Casa Gill
Tasted Saturday, November 10, 2018 by Aravind Asok with 184 views
We drank these one by one with various courses, starting with crab in lettuce, baked oyster, zuchini and garlic with scallop, and baked fish en papillote (the two enchantaleurs were both served with the baked fish.
We drank the reds with a rabbit stew.
d'Yquem with tiramisu and meringue with fresh berries.
1995 Pol Roger Champagne Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill
France, Champagne
Very good, but drank more like an 85 than a 95. The bubbles were extremely soft. However, absolutely stunning nose with a touch of sweet tangerine, coconut, caramel and nice toast. Great acidity, and everything on the nose comes through on the palate..richly textured and just wonderful.
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1996 Bollinger Champagne La Grande Année
France, Champagne
Wow. Amazingly rich, loads of toast and a hint of coffee, some nuttiness and a touch of oxidative character. On the palate, rich, but so much energy. Seemed fairly young still, but carries that richness so well.
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1996 Veuve Clicquot Champagne Brut La Grande Dame
France, Champagne
Glad we drank this after the pol and before the bollinger and and henriots. Always a touch darker in style, and again nicely expressed richness, showed more in the grapefruit portion of the fruit spectrum with some bitterness. Good acidity, and maybe slightly less intense than the Bollinger, but still excellent.
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1995 Henriot Champagne Cuvée des Enchanteleurs Brut
France, Champagne
This improved the more it opened. I think in-so-far as big house/very richly styled champagne is concerned, this probably fits my palate the best (once it is sufficiently aged, maybe, since I had an 00 last year that didn't really move me). We had this side by side with the 96 this time (and after the Pol, Bollinger and Veuve) and it was just fun to enjoy them side by side. Wines to just bask in. Wonderfully rich, with some nuttiness, some caramel, loads of citrus and toast, and great acidity carries the flavors well, so vibrant. Maybe a touch less put-together than the 96, but who cares. I cannot imagine what else I would want in aged champagne.
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1996 Henriot Champagne Cuvée des Enchanteleurs Brut
France, Champagne
Beyond what I wrote for the 95, this was an essentially perfect btl of aged champagne for my palate. So good, and, just like last year, one of my favorite wines of the year.
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