May 9, 2024 - Golden color, surprisingly rich and creamy with ample mousse and exotic fruit and baked goods. Smooth and mouth filling with a fair amount of ripe yellow fruit which comes across with a surprising hint of sweetness. Much more so than previous great vintages such as the 02 and 08 at this age. This last point makes me wonder if a little less dossage would have made this a little more precise. That said it was well liked and at a good place right now. Perfectly stored bottle since release and If this was typical, then (unless this was a slightly advanced bottle, as bottle to bottle variations are not uncommon) I would say- drink now, and in the next few years rather then trying to age it longer -the jury is out, need to try again.
January 5, 2024 - Shiny pale yellow-gold with green tint, and with small refined bubbles. Lemon, green apple, brioche, nuts, white flowers, honeysuckle, and minerality. High acidity, medium structure, medium finish. Fresh and youthful. Lots of finesse and seductive. This bottle would need more years to reach optimal drinking window.
January 5, 2024 - This one is still rockin the party, but now starting to calm and show a little more class. Bright beam of citrus, with a slight tinge of tropical exotics…LOVE the crushed rock minerality and salted caramels…white flower florals…such a lazerbeam of precision, yet has that pillow soft gingery mousse that creams it up nicely. Shows a wonderful purity and subtlety…I’d drink this all day long if I could!
November 23, 2023 - Thanksgiving 2023 (Los Gatos, California): Light, fresh lemon and mineral, low dosage. Excellent and youthful.
September 22, 2023 - -- tasted non-blind over approx. 1.5 hrs. --
No longer tight, but still presents as very young. Bright and crisp, but not austere. Gives the impression it has a long life ahead.
September 1, 2023 - A truly enjoyable bottle-the score inches up by the year! I agree that this will be most viable in 3-5 years, but the evolution is quite something. Today, a distinct white pepper element added to the creamy side of Blanc de Blancs,along with some serious new brioche tones, lemon, toasty side notes --and a tad too much underlying residual sugar (though not at all obstructive). The balance will get even better soon. Delightful.
August 17, 2023 - Could wait 6-8 years more
August 6, 2023 - Very consistent - really nice Blanc de Blancs.
July 24, 2023 - Faint bakery scents, apples and other orchard fruit, perfect concentration and tartness. It’s a balanced beauty out of a magnum right now.
July 13, 2023 - Very fine already but promising future, try again in 2025