Community Tasting Notes 9

• Frank Murray III wrote:

  April 18, 2024 - Blind Champagne Tasting (Basanti in San Juan Capistrano, CA (South OC)): Disgorged November 2021, so a longggg time on the lees. 80% Chard and 20% Pinot Noir with no dose. The initial aromas on this was kinda weird, with a celery and white pepper, a little stinky. With air this becomes a lemony an spicy wine, with a lot of citrus peel that creates length. My challenge I had was the spicy aspect to the wine, an oily-ilke citrus. I would have loved to retaste this again today, and I just wonder if I have captured the wine properly.

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• IrisTable wrote:

  April 17, 2024 - April Basanti (blind): 80% Chard, 20% PN, from 5 plots in Oeuilly, all on "lutetienne" (aka Parisian) limestone. Spont. fermented for 6 mo, no malo, bottled May 2006 w/ 0 dosage.
  Brought this bottle to the tasting, so it wasn't blind to me. Loads of brioche, obviously aged. Lemon, green apple, some gentle spice (maybe nutmeg? hard to place) and a hint of toasted almond. Finish isn't very long. To be honest, my impression the night of is that it lacked complexity for the amount of time it spent on the lees.
  
  Finished the bottle two days later, and it seemed to have more brioch-y nutty notes. I stand by my assessment that this is on the less complex side, but the price point is reasonable for such aging. While it is not falling apart (like some other champagnes I have had recently), there doesn't seem to be a lot of upside in keeping it.

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• WetRock wrote:

  April 17, 2024 - Wednesday Champagnes at Basanti: Served blind. Showing the clear oxidation of a mature wine. Apple in a riper, less fresh cut way. While this doesn't seem to have gained the complexity you hope from a maturing wine its drinking well right now showing the way a Champagne should mature rather than tire.

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• bisky Likes this wine:

  May 3, 2023 - First time trying vintage champagne. 15 years on lees (bottled 2006, disgorged 2021).
  Huge nose, almost overwhelming. Bready brioche and yeasty elements. Soya sauce bottle residue (lol) and balsamic vinegar. Dried wood ear mushrooms. Baked apples in pastry. A clean perfume scent like inside an airplane… nose has me lost for words clearly.
  Searing acidity on the palate, very weighty with oxidative notes of bruised fruits, but never flabby. Quite a nutty and creamy finish.
  Utterly intriguing to me! Would love to try more vintage champagne in the future.
  
  ❤️

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• Michael Hung Likes this wine: 93 points

  June 14, 2022 - Tasted completely blind at Pa'La Wine Dinner.
  
  Big toasty autolysis notes with a lot of complexity and orchard fruit taking a back seat. Creamy delicate mousse with high acid structure, a lot of oomph with the Champagne that was almost on the verge of overwhelming. Paired great with an Italian white chocolate cherry cannoli, beating out the dessert wine that the other distributor picked.
  
  Very high quality Champagne, lots going on here. Autolysis notes dominate the palette, but not in a bad way. Toast, pastry, lemon curd, pear, quince. Enjoyable as heck

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2005
• Type White - Sparkling
• Producer Tarlant
• Varietal Champagne Blend
• Designation la Lutetienne Prestige Millesime
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Champagne
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• Appellation Champagne
• UPC Code 3760098960200

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