Now inte mature territory. Broad and generous with peach, marzipan, and toast. Retaining a slightly smoky, chalky minerality and good energy. Very nice.
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Settling into full maturity and drinking well. The red berry fruit that was present when this was younger has softened and faded and turned to a more earthy, Pinot richness. Plenty of acidity keeps this fresh and well-balanced. Probably not getting better from here but seems like it could be on a nice plateau for a while.
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Purchased from Garagiste in December 2012 and delivered in early 2013. Based on the initial offer, I believe this was disgorged in May 2012. Blanc de Noirs made from 100% Pinot Noir.
This is big, rich, weighty, and very complex with tons of effervescence and an aggressive mousse. Medium gold color. Seems to be in the early “mature phase”; mostly tertiary and secondary notes: pronounced and focused aromas and flavors of crusty dry bread, dried Marzipan dough, roasted nuts, spicy red berry, cooked Maraschino cherry, bruised apple, poached pear, lemon rind, and a huge salty mineral streak underneath. High acidity provides freshness and balance. Dry, tangy mouthfeel with “layers” of flavors making the finish sensational and very long. Enjoyed with assorted hard cheeses and antipasti. This can be enjoyed now, but it seems to have enough structure and focus to drink well for another 3-5 years. Outstanding Champagne.
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Disgorged in March 2013. What wonderful development! Pronounced and extraordinarily complex aromas of mushrooms and sous-bois, nougat and walnuts, baked apples and red berries, orange citrus, moist chalk and sea-spray. Now fuller and richer than ever, even more harmonious and laid-back, and still with that zesty acid cut and marine salinity. Marvelous food champagne!
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This bottle drinking younger than the last couple. Some hints of maturity on the attack with some cream, nuts and ripe peach but finishes very dry and fresh. Nice stuff!
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gold colored with fine bead and medium mousse. nose shows rubber, flinty stone, and toasty brioche. medium bodied and tense with a high toned acidity. rich bruised apple, lemon, and cherry skin flavors. good mineral streak and a long finish. good now or hold forever. killer.
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Even after a number of years in the bottle, this has lost none of its vibrancy. Lovely nose with honeyed nuts, sweet apple, a touch of bread; a suggestion of richness without ever getting there. On the palate, still amazingly bright with sweet red apple, citrus oil, and fantastic density. Flavors carried so well by the beautiful mousse. This is lovely right now.
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A really outstanding blanc de noirs. Great yeasty brioche nose and palette. Terrific mousse. Acidity right on the nose. Drinking wonderfully now. No rush but I doubt it will improve more.
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Golden. Fine mousse. Some maturity with winter apples, litchie, pear and some red berries. Still very fresh with pronounced minerality. Good lenght. Very nice!
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Very nice. Light gold. Apple peel, lemon rind, pear but restrained. Faint leesy flavors, but also restrained. Light and crisp. Probably still a bit young, but the flavors are deepening nicely. Last bottle left and will wait a couple more years as this seems still on the upswing.
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moderate mousse, faint god color. cooked bread and some flint on the nose. nice medium body with significant acidity. apples, pears, and honey show on the palate with a moderate length finish. good, could use a couple years for more complexity.
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Huh, another funky and interesting nose. Pungent bruised warm red apples. There's some oxidation notes here and the color reflects it. A bit brassy. The honey was called out by the table, for me, at the finish it lingered. Medium weight lends to a nice mouthfeel. Probably not the best showing.
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Tasted blind. No bottle data noted on the back label. Floral, with jasmine and citrus blossom aromas, along with lime forming the aromatics. The core of this wine showed rich, honeyed with good density. Apple, honey and a long flinty finish. This came across as zesty and young, I guessed Chardonnay, which is wrong as I know this wine is 100% Pinot Noir. Blind tasting is both revealing and also restores one's humility, too! I enjoyed this wine, although I do think the more recent vintages are more to my liking.
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No formal notes, simply from memory. Crisp and as been stated below very bdb-like. Early maturity mostly shows in the rounded mousse, otherwise very pure and precise. A bit of nougat as usual. Not pushing my buttons as much as last time, not sure why.
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Love this wine. Beautiful nosw with lemon curd, red apple, and a touch of nuts. On the palate, invigorating acidity, great energy, more pure lemon amd slate, and some sour strawberry. Juicy, with beautiful soft bubbles and a nice finish.
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Developing nose with fine yeasty/autolytic and sea-mineral impressions over white citrus and forest-strawberry aromas. Stylewise very blanc de blancs for a Pinot Noir, with slender body and high acidity. But his time, the acidity appears somewhat greener than in previous bottles, and the overall balance isn't as impeccable. Development taking an unsuspected turn, or is it just bottle variation?
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Red apples, bread and that gorgeous nougat i often find in the Efflorescence, this time with a bit of development on the nose. Crisp and dry on the palate, long aftertaste, very promising. Outstanding.
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Pale golden hue. Lovely complexity on the nose, with fine development towards nutty and autolytic aromas. Bone dry with high acidity, rich evolved flavours and exquisite mousse. A modern classic in the making, with a highly promising future.
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Has taken on a bit more biscuit since December, with that underlying frais de bois note that lingers amazingly on the palate. I like a bit less biscuit and a bit more berry, but it has been such fun to track the evolution of this wine from bone-snapping acidity to something richer, warmer, and well integrated. Best with food.
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Fragrant red berry fruit, wet rock and a hint of orange peel. Outstanding depth. Intensely mineral. This has come together really nicely as a previous bottle drunk on release a couple of years ago was painfully young. While there is still great freshness, the acidity is much more integrated at this point. Fantastic wine - really enjoyed this.
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Patience rewarded! This is drinking stunningly well at the moment, fresh and slightly biscuity with a depth of citrus and frais de bois fruit that is so pleasing. Lingering aftertaste. And it's just the beginning for this superb wine. Looking forward to drinking the rest over the next decade!
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A friend shared a bottle of this a couple of weeks ago that was tasty but showed a touch of VA. This bottle was clean and utterly delicious. Was quickly emptied.
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BYO (Casa FV): Extremely elegant and mineral nose with fine-tuned autolysis. Precise, crystal-clear notes of small red berries, white citrus, green apple, limestone, buttered brioche and nougat. Focused, linear and pure on the perfectly dry palate. High on youthful acidity and minerality. Totally cleansing and refreshing. More BdB than BdN, even if the grapes are 100% pinot noir. Unfolding ever so slowly, this is a real keeper... or oyster-companion now.
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Agree with many observations made by others here. Clear, pale lemon with intense youthful aromas of red apple, red berries, lemon, yeast, toasted almond and wet stone. Dry, high acidity, medium alcohol w/intensely focused flavors of apple, lemon and baked bread. Aggressive, razor sharp and tightly wound w/piercing minerality. Long finish. Lovely, but will be highly anticipating a re-visit once this has tamed down a bit with some bottle age.
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Tasted over 3 hrs and day 2 -translucent light yellow -very yeasty, warm bread, a certain roundness -higher acidity, med+ concentration on lightweight frame, almost painfully intense minerality pierces the palate all the way through the long finish that leaves a distinctly saline and very sappy residue on the lips, really explodes as the temperature warms up -excellent now, young and intense
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If you enjoy yeasty, rich, and opulent champagne, don't open any of these bottles. Incredibly in your face with acid and citrus--this is extra brut with a bullet. Definitely drank better from a white wine glass and from a flute. And a bit softer on the second day. Suggest double decanting if you drink this one anytime soon.
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Distinctive, intensely focused wine. Yeasty, intriguing nose. Flavors have depth and the finish is tart, perhaps a touch too sour lemon but by the next morning, that was gone. In the mouth the minerality is tight and perfect, and the minerality remains after the citrus fades. The finish is extraordinarily long. I will try to buy more of this to let it age a bit as I believe the aggressive citrus will calm itself, the backbone of minerality will remain and the wine will integrate beautifully. A lovely experience.
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Very focused and zippy, with piercing acidity. This is all about minerality and place, and it is there in spades. I think a few more years would settle it down, and it would/could become outstanding.
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Colgin, SQN, SHS, Saxum, Bevan, DP ++++ (GHT): My first time trying this wine. Unique and quite nice. It is very light and spry on the palate, yet it is full bodied with a lot of fruit. Dry as a bone, but the finish has the tart citrus quality to it. I thought it more orange but others though lemon candy. Long finish. Not quite as layered, but the different fruits gave it an interesting complexity. Really a nice wine.
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Family dinner with Le Francophile (Stockholm): One woman, one vineyard, one variety, one vintage. The '08 Efflorescence has opened up and developed in a nice way since last New Year's Eve. The nose reveals that the base wine was fermented in used oak, and it also shows a good brioche-style autolysis, over some fine mineral, white-citrus and red forest-strawberry fruit aromas. On the palate it behaves more like a blanc-de-blancs than the 100% pinot noir it actually is, with a razor-sharp and very precise acid cut, courtesy of the kimmeridgian soils of Polisot (Côte des Bar). Even though the final wine wasn't dosed with any sugar at any stage, it has an admirable balance with well-concentrated and highly elegant fruit. This gem of a champagne will be a pleasure to follow for at least a decade ahead. Did we say biodynamic?
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much, much, too early to drink this unless you are, in truth, an acid freak. Bone cracking acidity, tart lemon flavors. There is depth there, and focus, but needs time in bottle to develop.
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Gorgeous, full aromatics, yeasty and floral. Has some power. Energetic, tangy and crisp due to the cool vintage and no dosage. Not surprised to read this is from (neutral) barrel. Very intriguing. Loved it, but I imagine there could be some dissenters.
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Mixed Champagnes with Munskänkarna (Stockholm): Nose with ripe green and yellow apples with hints of winter apples, discrete notes of perfume and honey, mineral, definitely elegant. Palate with good concentration, dry, green apple, citrus, noticeable mineral notes, high acidity. Young, could probably develop, 89+ p.
Elegant nose, but a surprising dominance of green apples for something produced from 100% Pinot Noir. It does have the substance to be balanced also at a low dosage.
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Tight young nose: high-toned aromas of red apple, unripe strawberry, rhubarb, and hyacinths. Another layer more nutty and used barrels. Overall a very mineral expression. Tight and focused on the palate, with fine high acidity - yes, make no mistake, this is for acid freaks - bright red flavours, chalky minerality. Finishes totally pure and cleansing. Beautiful now and extremely promising for the future.
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3/29/2024 - Puteljen! Likes this wine: 93 Points
Now inte mature territory. Broad and generous with peach, marzipan, and toast. Retaining a slightly smoky, chalky minerality and good energy. Very nice.
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3/26/2023 - pjhr Likes this wine: 93 Points
Wonderful effervescence with crusty bread, minerality, and roasted nuts on the evolving palate and refreshing long palate.
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7/31/2022 - collin wrote:
Drinking perfectly to my taste. An interesting contrast between the mature pinot fruit and bracing freshness of the vintage. But it works.
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9/16/2021 - bill00 wrote: 92 Points
Settling into full maturity and drinking well. The red berry fruit that was present when this was younger has softened and faded and turned to a more earthy, Pinot richness. Plenty of acidity keeps this fresh and well-balanced. Probably not getting better from here but seems like it could be on a nice plateau for a while.
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8/28/2021 - wmccone54 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Purchased from Garagiste in December 2012 and delivered in early 2013. Based on the initial offer, I believe this was disgorged in May 2012. Blanc de Noirs made from 100% Pinot Noir.
This is big, rich, weighty, and very complex with tons of effervescence and an aggressive mousse. Medium gold color. Seems to be in the early “mature phase”; mostly tertiary and secondary notes: pronounced and focused aromas and flavors of crusty dry bread, dried Marzipan dough, roasted nuts, spicy red berry, cooked Maraschino cherry, bruised apple, poached pear, lemon rind, and a huge salty mineral streak underneath. High acidity provides freshness and balance. Dry, tangy mouthfeel with “layers” of flavors making the finish sensational and very long. Enjoyed with assorted hard cheeses and antipasti. This can be enjoyed now, but it seems to have enough structure and focus to drink well for another 3-5 years. Outstanding Champagne.
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8/21/2021 - Finare Vinare wrote: 95 Points
Disgorged in March 2013.
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12/31/2020 - Finare Vinare wrote: 95 Points
Disgorged in March 2013. What wonderful development! Pronounced and extraordinarily complex aromas of mushrooms and sous-bois, nougat and walnuts, baked apples and red berries, orange citrus, moist chalk and sea-spray. Now fuller and richer than ever, even more harmonious and laid-back, and still with that zesty acid cut and marine salinity. Marvelous food champagne!
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10/12/2020 - Puteljen! Likes this wine: 92 Points
This bottle drinking younger than the last couple. Some hints of maturity on the attack with some cream, nuts and ripe peach but finishes very dry and fresh. Nice stuff!
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6/2/2020 - bps2266 wrote:
gold colored with fine bead and medium mousse. nose shows rubber, flinty stone, and toasty brioche. medium bodied and tense with a high toned acidity. rich bruised apple, lemon, and cherry skin flavors. good mineral streak and a long finish. good now or hold forever. killer.
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3/12/2020 - Aravind Asok wrote:
Even after a number of years in the bottle, this has lost none of its vibrancy. Lovely nose with honeyed nuts, sweet apple, a touch of bread; a suggestion of richness without ever getting there. On the palate, still amazingly bright with sweet red apple, citrus oil, and fantastic density. Flavors carried so well by the beautiful mousse. This is lovely right now.
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1/1/2020 - Braunsteins1 wrote: 84 Points
This bubbly is rather acidic. It pairs well with fattier foods.
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8/17/2019 - Puteljen! Likes this wine: 92 Points
See previous notes
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6/7/2019 - Puteljen! Likes this wine: 92 Points
See previous notes. Good stuff!
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4/15/2019 - LT98 wrote: 94 Points
A really outstanding blanc de noirs. Great yeasty brioche nose and palette. Terrific mousse. Acidity right on the nose. Drinking wonderfully now. No rush but I doubt it will improve more.
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4/11/2019 - JohanPe wrote: 91 Points
Same impression as last bottle.
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4/6/2019 - Puteljen! wrote: 92 Points
Golden. Fine mousse. Some maturity with winter apples, litchie, pear and some red berries. Still very fresh with pronounced minerality. Good lenght. Very nice!
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3/31/2019 - Italiana Likes this wine:
A handful of years made a world of difference in this wine. Much more to my taste now than before. . .richer, less in-your-face. Nice bottle.
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12/31/2018 - acidqueen wrote: 92 Points
Very nice. Light gold. Apple peel, lemon rind, pear but restrained. Faint leesy flavors, but also restrained. Light and crisp. Probably still a bit young, but the flavors are deepening nicely. Last bottle left and will wait a couple more years as this seems still on the upswing.
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11/14/2018 - bps2266 wrote: 91 Points
moderate mousse, faint god color. cooked bread and some flint on the nose. nice medium body with significant acidity. apples, pears, and honey show on the palate with a moderate length finish. good, could use a couple years for more complexity.
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11/2/2018 - brigcampbell wrote:
Blind - guessing pinot or blend.
Huh, another funky and interesting nose. Pungent bruised warm red apples. There's some oxidation notes here and the color reflects it. A bit brassy. The honey was called out by the table, for me, at the finish it lingered. Medium weight lends to a nice mouthfeel. Probably not the best showing.
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10/31/2018 - Frank Murray III wrote:
Tasted blind. No bottle data noted on the back label. Floral, with jasmine and citrus blossom aromas, along with lime forming the aromatics. The core of this wine showed rich, honeyed with good density. Apple, honey and a long flinty finish. This came across as zesty and young, I guessed Chardonnay, which is wrong as I know this wine is 100% Pinot Noir. Blind tasting is both revealing and also restores one's humility, too! I enjoyed this wine, although I do think the more recent vintages are more to my liking.
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6/30/2018 - JohanPe wrote: 92 Points
No formal notes, simply from memory. Crisp and as been stated below very bdb-like. Early maturity mostly shows in the rounded mousse, otherwise very pure and precise. A bit of nougat as usual. Not pushing my buttons as much as last time, not sure why.
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12/27/2017 - Aravind Asok wrote:
Love this wine. Beautiful nosw with lemon curd, red apple, and a touch of nuts. On the palate, invigorating acidity, great energy, more pure lemon amd slate, and some sour strawberry. Juicy, with beautiful soft bubbles and a nice finish.
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2/17/2017 - Finare Vinare wrote: 92 Points
Developing nose with fine yeasty/autolytic and sea-mineral impressions over white citrus and forest-strawberry aromas. Stylewise very blanc de blancs for a Pinot Noir, with slender body and high acidity. But his time, the acidity appears somewhat greener than in previous bottles, and the overall balance isn't as impeccable. Development taking an unsuspected turn, or is it just bottle variation?
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12/16/2016 - JSundbom Likes this wine: 94 Points
Bread, some red apples and a bit of nutty nougat in the lovely nose. A crisp, clean mouth feel, and a aftertaste that goes on and on. Fantastic!
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12/14/2016 - JohanPe wrote: 94 Points
Red apples, bread and that gorgeous nougat i often find in the Efflorescence, this time with a bit of development on the nose. Crisp and dry on the palate, long aftertaste, very promising. Outstanding.
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9/30/2016 - Finare Vinare wrote: 95 Points
Pale golden hue. Lovely complexity on the nose, with fine development towards nutty and autolytic aromas. Bone dry with high acidity, rich evolved flavours and exquisite mousse. A modern classic in the making, with a highly promising future.
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7/29/2016 - BobJr Likes this wine: 92 Points
Biscuit nose. Frais on the palate. Really delicious.
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7/3/2016 - drdebs Likes this wine: 92 Points
Has taken on a bit more biscuit since December, with that underlying frais de bois note that lingers amazingly on the palate. I like a bit less biscuit and a bit more berry, but it has been such fun to track the evolution of this wine from bone-snapping acidity to something richer, warmer, and well integrated. Best with food.
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12/4/2015 - drdebs Likes this wine: 93 Points
Biscuity, with frais de bois underneath. A bit more stoniness returning. Lovely at the moment, in a perfect place for the holidays.
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11/21/2015 - bill00 wrote: 94 Points
Fragrant red berry fruit, wet rock and a hint of orange peel. Outstanding depth. Intensely mineral. This has come together really nicely as a previous bottle drunk on release a couple of years ago was painfully young. While there is still great freshness, the acidity is much more integrated at this point. Fantastic wine - really enjoyed this.
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4/19/2015 - drdebs Likes this wine: 93 Points
Patience rewarded! This is drinking stunningly well at the moment, fresh and slightly biscuity with a depth of citrus and frais de bois fruit that is so pleasing. Lingering aftertaste. And it's just the beginning for this superb wine. Looking forward to drinking the rest over the next decade!
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2/7/2015 - sdr Likes this wine: 89 Points
Decent Pinot noir champagne, lively and somewhat meaty but not very distinctive.
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8/9/2014 - 5laton wrote:
A friend shared a bottle of this a couple of weeks ago that was tasty but showed a touch of VA. This bottle was clean and utterly delicious. Was quickly emptied.
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6/4/2014 - Vinomark wrote: 94 Points
Excellent. elegant, terrific blend of red & yellow fruits with many layers of complexity, minerality and acidity. Will benefit from aging!
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5/31/2014 - Finare Vinare wrote: 94 Points
BYO (Casa FV): Extremely elegant and mineral nose with fine-tuned autolysis. Precise, crystal-clear notes of small red berries, white citrus, green apple, limestone, buttered brioche and nougat. Focused, linear and pure on the perfectly dry palate. High on youthful acidity and minerality. Totally cleansing and refreshing. More BdB than BdN, even if the grapes are 100% pinot noir. Unfolding ever so slowly, this is a real keeper... or oyster-companion now.
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4/20/2014 - Jossik wrote:
Durissimo e sferzante in bocca, un sasso. Al naso muto, la materia c'è, ma assolutamente da aspettare qualche anno
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4/16/2014 - SouthernStateofMind Likes this wine:
Agree with many observations made by others here. Clear, pale lemon with intense youthful aromas of red apple, red berries, lemon, yeast, toasted almond and wet stone. Dry, high acidity, medium alcohol w/intensely focused flavors of apple, lemon and baked bread. Aggressive, razor sharp and tightly wound w/piercing minerality. Long finish. Lovely, but will be highly anticipating a re-visit once this has tamed down a bit with some bottle age.
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4/6/2014 - Cote d'Or Likes this wine:
Tasted over 3 hrs and day 2
-translucent light yellow
-very yeasty, warm bread, a certain roundness
-higher acidity, med+ concentration on lightweight frame, almost painfully intense minerality pierces the palate all the way through the long finish that leaves a distinctly saline and very sappy residue on the lips, really explodes as the temperature warms up
-excellent now, young and intense
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3/25/2014 - markellen.foodies@gmail.com Likes this wine: 90 Points
Double Blind Wine Dinner @ Le Provençal (Le Provencal, Miracle Mile, Coral Gables,FL): The wine looks light gold colored. The legs are medium. It smells like lemon, chrysanthemum and leesy. The body is light. The wine has smooth texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has medium acidity. Jerry's Champagne.
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1/12/2014 - Italiana wrote:
If you enjoy yeasty, rich, and opulent champagne, don't open any of these bottles. Incredibly in your face with acid and citrus--this is extra brut with a bullet. Definitely drank better from a white wine glass and from a flute. And a bit softer on the second day. Suggest double decanting if you drink this one anytime soon.
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12/31/2013 - randyjc wrote: 93 Points
Distinctive, intensely focused wine. Yeasty, intriguing nose. Flavors have depth and the finish is tart, perhaps a touch too sour lemon but by the next morning, that was gone. In the mouth the minerality is tight and perfect, and the minerality remains after the citrus fades. The finish is extraordinarily long. I will try to buy more of this to let it age a bit as I believe the aggressive citrus will calm itself, the backbone of minerality will remain and the wine will integrate beautifully. A lovely experience.
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12/14/2013 - cadamson Likes this wine: 88 Points
Very focused and zippy, with piercing acidity. This is all about minerality and place, and it is there in spades. I think a few more years would settle it down, and it would/could become outstanding.
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11/8/2013 - Loren Sonkin wrote: 94 Points
Colgin, SQN, SHS, Saxum, Bevan, DP ++++ (GHT): My first time trying this wine. Unique and quite nice. It is very light and spry on the palate, yet it is full bodied with a lot of fruit. Dry as a bone, but the finish has the tart citrus quality to it. I thought it more orange but others though lemon candy. Long finish. Not quite as layered, but the different fruits gave it an interesting complexity. Really a nice wine.
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8/10/2013 - Finare Vinare wrote: 94 Points
Family dinner with Le Francophile (Stockholm): One woman, one vineyard, one variety, one vintage. The '08 Efflorescence has opened up and developed in a nice way since last New Year's Eve. The nose reveals that the base wine was fermented in used oak, and it also shows a good brioche-style autolysis, over some fine mineral, white-citrus and red forest-strawberry fruit aromas. On the palate it behaves more like a blanc-de-blancs than the 100% pinot noir it actually is, with a razor-sharp and very precise acid cut, courtesy of the kimmeridgian soils of Polisot (Côte des Bar). Even though the final wine wasn't dosed with any sugar at any stage, it has an admirable balance with well-concentrated and highly elegant fruit. This gem of a champagne will be a pleasure to follow for at least a decade ahead. Did we say biodynamic?
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6/2/2013 - drdebs wrote: 90 Points
much, much, too early to drink this unless you are, in truth, an acid freak. Bone cracking acidity, tart lemon flavors. There is depth there, and focus, but needs time in bottle to develop.
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5/17/2013 - MJHDC wrote:
Gorgeous, full aromatics, yeasty and floral. Has some power. Energetic, tangy and crisp due to the cool vintage and no dosage. Not surprised to read this is from (neutral) barrel. Very intriguing. Loved it, but I imagine there could be some dissenters.
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5/13/2013 - Vintomas wrote: 89 Points
Mixed Champagnes with Munskänkarna (Stockholm): Nose with ripe green and yellow apples with hints of winter apples, discrete notes of perfume and honey, mineral, definitely elegant. Palate with good concentration, dry, green apple, citrus, noticeable mineral notes, high acidity. Young, could probably develop, 89+ p.
Elegant nose, but a surprising dominance of green apples for something produced from 100% Pinot Noir. It does have the substance to be balanced also at a low dosage.
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4/30/2013 - Finare Vinare wrote: 95 Points
Close to perfection for a champagne this young. More focused than full-bodied. A tad more expressive than half a year ago.
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2/24/2013 - mmh wrote: 92 Points
Really nice and crisp with good minerality and great acidity. Elegant and refreshing! Quite light and citrussy for a blanc de noirs.
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12/21/2012 - Finare Vinare wrote: 94 Points
Tight young nose: high-toned aromas of red apple, unripe strawberry, rhubarb, and hyacinths. Another layer more nutty and used barrels. Overall a very mineral expression. Tight and focused on the palate, with fine high acidity - yes, make no mistake, this is for acid freaks - bright red flavours, chalky minerality. Finishes totally pure and cleansing. Beautiful now and extremely promising for the future.
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