Really surprisinly good for what is really a NV wine. Lovely fruit, good tart acidity, and great energy, along with some notes of complexity without giving way to oxidative notes.
Full yellow color. Big nose of caramel yellow fruit with some spice and butterscotch. A bit sour but big evolved yellow fruit on the palate. Clearly at or near the end of it's window - drink up!
Full opaque black red color. Dusty prune black fruit on the nose - nice, classic. Nice round rich black fruit with a touch of sweetnenss and some earth. A lovely barolo drinking in the front end of the window. 94-95 pts.
Wow, I thought the barolo would be the easy WOTN and I did not expect this to show nearly so well. Full deep black purple color. Spactacular nose of cassis and spicy candied red fruit. Nice rich sweet black fruit on the palate with pencil lead and good acidity. Drinking at its peak, I would guess. Delicious.
NV Charles Heidsieck Champagne Brut Réserve Mis en Cave 1996 94 Points
France, Champagne
Really surprisinly good for what is really a NV wine. Lovely fruit, good tart acidity, and great energy, along with some notes of complexity without giving way to oxidative notes.
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