Community Tasting Note

Paul S wrote:

Wednesday, September 30, 2009 - Lunch at Goto. 2008 disgorgement. This lacked a bit of the weight of the last bottle I tried, which had the benefit of a year or so more bottle-age after disgorgement. Still, a very serious and seriously good Champagne, went pretty well with most of the Japanese Kaiseki menu as well. Golden yellow colour. Tiny bubbles, but very, steady, gently persistent bead. Just gorgeous on the nose. Very expressive, with pinpricks of incense, flowers and spice dotted a whole ton of steely, slatey mineral and dry earth. With time, bready, yeasty notes, along with red apples, a touch of sour cherries and ripe lemons came out. A bit clenched on the palate at first, but it really fanned out like the nose with some time to show ripe lemons, red apples slightly browning, and whole layers of minerally flavour undergirding the whole palate. Nice feel in the mouth too - creamy, moussy and beautifully textured, with superb fresh balance guiding the wine into a long, sliding fnish that just glided across the palate into a longish tail of mineral and yeast. 92-93 at the moment. Needs some time.

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