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White - Sparkling
2006 Pierre Gimonnet & Fils Champagne Premier Cru Gastronome Blanc de Blancs Brut
Chardonnay
- France
- Champagne
- Champagne Premier Cru
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Community Tasting Notes 28
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ManhattanBeach Likes this wine:
May 3, 2022 - The Wine Society 'Taste the new List' (Vintners' Hall): Very fine mousse, great texture, very crisp finish. Savoury. Would be very happy drinking this.
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Mossrose wrote: 93 points
October 8, 2018 - Delightfully enjoyable from the first pour to the end. 4 of us drank this as the starter wine in a birthday celebration. Highly liked by everyone, and the full bottle was gone a half hour later. Delicious, refreshing, and vigorously bubbly, with a very pretty perlage and color. Now 12 years old, every opened bottle has been flawless. Overall, one of our best full case purchases of Champagne.
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adciobanu wrote: 93 points
December 31, 2017 - One of the best champagnes I have had and only a bit more expensive than N.V. examples. Designed to be served alongside meals due to the lower level of carbonation. Slight minerality, citrus, pear, floral, and biscuit notes. Well rounded and layered, but nearing end of peak.
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ChristyLeighNY wrote:
August 22, 2017 - We really enjoyed this with very diverse dishes. On the nose, a ripe apple - still fresh but approaching something like caramel or roasted; light yeast bread. Very fine mousse, slightly bitter finish. We really enjoyed this but agree it may not be at peak much longer .
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mye wrote: 88 points
April 23, 2017 - Bready nose with creamy mouth feel.
Sweetness persists but not overpowering. Delicious.
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By Brad Baker
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By Antonio Galloni
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November/December 2011, IWC Issue #159 (link)(Pierre Gimonnet et Fils Gastronome Blanc de Blancs Brut) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Terry Theise
2011 Champagne Catalog, 6/1/2011 (link)(Pierre Gimonnet et Fils "Cuvée Gastronome" Brut) ($64.00) ’06 was an oddly mute vintage in the NV blends. It showed as body and a sort of vinous warmth without landing squarely on any particular flavors. But the better wines show a clean clear line of chalk amidst all the juiciness. I’d call this wine stock-y – not as in corpulence, but like a stock from veal bones and bouquet-garni. The fizz is seriously good; it has the sheer ripeness of ’03 without that vintage’s sometimes overbearing brute assertiveness. It’s long and expressive with a salty vein of chalk; an easy wine to see into but that’s OK. Disgorged 12/10. Its stated purpose is to flatter food by dint of a lighter mousse – 4 atmospheres instead of the usual 5-6. There’s also 80% Grand Cru now – 45% Chouilly, 19% Cramant and 16% Oger, plus 20% Cuis.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2006
- Type White - Sparkling
- Producer Pierre Gimonnet & Fils
- Varietal Chardonnay
- Designation Gastronome Blanc de Blancs Brut
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Champagne
- SubRegion n/a
- Appellation Champagne Premier Cru
- UPC Code 3490920060265
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 2 (1%)
- In Cellars 43 (21%)
- Consumed 161 (78%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
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