Light medium gold color. Drank a glass plus from magnum. There's a nice toastiness on the nose, ripe golden fruits, dough, and chalk. The palate is full on and rich, rather round, baked golden apple, apple peel, oxidative, chalk, and toast. A little more to the oxidative side for my preference. Would have helped if this had a better chill on it too.
Light gold color. Drank a glass plus over 2 hours. 56% SB, 46% Semillion. What a sheer delight to drink. There's a splendid nose of white peach, pear liqueur, tangerine, lemon confit, chamomile, white pepper, cedar dust and hint of jasmine. The palate is full bodied, yet lithe and vibrant, dancing fluidly over the tongue. The fruit is, I suspect, a slightly more subdued version of its younger days; now filled with lemon oil, orange peel, pear liqueur, lacquer, white peach, honeycomb and crushed rock minerality with a gleeful dose of white pepper and spice on the long, luxurious finish. Wonderful. 96+(+?)pt.
In a ridiculously stacked pairing this was drank next to a '10 Haut Brion Blanc. This LBB is so much younger and vivacious, really pretty and filled with a colossal perfume of tropical flowers and tropical fruits, guava, lychee, pineapple abound. The palate is also a tropical fruit punch; ripe, yet not sweet, oily texture, tangerine oil, a little leafy quality, chalk and then a burst of pepper at the end. Very good. Young already delicious, the 18% muscadelle in the blend really stands out, give this a couple years to show even better. 92(+)pts.
Very dark red color with a 7mm bricked transition and a 2mm clear edge. Splash double decanted with additional slow-O time. Drank a glass over 90 minutes. A suave and elegant Haut-Brion showing a perfumed nose with cigar ash, cassis, cherry, pencil, smoke, scorched earth, and dried leaves. The palate really shows that harmony with a silken texture and mix of plush tannins, medium full body, lovely fruit with cassis, blackberry liqueur and plum, cigar, pencil, and lacquer. One of those wines that is just so easy to fall in love with. Drink or hold.
Very dark red/purple color. Double decanted and slow-O'd. Drank a glass over 90 minutes. Well, no surprise here, this pretty tight. It's all there, but not ready to play. Plenty of dark fruit, cassis and blackberry, marked firm tannins, backwards, plenty of wood to shed yet, good concentration. Forget it for at least five and likely 10 years. Gut impression 92pt(+)pts with strong upside down a long road.
Deep gold color. Drank a glass from 375ml. Pretty much a carbon copy of the the last bottle 3 years ago. Orange cream, candied apricot, full bodied, honeycomb, tangerine, burnt sugar, mineral dense, good spice. Served a bit warm. 92+ to 93pts.
1998 Piper-Heidsieck Champagne Cuvée Rare 92 Points
France, Champagne
Light medium gold color. Drank a glass plus from magnum. There's a nice toastiness on the nose, ripe golden fruits, dough, and chalk. The palate is full on and rich, rather round, baked golden apple, apple peel, oxidative, chalk, and toast. A little more to the oxidative side for my preference. Would have helped if this had a better chill on it too.
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