Community Tasting Note

Barry Rothof wrote:

Monday, January 24, 2011 - July 2008 dégorgement; mostly a 2002 base. A medium-sized mousse is visible through a medium intense yellow core with a greenish tinge. The nose is medium-plus intense from a medium-sized Burgundy(!) glass. Expansive notes of apply fruit have a slightly oxidative edge to it and are complemented by enormous autolytic expression. Aside from notes of Ritz crackers, toast and dough there are also mossy notes and some green herbs, which reinforces the impression of slight evolution. After 20 minutes in the glass a fresh mushroom note asserts itself.This Champagne is (of course) medium-minus bodied and nervously styled, with pronounced acidity. It is however quite balanced, with pronounced flavour intensity and while slightly monolithic on the mid-palate, some added complexity in the form of aforementioned mushrooms. Said fungi also pop up on the 30 second finish. Don’t get me wrong, this is a young-ish wine which can develop for at least five more years, but it’s a great drink right now. 90 points for this showing and possibly two extra for those with patience and a cold cellar .....TN Mike de Lange

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