Community Tasting Note

Frank Murray III wrote:

Tuesday, December 19, 2023 - Blind Champagne Tasting--Bring A Bottle That Represents Value: Tirage on this was 2020, with disgorgement in Sept 2022. I had read this wine sees 4 years on the lees but I'm not sure that is now true given these two dates on the back label. All of the six cepages are here, just missing Pinot Gris--not sure of the percentages of the blend. Anyway, good density with a spicy, chalk driven note. Crushed apple, I even sensed a little butter, candied/honeyed lime. There is a green tropical to the wine with a spicy finish. Second bottle of this now, and like the Laherte Freres Les 7 which is another field blend, the wine makes me think....I retained a small leftover amount from y/day's dinner and stoppered it up. Retasting today, much different context to taste in (quiet, well lit, no food, no other wines. And FWIW, these factors matter to me, as they do inform how wines show when I taste them. We cannot always taste in the context that is ideal for a note, but tonight's context is about as close as I can make it). A wine to make one think. The green tropical note remains, hard to describe but still here, maybe a green banana? The spicy quality has evolved to something akin to an infusion of fresh cardamom, with a generous, concentrated texture, yet the finish is neat and clean without heaviness. A unique wine, one you gotta sit with and ponder. I'll buy more of this because it's built with unique components, and the result tastes of that uniqueness, too.

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