the palate with fine perlage. Excellent length, aromatically refined finish. Great vintage of Dom. 96+
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2011 Paul Dethune Champagne Grand Cru Brut Cuvée à l'Ancienne 96 Points
France, Champagne, Champagne Grand Cru
(5/5/2019)
During a tasting/Paulee dinner, so only brief impressions. A really great Champagne with wonderful floral nose, fresh palate. Brioche, good dosage and mineralic. Very good. 96+
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1989 Krug Champagne Vintage Brut 96 Points
France, Champagne
(6/15/2019)
Wonderful mature Champagne nose with candied apple & cinnamon, vanilla, (I guess that makes apple pie) flowers, ginger. Not too oxidative for the fact that this is 30 years old. The palate stays fresh with fine perlage.
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2003 Henriot Champagne Brut Millésimé 96 Points
France, Champagne
(6/16/2018)
During a walkabout/tasting dinner, so only brief impressions. Wow, I really liked this. Highly complex nose of brioche, flowers, minerals, wax, flowers, nuts. Kept coming back to this despite me not being a Champagne fan. 96+
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2004 Diebolt-Vallois Champagne Grand Cru Fleur de Passion Brut 97 Points
France, Champagne, Champagne Grand Cru
(1/10/2017)
Very complete Champagne. Fresh on the palate with great aromatic complexity around flowers, white fruit and minerals. Soft perlage, good length.
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2006 Dom Pérignon Champagne 96 Points
France, Champagne
(11/6/2019)
From Magnum. First bit closed but after half an hour it rally blossomed with brioche, bakery soices, flowers, lemon and a mineralic finish. Wonderful.
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1999 Taittinger Champagne Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut 96 Points
France, Champagne
(2/21/2020)
Excellent start of the night. Very complete and complex. Flowers, stone fruit and lovely tertiary notes providing complexity. Creamy palate and fine perlage. An excellent Champagne.
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NV Krug Champagne Brut Grande Cuvée Edition 167eme 96 Points
France, Champagne
(10/22/2020)
Discrete nose with opened up significantly as the wine sat in the glass. Wonderful nose with just the right amount of tertiary notes of bruised apples, combined with bakery, flowers and yellow fruit. Important to give this some time to open up. As always, Krug's NV Grand Cuvee is about at the same level than the prestige Cuvee of the large houses.
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2000 Jacquesson & Fils Champagne Dégorgement Tardive Extra Brut 96 Points
France, Champagne
(10/23/2020)
This was very much in the style that I like. Excellent nose nose of brioche, with floral and yellow fruit elements. Lovely bruised apple touch without being nutty/oxidative. Also the perlage was very refined.
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2004 Krug Champagne Vintage Brut 96 Points
France, Champagne
(11/12/2020)
Blind tasting dinner. Medium yellow. Wonderful and complex nose of yeasty elements intermixed with flowers, citrus fruit and bruised apple, just the right level of aged aromas before the wine becomes nutty, Krug manages this zone really well. Composed and elegant with a long finish. Alas, if only all Champagne was made like this I would drink much more of it... instead of the large house NV plonk that is served at cocktails. 96-97
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2004 Ruinart Champagne Dom Ruinart Blanc de Blancs 96 Points
France, Champagne
(12/19/2015)
During a vintage Champagne tasting at a Merchant. This Champagne was my favorite of the 10 vintage Champagnes served in today's tasting. Complex and deep nose of vanilla, almond, yeast, very aristrocratic and subtle. On the palate very fine perlage with great aromatic length. Long finish. Wow! This will go great with a meal as well.
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Flight 3 - Very good showings 95 pt (28 Notes)
NV Krug Champagne Brut Grande Cuvée Edition 166eme 95 Points
France, Champagne
(10/19/2019)
Merchant blind tasting, double blind. Served in a pair with the Cuvee 164. Some people guessed sparklers from all ober the place. I wrote down “Mineralic, zesty, chalky, grapefruit, crisp and precise but with good fruit and subtle autolytic notes. If this is not Champagne, then holy cow”. Krug it was. Very great showing of these two base Cuvees and you see why Krug demands a premium. 95+. The Cuvee 164 was even more restraint/mineralic and equally impressive.
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2006 Perrier-Jouët Champagne Belle Epoque 95 Points
France, Champagne
(10/27/2020)
This continues to be one of my favorite Champagnes. Wonderfully aromatic nose with white flowers, brioche, lemon, and yellow fruit. Complex and fine perlage.
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NV Egly-Ouriet Champagne Grand Cru VP 95 Points
France, Champagne, Champagne Grand Cru
(3/19/2016)
Expressive and complex nose of brioche, flowers, seaweed, very fragrant. This is really deep and complex. On the palate fresh and clean with a fruity touch to it. Good perlage and long finish. I really feel that this is Champage made from high quality white wine and not just (typical for the basic offerings of the big houses) yeast, bubbles and sugar added to semi-ripe Chard. Well done, Egly-Ouriet team.
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NV Jacquesson & Fils Champagne Cuvée No. 738 95 Points
France, Champagne
(11/18/2016)
During a wine tasting dinner at 3-Star Michelin Restaurant Meadowood. Aromas of green apples, touch of lime. This is very fresh and above all the a subtle perlage that I like so much. Not bubbly at all on the palate but more like a refined white wine. One of the best NV Champagnes I had and definitely the best at this price point.
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NV Ruinart Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut 94 Points
France, Champagne
(11/19/2016)
Another great Champagne from Ruinart. Fresh, citrus, flowers, elegant style, very drinkable, not too bubbly. good length.
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NV De Sousa et Fils Champagne Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Réserve Brut 95 Points
France, Champagne, Champagne Grand Cru
(12/19/2016)
During a Confrerie dinner. From Magnum. A very nice surprise this Champagne, never heard the name before. Expressive nose of flowers, brioche, white fruit. Nice mouthfeel, good dosage, a winner during the apero and at the table.
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NV André Jacquart Champagne Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Experience Brut Nature Le Mesnil 95 Points
France, Champagne, Champagne Grand Cru
(10/26/2018)
Tasted blind. No dosage Champagne. My favorite Champagne of the night. Very racey palate, clean and crisp, like a Ramonet Chablis or Riesling GG. Citrus, minerals. The owner, Marie Doyard, mentioned that to produce a good non-dosage Champagne you need very high quality grapes and ripeness.
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NV Krug Champagne Brut Grande Cuvée Edition 164eme 95 Points
France, Champagne
(10/19/2019)
Merchant blind tasting. The 166 was served in a pair with the Cuvee 164. Not knowing at all what is was, I wrote down “Mineralic, zesty, chalky, grapefruit, crisp and precise but with good fruit as well. The Cuvee 164 even more restraint/mineralic, touch of grass on the finish and equally impressive but needs more time. If this is not Champagne, then holy cow”. Krug it was. Very great showing of these two base Cuvees and you see why Krug demands a premium.
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2000 Krug Champagne Vintage Brut 95 Points
France, Champagne
(12/19/2015)
During a vintage Champagne tasting at a Merchant. Very complex nose bakery, brioche, apple, lemon, almonds and some oak, clearly on the classic, yeasty side. Soft perlage with good, aromatic finish. A very strong showing again.
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2002 Salon Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut 95 Points
France, Champagne
(12/13/2014)
During a vintage Champagne tasting at a Merchant. This is from the famous Mesnil-sur-Oger vineyards. Very subtle nose with apple, mint, minerals, a bit much yeast for me. Fine perlage, elegant on the palate. This was grand Champagne no doubt but was clearly beaten by the Krug today. Given it is twice the price, no doubt where my money would go to.
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2002 Bruno Paillard Champagne Nec Plus Ultra 95 Points
France, Champagne
(2/12/2018)
Very fresh and mineralic Champagne, flowers and some white fruit. I really like this racy style more than the yeasty style, this Champagne feels like a Meursault Perrieres or a Riesling GG. Excellent. 95+
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2004 Dom Pérignon Champagne 95 Points
France, Champagne
(12/13/2014)
During a vintage Champagne tasting at a Merchant. Distinctively more dry, mineralic and elegant compared to the first ones served. Aromas around almonds, hazelnut, some yeast, flowers and minerals.
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2004 Veuve Clicquot Champagne Brut La Grande Dame 95 Points
France, Champagne
(12/13/2014)
During a vintage Champagne tasting at a Merchant. Very nice nose of yeast, bakery, mineralic, nutty and deep. Enters the palate fresh and fruity with fine perlage, not too bubbly. Good length.
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2004 Gosset Champagne Célebris 94 Points
France, Champagne
(2/6/2017)
During a tasting. Tasted side by side with the 2002. The 2004 is more fruity and less mineral, feels sweeter on the palate. My clear preference is for the 2002 but this is also very good.
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2004 Lamiable Champagne Grand Cru Cuvée Les Meslaines Brut 95 Points
France, Champagne, Champagne Grand Cru
(5/23/2016)
Holy cow, did not know this champagne. Dark yellow color with an orange hue. Exciting and deep nose that goes beyond the off the mill Champagne taste around flowers and bakery, adding apples and a strong dose of quince jam. Good perlage and excellent length. Really liked this.
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1990 Moët & Chandon Champagne Cuvée Dom Pérignon 95 Points
France, Champagne
(3/25/2016)
During a tasting dinner. From Magnum. Golden color. Nose of dried fruit, bakery flowers. This has a lot of mature aromas. Nice and complex with a long finish on dried fruit aromas. Perlage is a bit too tame for my taste. Drink up.
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1998 Moët & Chandon Champagne Cuvée Dom Pérignon 95 Points
France, Champagne
(3/25/2016)
During a tasting dinner. Nose of flowers, lemon, apple, a bit of yeast. This is racy and crunchy with great acidity wrapping around the fruit and sweetness. Good length.
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2000 Tarlant Champagne La Vigne d'Antan 95 Points
France, Champagne
(10/23/2016)
During a matter of taste Master Class, Grower Champagne. Disgorged in 2010. Fine mineralic nose with a touch of nuts, flowers. Finishes clean and fresh like a Riesling GG. Elegant and long.
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2004 Philipponnat Champagne Brut Clos des Goisses 95 Points
France, Champagne
(11/10/2016)
Very classic aromas around yeast, quite a lot of it, strong minerality, bakery and flowers. A bit too bubbly/foamy for a higher score (may be too young?) but still very nice. To be revisited
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2007 Vilmart & Cie Champagne Premier Cru Coeur de Cuvée 95 Points
France, Champagne, Champagne Premier Cru
(12/7/2017)
A wonderful Champagne with lots of flowers, some bakery. The palate is pleasant and fruity wih acidity and minerals chiming in in the finish. Very good, attractive QPR too.
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2002 Dom Pérignon Champagne Rosé 95 Points
France, Champagne
(4/14/2018)
During a La Paulee dinner, so no detailed tasting notes. Lovely brioche and strawberry, fine perlage. Preferred this to the 2000.
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2009 Philipponnat Champagne Extra Brut Clos des Goisses 95 Points
France, Champagne
(7/20/2019)
Complex nose of brioche, apple, flowers, touch of nuts. Fine perlage. Long finish. Good, but not as sublime as the 2002 recently tasted.
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1998 Krug Champagne Vintage Brut 95 Points
France, Champagne
(8/14/2020)
Wonderful nose of flowers, minerals and yellow fruit. Elegant perlage and very good length. 95+
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2004 Henri Giraud Champagne Grand Cru Argonne Brut 95 Points
France, Champagne, Champagne Grand Cru
(10/23/2016)
During a matter of taste Master Class, Grower's Champagne. Fresh nose of white fruit, flowers, mineral, racy, long, good complexity.
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2000 Taittinger Champagne Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut 95 Points
France, Champagne
(1/11/2018)
During a tasting. Light color, discrete but complex nose of flowers, bakery, white fruit. Very elegant palate, fine perlage. An excellent Champagne.
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1995 Henri Giraud Champagne Grand Cru Aÿ Fût De Chêne Brut 95 Points
France, Champagne, Champagne Grand Cru
(9/15/2019)
Medium gold. Mature color and nose, with nutty flavors, intermixed with bakery and lemon. Very good complexity. Fine perlage. Fully mature, drink up.
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NV Vilmart & Cie Champagne Premier Cru Grand Cellier Brut 95 Points
France, Champagne, Champagne Premier Cru
(4/30/2017)
Discrete but complex aromas of apple, pear with a bit of bakery, quince. Soft perlage, good acidity, medium-long finish.
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NV Billecart-Salmon Champagne Brut Sous Bois 95 Points
France, Champagne
(7/9/2020)
Great nose of matured but not oxidative champagne with flowers, nutty elements, red apples and a touch of oak. Very good length.
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Flight 4 - Middle of the pack 93-94 pt (54 Notes)
NV Jacquesson & Fils Champagne Cuvée No. 742 94 Points
France, Champagne
(11/5/2020)
Great nose of flowers with subtle autolytic notes. Fine perlage, not as good as the degorgement tardif but a very convincing NV base champage. So much better than the base line plonk of the large houses.
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2004 Bollinger Champagne R.D. Extra Brut 94 Points
France, Champagne
(11/21/2020)
Lovely nose of autolysis, floral, bready, fresh palate, racy and creamy. 94+
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2006 Dom Pérignon Champagne 94 Points
France, Champagne
(12/19/2015)
During a vintage Champagne tasting at a Merchant. Discrete and subtle nose of apple, minerals but a light seaside touch. On the fruity side. The yeast stays in the background (if you like the bakery/brioche style this is not your bottle).
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2006 Louis Roederer Champagne Cristal Brut 94 Points
France, Champagne
(12/13/2014)
During a vintage Champagne tasting at a Merchant. Nose of apple, mint, some yeast, mineral. Nice and subtle, also on the perlage. This is good but could not reach the best bottles of today.
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2002 Taittinger Champagne Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut 94 Points
France, Champagne
(9/6/2014)
Very elegant nose of flowers, peach, hawthorn and some almonds. Very fine perlage and excellent length. Very high class champagne.
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2004 Perrier-Jouët Champagne Brut Rosé Belle Epoque 93 Points
France, Champagne
(11/23/2020)
I like the normal Belle Epoque a lot, one of my favorite large house premium blends. This has the reputation of beeing even better and more exclusive, a star among the top rose bottlings. I thought it was god but not great, so a bit of a let down given its reputation. Nice strawberry and floral elements. On the palate medium- complexity, a bit too sweet for my taste and the bubbles should be finer at 15+ years of age. Solid but overrated, at least from this showing.
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2012 Vilmart & Cie Champagne Premier Cru Grand Cellier d'Or 93 Points
France, Champagne, Champagne Premier Cru
(12/3/2020)
Lots of crisp lemon on the nose, feels very young. Good but in need for some additional aromatic complexity. Perlage is fine. Give this a few more years before opening. 92-94
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NV Ulysse Collin Champagne Blanc de Noirs Extra Brut Les Maillons 93 Points
France, Champagne
(10/24/2020)
Medium yellow. Lovely yeasty and fruity nose with quince, red apples, raspberry and brioche. Very aromatic but almost a bit too intense/forward, lacking a bit of grace. Decent perlage may be a touch too foamy.
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2008 Francis Cossy Champagne Premier Cru Sophistiquée 93 Points
France, Champagne, Champagne Premier Cru
(12/3/2020)
Good aromas on the nose with lovely tertiary notes of bruised apples, flowers and a touch of bakery. The perlage was too foamy for me though.
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2007 Louis Roederer Champagne Cristal Brut 93 Points
France, Champagne
(12/19/2015)
During a vintage Champagne tasting at a Merchant. Fresh nose of apple, quince with a hint of vanilla, reminding me of a Chardonnay where the ripeness has really been pushed. Very little of the typical mineral and yeast notes in this Champagne. So, if you prefer the classic style this will not be your first choice. Finishes aromatic, with a strong apple cider note.
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2002 Ruinart Champagne Dom Ruinart Blanc de Blancs 93 Points
France, Champagne
(12/13/2014)
During a vintage Champagne tasting at a Merchant. Nose of apple, oak, vanilla and flowers. Just like the Taittinger this is very fruit forward, lovely style.
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2005 Taittinger Champagne Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut 93 Points
France, Champagne
(12/13/2014)
During a vintage Champagne tasting at a Merchant. Nose of apple, apricot, yeast with a mineralic backbone. Very succulent to drink but with good length, pleases both oenophiles and occasional drinkers. A bit bubbly for my taste. 93+
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2004 Pol Roger Champagne Blanc de Blancs 93 Points
France, Champagne
(12/31/2014)
Nose of apple, almond, whit fruit and a bit of minerals. Also some yeasty fruity notes. This was quite succulent as well as the NV bottle but with some additional depth. Good value. 93-94
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2000 Dom Pérignon Champagne Rosé 93 Points
France, Champagne
(12/31/2014)
This champagne was interesting because the Pinot was quite noticeable in the blend. It included therefore some red wine aromas and bitterness to the normal white champagne scents. Quite a lot of strawberry, Haribo Gummibar etc. After all I would rate it as good but not beyond it. Not sure therefore it makes sense for the price.
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2002 Pol Roger Champagne Brut Rosé 93 Points
France, Champagne
(2/8/2016)
Discrete nose of flowers, rose petals, some yeast. Soft and tame on the palate with discrete bubbles. Very drinkable with food, Medium intensity and length.
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2002 Pol Roger Champagne Blanc de Blancs 93 Points
France, Champagne
(1/30/2016)
Discrete nose of flowers, some yeast, vanilla. Very soft with tame bubbles, quite a subtle Champagne, nice with food.
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2005 Jacques Selosse Millésimé 94 Points
France, Champagne, Champagne Grand Cru
(10/23/2016)
During a matter of taste Master Class, Grower's Champagne. Aromatic nose of nuts, wax, mineral, chalk, creamy palate, a touch oxidative. Good with food.
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2008 Vilmart & Cie Champagne Premier Cru Grand Cellier d'Or 94 Points
France, Champagne, Champagne Premier Cru
(10/23/2016)
During a matter of taste Master Class, Grower's Champagne. Straight forward mineralic nose with apple, quince, racy and fresh. Clean, lovely. Feels very young at this stage.
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1998 Vilmart & Cie Champagne Cuvée Creation 93 Points
France, Champagne
(12/2/2016)
During a tasting dinner. From Magnum. Still very young nose with elements of yeast, flowers, some citrus fruit. Lively and fresh on the palate. Felt so young. Medium complexity, good intensity.
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2002 Paul Bara Champagne Grand Cru Comtesse Marie de France 94 Points
France, Champagne, Champagne Grand Cru
(12/12/2018)
Floral and succulent Champagne, dosage felt on the high side but stays fresh and elegant at the same time. Good length.
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1996 J. de Telmont Champagne Heritage 94 Points
France, Champagne
(2/23/2019)
During a blind tasting dinner. Medium dark yellow. The nose was oxidative, not over the ill but clearly oxidative. The Champagne connoisseurs in the room liked it, not my thing though. The palate was great. Good freshness still, great brioche aromas, flowers, toast, nuts. Palate 95, Nose 92
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2008 Delamotte Champagne Blanc de Blancs Millésimé 94 Points
France, Champagne
(3/24/2019)
Very nice showing. Beautiful nose with brioche, flowers. The palate has good stuffing and dosage. Well balanced. 94+
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2013 Pierre Paillard Champagne Grand Cru Blanc de Noirs Extra Brut Les Maillerettes 94 Points
France, Champagne, Champagne Grand Cru
(8/22/2019)
Wonderfully complex nose with red apples, minerals, rose petals, white flowers. Fresh and elegant palate. Good QPR. I wish all large houses would make Champagne like this.
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2010 Champagne Suenen Champagne Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Millésimé 93 Points
France, Champagne, Champagne Grand Cru
(8/22/2019)
Clean and crisp iwth lots of white flowers, typical for a blanc de blanc. Some red apples as well, well measured oxidative notes.
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2007 Egly-Ouriet Champagne Grand Cru Brut Millésimé 93 Points
France, Champagne, Champagne Grand Cru
(7/9/2019)
Nose of brioche, nutty flavors showing age, a touch oxidative. Perlage is quite wild for this producer pointing to younger age. Hmm. To be revisited.
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2004 Taittinger Champagne Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut 94 Points
France, Champagne
(10/16/2019)
Fresh nose of lime, flowers. Crisp on the palate, medium+ complexity. Good, but not as good as the two Krugs earlier
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2000 Henriot Champagne Cuvée des Enchanteleurs Brut 94 Points
France, Champagne
(10/23/2019)
Expressive nose of bruised red apples, really in the apple and not lemon aroma spectrum. Additional bakery elements adding to the flavor. Fine perlage and good finish. 94+
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1996 Drappier Champagne Carte d'Or Brut 94 Points
France, Champagne
(3/13/2020)
Tasted blind, from MAG. Lovely nose of mature Champagne with bakery, bruised apple, flowers. Easy to drink, fine perlage.
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2006 Krug Champagne Vintage Brut 94 Points
France, Champagne
(8/1/2020)
Very young, still, aromas of red and yellow apple, with a touch of brioche. Felt a bit reductive. 94-95
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NV Billecart-Salmon Champagne Brut Rosé 94 Points
France, Champagne
(11/23/2013)
I am not a big champagne lover nor expert but I found this both refreshing and complex at the same time. Great aromatics with dry extract, not to sweet but not sour either, perfect balance for my palate. Aromas are around white fruit, minerals with a touch of strawberry. Very solid especially for a non vintage Champagne.
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NV Jacques Selosse Champagne Grand Cru Lieux-dits Extra Brut Le Mesnil-sur-Oger Les Carelles 94 Points
France, Champagne, Champagne Grand Cru
(6/27/2016)
During a tasting dinner. Nose of bakery, quite a bit of yeast, bee wax, a touch oxidative. Expensive stuff, nice and complex but not so much my style. Other folks on the table liked it more.
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NV Krug Champagne Brut Grande Cuvée 94 Points
France, Champagne
(2/15/2015)
Expressive nose of apple, dried fruit, honey and a touch of yeast and toast. Pure and crisp with wonderful perlage. Apparently this is blended from up to 120 lots from different vintages and vineyards. I guess Krug is the real stuff for real wine connoisseurs and not for the dude who orders it in a Moscow night club... sorry, team Dom Perignon. :-) 94-95
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NV Louis Roederer Champagne Brut Premier 94 Points
France, Champagne
(3/28/2015)
During a wine diner. Medium yellow. Floral nose intermixed with almonds, acacia, apple/lemon and discrete minerality, bisquit on the second leg.Not very yeasty. Excellent freshness, almost a bit too sour on the finish but the dosage does his job.
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NV Gosset Champagne Brut Grand Blanc de Blancs 94 Points
France, Champagne
(8/26/2016)
Nose of green apple, citrus, a touch of flowers and yeast. I like this for its fruity floral nose and the pleasant palate due to the right dosage. A really nice Champagne that gets the party going but also appeals to the connoisseur.
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NV Bruno Paillard Champagne Brut Premiere Cuvée 93 Points
France, Champagne
(11/20/2015)
Medium yellow. Nose of bee wax, nuts, flowers, some white fruit. Very nice palate with good acidity and limited dosage, this is very much in a dry white style and not sweet at all, low dosage. Well balanced and elegant. Good to go with food as well.
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NV Pol Roger Champagne Brut Réserve 93 Points
France, Champagne
(12/31/2014)
Nice and yeasty with a fruity, succulent feel to it, not too dry. Aromas of white fruit, vanilla, flowers. A nice crowd pleasing Champagne in a good way. Very popular tonight with the 30 people New Year's eve dinner group.
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NV Billecart-Salmon Champagne Brut Réserve 91 Points
France, Champagne
(12/16/2015)
Nose very much in the citrus, lime and flower spectrum with the typical bakery component in the background. This continues on the palate where we have a fresh Campagne with may be a bit too much dosage for my taste. Did well with the crowd.
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NV Pierre Paillard Champagne Grand Cru Rosé Extra Brut Les Terres Roses 93 Points
France, Champagne, Champagne Grand Cru
(10/23/2016)
During a matter of taste Master Class, Grower's Champagne. Nose of bakery, strawberry, flowers. Good freshness, sappy.
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NV Tendil & Lombardi Champagne Cuvée Hymenee Brut 93 Points
France, Champagne
(10/23/2016)
During a matter of taste Master Class, Grower's Champagne. Expressive nose of bakery, apple, spices, citrus. Quite bubbly and fruity on the palate. Hard to dislike.
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NV Henri Giraud Champagne Grand Cru Fût de Chêne MV09 Principaute de Mykonos 94 Points
France, Champagne, Champagne Grand Cru
(10/23/2016)
During a matter of taste Master Class, Grower's Champagne. Nose of oxidative notes, nuts, maggi intermixed with bakery and flowers. Restrained and elegant. Good with food.
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NV Besserat de Bellefon Champagne Cuvée des Moines Blanc de Blancs 94 Points
France, Champagne
(1/6/2017)
Proposed by the Sommelier at Joel Robuchon. A very nice surprise. Nose of citrus, bakery, flowers. Very delicate perlage (apparently this is a lower pressure Champagne). Excellent with food. Loved it.
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NV Vilmart & Cie Champagne Premier Cru Grande Réserve 94 Points
France, Champagne, Champagne Premier Cru
(4/30/2017)
I really liked this Champagne. Fresh apple, pear, touch of citrus, mineralic base. Very dood dosage-acidity interplay. Well don, this will get the party started and please a connoisseurs palate. Impressive for a base cuvee.
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NV Pommery Champagne Brut Royal 93 Points
France, Champagne
(11/24/2018)
Served as an apero before a Conseillante/Figeac winemaker dinner. This showed very well, fresh, lots of energy, minerality and soft perlage. Lemon, green apple and a touch of brioche on the finish.
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NV Bruno Paillard Champagne Rosé Extra Brut Première Cuvée 94 Points
France, Champagne
(2/27/2019)
Very nice and fresh nose of flowers, brioche touch of raspberry. Good energy and lift. Paillard is always good QPR.
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NV Roses de Jeanne / Cédric Bouchard Champagne Blanc de Blancs La Haute-Lemblé 94 Points
France, Champagne
(5/5/2019)
Really liked this bottle. Ripe nose with pine apple, brioche, blossom, white flowers. Sexy and aromatic palate with good freshness.
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NV Gosset Champagne Brut Grande Réserve 93 Points
France, Champagne
(6/14/2019)
During a walkabout tasting. Lovely nose of white flowers with grapefruit and discrete bakery. Good QPR, so much better than the basic stuff of the large houses.
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NV Jérôme Prévost Champagne La Closerie Extra Brut Les Beguines 93 Points
France, Champagne
(10/10/2019)
Nose of grapefruite, pomelo, some minerals. Very dense and bubbly on the palate. Good stuff but I like it a bit more subtle.
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NV Agrapart Champagne Les 7 Crus Brut 94 Points
France, Champagne
(1/17/2020)
During a Paulee dinner, so only brief impressions. Very nice aromas with brioche and bruised apples, fine perlage.
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NV André Jacquart Champagne Premier Cru Experience Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs Vertus 94 Points
France, Champagne, Champagne Premier Cru
(4/3/2020)
A very nice and crisp Champagne with minerals, apple, brioche. Good complexity and length.
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NV Ruinart Champagne Brut Rosé 93 Points
France, Champagne
(7/14/2020)
During a "Covid Stuck in Singapore" 14.July French National day lunch. Lovelyl champagne to finish the lunch at 1700h. Expressive nose of flowers, strawberry, vanilla. Creamy palate, good dry finish.
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NV Savart Champagne Premier Cru l'Ouverture Brut 91 Points
France, Champagne, Champagne Premier Cru
(9/24/2020)
Suggested by the Sommelier. If I recall correctly this is dominated by Pinot Noir. A lovely, fruity nose with raspberry, flowers and some lemon zest. Crisp on the palate, medium length. 91-92
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NV Alexandre Penet Champagne Extra Brut 93 Points
France, Champagne
(10/10/2020)
This particular bottles was a 60% Pinot Meunier, 20% Pinot Noir, 20% Chardonnay, blend based on the 2011 vintage, disgorged in 2018, dosage of 6 g/l. The color was a bit deeper yellow with an orange hue suggesting some age. I really liked the nose here, very good complexity of a mature Champagne with white and yellow fruit and some bruised apples. Good freshness and creaminess on the palate. Dont know what the price point of this bottle is but it is miles better than the standard offering of the big houses. 93+
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NV Bauget-Jouette Champagne Brut Grande Réserve 93 Points
France, Champagne
(8/11/2017)
From Magnum. At an apero. Really liked this with its yeasty, flower and apple/lemon aromas. Also the dosage makes it pleasant.
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NV André Jacquart Champagne Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Experience Le Mesnil 93 Points
France, Champagne, Champagne Grand Cru
(10/26/2018)
Tasted blind. Good quality, here, yeast, apple, a touch oxidative. Good complexity
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Flight 5 - Decent but nothing I would recommend 90-92 pt (14 Notes)
NV Boucher Fils Champagne Premier Cru Prestige Brut 92 Points
France, Champagne, Champagne Premier Cru
(5/17/2015)
This is a small family grower Champagne producer. Quite an unusual label, vintage style. Very nice NV champagne with a distinctive nose of white fruit, bakery (brioche) and some almonds. Good perlage.
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NV Perrier-Jouët Champagne Grand Brut 92 Points
France, Champagne
(12/5/2015)
Very nice yeasty nose with bakery and brioche. A bit too much dosage on the palate for my taste but this certainly gets the party going, still enough minerality and freshness in the background . Easy to like.
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NV Forget-Brimont Champagne Brut Rosé 91 Points
France, Champagne
(2/20/2016)
During a Pauillac themed wine tasting dinner. Nose of flowers, strawberry, bakery with very good pinosity. Creamy and elegant on the palate. Quite bubbly. A bit too much dosage for my taste but very good NV rose overall.
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NV Joseph Perrier Champagne Brut 91 Points
France, Champagne
(8/30/2017)
Very nice floral nose with some yeast, bakery. Pleasant dosage. Easy going but solid.
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NV Michel Reybier Champagne 92 Points
France, Champagne
(4/20/2019)
From the name I am guessing this is from the Cos d’Estournel owner. Very pleasant Champagne with brioche, flowers, yeast. Pleasant palate with good dosage balance.
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2003 Henri Abele Champagne Le Sourire de Reims Rosé 91 Points
France, Champagne
(12/18/2015)
During a vintage Champagne tasting at a Merchant. Discrete nose of cherry, with a distinctive bonbon touch, a bit too much for my taste, otherwise good. Quite present acidity on the palate, medium length.
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2002 Pol Roger Champagne Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill 92 Points
France, Champagne
(12/19/2015)
During a vintage Champagne tasting at a Merchant. Distinctively yeasty nose with apple, lemon, very Chardonnay in style. A bit acidic for my palate. Medium finish. I wished for more given the price.
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2004 Jacquesson & Fils Champagne Dizy Corne Bautray Extra-Brut 92 Points
France, Champagne
(12/13/2014)
During a vintage Champagne tasting at a Merchant. Interesting appearance, looks almost like a normal wine bottle. The nose was too yeasty for my taste, but with good white fruit and lemon as well. On the acidic side for my palate but with good finish.
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2005 Drappier Champagne Grande Sendrée Rosé 92 Points
France, Champagne
(8/1/2015)
Nose of strawberry intermixed with tea leafes, red current, flowers. This bottle was a whiff oxidative. Perlage on the bubbly side but with a sappy, pinoesque finish.
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2004 Veuve Clicquot Champagne Brut Vintage 91 Points
France, Champagne
(5/23/2016)
Nose of bakery, flowers, succulent but with good freshness and nice perlage. Nice but not overly deep.
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2007 Louis Roederer Champagne Vintage Brut Rosé 91 Points
France, Champagne
(8/5/2016)
Nose of strawberry, yeast, citrus. A nice and refreshing champagne, well balanced between body, acidity and sweetness. Medium length.
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2006 Francis Cossy Champagne Vieilles Vignes 91 Points
France, Champagne
(8/11/2019)
Tasted blind. Nose of green apple, a touch of bakery with a touch of oxidtion pointing to age. Fine perlage, medium length. Given the nutty notes I would drink this up.
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NV Larnaudie Hirault Champagne Premier Cru Brut 90 Points
France, Champagne, Champagne Premier Cru
(11/27/2016)
At an apero. Decent everyday champagne with classic yeast/mineral aromatics. Solid but not very complex.
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NV Taittinger Prelude 91 Points
France, Champagne, Champagne Grand Cru
(5/18/2015)
Nose of apple and white fruit intermixed with a touch of bakery. This is not overly complex but quite pleasant overall. Will sure work well with a broad audience. Average perlage, medium finish.
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Flight 6 - Did not really like it (16 Notes)
NV Egly-Ouriet Champagne Grand Cru Tradition Brut 89 Points
France, Champagne, Champagne Grand Cru
(12/13/2014)
Very yeasty nose with a slight oxidative touch. That is the part I did not like about this Champagne. Other than that it showed nice aromas of white fruit with flowers.
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NV Taittinger Champagne Brut Réserve / La Française 88 Points
France, Champagne
(5/24/2015)
Medium yellow. Discrete aromas of bakery, yeast, white fruit. Pleasant perlage but not as long as other champagnes in this tier.
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NV de Venoge Champagne Princes Blanc de Blancs 89 Points
France, Champagne
(3/18/2018)
Lovely freshness, notes of flowers, citrus and bakery. Good but not great.
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1997 Bollinger Champagne La Grande Année 89 Points
France, Champagne
(12/13/2014)
During a vintage Champagne tasting at a Merchant. Very unique nose... Nutmeg, butterscotch and a bit oxidative, mushrooms as well. Is this a correct bottle? Don't know what to make with all of this. Many people liked it though. Need to follow up one this once more. 88-93?
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2006 Joseph Perrier Champagne Esprit de Victoria Blanc de Blancs Brut 88 Points
France, Champagne
(12/18/2015)
During a vintage Champagne tasting at a Merchant. Nose of green apple, lemon. Relatively lean and acidic on the palate. Perlage a bit too foamy.
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2004 Joseph Perrier Champagne Blanc de Blancs 88 Points
France, Champagne
(12/13/2014)
During a vintage Champagne tasting at a Merchant. Nose of green apple, quince, some almonds. Very fruity and bubbly on the palate, quite sweet for my taste and not very mineralic. Good but not really my style.
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2004 Bruno Paillard Champagne Assemblage Brut 89 Points
France, Champagne
(10/26/2016)
Light and steely, lean and clean, white fruit, almost grassy like a SauvBlanc. If you like it fresh and racey, this is your Champagne.
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2016 Roses de Jeanne / Cédric Bouchard Champagne Blanc de Noirs Côte de Val Vilaine 90 Points
France, Champagne
(10/7/2019)
Tasted blind. Started of a bit fruity and sweet, lots of berries and bubbly. I have almost written it off as too Proseccoesque when a serving was poured at the end of the tasting. It was more composed then with a crisper feel and mineralic elements. I found this not easy to judge. 88-92
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NV Ulysse Collin Champagne Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut Les Pierrières 88 Points
France, Champagne
(11/1/2020)
Italian lunch. We kicked off with this instead of Fanciacorta. I was not that impressed by this bottle. OK for sure but only medium- complexity with aromas of flowers and some bready notes. The palate was clearly too foamy for me. I am not a big Champagne drinker but my bar is quite a bit higher until I enjoy sparklers.
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NV Forget-Brimont Champagne Premier Cru Brut 89 Points
France, Champagne, Champagne Premier Cru
(9/13/2014)
Delicate nose of apple, minerals and flowers. I feel this is a notch better than the standard champagne of the big houses.
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NV André Jacquart Champagne Premier Cru Blanc de Blancs Brut Experience Vertus 89 Points
France, Champagne, Champagne Premier Cru
(10/26/2018)
During a tasting dinner. Apple, a touch oxidative, brioche. Good quality by not so much my style.
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NV Laurent-Perrier Champagne La Cuvée Brut 87 Points
France, Champagne
(12/31/2019)
Relatively lean, straight forward Champagne with some lemon and floral aromas.
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NV Charles Heidsieck Champagne Brut Réserve 87 Points
France, Champagne
(9/27/2015)
Reserved nose of white fruit, a bit metallic, very little bakery. Good perlage on the palate but a bit lean. Not my cup of tea of an NV Champagne.
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NV G. H. Mumm & Cie Champagne Cordon Rouge Brut 86 Points
France, Champagne
(9/27/2015)
Nose of apple, pleasant bakery, some lemon on the finish. Very bubbly on the palate giving me almost a feel of an effervescent vitamin tablet in the mouth. Not on par with the better NV Champagnes.
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NV Taittinger Champagne Brut Réserve 86 Points
France, Champagne
(6/14/2019)
Not really a noteworthy Champagne. Very basic quality, not much complexity. Confirms that it is never a good idea to drink the base line Champagne of the large houses.
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1999 Tarlant Champagne Rosé Prestige 85 Points
France, Champagne
(10/23/2016)
During a matter of taste Master Class, Grower's Champagne. This was clearly too oxidative for me.
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2002 Philipponnat Champagne Brut Clos des Goisses 98 Points
France, Champagne
(7/9/2019)
Burgundy lunch. Contender for the best Champagne I had. This was stunning, combining floral elements with minerality, creamy, yet fresh palate and very long aromatic finish. Tertiary notes without being oxidative. A Wow Champagne.
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1996 Krug Champagne Clos du Mesnil 97 Points
France, Champagne
(6/27/2016)
During a tasting lunch. I am not a big Champagne person, so I was particularly interested to see what awaits you at the peak of Champagne. Medium yellow. Expressive and complex nose of yeast, white fruit, flowers, minerals. There is a kind of aged/oxidative touch in these old Champagnes as usual, something that adds complexity but is not so much to my liking. The palate is subtle, complex with a long finish.
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2002 Piper-Heidsieck Champagne Cuvée Rare 97 Points
France, Champagne
(7/29/2016)
Thursday, July 28, 2016 - Served by a friend of mine who is into Champagne. This bottle apparently won Wine Spectator blind tasting against stiff competition like Krug's Mesnil, Roederer's Cristal, Moet's Dom, etc. Very aromatic and floral nose with some apple and other citrus fruit, a touch of brioche but the yeasty side stays very much in the background. Excellent palate, fresh with good volume, long finish with citrus fruit and flowers. I can see why this has won. Up there with the best Champagne's I had.
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1991 Philipponnat Champagne Brut Clos des Goisses 97 Points
France, Champagne
(3/27/2018)
Wonderful bottle. Deep and complex nose of nutty flavors, bee wax, bakery, flowers. Fresh and not too oxidative for its age. Great perlage. A very grand Champagne.
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2006 Taittinger Champagne Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut 97 Points
France, Champagne
(2/6/2017)
During a tasting. Beautiful mineral nose intermixed with flowers. This is long and aristocratic. Excellent fruit and mouth feel too. A grand Champagne by any measure.
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1996 Deutz Champagne Cuvée William Deutz Rosé 97 Points
France, Champagne
(1/26/2019)
During a Paulee dinner so only brief impressions. Wow, what a start with this bottle at our table. This was seriously one of the best Champagne’s I ever had. Outstanding complexity, flowers, raspberry, brioche. Fresh and creamy.
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2003 Krug Champagne Vintage Brut 97 Points
France, Champagne
(12/13/2014)
During a vintage Champagne tasting at a Merchant. My note may look astronomic but in this tasting this was by far the best bottle. It stood, for my palate, miles apart from the rest. The only Champagne I kept coming back to and wowed me every time. Very subtle nose, discrete notes of flowers, mint, nuts and white fruit. elegant and complex. Also on the palate, impressed much more with the depth of the aroma and not just the bubbles. You could sense that this was a great white wine before it was turned into Champagne. Very fine perlage, very long. Terrific!
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2002 Deutz Champagne Cuvée William Deutz 97 Points
France, Champagne
(4/7/2018)
During a wine tasting dinner. A wonderful champagne. Expressive and floral note, some nuts, stone fruit, touch of strawberry, really complex. Delicate perlage, wonderful mouth feel and long finish. Grand stuff.
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2002 Krug Champagne Vintage Brut 97 Points
France, Champagne
(12/30/2019)
Wow! Really grand, everything you wish from a refined and complex Champagne. Bruised apple, flowers, lemon. Fine perlage. Excellent showing.
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1998 Agrapart Champagne Grand Cru Minéral Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut 97 Points
France, Champagne, Champagne Grand Cru
(1/17/2020)
During a Paulee dinner, so only brief impressions. From MAG. Glad this gentlemen came around with this nice bottle. Very grand showing with bruised apples, apricot, quince, dried flowers. Wonderful!
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NV Egly-Ouriet Champagne Grand Cru Blanc de Noirs Les Crayères 97 Points
France, Champagne, Champagne Grand Cru
(8/17/2017)
This blanc de noir has a very light rose hue color, showing its Pinot pedigree. Wow! Amazing nose of flowers, strawberries, bakery, vanilla and all. One of the best Champagne aromas I have witnessed and, even better, not oxidative like most high end Champagnes from Krug, Salon & Co. especially when aged. Absolutely wonderful. At an attractive price level for this quality too.
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2004 Perrier-Jouët Champagne Belle Epoque 97 Points
France, Champagne
(7/24/2020)
Wow, this bottle blew us a away, it was that good. Amazing nose of white fruit darjeeling tea leaves, brioche, caramel and some toast. It showed age but zero oxidative character which I hate so much in white wines and Champagne. Just wonderful, everyone loved it at this tasting dinner.
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