December 31, 2022 - Red apples and mushroom flavors but also some lovely bitterness. It is fresh but still with a touch more sweetness compared to todays new champagnes. Still, a nicely developed wine that is at its peak right now despite the apparent aged flavors.
September 2, 2021 - Epic Bordeaux for an Epic Birthday!; 9/1/2021-9/12/2021 (Paris & Bordeaux): As with many other bottles that we started with this was quite young but I remember thinking there is some great stuffing here for aging.
December 28, 2020 - Lovely, generous, old fashioned richesse, love it. So,e dosage here, I suspect, boudoir-style, lots of brioche and promises of the dark night. Great champagne, AD seemed to think so to, emptying the glass in record time.
June 18, 2020 - Another magnum... Thanks again, Thijs!
March 31, 2019 - From magnum.
February 1, 2019 - After two less than convincing bottles, this is once again in fine fettle. There is real depth and spicy Pinot Noir richness, great mineral energy even at this advanced age, citrus peel, excellent follow-through.
December 27, 2018 - Friend brought to dinner - PnP; Clean appearance with definite burnt yellow coloring. Great nose showing a well aged champagne with some butterscotch and hazelnut background behind a ripe apple core with adjacent orange, lemon citrusy flavors. Bubbles were very present and helped lift this wine to a nice level of excitement. Very enjoyable.
December 26, 2018 - One if the reasons why I like this wine is that while citrus dominated, it’s not just lemons, but toss is some tangerine and orange zest. It has a nice mousse and fine bubbles. Not terribly spicy for a Drappier, it is elegant with its acidity holding firm, a great mouth cleansing feel and quite pleasing as it slides down your throat.
Very different from other Drappier champagne which are mostly PN. Definitely cellar worthy and very much in its own style. Great with grilled Octopus.
December 26, 2018 - Not sure that this bottle is entirely as it should be. It is rich and vinous and spicy, but the aromatic complexity is conspicuously absent, it feels a bit monolithic, muffled. Low-level TCA maybe? I am scoring it “as is”.
November 25, 2018 - 750ml; PnP; Like previous notes, this is drinking very well. It does not have huge acidity but certainly provides great character for the wine at a great QPR. Brioche and apple - who doesn't love that? I wish I had more....