4/5/2023 - Frank Murray III wrote:

May 2022 disgorgement. 100% Chardonnay from 60-80 year old vines in Cramant from a single plot called Bourron du Levant. 2 grams of dosage, farmed biodynamic with just about 8 years on the lees. I've been drinking this cuvee since the 2008 vintage and I consistently like it. It's become expensive but we were able to find these for $110 recently and we grabbed a bunch of it across a few guys to take advantage of the deep discount. Opened yesterday, took the remnants home stuffed under a stopper to maintain the C02. Getting a real good taste and look at the wine tonight at a perfect temp of just lightly cool. This vintage represents what I would call 'class'. There is a richness here that has a countering element of what I thought of as 'weightless'. god, that sounds stuffy and cliche so forgive my use of the term but when I taste this stuff, there is fruit intensity without feeling heavy. Aromatics of lees and cardamon. The palate a mix of lemon, orange and apple, finishing with lime and some honey that is starting to frame the finish. Kinda reminds me of White Burgundy, with the flavor profile that has a decadence yet the balance and acidity woven through the wine. On the final few sips, some of the chalk finally peeks through and yet it's another supporting piece to the wine, one that seems already well-knitted together and I bet with another 3-4 years this smooths out even more and really becomes a head turner. Delicious.

1/30/2024 - Frank Murray III wrote:

Champagne Bookclub (served blind)--Me (My House): Disgorged September 2018. The wine is composed from two plots, with one in Avize and the other in Cramant. 3 gms dosage. Tasted over 6 hrs. Initially this had a smoky/reductive aroma, that later relaxed when I revisited the wine during dinner. The smokiness penetrates the palate, with a deep concentration, and early on in the evening this reminded me a lot of really fine white burgundy. Mashed yellow apple drizzled with a pear syrup, finishing with kumquat. The wine settled down as it aired throughout the evening and became what I thought more subtle. Oddly, i did not revisit the wine enough later in the meal to have more notes.

3/21/2024 - Frank Murray III wrote:

Lot of raw material here. Has some heft although I can see the references to some limestone buried in the wine. For me, what more shows now is passion fruit, peach, spicy fennel and a texture that reminds me some of an oily/glycerine feel. The texture reference I am making is more about the concentration and weight. This is an intense wine.

2/12/2024 - Frank Murray III wrote:

Opened yesterday, still working on the bottle a day later. 100% Pinot Meunier, done without dosage. There is some discrepancy here on disgorgement, as the back label says February 2020, and the cork stamp says February 2021. Dunno which is accurate. Farmed biodynamic, no malo. Current release is 2018 so this is a few vintages older. Of note, I had some mixed experience with a few bottles of the 2013, with one advanced and another less so, and then one other that was fine. So, I finished off the 13s and when I saw this 2016 out for sale, figured I would give it a go. Little bit of gold here showing but the wine's energy is spot on. When we first opened this yesterday, it was softer, showing raspberry, tangy peach and orange rind. By the end of dinner last night, it had started to acquire some coil, a firm energy. Today, the wine is pretty consistent with the final glass yesterday. In terms of texture, the chill really shuts the wine down but when the chill is relieved, then some saline infused lime comes through with some of the fruit signature. The wine just needs the right temp to relax, and I just wonder how often people misjudge brut nature because they hit it with too cold a serving temp, then wonder why it's lean and coiled--an act of begging the very thing that is unwanted. Let this warm up so that you get the ground from the Noyers plot to talk, then the fruit from Meunier to join in. Finishes with some light seasoning of wood, adding an allpsice note. This is worth reloading as it's drinking really beautifully--tangy, a bit salty and I love the fruit.

3/14/2024 - Vas19 wrote:

No disgorgement info that I can find but supposedly 2019 base. A nice entry level champagne. Definitely on the lean grower side of the spectrum, but with nice apple fruit and decent balance.

3/6/2024 - brigcampbell wrote:

Yeast note appreciated. Apple, light oxidation, medium acidity, oak and nutty flavor.

3/2/2024 - blanquito wrote:

Primary but showing its wares. Terrific nose of fresh cracked black pepper, black cherries and a soupçon of garrigue, a bouquet that harkens to both the earthiness of the Old World and the richness of the New. The palate is less ready, showing a little spritz on the pop and pour, but it pulls together quickly with some air. Aside from some tongue tightening tannin and grip, this is drinking well, with layers of sappy lavender, iodine, cloves and some heady fruit. Flashy yet balanced, rich enough to enjoy on its own but I bet this pairs well with fowl or stew. Drink now if you’ve got a stash or hold one for another 5 years to try when it’s relaxed a little. Excellent and a great QPR at release pricing.

2/28/2024 - Frank Murray III wrote:

Bookclub (served blind)--Brig (Foretti's in Corona Del Mar): Disgorged March 2022. 2017 base with just under a gram of dosage. Didn't write down the cepage ratios. I tasted this when it was first opened, and then I went back to try again at the end of the meal just about 3 hrs later. Whiff of old wood on the nose. Yellow apple, lime and a good spine of spice that goes through the palate and finish, along with lemon rind. Leaner apple tones too and a finish on the taut/crisp side. At dinner's end, this is tangy with citrus pee and mineral with green apple, with perhaps a little stone fruit that is buried under the apple and citrus. I liked this but I enjoyed the 738 more that we had next to it.

2/19/2024 - Rieslingfan wrote:

Pop and pour, and from the first moment this was a "wow" wine. Red fruit, a touch of spice, but not quite oak spice, and a mineral depth that carried from the entry through the finish made this one of the more enticing young Pinot Noirs I have ever had the pleasure to drink. It was interesting that I kept expecting the wine to gain more richness, but it always kept a level of tension that was like the wine was holding back. Even with that it was delicious for the three hours I followed it, and kept telling me that it has a lot more in store for the future, as it perfectly balanced fruit and tannic structure. Falstaff has always been my favorite Kutch wine, and is right there for favorite U.S. Pinot Noir.

5/14/2023 - 5laton wrote:

Not nearly as wound-up as the 2012, this drinks well already with air but will improve. For my taste, drink these in 3-5 years vs. 5-10 for the 2012.

1/30/2024 - Frank Murray III wrote:

Champagne Bookclub (served blind)--Me (My House): January 2020 disgorgement. 50% Pinot Noir (from the Maison Rouge parcel) and 50% Chardonnay (from the Chemins d' Epernay parcel). 3.5 gms dosage. In tasting this next to the 2013, I find the 2014 more brassy, less seductive than that wine but with more electricity in the 2014. The citrusy energy is higher, with the green apple and rocky tones more prevalent. Apricot, honey and some lime into the finish. I find the 2014 more powerful and a little more rugged, whereas the 2013 is more suave and alluring. Perhaps in another year, the 2014 softens more and begins to catch up to where the 2013 currently is for development, but also some may find the 2014's power more attractive, as I have on a few past occasions with the 2014. Both vintages are good but the impact of vintage is very present in the contrast of them side by side.

1/17/2024 - Frank Murray III wrote:

It's been 2 years since I opened one of these and I was having some Italian food last night and thought man I could use a glass of Syrah so I went and grabbed one of my bottles of inventory and what a beauty this thing is. This version continues to just be a wonderful glass of syrah. It's full of white pepper and purple flower, with dark fruit although there's plenty of red fruit in here too, and a spicy rosemary kind of driven note that extends well into a long finish. The acidity is fresh and the wine has a nice medium weight to it and I just wish I had a whole case of this to drink over the next 5 to 10 years. What a beauty.

11/7/2023 - Frank Murray III wrote:

We drank the bottle over a course of two days. Pretty similar to the past bottles with same core of crunchy cranberry still present. It's a mix of something plush around the edges yet still the core of tartness and some tannin that gives the wine contrast. I remain virtually the only one with notes here on the wine so as always one can take my comments with a grain of salt but I do have multiple bottles open now to date and still think the wine is fighting some within its parts.

12/29/2023 - Frank Murray III wrote:

I had this in my cellar since 2017. I think the 2016 disgorgement but the label was scraped and stained because of my old cellar. Served non blind and man, this really showed well. My buddy Ramon said it reminded him of passion fruit, which was a good call. To me there was an elegance and crispness to the wine, too. I paid $50 for this but now it seems the price on the wine is $85-$125 and I wonder whether the newer disgorgements are as good too? Maybe I need to go source another one and see if it shows similarly, as this bottle was beautiful and really got my attention.

1/2/2024 - GrandeSerataFuori wrote:

Wine 6 of 7 on NYE.

WOTN for me. Rich almost orange color. So delicious, interesting and balanced.

FRANK MURRAY III has an excellent note below.

1/1/2024 - Frank Murray III wrote:

Annual NYE Dinner and Champagne (My House): Disgorged July 2021. Is it me or is this cuvee seeing shorter sur latte time? I had thought these were typically 4 years after tirage? Doing the math here, this is only about 2 years? Hmm. I'm a devoted drinker of this cuvee and have been for a decade so was eager to see how the warmer year would reflect. Of note, and I wasn't begging the outcome, there is some austerity here. Grapefruit, lime peel and even some cranberry. Cranberry? Yes, I swear it's here. And yes, the expected tangerine and apple is also here. With air, this does add some richness, so the apple has some caramel on it, and some orange emerges, along with pineapple. But still the tension of the earlier tastes remains, the tarter edge, which I do like a lot. Man, the last few vintages of GCdO (notably 2016 and 2017) have all for me shows some cool edges.

12/31/2023 - Hiker4life70 Likes this wine:

I totally agree with Frank Murray III's note. It has a pretty spicy cinnamon apple tart nose with that and cherry on the palate with a strong acidity and mineral finish. I forced my husband into my NYE experiment with a blanc de noirs vs. blanc de blanc tasting. All for science LOL.

12/25/2023 - Charlie Carnes Does not like this wine:

Man, I want to like this wine, as my buddy FMIII likes it. I just cannot get it down, even after the second day. It’s harsh, and austere. I could maybe say it’s fragile, as many Margie’s from this time have been all over the place.

12/27/2023 - River Rat Likes this wine:

11-22 disgorgement, paired with Pomegranate and Cranberry stuffed Pork Chops. Great pairing as the wine displays both fruits in aromatics and color. Racy with nice persistence, minerality and acidity. Limestone chalkiness, pleasantly long slightly tart finish. Fun wine!

12/19/2023 - Frank Murray III wrote:

Blind Champagne Tasting--Bring A Bottle That Represents Value: 8 grams of dosage. 50% Chard, 35% Pinot Noir and 15% Pinot Meunier. 2016 base, with 40% reserves. We were told at the table that this was $18 at Costco currently, which really nailed the theme last night for 'bring a value Champagne'. Some toast in the aroma, then initially grippy and tight, with what I thought was some imprint of petrol. Sweetish kind of fennel in the finish. Not bad for $20!

9/15/2023 - Frank Murray III wrote:

March 2022 disgorgement. 100% Chard. A beauty. Pure lemon, green apple, mineral and clean. Some old wood, lime peel in the finish. Yum!

12/15/2023 - wongstonn Likes this wine:

Consumed as part of a blind tasting pitching an Australian sparking (Lethbridge Nadeson Collis NV against grower Champagne. THis is alos my first ever grower Champagne so was wanting to see if grower Champagne meets the hype.

Pastry, dough smell. Clean, ‘standard’ Champagne flavours. Wouldn’t personally have thought it any different to any other Champagne I can recall. Nothing wrong with it, but equally given the hype over the years about grower Champagne really didn’t feel any difference from other many other non-grower Champagnes.

10/21/2023 - grafstrb wrote:

-- popped and poured --
-- tasted non-blind over 1.5 hrs. --
-- 80% Pinot Noir, 20% Chardonnay --
-- dosage: 3 g/L --
-- disgorged: Nov. 2021 --

NOSE: rich and moderately chalky; hints of honey and grass.

BODY: rose gold color; medium-sized bubbles; light to medium-light bodied.

TASTE: quite good; dry, but not austere; some baking spice; a bit appley - Fuji; obviously not a BdB; great pairing with sushi rolls.

11/22/2023 - Frank Murray III wrote:

Disgorged November 2022. 2 gms of dosage, 100% Pinot Meunier. Snappy red fruit aroma. Apple and pear, maybe a little mango, too. There is a creamy feel here, it rounds off some of the edge yet there is still tension. Some citrusy lemon freshens the finish. Real good body, everything in place and this is a producer I want to explore more.

11/20/2023 - Frank Murray III wrote:

2016 base. Disgorged July 2021. Dosage 2 gms. Opened yesterday, using the last couple ounces I ket stoppered overnight for the note here. Pours a hue that reminds me of rose gold. Good bottle of wine here, one that seems squarely built on expressing texture. Hard to not drink a lot of this, and I've got just the small pour here so I'm properly restrained! Tangy and delicate red fruits, with some lightly oxidized apple and a gentle but present lift of grapefruit. As I allow this to sit in the glass and finish the last taste it's really a gorgeous wine, illustrating how texture and acid can dance together and do it well. The finish has some barrique that signs off the end of the wine, just enough to add a bit of toastiness. Wonderful stuff.

11/19/2023 - Frank Murray III wrote:

Oh man, this isn't premoxed or fatigued at all. Just beautiful in a lemony frame with white flower aroma and a lithe, almost creamy texture that has a weightless kind of length and finish. Still so much acid here, along with some wet stone. I may drink the whole bottle myself!

10/12/2023 - Frank Murray III wrote:

Fascinating wine in flavor. Lots of petrol, kinda reminds me of the impression of the diesel in riesling. Green melon, papaya, tangy acid. Savory finish, all favored so well from the cool inputs that come through. Really enjoyed this a lot, no aged notes at all.

10/6/2023 - Frank Murray III wrote:

My final bottle of the iconic 05 SR PS. I've had nearly a case of this wine since it came out, and it's on my very short list of wine from my journey that has always been close to my heart. It just seemed to be there when I was in a place to be moved by it, many times this happening across different settings and groups. I've hung onto this last bottle for a long time, waiting to share it with the right setting. Last night we had a 'bring a special bottle' to dinner, and this was clearly the outlier amongst Haut Brion, Leflaive, Guigal. We arrayed it to the end, where it could be enjoyed as the closing wine of the 7 bottles we all had shared. I had the bottle stood up for a few days to settle the sediment. I decanted it about 2 hours before the meal, rinsed the bottle of the sediment and took to dinner. What's here now after close to 2 decades? Brewed coffee, vanilla and some heat in the aroma. Coffee, toffee, dark chocolate and blackberry are the wine's core, with Dave at the table saying there was something tropical too, like a coconut or pineapple. Ultimately, the wine is showing no fade to me, as there remains good intensity and concentration, and I suspect it can go another decade. Goodbye my friend, and thank to Kelly Petersen for all the good memories that come from a wine like this one.

9/28/2023 - Frank Murray III wrote:

5 X 5 X 5 100% Pinot Noir BdN (My House): Disgorged May 2020, with three grams of dosage, 100% Pinot Noir. Mostly 2017 (as the base) with 20% reserve wine. Golden apple and white pepper aroma. The fruit core is for me strawberry and blackberry, a more snappy type that is less ripe, more firm (thank you Astrid for that nuance). Overall, I found the wine on the crunchy side, and delicious. Retasted the next day, this maintains the delicious quality. Cranberry and fleshy strawberry, with good balancing acid. This exhibits a crunchy, juicy style that suits me well.

9/13/2023 - Vas19 wrote:

An intriguing bottle. Has some of that low sulphur immediacy, but not detecting any flaws. It feels like the pinot texture is showing through also. I am enjoying this, but for the money it's not a screaming value. 91-92

9/7/2023 - Frank Murray III wrote:

Bookclub--All Wines Tasted Blind (Foretti's in Corona Del Mar): Man, this stuff is just awesome. And this is coming from a place in my drinking journey where thinking of having Napa Cab is just not my thing anymore. Thankfully, this was served blind so I had to judge what was here. Dark, chewy and dense with an irony feel when first poured. Inky, charcoal and mineral with great structure and just medium weight (at least to me). Power with balance is what my notes say with an irony finish, and a wine that is gonna age for a long time. But, at 10 years now from vintage, this is one of the very best Cabs I have had in a very long time. Bravo.

8/24/2023 - Frank Murray III wrote:

Champagne Bookclub (all served blind)--Viet (La Tableau in South Coast Plaza): No disgorgement or much back label info. 3.5 grams of dosage I'm told. Aroma of buttered bread. Good coil of lemon oil, lime zest and some grapefruit. And while I perceived an earthy cherry note, I was humbled when revealed that this had no red fruit. Minerally finish. Enjoyed this.

6/5/2023 - Frank Murray III wrote:

The November 2021 disgorgement, which may be the final and most recent disgorgement for this vintage of Concordance. 100% Pinot Noir, this is the non-sulfured cuvee. I've had many bottles of this now and the bottle yesterday (and with the retaste tonight), it's truly something special. Showing some of the same more golden color as past bottles, yet the wine shows fresh and clean. And, this bottle has the smoky/reductive quality that some of the past bottles have beautifully shown, too. Yellow apple and black cherry. Gorgeous with a saline finish. Retasted again using the last few ounces I maintained from yesterday, damn this is good. I mean really good. It takes me back to the very first bottle I had of this a few years ago and the impact that bottle had on my senses. The tactile feel of the wine, with the minerality component is such a cool driver of the wine's profile, then the fruit wraps around it, like a smoky apple and strawberry. It's at one moment savory then the next feeling rich, yet it's in balance. I need to track down a few more of these and put them back into my cellar--what a killer bottle of Champagne.

8/10/2023 - Frank Murray III wrote:

January 2022 disgorgement. Served side-by-side with the Grand Cellier d'Or (both done blind). 80/20 Pinot Noir/Chard. 7 gms of dosage. First bottle of this new release (well, I believe at this time right now that this is current release of CdC here in the West US). This has good tension, yet with some of the vintage showing, as this gave me some impression of pineapple, along with the citrusy lime, and the usual orange fruit akin to tangerine. One difference though between this wine and the 2015 GCdO is that the 2015 CdC expressed a stony quality, that texture of something slatey. I preferred the CdC in this flight again (as I did the 2014 flight), but I did find that the GCdO was not far behind in this vintage, and that both wines expressed the sun of the vintage well.

7/8/2023 - Lehto Likes this wine:

This was the July 2020 disgorgement and comparing to previous notes I really think this champagne benefits from getting that 3+ years of bottle age!

100% Chardonnay from around Voipreux and Vertus. No added sulfur, no dosage, no filtration and was fermented in 228 liter barrique. Still a rather pale gold straw color with lively bubbles!

This is really my kind of Brut Nature. Restrained and super focused. Intense citrus fruits with green apple, green pear, lemon zest, touch of mint, crushed rock, chalk, yeast, bread dough and butter. The acidity is crisp and intense but it's so well-balanced with the depth and richness from the bottle age, that I think suits it perfectly. This is so mineral-driven, pure and energetic but with enough weight to keep it all interesting.

Would love to try this with even more bottle age!

6/7/2023 - Vas19 wrote:

A really well made champagne, but this doesn't get me that excited for some reason. Great balance and complexity but just missing an x factor. Maybe this needs more time?

6/3/2023 - Frank Murray III wrote:

Another bottle of the October 2022 disgorgement. 60% PM / 30% Chard / 10% PN. 4.5 gms dosage. Has a faint tinge of peach color, just enough to notice in the glass. We opened this yesterday (stoppered overnight), I shared the bottle but didn't take any notes or pay enough attention so my note here is from the final glass of the bottle. Quite a bit of fleshy texture in this bottle. Tangy pear, nectarine and a bronzy, oxidized note. This bottle seems less complex but more stuffed with texture. With the temperature relaxing on the wine, it gradually picks up some limey acidity, with some mineral and fleshy strawberry. I find this bottle to be more tangy, more fleshy in texture, yet with plenty of fruit signature that I still think makes it a cool value. Still seeing these for $45 US, and even some 375s for $27 recently.

6/3/2023 - gilrbo Likes this wine:

Bubbles are starting to fade, color is getting deeper, aromas and flavors getting more evolved and the texture silkier. Drinking wonderfully now, but I don't think it has many more years ahead.

5/25/2023 - Outplaying Likes this wine:

I like this more than the Ultradition we had a few weeks ago. This is more citrus and mineral where that one showed more appley. Oddly, I believe that one was extra brut, and it showed richer and rounder, and this is brut and it seems more lean and austere. I like this one though, and I will buy it again.

5/22/2023 - Richard P Howden Likes this wine:

8/2021 disgorgement date. Very pretty nose of lemon, a hint of apple and brioche. Bone dry as I’d expect, tart tart lemon lime, charming foam, long tart finish with a crystal of saline. A good champagne, but not special. Very enjoyable high acid style but I’m not sure it’s worth the price relative to other high $50s Champagnes. I like the vintage offerings better for a pretty small premium.

5/8/2021 - Frank Murray III wrote:

The Gang Drinks Blind (Mesa Verde Country Club in the OC): Served blind with some other bottles of Burt Williams inspired cuvees. Lots of spice, crunchy and a bit muddled for me with tangy, cedar fruit and tannin in the finish. 15 years old already, will this soften?

4/29/2023 - melvinyeowq wrote:

Smoked meats with Jason: Haven’t tried her higher-level bottlings before, decided to blind this for a couple of Courtin haters. Disgorged 2017, zero dosage. Quite shrill, acidic citrus fruit, creamy texture, and as someone pointed out quite a hollow midpalate that her champagnes usually have. Still enjoyable for me though, felt the wine showed good development after some time in the bottle post-disgorgement.

7/4/2022 - assaggi Likes this wine:

Perpetuelle 2014/2018
Degorgement 21 Decembre 2021
Dosage 0g/l
100% Meunier

Pale yellow, nose is floral with a light lime and pear nuances. Perlage medium, moves more in the the vinous direction.
Needs quite some time and aeration to find its stride. An elegant, linear champagne with surprising freshness for a muenier, makes one believe one is drinking chardonnay. Really good and persistent finish. The low sulphur (24mg/l) is noticable and really articulates the aromatcs. I would be very conservative with longer drinking windows. However the champange is so good so why wait.

4/19/2023 - jlm wrote:

Disgorged 12/21. When first opened this was a bit disjointed. With a little time and air, it stitches together well. The PN character is very evident, with peach and apricot aromatics carrying through to the finish as well. There's ripe fruit on the palate, but loads of freshness and mineral cut too. This doesn't grab me quite like the 2016 did, but then that bottle had a year more of bottle age than this one. But it will certainly be fascinating to follow this over the next years, as it's consistent with the Laherte style but seems to have the depth for at least medium term ageing.

4/14/2023 - Benoit Hardy Likes this wine:

Dsg May 2017

2nd bottle drunk 2 years apart.

The wine has taken on patina and depth with a nose of peanut butter, peach, and that incredible salinity.

The mouth still has this creamy texture, with aromas of pear, peach and apricot. A slight touch of oxidation begins to appear. The wine always has this glycerine side with a totally untied juice of a magnificent density. Superb chalky and saline finish on a great vibrant length.

Still the best Marguet I have tasted and one of the best 2012s I have drunk to date.

12/15/2022 - Frank Murray III wrote:

December 2021 disgorgement again. Opened this yesterday and it evolved and changed over dinner. At one moment it was limey and carried a good spine. At another moment, green apple and nougat, with some oak imprint. After dinner last night, I sealed up the bottle with a stopper and kept a final glass for this afternoon, so the wine has been open about 24 hours. On vacation, I don't have a good stem but it's decent to get a final impression. Today it has evolved to a chalky palate impression, as if the Avize soil was liquified into the wine. And to an extent, it does have the green apple from last night, a snappy form of it like a cold yellow apple that has that freshly snapped taste. Some tangerine and a little bit of the apple pie crust note of the bottle I had at the winery this past May, too. It finishes with a lemony cut, ginger, orange and papaya. Overall, this is a powerful wine that is still very youthful, reflecting a good amount of structure with the fruit concentration wrapped through it. Given the concentration and power here, let this air and drink it with just a light chill to allow it to unwrap. This is a great wine with a long runway ahead, a wine that I will add more bottles now to the cellar while it's still affordable.

3/26/2023 - 5laton wrote:

Looks like red Burgundy with bubbles, has an intriguing spicy nose but this bottle is quite raw and bound up in its CO2. I found promising freshness, but this was just too wound up to enjoy.
I was disappointed to find this still closed-in on itself for days 2 and 3.
On day 4 it's finally out to play. I love the freshness and je ne sais quoi here, but the range of aromas and flavors is rather limited today. This lacks e.g. the beautiful fruit and spicy sex appeal of Benoit Lahaye's rosé de maceration (another uniquely Burgundian rosé Champagne) and cost about a third more than that wine. This will continue to improve with age, perhaps dramatically, but for me it's a poor value for current drinking. Strong hold.

3/26/2023 - brigcampbell wrote:

I'm a Kutch Homer but unapologetic. This was served alongside the McDougall and Falstaff, two wines I have always liked.

This wine stood out, this is a spectacular wine. The fruit, the structure, the balance, yada yada yada, all perfect. I think I'm a fan of all things Mindego Ridge.

3/17/2023 - drrobvino wrote:

1st bottle of this wine (from 750ml), we have 3 mags remaining. DG March 2018.
Creamy, citrusy, donut glaze, rosemary, and some saline notes.
Briskly taut, with some creamy weight and oodles of complexity and layers.
Crisp acidity and a long and full-bodied finish. Delicious, drink through 2031.

3/12/2023 - Gatsbeaner Likes this wine:

Bottle 1 of 2. 2014 Base. Jan 2017 Disgorgement (marked LAT140117). Medium golden yellow. Smells like freshly baked croissant/hot cooked butter/laminated dough. Gorgeous. Smooth bubbles (not sharp). Wide, mouth coating and oily on the palate with medium+ acid that cuts through nicely. Some ripe red apple. Hazelnuts and butter. Could imagine eating this with a hot buttered lobster roll (sadly only had a bahn mi). Really incredible, especially for the price point. Have had more expensive champagnes that could not stand up to this. If this is "entry level" Larmandier-Bernier, I cannot wait to try some of the others. Very much my style of champagne.