Community Tasting Note

forceberry wrote:

Friday, March 18, 2016 - Tasted blind.

Relatively youthful yellow-green color. Somewhat restrained and quite autolytic nose with aromas of toast, some leesy yeast, a little bit of French bread, light zesty notes of lemon and a hint of ripe golden apple. The wine feels quite dry, creamy and somewhat developed on the palate with flavors of toasty autolysis, some mature nutty tones, a little bit of sweeter lemon marmalade character, light hints of brioche and a touch of ripe golden apple. The wine is high in acidity and the mousse feels very creamy, soft and gentle. The finish is ripe, lengthy and quite acid-driven with pretty complex flavors of juicy citrus fruits, some bready autolytic tones, a little bit of caramel, light nutty notes of slivered almonds, a hint of peanut butter and a touch of bruised apple.

A nuanced, sophisticated and squeaky-clean prestige Champagne that offers lots of depth and complexity. However, the overall style feels very polished and very approachable with a sweet edge to the flavors suggesting high dosage. I was pleasantly surprised by the complexity and nuanced autolytic character the wine showed, but still that sweeter, almost marmaladey touch to the fruit made the wine feel slightly anonymous, lacking in character. All in all a fine and pleasant wine that shows Nicolas Feuillatte can produce some convincing Champagnes if they are aged long enough, but even then the style is a bit too crowdpleaser-y.

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