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• J+B_Wines Likes this wine: 95 points

  April 25, 2023 - Delightful vintage champagne, still a hint of effervescence. Very deep citrus fruits on the nose, hints of aperol. Lovely gold burnt orange color. Vibrant acidity throughout, stewed strawberries on the palate.

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• BillyT wrote: 93 points

  April 10, 2021 - Beautfully aged and ready to drink. Still frah with micro bubbles. Carmalized apricots with hints of cherries. Beautifl. Short not. At Bday dinner with friends. Excelled against 2002 Grande Anne which also was great.

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• Pierri Likes this wine: 94 points

  December 31, 2020 - Delicious
  Still has good acidity but bubbles are on the way out

• hrazdiiv Likes this wine: 96 points

  December 25, 2018 - Wow, what a treat. Comes out of the bottle with an extremely fine mousse, displaying a beatiful blood orange color, an indication of the interesting elements to come. On the nose you get a terrific cacophony of orange peel, baking spices, walnut and perhaps even some raspberry. The flavors blend for an amazingly interesting complexity, that all fits together so well and plays to a long finish that harmonizes all of the above so well. Acidity is still present in just the right proportion. Drank over about an hour and while the mousse lost most of it's life toward the end, this wine just became more interesting, more complex, more delicious. So fortunate to try this.

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• The Drunken Cyclist Likes this wine: 95 points

  January 1, 2018 - I bought 6 bottles of this for practically nothing a decade ago, but my wife “suggested” that I sell four of them to cover the cost of the half case. Ugh. After the sale, we popped one and it was phenomenal. Ugh. I hated myself and cursed my wife (but in a good way). I had one bottle left, but refused to drink it, partially to see where the wine would go, but more to suppress the pain of the sale of its brethren. In fact, part of me secretly hoped this wine would be terrible so that the pain of the sell-off would be easier to bear and, hopefully, fade from my memory entirely. No such luck. Whoa, this is incredible. No mistake, though, this is an aged champagne, it has an oxidized aspect and even a bit of mustiness, but holy goodness. The age of the wine adds to the color of the rosé, the fruit on the palate is both luscious and elegant. The depth through the mid-palate and on to the finish approaches legendary, and the richness is unbelievable. Whoa. Some might think, like my nine-year old champagne tyro, that this is well on to the down-slope, but they, like he, are completely wrong and need more experience. A lot more. While this stops short of being a once in a lifetime wine, it just might be a once in a decade. The person that bought the other four some ten years ago--are you still out there? Are there any left? Can we talk? thedrunkencyclist.com

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1996
• Type Rosé - Sparkling
• Producer Pol Roger
• Varietal Champagne Blend
• Designation Brut Rosé
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Champagne
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation Champagne
• UPC Codes 089744301765, 3260923017067

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• In Cellars 85 (41%)
• Consumed 122 (59%)

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