Community Tasting Note

dcwino wrote:

Wednesday, April 22, 2015 - Cheval Blanc and D'Yquem dinner with Pierre Lurton and Bernard Burtschy (Taberna del Alabardero, Washington D.C.): It was a big crowd for a sommelier so I helped open the bottles and I just assumed that this was the 96 Churchill but turned out that it was the regular vintage. Having said that this was my note.
“This was absolutely seeing from the get go. Fully matured and its peak, displaying beautiful sweet yellow fruits, apple tart, apple peel, ginger, spicy spices and mineral. Exceptional concentration, fine mousse, intensely sweet yellow fruit driven palate impression, bright acidity and lovely seamless finish. This is a great example of the 96 luxury cuvee champagne, ie very hedonistic with generous concentrated sweet fruits yet also very precise due to the bright acidity. I highly recommend.”

This showed exceptional well but thinking this was the Churchill influenced my score? I still highly recommend.

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