Community Tasting Note

Paul S wrote:

Wednesday, May 20, 2015 - 2001 Vosne-Romanée Grand Cru Dinner (Imperial Treasure Teochew, Takashimaya): What a start to the night. This was a wonderful champagne - from a magnum, it was even better than the 750ml I had several months back. It had a beautiful nose – broad, creamy, with deep wafts of apples, pears and kumquats, toasty brioche and a deep seam of spicy, minerally undertones. Wow. Wonderful palate too, not quite as immediately broad or deep as the nose, but it had a quietly insistent depth and subtle power running through its complex panoply of flavours, with generous notes of apples and lime zest, cream and brioche, honey and white flowers. At the finish, it opened up even more with warm nuances of spice, mineral and bread that went on and on and on in the backpalate. Wonderfully full and warmly generous yet also effortless and beautifully integrated, with a round, softly matured feel that made it so easy to gulp down, this would have popped down the hatch in an instant – save for the fact that it had that breathtaking quality that forced you to pause and pay attention. Magnificent stuff, drinking wonderfully now.

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