Community Tasting Note

Paul S wrote:

Saturday, October 27, 2012 - Burgundy 2012 Day 6: Celebratory Dinner (Maison de Lucien, Tailly): This was really interesting. Lanson is a house that had a great reputation in the 1970s, and the Red Label was considered its "prestige cuvee". From a magnum, this was really yummy. It was obviously quite a matured Champagne, with nicely developed notes of yeast and white meat, some honeyed aromas and dried flowers on the nose, along with fresher tones of red apples with a citrusy lift of lemons and limes. I would never have put it earlier than the late 1980s though, especially on the palate, which still seemed so young, with a lively mouthful of limes and juicy lemons, along with another touch of dried flowers, all still wrapped in juicy acidity and a nicely textured mousses. It had a lovely, long finish too, with a good lick of mineral at the tail. This was neither the most profound not the most complex of vintage Champagnes, especially given its age, but it was brilliantly integrated and really yummy. Excellent stuff, and it probably had the chops to go on for another decade quite easily.

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