Community Tasting Note

Paul S wrote:

Tuesday, December 15, 2015 - Prime of Life Dinner (Yan, National Gallery, Singapore): A fun Champagne, I liked this from magnum quite a bit more than the bottle I tried at EMP a few years back. 1/3 Chardonnay, 1/3 Pinot Noir and 1/3 Pinot Meunier, the bottle was marked Non-Vintage, but had some useful information on the back-label, including the fact that the base year for the wine was 2012, and that it was disgorged in Feb 2015. A bit reductive at first, it opened up into a very effervescent nose with time, showing lots of bright scents - fresh herb and mint, lime zest and green apples. Attractive. The palate was really fresh and lively too. There was clearly quite a bit of power and intensity on the wine, but what stood out more was its bright acidity and a really bubbly mousse that streamed out alongside a pure crunch of green apples and fresh cucumbers. Past those super-fresh flavours, a little dosage showed up with lightly sweet apple cider notes spreading past the midpalate and into the finish. Altogether a very decent NV and a fun drink even if, in a magnum format at least, it was way too young. This will be interesting to try it again in 4-5 years.

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