Home-drinking - July 2014 disgorgement. Dark copper colour. An elegant oxidative note jumps out of the glass. We are in the land of Sherry, Jura or Selosse wines. Clove spice is the more specific descriptor I can think of. The oxidative character is right at the limit where it moves from providing intrigue to outright defining the wine. I believe Egly has gravitated over time towards a more balanced style. Great length and persistence. This avoids the shortcoming of many BdNs which can border on inscrutable monoliths. This is fully resolved displaying many nuances. A food wine and I think the most singular in the Egly range though personal preferences may lead one to prefer the Rose, the VP or even the Vrigny.
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Disgorged July 2019. Complex nose of red florals, minerals, strawberry. Lovely intensity and texture in the mouth. Balanced, complex, good acid drive. Red fruits, salinity, stony minerals. Delicious tonight.
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Dinner with DC (San Shu Gong): Disgorged Jul 2011, stored for 60 months, hazelnut, oxidative, touch floral, good depth on the nose and palate with high acid. Much better on the next day with juicy palate backed with depth of flavours. Long finish. Impressive how Egly is able to age.
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I have had this Champagne in several vintages and it is established it is one of the leading BdNs in the grower world , possibly even in the wider Champagne world. Less mirabelle plum dominated than I have known it in other vintages. What strikes me is a cognac / armagnac taste albeit with bubbles. I feel the Egly BdN is very singular in taste. My sample size is not huge but growing. There was a lot of praline initially on the nose. It has Oxidative notes as can be expected with winemaking leaning that way and 10 years post disgorgement
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Disg. 2004, most likely 1999 base. A lot of evolution in the color and nose. Nose is powerful and offers flavors of honey as well as mirabelle, lemon peel, apple cider, baked apple, sea salt and mushroom. In mouth, bubbles are still very much alive. Same for acidity. A lot of strength mid palate, making you wonder if that’s really a 25yo wine. Notes of honey, yellow apple, umami with nice noble bitters leading to a medium finish
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On the nose, we immediately have a beautiful patina with salted butter caramel, a well-controlled oxidative side and an elegant vinosity on red fruits.
The last time I drank this wine was a 2020 disgorgement which left me with a feeling of controlled power. I expected the same thing, with added oxidation. However, this was not the case. The palate is much more serene with a magnificent depth and elegance, it's practically airy with a touch that coats everything. If the first sensation is airy and coats the palate, the second half of the mouth is much more powerful, but still masterfully channeled on vinous aromas, a controlled oxidative touch, it is caramelized with a splendid acidity, the all on a vinous bed of red fruits. The density and presence of this wine is enormous. Huge slap with a finish with admirable afterglow, still on this vinous/oxidation/caramel triptych which is shared between freshness and depth. Great saline length.
When I think Blanc de Noirs, I think Egly Ouriet. Great Champagne.
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07base 2013 disgorgement. Im a big fan of this wine and as always with these older editions the nose i absolutely wonderful. Mature, deep and a little cheesy - like a perfect 30+ year old champagne from a top vintage. This edition seems a little low on acidity and also very soft bubbles making for a slightly flat mouthfeel. Think its about time to either drink or sell my remaining 06 and 07 based editions and start enjoying the 09 and 10s to get a little more freshness, while I wait for the 08 and 12s to get into their zone.
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Tasted blind, whispers of Selosse echoed around the table. Slightly oxidative with cream, toast, wild berries and caramelized apples. Fantastic depth and complexity throughout on the bouquet and on the palate. Creamy on the palate with textural brillance. This is superb and showing really well!
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My last bottle of the 5/2016 dégorgement. Superb aromatic complexity, notes of brownish apple, honey, autolytic notes, tonic, also some red berries/forest strawberries, chalky minerality, also some spices, and some flowery notes too. Pretty full-bodied, with high acidity, slightly creamy mousse, but not many bubbles anymore, more vinous in texture as these great wines always are. Superb length. A super complex, perfectly mature BdN, drink up. Too bad these wines have become so expensive… a truly unique Champagne.
2015 degorgement Long time I wrote a note, but this, for me, surpassed a normal wine experience. Almost the last bottle of the year but also the best bottle (in years). I give this 97 with hope there is still better juice (moments) but if it does not exist, fine by me. Drank with lovely friends, foie gras, Belgian gray shrimp croquettes from Riedel performance Pinot Noir glass. Sure this also played a part.
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Disgorged in 2014. My one and only bottle disgorged this date. Must find more!! My guess that means it was an 08 base. No wonder it was so spot on.
The finesse on this blew the 98 Krug off the table which we drank before this. Took about 30 minutes to open and when it did good luck to other bubbles trying compete.
Pound for pound, for me, Egly is THE BEST champagne house and then some. Second would be Winston Churchill, Bereche also on this list.
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not blind, disg. 2012 By accident we the same wine but disg. 2022. I would go with the younger one . Both have power but this one is less elegant. Not oxidized. At his peak. I would nit wai much longer. 94
blind, base 2014, disg. 2022 I thought of Cedric Bouchard, but this wine is more powerful. But compared to the past much more elegant and less oxidative. One of the top 3 growers for me. 95-96
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Good Pinots (including champagnes): 2015 base. Curiously honeyed and lots of bruised apple on the nose at the beginning so thought this was older, but palate was fresh with creamy red apple fruit. Didn’t like this much at the start but the wine gained structure and the sherry notes dissipated. Became a very serious, weighty wine. A very generous share but not sure if it’s worth the market price.
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Golden color, loads of brioche, pain grille, herbe sechee au soleil… Very tasty and concentrated yellow fruit, nice balance and mineral, great Champagne!!
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Deg. May 2010. Dark master. Powerful wine with great depth, this is really a Pinot-wine, golden coulored, intense, hints of bread, coffee, chocolate, butter. #JR&Co
Still a refined and rich bottle, but I am not sure of what direction it will take as it finishes its maturity in the tertiary realm. Less rich from the Pinot side in this bottle, and a higher acid profile. Went beautifully with food and ,while it is not as much one of my favorite champagnes now, it is alive and presenting well. A beautiful golden light amber color, with more citrus skin notes and less brioche and underlying red fruit tones. More in the orchard with stone fruit but only ever so slightly. Better with food now and the mousse is persistent and of a nice size.
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Appearance: Bright and clear, the wine is of light gold colour, with persistent fine bubbles, rims and legs. Nose: Clean, with medium (+) intensity aromas of citrus fruit of lemon, green fruit of apple and pear, floral notes of honeysuckle, autolytic notes of yeast and biscuit, oxidation notes of sherry aromas, mineral notes of stony, maturity notes of hay. The wine is developing. Palate: Dry with high acidity, the wine has medium alcohol, medium body, with medium (+) intensity flavours of citrus fruit of lemon, green fruit of green apple, autolytic notes of yeast and toast, mineral notes of stony, maturity notes of honey. The wine has a long finish. Conclusion: Excellent quality Champagne Blanc de Noirs with an intense nose, and even though the base vintage is of 2015, very recent from that perspective, it has undergone 6 years of ageing on lees, resulting in those highly complex aromas. On the palate it has wonderful acidity, giving vibrancy, energetic and lively, with wonderful finesse of concentrated and complex flavours and a fairly long finish. It is ready to drink now but can benefit from further ageing for another 3-5 years.
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In Paris, BYOB at restaurant. Sept 2012 disgorgement after spending 62 months on Lees. Lots of yellow fruits to the fore especially Mirabelle plum. Less prominently bruised apple note consistent with Blanc de Noirs. Black tea. Complex and persistent oxidative charachter that stops short of dominating the wine.
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October 2019 disgorgement, so 2011 and 2012 base I believe. Rich orchard fruit and a line of minerality. Good complexity, but I wish it was more exciting texturally. A very good champagne but I don't quite see the 98+ WK. I do get the impression that these Crayeres could use about 10 years of post disgorgement age.
A deep and complex bouquet that demonstrates the depth of the wine. Has notes of flowers, earthiness, forest and red fruits. Wonderful and zesty energy on the body that bodes well for the future - peel mandarins, crushed rocks and pear.
Drink now to 8+ years (2022 disgorgement)
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Dinner with Marius (Trier, Germany): Bottled 2010. This seemed much more advanced and less complex and zesty than the 2011 bottling. More caramel and mature Champagne flavors.
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Dinner with Marius (Trier, Germany): Bottled 2011. Some herbal and citrus notes. Full bodied, concentrated, and creamy with fresh bitter citrus and deep dark fruit flavors. Fine, complex, and long.
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What a unique wine. A nose of baked apple and white fruit. The palate is unbelievable - baked apple, flowers, mushroom, umami and baked bread. So intense. Finish goes on.
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Nose: caramel, apple cider vinegar, vanilla, mature fig Notes: Disgorged October 2020. Slightly oxidative nose. Although this is quite a complex nose and palate I do feel it lacks a bit of harmony and balance especially in the palate. Drink: now+ Rating: 89
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A great bottle. Unmistakably BdN. Black cherries, dark berries, pear, chalk. Some oak. Dense but elegant. MB liked this better than last night's Krug 164 (I silently disagreed). This was the 2014 base, 2021 disgorgement. I preferred the 2019 disgorged 2012 based version, but it's possible this just needs more time. Ignore any negative undertones in this note; it's a fabulous champagne that I'd gladly drink anytime. For my palate, the Crayeres and VP are the best wines from this house.
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blind, disg. 2021 Powerful champagne but FRancis' wines getting purer, more precise and less oxidative in style. Sublime wine and will get better with some years of bottle aging. 95
NV, DG April/2011, 57 month on lees, so it has to be 2005. Excellent showing of this Champagne again with complex Pinot aromas, bruised apples. Shows patina without oxidation. Grand
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DG April/2011, 57 mois en lees, so it has to be 2005. Excellent showing of this Champagne again with complex Pinot aromas, bruised apples. Shows patina without oxidation. Grand
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In a side by side of 3 Egly BdN Crayares (04 DG, 18 DG and 19 DG), this was the best of the lot, though not by that much. This has the most roundness and depth, great vinousity and was dancing on the tongue. This was also the most oxidative, though no where near as oxidative as a Selosse Substance, for instance.
NV, DG April/2011, 57 mois en lees, so it has to be 2005. Excellent showing of this Champagne again with complex Pinot aromas, bruised apples. Shows patina without oxidation. Grand
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NV, DG2016, 75 mois on yeast, this makes 2009 the base year if my math is right. A dream Champagne in every aspect. Super complex nose of white flowers, lemon curd, quince, cinnamon, baking spices. The palate is fresh with delicate bruised apple notes. A stunner.
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Disgorged 2017 so likely a blend of 10 and 09 vintages. It needs air to move beyond somewhat monolithic bruised apple nose and reveal great complexity. No oxidative notes on this one unlike earlier disgorgements. Without getting into flavor descriptors great balance and layered finish that fawns out. Prototypical great Pinot Noir BdN but not the somewhat muted one with imposing midpalate heft where the structure dominates aromas. Here it is always aromatic and as it builds up to the long finish it becomes more (great) still wine than Champagne.
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Blind Flights with Boston Dinner Club: Incredible champagne that has beautiful cut with rich fruit, nuttiness and high toned peach notes. Gorgeous red berries, peach, cashew, brioche and a bit of patina to this one. Golden color and slow bubbles at this point suggest great maturity.
Another fantastic bottle of this likely popped at the peak of its powers. I really enjoy the Egly Blanc de Noirs with a bit of age on them (this was a 2006 base vintage).
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2016 disgorgement. Fruit all day big and wide across the nose and on the palate, warm fruit. After a few sips and a few minutes, the fruit steps aside and there’s a electric herbal core riding on a tight backbone of acid. Well done and drinking well now.
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My favorite of the BdNs tonight. Pleasant toasty depth and flavor authority, good acidity and reasonably forthcoming on the nose. E-O has a nice touch with Pinot Noir. I don’t know the base vintage but this bottle is surely at peak and maybe even a bit past it.
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21’ Disgorgement. Just superb. My favourite Champagne. I’ll admit it’s not a beginners wine but hopefully anyone who has a serious interest in wine has an opportunity to see an Egly BdNoir at its best at some stage in their wine journey. Joyous.
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Vintages: 2015 (60%), 2014 (40%) Bottling: 2016 Disgorgement: July 2022 Time on lees: 72 months This latest release was bottled after the 2015 vintage had spent close to one year in cask before being blended with 40% reserve wines from the 2014 vintage. All the vinification and aging for both vintages was in barriques. The fruit comes from old vines in a single terroir known as Les Crayères. The vines here were planted in 1946, so are now 75 years old (vines of this age are extremely rare in Champagne). Here the soil is barely 30cm deep, then it’s chalk, hundreds of metres down—hence the name of the site (craie is French for ‘chalk’, crayères means chalk quarries). Les Crayères is situated mid-slope with a full south-facing exposure, not far from the estate’s cellars. The old vines are deeply rooted, giving the wine a classic, mineral energy that weaves its way through the powerful, layered Pinot fruit. The deep concentration is a product of the ripeness and low yields that both the site and its ancient vines naturally deliver. The wine is both a tribute to the greatest sites of Ambonnay and to the Egly-Ouriet domaine. Houses that emphasise blending may consider a 100% old-vine Ambonnay like this to be too intense; Egly gives it to you pure and powerful! And with a minimal dosage of two grams per litre. It’s a unique wine, built for food and for aging. A unique expression of a singular terroir, and right up there when talking about candidates for the region’s greatest wine. It’s certainly the greatest Blanc de Noirs I have tried for some time.
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Disgorged 11/17; complex and delicious; the nose shows ripe orchard fruits, earthy and mineral notes, floral, and overall very engaging given the complexity. The palate is silky and mostly mature. Lovely showing.
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Deg. Jan. 2017. Another superb showing of this great wine. Excellent aromatic complexity, superb depth and great freshness. Lonely island material..... (96+)
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Domaine visit. DG22, base 2015. As always, top. Very complex and elegant at the same time. There is real richness here with spice notes, lemon, flowers. Fine bubbles. Young with upside from here. 96-97
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2009 base, disgorged in May 2016. Delicious already, but relatively unevolved for this cuvee. For those who prefer mature Champagne flavors, this release will improve for at least another five years. I was out of town for a bit and returned to the last couple of glasses six days later. They were absolutely stunning, confirming my recommendation to hold this release for a few more years.
Old vines, planted in 1946. Disgorged July 2019 after 72 months on the lees, this was a blend of mostly 2012 base, with a smaller amount of 2011. It’s one of my favorite wines this year. Great density; more citrus and white orchard fruit than red berries. Lots of mandarin, pear, peach and fragrant tropical flowers.
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Domaine visit. NV, DG22, base 2015. As always, top. Very complex and elegant at the same time. There is real richness here with spice notes, lemon, flowers. Fine bubbles. Young with upside from here. 96-97
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not blind, base 2015 The style of Francis is changing. More elegant, more delicatte, more reluctant, less oxidative but still with power and more precision. Lot to come 96+
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his Blanc de Noirs is simply one of the very best. The great terroir of the plot "Les Crayères" in Grand Cru Ambonnay led by the hand of cult winemaker Francis Egly. Vieilles Vignes is also his masterpiece, where he has managed to capture the essence of Pinot Noir from the limestone mineral soils of old vines. The latest edition of Egly-Ouriet's emblematic NV Brut Blanc de Noirs Grand Cru Les Crayères was disgorged in July 2019 with a dosage of three grams per liter after 72 months on the lees. It is based on the 2012 vintage, supplemented by 40% reserve wines from 2011. The wine shows brilliantly, releasing scents of crisp yellow and green fruit, honeycomb, and praline in the glass; it is full-bodied, deep and incisive, with a firmer, more tense core than the last 2018 disgorgement (a blend of 2011-2010). Concentrated and perfectly balanced, with a delicate, pinpoint mousse and a long, chalky finish, this is another magical Champagne from this beacon of artisanal winemaking. While the 2018 disgorgement was amazingly inviting upon release, this new version will require at least a few years of patience.
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2013/2014 vintages in this NV example. Instantly announces its BdeN character with red fruits, power , weight. High acid. Very much a food wine and not an aperitif IMHO. This example needs considerably more ageing to bring out the complexity and let some of the fruit uncoil and have the acidity tamed. Come back in 5 years for this disgorgement blend.
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Long time fan of this wine and have quite a large collection. Youngest base edition tasted up to now was the 2010, but decided yesterday to taste the 2012 after reading the fantastic reviews stating that this edition is something extraordinary.
Verdict - the wine is wonderful, but style is identical to all the previous versions tasted. Nothing new here, at the moment to my tastebuds at least. Will continue enjoying my older bottles while this matures.
Probably has entered a bit if a closed phase compared to when the reviewers tasted it.
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2018 disgorgement so I believe 11/10 base vintages. This was a restaurant bottle so I didn’t get a ton of time with it but it was not a particularly strong showing. Flavors were a bit muted and energy was slightly lacking. Still pleasant to drink but not up to the quality level the current price would indicate.
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(Disgorged in July 2017, base year 2010, 72 months on lees, 100% Pinot Noir from old vines in ‘Les Crayères’ in Ambonnay) Intense golden shiny colour in the glass with endless streams of bubbles rising to the surface and revealing mature red winter apples, minerals, almond flowers and hints of dark chocolate in a delicious way. Lovely smoothing and soft apples acidity on the palate at first and opens up with a creamy mid also showing almonds before the distinct lime zesty bitterness takes over on the intense and lengthy finish. Wow, five years after disgorgement and already so delicious! (Probably best with 5-10 years extra cellaring)
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July 2021 disgorgement. Working the math backwards given it was in the cellar for 6 years, either 2014 or 2015 base is my guess. The bottle showed well and it was something I went back to taste a few times. Seemed to have all the right gears moving together with the acidity, balance, intensity. I didn't take notes yesterday but of everything we had out, and there was a a dozen or so grower bottles open, this one seemed to resonate with me as well as a few other strong palates who were also tasting it.
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Deg. 09/2012. 62 months on lees making this a 2006 based edition.
Maybe not the best edition/vintage of this wine, but still a fantastic and unique wine. Buttery, honeyed, golden fruit nose. Rich/dense and sweet palate, yet acidic and elegant. Bravo!
Drinks really well now and will keep, but is close to fully mature.
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Disgorged in Jan 2008, aged on its lees for 54 months so 2002/03 base? At its peak. Lovely nose, baked nuts, white flowers, hint of honey. Good acidity on palate, a little sweet. Long finish.
2012 base. Strongly suspect some cork taint, as there was virtually no fruit, a heavily muted nose, and only a hint of buttered toast on the palate. Francis, like most growers, has a fair degree of bottle variation so until I taste another one of my bottles I won’t be able to say for sure. Disappointing and hoping for better luck on the rest of my bottles.
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Been awhile since we’ve had this wine but it never disappoints. It follows in that style where it’s better to let it warm a bit in the glass or at least be closer to cellar temp vs ice temp. Bit spicy, def interesting. This was I think a more recent disgorgement but still lovely.
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not blind Phantastique as always. The most complex wine of Francis range. This wine shows deepness and elegance likewise. This wine is less oxidative as I knew from the past. More elegant. Sublime. 97
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Brandied cherries with Christmas spices on the nose. Chalky foamy tart red fruit on the palate. Long rich finish. Elegant and full. Good now, would probably benefit from 2-5 more years of age to open a bit more — hints of explosive power hiding.
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Perfect bottle with 2006 as base. 2011 disgorgement. Wine seems very shut down and needs a lot of air to get going. Initially disappointing, but with a few hours time to breathe started to open up and give more of itself.
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2002 base. Disgorged 2008. A very nice bottle that is probably at peak now. But considering base vintage and post-disgorgement age (as well as the auction price I payed), a bit of a disappointment. Very dense and oily and lacking som of the elegance I find in more recent editions. Also a bit short finish.
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Didn't catch the disgorgement date but suspect this is not a young bottle as it's showing an oxidative profile of apple, burnt sugar, and brioche. While this traded the freshness of youth the intensity is impressive and this is very good.
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Dég. 05/2016. Virtually identical note to my last one. Such a shame that these amazing wines have doubled in price. Year after year one of the very best Champagnes in the market from my perspective.
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Disgorged July 2019. Bursting with creamy strawberries, a citrus lift, a hit of acid and well managed oak. Bright, flavoursome. Good intensity and length too.
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Duell med NV Jacques Selosse V.O. Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut (Deg May 2017 (2010/2009/2008))
Deg July 2017 2010/2009 (50/50) Väldigt anonymt till att börja med. Det kom igen något under kvällen, framförallt kom det mer nötighet i doften. Selossen var dock helt överlägsen. Sparade halva flaskan till lördagen. Då hade det utvecklats till att bli mer intensivt med fina mörka nötiga toner, mer kryddor, honung och toner av röda äpplen. Mer koncentration i smaken och finishen kom igång och var hyfsad lång. Det som finns där är bra, men kommer inte riktigt loss. Syran är lite väl framträdande och inte riktigt integrerad ännu. Det finns ej heller någon superhög komplexitet, saknar lite lager på lagerkänsla. 92p idag men tror den blir mycket bättre med mer tid i källaren. Har fler flaskor så blir kul att följa utvecklingen.
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July 2020 Disgorgement. Starts with some baked apple then settles into stride with powerful red berry fruits and chalk. It is vinous and deep and possesses latent power. Each sip unlock something intriguing and it finished with great authority.
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2007 base / 2013 disgorgement. Pop and pour. Initially very closed but with air slowly starts to reveal some depth. Overall still seems very young and closed, I think this bottle must be exceptionally well stored as I've tried other bottles of this edition several times (from different sources) that have all been much further into their prime drinking window.
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Taste of Summer at Helene Darroze (Helene Darroze): Disgorged 2016, making it an equal blend of 2008 and 2009, though the richness of the 2009 seemed to have beaten down the tension of 2008. Burnished gold in colour and not particularly effervescent, this seemed to be at the end of its optimum drinking window, but we found a lot to enjoy in it. The nose and the palate offered a seamless experience, with notes of plum, Speyside whisky, white pepper and Marmite, with plenty of salinity, and were almost too intense: we tried from both Zalto Champagne and Zalto Universal (I opted for the latter, my wife for the former) and could take only small sips. Such a concentrated, savoury Champagne went wonderfully well with our food, though, especially things such as bellota ham consomme, and scallops with tandoori spices - an incredible gastronomic experience.
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not blind My me the BdN Les Crayeres is the best wine of Francis. If you give them 5-10 years of extra cellar aging you will be get rewarded with deep and complex champagne. Waffles, roasted almonds, a bit oxidative but completely fresh and acidity an lemon driven. The nose was out of this world. Egly at his best. I bought the bottle 2012 from Egly's cellar I will go for his BdN. 97-98
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Disgorged 11/12 with 64 months on yeast so should be 2006 base.
In general a bit above my comfortable price range but when I found an old disgorgement without the latest price hike I bit the bullet.
Of course very high expectations and maybe this is the main issue with many hyped wines these days. I saw prices of 80€ for such bottle 10 years ago. Yes, inflation and so on but 80€ seems way more adequate than 150-200€ nowadays.
It opens up with hints of vanilla but undeniably creamy even from afar. Really super dense wine and intense apple. There are also clearly some nice notes of age. Its fairly sweet ripe (which would make very much sense for 2005/2006) with a moderately long aftertaste.
On the second day the bouquet is quite muted but at the same time the wine blossoms even more. Incredibly dense again and the caramel apple notes from the wine now got sucked into the wine itself.
This effect I noticed with a lot of older higher end wines, which is really impressive.
So once again woody age notes, lemon zest, creamy strawberry, nectarines.
Really perfect balance of fruitiness, dosage and oak.
I never tried such wine in its young state but right now it all makes perfect sense.
Nonetheless I really struggle with the price point here. Its really really damn good but is it really worth the inflated prices nowadays...
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2010 base - 2017 disgorgement. Pnp. Initially strikes me as a lesser edition. Very primary, highly acidic and dry, quite a lot of fruit and little of the vinous character I find in other (older) editions. Still surprised that Tyson Stelzer rated this 99 points. With 3 hours open in fridge it improves and gains more richness, darkening/caramelization of smell and flavours and a little more complexity. Overall a better balanced wine now and I feel that this wine might actually turn out really well with some more time in the cellar.
I recommend a decant if drinking now. 92+
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07base - 2013 disgorged. The second time drinking this edition within the last year or so, drinking really well right now. Excellent champagne and one of my favorite editions for drinking now (but will keep)
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Great intensity on the nose. Has real salinity as well. This champagne screams pinot noir. The palate has great acidity and concentration. There are notes of plums, strawberry, apple, flowers and perhaps a touch of chalk. Wonderful length and tension. A vinous champagne.
Tour of Greece dinner (Andros Taverna): My last of the older bottles purchased in 2006, disgorged in 2004. Very rich and intense berry character with some caramel apple. These were better when slightly fresher, but they have picked up even greater intensity.
Guldfärgad, intensiv oxidativ doft, knappt några bubblor alls i denna flaska, rätt spretig men lägger sig efter ett tag i glaset, oerhört matvänlig och förhöjde smakerna väl (råbiff förrätt och makkrill med majspuré varmrätt). Doft och smak av citrus,röda äpplen och karamell kola. Lång oljig eftersmak
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Intense and vinous nose with notes of coffee and cocoa.
The mouth is powerful as always on this cuvée but balanced with a magnificent freshness and a well-carved effervescence. It's chiseled, with an oxidative touch. Certain aromas remind me of a beautiful peaty whiskey, we oscillate between roasting and cocoa bean. The wine is superbly constructed with goldsmith tension. Beautiful, traceable finish that sets the stage for impressive length.
Excellent champagne. I remember when I drank this cuvée 10 years ago It was so powerful, now the same cuvée is more elegant and complex.
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Deg 7/2020. Very similar notes to last two times. Strawberry shortcake, almond, lemon meringue. Just delightful. A very light on its feet rendering of BdN Score: 93. Relative to expectations: 0 but only because I am used to the excellence. This is really tasty champagne.
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I love this wine for its elegance, its structure its touch in the mouth. Golden hue, small but vivid bubbles. Nose of gentle bakery and white fruits. The attack on the palate is dominated by the freshness still very present (despite almost 6 years on lees and a disgorgement in May 2016) then comes the power of the pinot noir. The sequence is great Went through the dinner with lobster, fress asparagus and grilled lamb
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A Super Sunday (Atlanta): Best Champagne I've had in some time. Deep Gold color. Really pretty outside on a sunny afternoon. Complex palate that is Slightly oxidative, with brioche notes, touches of sweet fruit and vibrant energy. Wonderful palate texture. Sails on and on. Just Delicious in every way.
This is the bottle I liked the most from non-millesime Egly of the high end I could fetch. However, the price is not proportionate to the quality of the wine. As mentioned in other notes, Some Egly have yeast that remind me of beer, something I am not particularly fan of. Although this bottle has been recently disgorged and that may be the problem. Of that is the problem, than this bottle is far from being ready for consumption. Dense yellow color, pleasant small pressure bubbles. Wooden notes. Definitely a high quality bottle but not of my liking at this point. 72 months in the cellars, disgorged Jul2020.
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During a Champagne birthday dinner of a good fried. Another great showing of this, one of my favorite Champagne. This NV bottle was disgorged 2010 (likely base year: 2004) so had significant bottle age to it. Yellow, almost orange in color. Complex aged, but not oxidative nose of brioche, lots of red berry fruit, sweet spices, oak. Fine perlage and very good length. At this with a creamy cod dish, a wonderful match. A Champage for the dinner table not the cocktail.
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During a Champagne birthday dinner of a good fried. Another great showing of this, one of my favorite Champagne. This bottle was disgorged 2010 so had significant age to it, likely base 2004 given the lees aging. Yellow, almost orange in color. Complex aged, but not oxidative nose of brioche, lots of red berry fruit, sweet spices, oak. Fine perlage and very good length. At this with a creamy cod dish, a wonderful match. A Champage to die for, definitely for the dinner table not the cocktail.
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(Disg unknown, didn't check, unfortunately). Rich and vibrant golden colour. Notes of toasted brioche, stewed apples, honey, chalk, minerality, sweet spices. Round and full and bright and fresh. Great complexity and elegance. Full palate, with a finish that lingers.
Many friends who aren't self-professed champagne lovers would likely be forced to reconsider their stance with glass of this. A stone cold killer.
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06-base Second time with this wine within a year. Both times a little shy. Overall a beautiful wine but not hitting same heights as the 05, 07 and 08... at the moment at least. Saving my last bottle of these.
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Outstanding tonight. Full bodied, brioche, toasty palate but retaining freshness and fruit. Drink now and over the next 2-3 yrs. This was a 2012 disgorgement.
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Dég. 05/2016. Beautiful rosé/golden color. Super expressive, but elegant and full of finesse, this is showing notes of small red berries, „forest“ strawberries, tonic notes, some chalky minerality, also some citrus zest, sweet spices and a touch of brioche and honey. It‘s full-bodied, with excellent mid-palate persistence, high refreshing acidity cutting through the richness and subtle, perfectly integrated mousse. Very vinous, with the incredible class Egly-Ouriet is able to achieve, there is a long finish with excellent complexity and beautiful tension and minerality. From my perspective year after year their best wine in their amazing line-up.
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What an amazing wine. Just perfect with a melange of plated tastings, shining at every juncture. Deep, rich, dark Florentine golden/ auburn color, a nose of aged yeast, whole wheat toast, honey and vanilla- infused brioche. Plenty of mouth-filling, round, straw and well-toasted almost burnt wheat,hints of sweet plummy fruits and a triumphant finish. The very old Ambonnay pinot is stunning in these hands. This 2015 disgorgement is just entering its window.
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Deep Gold with a hint of pink Clean mineral, slate nose , slightly smoky and orange creamsicle Full-Bodied , high acid with a fine-grained mousse - Mineral, sweet orange, white pepper , cooked apples and pears Beautiful wine
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2009 base. Drank over 2 days in Riedel Veritas champagne and Zalto Burgundy. Shy nose, but the notes you get are delicious and complex. Medium rich and concentrated, complex palate. Medium-long finish.Tasty and as always very nice, but not as exceptional as other editions of this wine such as the 05,07 and 08 bases. Let see, it might improve with some more cellar time. Saving my 2 remaining bottles for at least 2-5 years.
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Citrus and saline on the nose. The wine is medium bodied with nice balance and savoury flavors of citrus, biscuit, and chestnut. Interesting but it lacked the energy I had hoped and got even a bit flat as the evening progressed.
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Disg 07/2014 and 62 mos on lees should make this a 2008 base? so delicious that I did not bother taking formal notes... 93-94p for now, but can still improve. Reminds me of the 2002 base. Still got a case so will pick up next bottle in 2-3 years time.
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Really distinctive blanc does noirs from a great grower. My bottle disgorged in 2011 and cellared since. Lively and light with great sparkle- crispness and beautiful color. As an opener for a birthday celebration followed by bond matriarch and a ‘52 colheita tawny from burmester.
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Phenomenal. This is the second bottle I've had, and I was blown away by both. Not sure what year the prior bottle was, but this one was disgorged in 2015. Super complex, layer upon layer of flavors, creamy texture and a very long finish.
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SLDS - September 2020 #2: Disgorged July 2019. Floral with roses and violets, toasty pencil shavings and lemon rind. Rich and complex on the palate with great balance and texture. Delicious.
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A truly amazing champagne, lifting its 2008/2009 blend(disgorged in 2015) into the heights of textured, multi-layered excellence-- a show of multiple trays of evolving fruit, depth and richness. While one can clearly argue for the the non -pareil refinement of a chiseled more lean style grand cuvee, this is a fantastically made wine that challenges these senses in a multitude of ways. The color-- not quite orange or copper ,but leaning toward both, the nose with a rich sense of cream, toasted levain, a hint of orange, lemon zest, yeast, and a follow-up on the palate of that toasted ,somewhat creamy, light caramel, mint or tarragon, and a developing breadth of palate that persists for 30 minutes.
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Seemingly in good shape and completely fresh, but somehow muted. With aired gained some aroma, but overall seemed a bit off. Hopefully that was the case as I have two bottles left. Will try to store at least a year before I open another one. I still enjoyed it a lot and WOTN for me.
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First example from Les Crayeres and it was killer; the nose is fabulous; ripe apple, a hint of honey, bruised pear, baked lemon, crushed stone; definitely a little oxidative hint, but not too much. The palate has stellar depth and yet still feels vibrant. Definitely a vinous Champagne. I love it.
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Deg. september 2009. Seems a point. Rich, creamy, toasted, rye bread here, dark matter, very much a Pinot Noir, broad and deep, layered, a champagne for food. Worked well with the appetizers and the forst dishes. #Søllerød Kro
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Probably one of the best champagnes, I had so far. This one was disgorged in 2013 (2008 base). Very complex best enjoyed in small burgundy shaped glasses. The bouquet convinces with stone fruit, brioche, nuts and chalky minerality. Quite long, this is just amazing. Should easily hold and further develop for another 1-2 decades. Definitely not cheap, but quite exciting. Reminds a little of the lieux dits of Selosse. Quite unique...
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2010 base, disgorged in July 2017. Somewhere in between the last two bottles I've had of this disgorgement. Really enjoyable if not better than a strong bottle of VP. Egly seems to have more variation than most other Champagnes I drink, probably because of the long lees aging. Still very tasty on day 2 with a nice browned butter character. Oddly muted at the front of the palate, but it expands and lingers nicely.
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Big weekend holidays call for big wines. Happy Memorial Day weekend.
Time to make the new Riedel Vintage Sommelier flutes really prove their worth.
The nose reveals; golden & green apples, sour lemons, lime juice to almost candy, touch of apple cider, overripe pineapple, lime, tangerine notes, stone fruit-apricot & peach, caramel, sweet, cream butter, vanillin, very beautiful & powdery chalkiness, saline, sea fossils, delicate, grey volcanics (almost ash), bread dough, light yeastiness, chunks of just fruit in marmalade, jam, hints of candle wax, honeysuckle & comb, gentle white spice with yellow lilies, jasmine, spring flowers, fruit blooms with some mixed in cut greens.
The body/mousse is gentle & delicate...super micro oxygenation/bubbles. She shows her beauty as she glides over the palate. More golden apple than the nose, green apple, sour lemons, lime zest to almost candy, touch of apple cider, overripe pineapple, lime, tangerine notes, stone fruit-apricot & peach, caramel, vanillin, sweet, cream butter, very beautiful & extremely, powdery chalkiness, saline, sea fossils, delicate, grey volcanics (almost ash), bread dough, light yeastiness, sesame oil, silvered almonds, chunks of just fruit in marmalade, jam, hints of candle wax, honeysuckle & comb, gentle white spice with the perfect light heat & palate penetration with yellow lilies, jasmine, spring flowers, fruit blooms with some mixed in cut greens. The acidy is perfect and gentle. The finish isn’t quite as good as the 02 Krug we had on my birthday in March but, it’s a close relative. It’s super; refined, delicate, unbelievable knitting, well balanced, elegantly polished like 75 degree sunshine on your face and persists softly like baby skin for minutes.
An amazing cuvée.
Producer notes, Elgy-Ouriet was planted in 1946 to Pinot Noir in pure-chalk soil of ‘Crayères.’ Unquestionably one of the finest, south-facing terroirs in Ambonnay. Les Crayères is the top single vineyard of the estate, containing the oldest vines. 100% Pinot Noir from the renowned Les Crayères known for its extremely shallow topsoil and chalky bedrock. Completely barrel fermented, and aged 70 months on the lees. It's a blend of the 2010 and 2011 vintages and was disgorged in July 2018 after 72 months sur lattes.
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The grand finale for my 40th birthday celebration (Adam's, Logan Square, Chicago IL): Nose: This is easily one of the most intriguing, confounding (in a good way), and complex noses I've smelled in a bit. This shows off a more oxidative style that still retains freshness with cider tones, bruised apples, poached pears, meyer lemons, roasted nuts, quince, nectarines, vanilla beans, loads of warm dough, and buttered toast.
Taste: The feel is Medium bodied with racy and sharp, high acidity. The acidity cuts like a hot knife while the feel is deep and poised with cider tones, bruised apples quince, meyer lemons, roasted nuts, nectarines, and buttered toast.
Overall: It's been a bit since I've had this and that is a clear mistake on my part. This is a wonderful Blanc de Noir that shows off more of the oxidative side of the spectrum while still having excellent and balanced fruit.
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This Egly Ouriet Blanc de Noirs is concentrated and linear. Creamy array of white orchard fruits, bruised apples, and oxidative wood toast. Long lees ageing with a mousse-y texture. I mistaken this as a Chardonnay driven Champagne since the mature 1996 Pinot Meunier champagne next to it tasted much more ripe and berry fruit driven. Nonetheless very well made. (87/100)
We drank the 2005 base a week ago and it was a huge success so we decided to try the 2008 base this time.
I had the 2008 base back in 2015 and thought it was a pretty funky wine. Today this is drinking classically egly bdn and very smooth and easy drinking while being enormously complex. Several times when I wasnt completely focussing on the wine while taking a sip, I for a moment thought I was drinking one of Selosse's Lieux Dits wines. A touch too sweet and unevolved for for my taste at the moment, this will do very well with another 3-5 years of cellaring. 92+ drink now - 2025+
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Quite amazing, but not quite as amazing as the previous bottle four years ago. It's past the peak evidenced by notable bitterness in the aftertaste. Still, a very, very satisfying wine.
2010 base, disgorged in July 2017. Quite a bit more oxidative and less awesome as a perfect bottle a couple of weeks ago of the same release. That oxidized butter richness dominates too much here. Egly variation, sigh.
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2010 base, disgorged in July 2017. 72 months on the lees. Despite the vintage this seems a great release of Egly Crayères, with wonderful richness. So good I had trouble putting this down. Probably the best release of this wine I've had in a couple of years.
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The 2007 based edition recently opened my eyes to how good this wine can be and I've been stocking up on recent and older released. Tonight was a 2005 based (2011 disgorgement) and it lived up to my expectations. Has a really unique nose that might be a bit of an acquired taste (my wife didn't enjoy it), and on the palate is really concentrated and intense with a great acidity. Only minus was a slightly overwhelming bitterness in finish, maybe due to the base vintage? Probably not a champagne for novices... and maybe best with food. But I really enjoyed this although I felt that it could have been even better! Fully alive and showing no signs of fading soon.
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Eplekjernehus på duft ellers noe gjerrig på detaljene. Fremstår med en del år på baken. Stram i munn og frukten trenger å utfolde seg mer. Man kjenner likevel at konsentrasjonen er der. Meget lang og fast finish. Vanskelig å forutse livet videre for denne. Moden og tight på samme tid. 91-92p
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Gourmetklubbens fyrtiofemte middag: Tema Havets läckerheter (Södermalm, Stockholm (P+A)): (Disgorged in May 2016, 70 months on lees, base year 2009) Mature nose showing oakiness, minerals and tutti frutti notes. Smooth red apples acidity and dried fruit on the palate and showing some oakiness on the lengthy finish. This has really rewarded the extra cellar time and should keep well for many years to come. Excellent! (Probably best with 3-9 years extra cellaring)
Starts off complex and after 30 minutes becomes more so. Lemon orchard, sweet icing, buttered toast, strawberry jam, pizza dough, marmalade, wet coins, pool water. Also technically sound with nice shape and length.
Nose of a slight egg custard and a hint of yeast almost half baked bread. Slight oxidiation and almost fortification way in the background
Palate Not a zipping freshness more of a flat tonic in both feel and taste. Slightly faded, lacks brightness but is serious and intriguing.wax bean skin
After about 90 minutes the wine is clearly evolving in the glass. Bit of a surprise. Now getting a bit of small red fruit, cherry, butter and a predominance of citrus with Lemon Curd and lemon peel.I wish this was a mag so we could keep tracking it movement but oh well. 😊
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One of the most spectacular champagnes I’ve had in recent memory, and possibly one of the most spectacular champagnes I’ve ever had. This single vineyard Blanc de noir from EO spent 6 years (!) on the lees and was disgorged July 2018. Gorgeous golden straw color in the glass with minuscule bubbles. A totally dizzying aromatic display of ginger shavings, toffee, caramel dipped golden delicious apples, red berries, orange honey roasted cashews and some beautifully oxidized notes. Rich without being dense, a gorgeous palate profile of hazelnuts, lemon cream, brioche, chalky limestone and a finish that just doesn’t want to stop. This is a marriage of Krug & Taittinger Comtes. Stunning!
11/2017 disgorgement. My 2nd time to taste this wine. Very nice Egly. This 750 was open and red to dark fruited behind its apple core. My time with it was short but enough to remember that it's a great one to have in the cellar.
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Maison Dakota session with Asparagus gang. Drank in Gabriel Standart. Another smashing champagne to end the night. And hello I meet this bottle again. Disgorged December 2017 this time. Appearance is clear, pale intensity, gold colour. Thin legs. Fine bubbles. Nose medium+ intensity, with aromas of layered honey cream, oxidative nuttiness, almonds, hazelnuts, florals, red fruits. Developing. On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium- alcohol (12.5%), medium+ body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of sweet nuts - almonds and hazelnuts, citrus kumquats, vinous red apples, layers of honey and brioche toast. Long finish. Very very good quality. Again as with Egly style, I feel that this is extremely well balanced. Could be underrating this. Well I only got 1 pour of it.
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Disgorged 2017, so 2011 base I think. Lovely Pinot characters of strawberry, cherry, mushrooms... bit earthy and starting to show some slight honeyed toast aromas. Very vinous and generous feeling as always with this producer, but still manages a balance of refinement and a sharpness/austerity on the palate. This has become one of my favourite champagnes. Beautiful.
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2017 disgorgement and 2011 base. Bordering on the sweet side with sharp acidity restraining it. Ready to drink now in my opinion. Bubbles dry out quickly.
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Deg 05/2017. 2010 base. Pnp. In Zalto Burgundy. Wonderful Pinot nose. Tasty, but with a searing acidity. In my opinion should be kept at least for a few years longer in cellar as its a bit of a shame to drink it this early. 93+
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My WOTY so far, comfortably beating a lineup of Krugs at a tasting with Olivier Krug at Origin Grill (04, the newly released 06 and the 162ed, all from 750ml bottles). Drank over 2.5 hours with Alan and Albert.
A beguiling nose of almonds, pear, red fruits with a kiss of toffee. This was married to abundant acidic zest and a lovely heft in the mouth. Just a tinge of the oxidative style - perfectly done and not overly done as with Selosse. Such a joy to drink now, yet should make old bones (at least a decade, probably several).
I am probably underrating this but wow. Would love to see how this ages and evolves. July 2018 disgorgement - does anyone know the vintage blend (Vinous doesn't have it)?
Another fantastic bottle of this spectacular Champagne. Showed great oxidative richness that was like Grand Cru Burgundy. This just happened to have bubbles. Wonderful tonic note with cherry skins and brioche. Serious wine, but also so fun to drink.
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A late 2014 disgorgement this wine has a quite deep yellow colour with a touch of brass. The nose is both complex and fresh with strawberry, red apple, yellow peach, nougat, brioche and leatherwood honey. The palate is beautifully balanced with the rich fruit matched by a fine acid and mineral line and drive. Not oxidative but developed with some secondary characters 5 years after disgorgement. Delicious.
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Not blind, classical champagne flute, deg. 01/15 A stunner. Typical E-O oxidative style but not annoying or disturbing. Not comparable to Selosse' vinification. Fresh, a hint of macadamia nuts, powerful and elegant likewise. Beautifil Balance. The best wine of Francis. I prefer it against his Millesime. I think his BdN Need 4-7 of bottle aging to Show his grace and elegance. When i wrote my first TN of this wine I wrote Whisky nose. I can still understand. 95-96
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This is still my favorite blanc de noirs. Beautiful strawberry shortcake aroma, slight lime tang on the palate. Lively and pleasantly full bodied without being overbearing. Delicious. Wish it was easier to buy because it is hard to keep it in the cellar for long. Score: 94. Relative to expectations: 0 but only because I have had this many many times and know what it is. I keep coming back for more.
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This is a beautiful Blanc de Noirs. It is rich and full, with perceptions of flecks of red fruit and bittersweet red apple skin, and laden with earthy mineral. Delightful!
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Disg 07/14, after 62 months on lees which my head count leaves this a 2008 base. Holy schmoly! Captivating perfume of bruised apples, fresh red apple peal, warm wood and mild notes of cognac. Nuanced palate, but still so seamless - and good! Red apples, grapefruits and wood with an underlying fruitiness balancing it all out. Great mouth feel. Lovely, velvety pearlage, although it goes still with only after 20-30 mins - no issue to me though! By this bottle I would say that peak is only 12-24 months ahead, which perhaps suggest this is not a strong bottle as such. But who cares; I have been too desperate to strike a really great bottle, but this one was quite magical to me. Nose was 97p, but I would say 95p overall.
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After an hour, beautiful chalky, mineral nose with glycerine, marzipan, toasted caramel. Bubbles softened to medium plus body with fine acidity and length. Good finish and very enjoyable.
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Egly-Ouriet Tasting (Pogo's - Dallas, TX): (cuvée blended with 60% 2011 and 40% 2010; aged on lees for 72 months; disgorged July, 2018) Standout of tasting for me. More finesse, elegance, energy, freshness, mineral-driven chalkiness and pinot fruit than prior wines. Lovely lingering finish. Excellent.
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Dégorgement 11-2018, 64 mois sur lie. Superb wine. Poured half of the bottle in to Gabriel Gold Glasses and the other half in to a karaf and served in large Riedel Burgundy Pinot Noir glasses. This is more like drinking Burgundy than Champagne, just excellent! An enormous array of flavors and layers...
Another older bottle, disgorged in 2004. Certainly a few years past its peak, but the butterscotch/ honeycomb character actually adds another enticing level of nuance and complexity. Plenty of berry throughout with very good weight. Still showing bright textures.
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Fairly dark golden, crazy good, with slight caramel notes, a hint of hazlenut, super fine bubbles, wheat bread, with a beautiful intensity and length, very sappy. Loved this. W/Val
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Dég. January 2017. Super perfumed and complex notes of lemon, small strawberries, chalky minerality, some brioche, also some mirabelle, cool apples, nuts, spices and some white flowers and honey notes too. Pretty full-bodied, with pretty high acidity and creamy mousse with only few bubbles, the acidity and minerality cuts right through the richness. Amazing length, too. A superb BdN and honestly one of my very favorite Champagnes. Love it.
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From the Les Crayeres leu dit. Very complex nose with smoky minerality and an array of subtle fruity notes. On the palate fresh and energetic with good depth. Good lenght, fresh all the way.
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Deg 2012. 54 months on lees so 2007/2006 base. Excellent bottle of champagne. Compared to last I tasted, 2 years ago, it was now very well balanced and fully integrated and drinking perfectly. I wish a had a more bottles of this. 93+
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Deg 07/2013 - 60 months on lees. Quick note across 2 days: pnp it showed leather, coffee, bruised apples and some red apples. Lacking balance both on the nose and in the mouth. Day two, nose was so much cleaner and seductive, and more in sync. Better and fresher also in the mouth. By the last glass some very nice, sweet wood notes showed - excellent. But i am really unsure how this disgorgement will fare, even though it was better on day 2. Overall it is definitely not top quartile Les Crayeres. 91-93 over the course of two days.
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Bill Elbring of North Berkeley Imports (E&R Wine Shop, Portland OR): Quite a bit more funky than the 2007, showing a bit of stale bread. Still pretty interesting and nice, though. Really rich on palate entry, offering great volume in the mouth. Lovely intensity and again, this offers a beautiful palate experience, with smooth up front fruit present here. So very nice, and surprising with that forward ripe sweetness despite that funk I smelled. Nice continuation of these flavors on the finish, with more sweet fruit here as well, paired with pretty minerality offering a lovely counterpoint.
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07/08 blend. Never really got going even when left to get some air. Overall seemed like the oxidative notes were over dominant without enough freshness to balance. An unexpectedly poor performance with some bottle age for this cuvee **1/2
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2014 disgorgement. a bit rounder than my last pass with this one. deep, booming. rich yet refreshing. panoply of red fruits, citrus, and tropical notes flanked by chalk, chocolate, and bread. all there, my consistent choice for favorite champagne.
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Disgorged Sep. 04. Amber/Golden colour. Strong bubbles at first but flattened after being open for maybe an hour. Rich, heady aromas of brioche, strawberries, mulberries. So much power and extract on the palate. A bit on the riper side but with pure lip smacking acidity. Absolutely delicious.
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This is spectacular BdN from this 2017 disgorgement. The Lion of Ambonnay is truly strutting his stuff at the moment. Unbelievable depth of fruit, intensity and complex minerality. When you visit the ‘Crayeres’ terroir you start to understand.
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Small tasting glass @ VINEUM during service, so a brief note. Always singing this wine...What a great treat! My last bottle at the moment, hope I'll be able to buy more bottles soon.
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Tasted at the Corkopolis Champagne tasting. Stunning bottle of BdN Champagne from Pinot specialists. Bright yet serious strawberry, cherry, lemon, tangerine, and baked bread notes. Quite chalky and mineral-driven on the palate, with a firm backbone and an intensely flavorful and lip-smacking finish.
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Deg 07/2013 - 60 months on lees. Drank two bottles. Both were good, the second bottle had more vitality and freshness. Think for every 6 months now this degorgement is coming more together. Putting on some more lateral flesh while diluting the grapefruit note that has been putting me off. Still not one of the great Les Crayères I have had but they now feel to have come more in to its own, though very different to where it was in 2015/2016 (the first bottle I had of this degorgement in 2015/16 was great). First bottle a strong 91p. Second bottle was 92p for me.
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Deg 07/2013 - 60 months on lees. Drank two bottles. Both were good, the second bottle had more vitality and freshness. Think for every 6 months now this degorgement is coming more together. Putting on some more lateral flesh while diluting the grapefruit note that has been putting me off. Still not one of the great Les Crayères I have had but they now feel to have come more in to its own, though very different to where it was in 2015/2016 (the first bottle I had of this degorgement in 2015/16 was great) . First bottle a strong 91p. Second bottle was 92p for me.
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Tasted after 2007 Grand Cru Brut. Again quite rich and evolved, nutty, notes of cut apples and red berry fruit, yeasty, creamy. On the palate layered, fresh, mineral. Intense and long finish. Impressive. 92-94
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I was a little nervous about this purchase b/c through the green glass it looked possibly a little dark. It was a little amber color, have some slight oxidzed issues, but over all cork was good, pressure upon opening good, nose nice. Notes of caramel, walnut, and small forest berry pie, little tart mixed berries. medium rich, Pinot character clearly in evidence, good structure, still pretty powerful with fine bubbles that lasted but were not over abundant. excellent acidity, med+ finish. Tangy tartness in the finish. This was more developed that it should have been but was still very enjoyable, especially with a roasted chicken and fall vegetable. Disgorged 2007, 48 mo. on the lees. This could be 1999 or 2000 base or older.
Smells down right Burgundian with ripe red cherry, plenty of oak and expensive nougat. Amazingly intense expression of fruit, this is downright impressive. On the palate ripe, opulent and hedonistic. The sheer density of it is something to behold. Most definitely more Pinot Noir than Champagne, the bubbles are not very important here. Beautifully red-fruited with hauntingingly delicious spicy notes. Under all the concentration is a very powerful acidic core gives the wine tons of structure and energy. Seems to evolve in the glass for forever.
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SLDS Single Bottle Dinner: May 17 disgorgement. Cherry, earth, redcurrant and some spice. Savoury and spicy palate with a rich streak of fruit as the core. Lovely richness and intensity with great length.
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Intense gold, low perlage. Baked apples. Bone dry on the palate. Awesome PN bubbly elixir. Disgorged in december 2004, 53 months spent on lees.
Just another proof that this Cuvée is the top one in EO range even bypassing his Millésimes. Not many prestige Cuvée out there deliver such value at €120
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Hard to fathom, it's in a world of its own style & quality wise. Rich & full, very vinous, complex & developed but still so fresh & precise with a delicious salty minerality. Certainly one of the most unique & delicious bottles of Champagne I've tasted. 17' Disgorgement, 09/10 base vintages.
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Vinous but rich, bread, sponge cake, fruit cake, expressive (base 50% 2009), really gorgeous, long, But at what cost? The EO single vineyards and vintage wines are reaching stratospheric prices.
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Golden hue with hint of pink with consistent fine mouse. Initial strong mineral aroma representative of the terroir. It then opened up in glass with fragrance of bruised apple. Developed further into Juicy yet tart plum. Straight in palette. I had high expectations of this champagne and it was interesting and I’m glad I’ve tried it but not my favorite champagne.
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Immediate strong pear smell to the nose. Extremely bubbly and fine bubbles. Colour of golden yellow. Crisp with strong pear flavour to the taste, remind me of Krug NV, but still less strong flavour of pear-ness compared to Krug. A very fine champagne indeed. The colour and bubbles themselves shows its prestige.
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Deg 07/2013 - 60 months on lees. I mean, this is quality champers but I have had so many better bottles of Les Crayeres. Nose is lovely, dominated by lightly bruised red apples. Even some honeyed notes. Attack goes much by the same with great weight and concentration. From then on it is downhill for me as a bitterness emerges and clings on to the finish. I am saving 1/2 of the bottle for day 2 testing. 91p day one.
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SLDS April 2018: Disgorged May 2017. Toast, smoke, chalk and strawberry. Good richness on the palate, full and long with plenty of intensity. Maintains a layered, complex element that helps give this youthful interest.
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Cellartracker in the flesh with Stefan, Mats, Tomas and Basil (La Rochelle, Tokyo): Honey, apple & lemon, muted toast. Juicy acidity, quite sharp, apples over honey with some tannic grip on the front of the mouth. Mousse is very fine. I called Blanc de Noirs 2002 - Tomas brought this along and said the vintage was closer to mostly 2006 I think...
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Wow, I absolutely love this wine. Intoxicating aromas of brioche, cherry skins, and a hint of florality. The palate is deep and rich while showing wonderful energy and minerality. Enoyed this wine in Riedel Vinum Burgundy glasses and let the aromatics soar and palate really show it's stuff. Great!
Deg. Aug. 2006 Very intelligent choice for the cheese course; rich, very Burgundian, smooth. Some doubts among others at the table, but I say: Bravo. #NielsC
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Palmer Vertikale: Ziemlich dunkle Farbe, dunkelgold. Superfeine Perlage. Etwas oxidative Nase, erinnert leicht an Sherrytöne, Hefe, Brotkruste. Am Gaumen sehr mineralisch/karg, sehr schlank mit toller tragender Säure. Rotbeerige Grundaromatik. Eben, ich mag keinen Pinot Noir - und deshalb ein (für mich) etwas reduziertes Rating. Der Wein verdient sicher 95-97 aber das Erdbeerige stört mich etwas.
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Vinous and super complex... like drinking Grand Cru Burgundy with some bubbles. Amazing aromatics of ripe citrus, white flowers, brioche, honey, red berries, chamomile , chalk, tonic notes. It's pretty full bodied with a weightless tense style, creamy but super fresh, pretty high acidity and excellent length. Amazing Champagne full of complexity and tension. Love it!
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July 2011 disgorgement. best guess, based off of the 2005 vintage. faint copper tint, delicate apricot and cherry nbotes, toast, smoke and mineral driving the wine. still infanticide
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Dinner with Beaucastel (Chez moi): Deg. August 2006. Very much like the 2007-version, just a bit further ahead. HSA, the nekrofile, found this too old, PB and I disagreed; still livelym rich with toast, coffee galore, very layered and deep. Time to drink this, though.
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Dinner with Beaucastel (Chez moi): Deg. July 2007. Still fresh with a fine acidity, but also very mature notes of coffee galore. Manly and concentrated champagne. GrandVin in da house.
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Opened on New Year's Day, and what a way to start the year! This bottle was purchased at the Domaine when we visited last February. Big, broad, powerful, deep and complex - a very wine-y champagne. Francis eschews the clean, bright, crisp style prevalent at so many of the bigger houses - I get it, it's popular, but this is so much more to my taste Francis says he's often one of the last to pick, as he feels the grapes should be ripe (what a concept). The grand cru Ambonnay fruit lends real class and elegance. I wish this weren't so hard to come by (and that it cost a little less) as it is just dynamite.
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I don't have anything to add to previous notes. An exceptional Egly, perhaps lacking in finesse compared to the Millesimé, but really, really fabulous. With scallops and oysters...
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Drunk at Noizé. Light gold colour. Initially very closed to the extent that we thought might be slightly faulty. However it gradually opened up more and more - very distinct and at times almost candied dark fruit, eg black plums and red apples, rich bread/pastry and a slightly honeyed and spiced background, but with a chalky freshness. The intensity was impressive, while the oxidative elements were not yet that pronounced - felt like it would peak in 5 years and last 10 easily enough ****(1/2)
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Dieser Champagner hat mich schon immer fasziniert. Schon beim ersten blind tasting hat mich die Nase an whisky mit Tahiti vanille erinnert. So eigenständig. So auch heute. Am Gaumen kommt trotzdem die zitrusfrische durch. Viel Volumen, viel Kraft, aber enorm präzise. Dazu marzipan, geröstete Nüsse und etwas Honig. Herrlicher essensbegleiter. Für mich ist der VV blanc de noirs GC der stärkste Wein von Francis egly. 2008 degorgierte. Perfekte Balance. Herrlich. Nichts für zartbesaitete. 94
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2017 Farmer Fizz (West Side Wines (West Hartford, CT)): Tasted at West Side Wines' (West Hartford, CT) "Farmer Fizz" annual grower Champagne event. Hands down WOTN and makes a strong case for WOTY against some stiff competition. Hugely generous, with fantastically intense and clear dessert-like flavors of apple rings, mulling spices, and lemon curd, guided by firm acid and chalky minerality. Mineral, nutmeg, and baked apple flavors go for many minutes.
This wine wants for nothing. A grand Champagne! "Outstanding," 94/100.
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SLDS October 2017 #2: Disgorged September 2004. Orange gold colour. Wood, earth, bacon, ginger, orange and cherry - plenty of complexity without any single element overwhelming the others. Really good complexity on the palate as well, with plenty of layers and great fruit depth. Good length and overall composure. Drink now for this disgorgement.
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Disgorged in 2014. Relatively dark in colour. Intense nose with red berries and some autolytic character. Very high acidity and concentration on the palate. Long and powerful. Great!
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Deg 2015. Fresh with light touches of green apple and pear on the nose, light brioche on the palate, slight strawberry shortcake touch. No rough edges and delightful. Big crowd-pleaser. Good acidity but in no way bracing. Should keep for a few years if necessary, but it is a charmer now.
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Deg 07/2013 - 60 months on lees. From first sip I felt this was perhaps not an optimal bottle. A bit funky nose. A faint wood sting, that blew off over the next 10 minutes. Compared to the the 07/2014 (62 months lees) that followed, it had quite a bit development. It benefited from time in the glass for sure, lovely aromas, seamless and velvety in the mouth. Unfortunately, the acidity was not quite in sync and there was a strong note of grape fruit in the finish that put me off somewhat. 91p.
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Deg 07/2014 - 62 months on lees. This bottle followed the 07/2013 (60 months lees) disg and was quite a step up in concentration and overall balance, as well as freshness. Rich, expressive and vinous as usual. The young fruit is perhaps a bit dominating, but seems to have the backbone to carry some aging here. So while it is still early days, with the 07/2013 bottle in mind I will be checking in on again 18 months from now. 92-93p, with clear upside.
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2009 base disgorged July 2016. Wowsers, so much going on here it's hard to document. Fruitier than I'd expected. This is a monster, stacked with fruit and density, and it's just too early to be getting into it. Disappointing today, but check in 4 years from now and I suspect it'll be another beast entirely.
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Champagne - 100 Vintage and NV Champagne; 12/15/2015-12/15/2020: This blanc de noir has a very light rose hue color, showing its Pinot pedigree. Wow! Amazing nose of flowers, strawberries, bakery, vanilla and all. One of the best Champagne aromas I have witnessed and, even better, not oxidative like most high end Champagnes from Krug, Salon & Co. especially when aged. Absolutely wonderful. At an attractive price level for this quality too.
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Good breadth and depth here with soil tones nicely framing the not too ripe orchard fruit. Seems as if this will put on more weight with additional time in the bottle. 92+
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Deg. January 2017. Super complex notes of just ripe apples, mirabelles, small red strawberries, chalk, baking spices, some honey, brioche and nutty notes. It's medium-full bodied, dense but with impeccable balance, slightly creamy mousse, but also pretty high acidity to balance everything. Excellent length. Still very young but another superb BdN from this fantastic producer. You can literally taste the old vines from this unique terroir providing plenty of minerality.
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It's definitely one of the best Champagne I've ever had. A very expressive Blanc de Noirs (recommend to use a big red-wine glass rather than a flute to feel its aroma) - black fruit aroma coming out straight from its yellow gold liquid color. Magnificent bottle! Highly recommended!
pseudo note here as I was so engaged with eating and talking I couldn't give this my full attention. but whoa, that's good. deep gold color with a faint peach hue and scant fine bubbles. weighty. aromas of yellow apple, ginger, chalk, and plenty more. medium bodied and round in the mouth with a short burst of foam. palate shows ripe yellow apple, orange, red currant, ginger, cinnamon, and chalk with a long rolling finish approaching 60 seconds. many more components on the nose and palate I didn't get a chance to think through. went seamlessly with all components of the meal- Dijon vinaigrette salad, French bread, sous vide tarragon buttered lobster, and a sautéed mushroom medley with a champagne vinegar reduction. grand cru indeed.
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From memory. @Albert 1er. Deg. 07/2015. 72 months on lees. Wow, this gave so much more pleasure than what I had expected from such a recent edition. Really broad and expressive. The 72 months on lees have been spent well. Classic and racy Egly Crayeres, perhaps only a bit more fruity than how I prefer them but this was soo good. How long will it hold when it is soo good alredy, I am not sure but I felt that there was material here for at least another 6-8 years for sure. Perhaps more.
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Light straw colour. Fresh nose of strawberry, red apple, nougat, brioche and leatherwood honey. Palate beautifully balanced with the rich fruit matched by a fine acid and mineral line and drive. Not oxidative or developed despite a year in the cellar. A great Xmas Champagne.
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- The taste right up front is overwhelmingly raisin-like with subtle overtones of lemon pith; the medium length finish is hiding notes of fresh lemon, stone, and hints of vanilla.
- The body is medium heavy, much like a raisin is to a grape.
- There's a rounded, smooth texture underneath the carbonation (which is dissipating quickly, probably due to the glass choice).
- It has medium acidity that you mostly notice after swallowing.
- After opening up more, it's brighter with some subtle orchard fruit notes (peach?)
CF's Birthday: Disgorged July 2014. Lemon pie, ginger, orange, roses and earthy notes. Powerful and full bodied but there is genuinely good texture and balance, with a little more acid than the last bottle I had of this wine. Drinking well now.
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Egly-Ouriet Tasting (Restaurant Gustav Zürich): Deg. July 12, A mighty champagne which I like most of Francis Egly. Some oxidative "Whisky" notes but the freshness in the foreground. Some brioche, toast notes, spicieness, oak perfectly integrated, nuts in the aftertaste. I prefer this wine around 5 years after degorgement, 94-95
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@ Restaurant Vineum in Rotterdam: Replacement for the Comtes. Closed on the nose. The palate is full, tight and structured, will take on more complexity with time. (date of disgorgement: july 2015)
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Small tasting glass @ VINEUM during service, so a brief note. Egly-Ouriet is one of my favourite Champagne producers and this is one Francis' best wines. Delicious Blanc de Noirs, so good, so much refinement, so many layers!
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Leiden in Rotterdam at Vineum: Degorgement July 2015. Still young. Impressive material, nose bit closed, taste concentrated, expressive. Drinks well, will improve in time.
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Clear, gold with a touch of salmon. Some oxidative notes on the nose. Ripe red apples, lemon peel, young strawberries, limestone minerality, apricots and biscuit. Dry with high acidity, this had an interesting style (apart from the oxidative character); on the one hand, it felt tight as if still developing, on the other hand it also sat rather heavy and full in the mouth. Powerful, yet complex and still balanced. Would be nice to try this again a couple of years down the road to see if it has improved. (Disgorged 2015)
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Tim + Ching Birthday 2016 (Extra Space): Bottle disgorged July 2015. Appearance is clear, medium intensity, gold colour with a just a slightest tinge of pink. Coarse persistent bubbles. Nose is oxidative, with aromas of nuts, brioche, bruised red apple, citrus lemon, apricot, honey. Developing. On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium alcohol, (12.5%), medium body. Medium flavour intensity, with flavours of bruised red apple, citrus lemon, chalky minerality, honey, apricots, brioche. Long finish. Very good quality. Lots of richness and depth as befitting a serious Blanc de Noirs. But I really feel this was still tight at the moment. Better with more air, but what a waste drinking it now. Should have allowed more bottle age development.
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Deg. January 2013. Beautiful notes of sweet red strawberries, tonic notes, a touch of oxidative notes, brioche, underripe pear. It's medium-full bodied, but weightless, with perfect mousse, high acidity. Great length. Fantastic balance of ripe raw material, acidic tension, slatey minerality and austerity. Great Champagne of the highest level.
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Mondayitis. Dinner at home with steamed chicken with chopped ginger and scallions, dipping sauce a mixture of seasame oil, light and dark soy sauces, and minced garlic. Wife wanted champagne as lifter, hence this Les Crayeres disgorged July 15. Fresh as what freshness means in its gleaming gold colour, nose of lime and clean laundry, complex palate of citrus and salt without saltiness, majestic Pinot fruit of mulberries and precise acidity, full-bodied and lingering finish. A champagne for fatty white meat, chicken, veal, pork etc. etc.. Too brutal for seafood.
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Deg 05/2010 - 58 months on lees. Hands down my favourite champagne and this bottle was so so lovely. Perfectly mature Montrachet on the nose. Extremely vinous. Heaps of baked, mature red apples, mushrooms, nuts and biscuits. Gorgeous wine in a perfect spot. This is not a wine to drink alone, the moment needs to be shared. Will hold for at least 2-3 more years, probably more.
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Nose: Toasted Brioche, Smoked Fruit, Peach, Orange Peel/Blossom and some lemon notes. Bit of red berry notes as well. Palate: Extremely fine bubbles and just a bit of mousse on the top. The enters with a complex array of floral with apricot, raspberry, lemon and matchstick notes. Bit of a bready note and just a seamless palate feel. At its best about 1hr in the glass. Finish: Long finish with a great lemon peel, raspberry muffin and almond notes.
There has been really high praise for this wine from other CT members, but few notes. In my experience this is a seriously beautiful champagne. Opened to celebrate the arrival of our newborn daughter on 8/4/16
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Not often I hit the high 90s with my points, but this is one of the best wines I've tasted for a very long time. Colour like the outer layer of an onion, Complex aromas in a fresh yet rich wine that just keeps on giving long after it has been swallowed. So harmonious it's hard to identify anything that sticks out.
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Diag Jul 2015, 72 mnth with lees. Pnp, cirtus aroma with a distinct bouquet of floral aroma. On palate, ripe apple, mango, grape fruit and kiwi yield a more acidic attack. Some spice, and mild sweetness give a tropical fruit feel to the wine. Best for a hot summer.
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Today it lost the battle with 2002 Pol Roger Winston Churchill, but it remains nonetheless an excellent blanc de noir. If you look for power and masculinity this is definitely something you should take in great consideration.
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As always very convincing, still one of my favorite BdN, power, elegance, freshness, complexity all in one. Great with food, very long clean finish, the wood is perfectly integrated, not that oxidative as Selosse
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What a strange champagne! I've never tasted anything like it. We tasted this blind and I suspected it as made on some strange grape variety outside of champagne. Challenging for many at the tasting. I give it 2 points for being an odity.
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Disgorged Nov 2008, my first bought at Francis Egly. Fantastic. Perfectly aged,fresh baken Breadcrust, Nuts, Almonds, orange peel, fullbodied, light oxidative style but with a great acidity backbone. Perfect to lobster, veal, tuna and turbot. Long clean finish. For me his BdN ist Egly's best effort. Great fun. with 8 years of bottle aging close to his top. 95-96
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My first of the July 2013 disg. Wow, so so lovely. Rich and expressive as usual. Rough, yet silky and smooth. Baked apples, smoke, nuts, mushroom and biscuits. Vinous! Overall very good balance. Only thing to point to is that prehaps it was a touch to sweet. Had thought I would find in too early stage, but it was not. Of course got better with air/temp as usual, but was at very high level already out of the gate. Got the usual pairing in our home: comte and (this time Italian) ham. Not sure of ideal drinking window. Perhaps 8-10 years? Looking forward to be enjoing many more.
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One of the more precise and complex champagne's I've had to date. Flowers, citrus, yeast, seashell minerality, herbs, chalk, white pepper, just so much. On the palate it was clean with finesse and elegance. After it had warmed over a few hours it added some slight oxidation, more round mature fruits and weight.
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Disgorged July, 2013. Well...the wine world has turned for me. The bubbly bug bit me and clamped down hard, a direct result of this absolutely stunning wine. In recent months I have tasted two other bubblies that caught my attention like never before, but this particular offering transcends the dimensional boundaries of earth and time, reaching far into the ethereal! I could not take the glass away from my nose because of mind-bending complexities the bouquet offers. Yeast, steel, slate, chalk, ores, lychee, currant, gooseberry, citrus, carambola, lemongrass, herbs, essential oils, wax paper, lanolin, etc., etc., etc. This is to say nothing of the profoundly layered palate, at once piercing, delicate, bold, weighty, expansive, refined, elegant, and indescribably deep. The finish delivered a sensory overload that left me entranced for several days. Further descriptors escape me...possibly because they cannot be spoken...only experienced. 96-97!
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PRANZO DA VINOGODI: Sboccatura 07/2013. Lieviti, pan di spagna, polvere di gesso. Ha una parte di vinosità classica del Pinot, molto pura; e una parte calorosa gialla di frutta matura. La bocca è tesa, metallica e molto minerale. Fattura al solito da manuale, si sente la classe nella flessuosità del finale coprente e pieno. Legno ancora sensibile e bolla indisciplinata, quasi "gasata". Attendere qualche anno con fiducia.
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An older bottle, purchased in 2006. Great depth and concentration with lots of red fruit character on nose and palate. Rich and intense, still nicely vibrant. I probably liked this more than others did tonight, largely based on its density. No fear of this fading away. Incredibly well made.
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Gogget 2010. Halvfunky denne også. Ingen fruktaromaer igjen. Mye sopp, nøtter, røyk og sherrytoner. Meget moden nese. Over i munn får jeg litt Jura feeling av denne. Vanskelig å beskrive, men modent er det. Meget bra konsentrasjon og den løftes av en flott syre, men det er ikke nok til å gjøre dette til en flott vin. Lang. Husstil? Ja kanskje, men det blir litt over the hill for min del. 87-88p Av en eller annen grunn var dette en super match til røkt hval med en mild pepperrot-krem.
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Another pre-Xmas Saturday Lunch (Cal Fuster (Serrateix)): As aperitif and pairing with starters. Didn't write down the disgorgement date but this one had a few years on it and certainly showed with a mature profile on nose with subtle ripe fruit and quince. Medium bodied with a lively acidity, the palate was just delicious, well balanced, savory and fresh. I liked this as it kept evolving in the glass. Monumental bubbly, great! 93-95
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Detected an impression of a dark berry note in the nose, along with peach pit, a nuance of old wood, apple, pear tart; great structure, cleaner and more bright than the VP; very dry, but creamy and balanced; very long finish. Really tasty, needs 5 years in my opinion, though. -100% PN, 70 yr old vines from Crayere v.y., indigenous, fermented in old oak and tank, no malo, 3 yrs age, 2 g/l
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Straw yellow, slow and small bubbles. Nose of ripe apple and pear, some hint of flowers too. Frothy on palate, burst of foams leading to sharp acidity with very light bitterness, similar aroma with added tangerine. After taste has a steely but clean feeling of minerality.
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Overall excellent but have had better at price point. I would prefer to pay up a bit more for Krug for instance. Lots of toast / yeast on nose and palate.
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Deg July 2007, 48 months on lees. Never tasted this deg/vintage before now, and I do see the points made by those who have. Nose is 98 points for me, but the mouth is wearing the signs of an off-vintage (2003) and is a bit on the dull (this is Egly BdN after all!) side. Spine and mousse is also struggling, although the latter is of less importance to me. A killer with comte still, which was the simple pairing for us today. I would say drink up now (with not too much expectations). I of course still like it though.
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Bott 05/2010 - 58 mois. This wine is in a very good spot at the moment. Powerful and intense, with simply a divine nose dominated by lovely red apples while with some air the wine also let its shoulders down in the mouth displaying all the various tones that make up this gorgeausly complex and vinous champagne. Think my own bottles should be getting around 12 months of further cellar time in hope that this oxidative notes will get a bit more pronounced. Enjoyed with a number of hard mature cheeses, which proved to be a perfect match (particularly the Comte).
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The “Traditions” bottling is E-O’s house cuvée and displays a bright, clear gold in the stem. Hints of hazelnut, cinnamon, lemon, pie crust, baking spices and yeast rise to the nose in clear, distinct packets of whiffs and sniffs. Its mouthfeel is much lighter than the BdN; noticeably lighter. Instead of starting with the BdN, I should have poured this bottle first knowing the crowd would easily tear through the first bottle of the evening. But with some left over following the dinner, we packed about a quarter of the bottle away only to find it had plumped up a might over night, making for a better wine on day two. While the wine was still crisp, it was not nearly as lean. Both are 12.5% alc. With shrimp as the opener for the Scripps/Chadwick dinner party. Traditions - Recommended; BdN - Highly Recommended.
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Opened for Kathy's birthday. Lovely pale salmon color in the flute, great mousse with lots of tiny bubbles, expressive nose of blood range, strawberry, wet slate, with a touch of yeast, earth, and brioche, more of the same on the palate, relatively high in acid which adds tension to the complexity on the mid palate, medium/big body, long, long, long flavorful finish and aftertaste.
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A much more powerful style after the previous two Egly wines. Lemon, orange, smoke, apple and brioche. The palate is powerful, with the richness of the fruit the centrepiece. I'd like to see a little more drive behind it, as at times it seems to want some more focus to bring the broadness into line, but overall it is impressive and will improve in bottle.
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Big and open nose full of nuts, chocolate, coffee, bitter oranges, almonds, slight oxidation and a bit of stony minerals. High, but round acidity. No harshness at all, this is only premium pressings! Full bodied, high intensity and a long, but slightly warm finish (?).
Would love to try this with a big of age, there is plenty of potential here. But nonetheless this is drinking very well right now.
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Expressive aromatics of red fruits, small forest strawberries, some herbs, minerals (slate) and brioche. It’s medium-full bodied and dense without being heavy, has high acidity, small perfect mousse and fantastic length. A breathtakingly beautiful Blanc de Noirs with a beautiful density but also great freshness and precision. One of the favorites (or even the favorite) of the whole group. (96+ p.)
Champagne tasting from different crus ans styles with sushi and salmon, 8 champagnes in 4 flights, 1. Flight Guy Charlemagne BdB Brut Reserve against Cazals Clos Cazals 2000 2. Flight Gosset Grande Reserve vs. Dethune Cuvee des Princess 3. Flight Diebolt-Vallois Rose vs Krug Rose 4. Flight Egly-Ouriet VV Crayres vs Perrier-Jouet Belle Epoque 1982
For me 2 nd best and overall 4th place.
Disgorged 2013, mainly from the great 2008 vintage. Like always a great pleasure. Getting much better with air and temperature. in 5 years getting his whole excellence. In the future 96 from this vintage possible. Strong, oaky wine with a long finish
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Really full-bodied and powerful, this is still crunchy and minerally. 100% barrel fermented PN, this blend of 07 and 08 spent 5 years on it's lees and saw a 3g/L dosage, it's really chalky for such a big wine. Impressive.
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Blind ChAMpagne tasting of 4 bottles DE Sousa Le Mesnil 2005 (93p.) Egly-Ouriet GC VV Les Crayeres (93), Pol Roger NV Brut (92), Diebolt-Vallois Blanc de Blancs (90).
I recognised the Egly. strong, nutty, chocolate, wood notes, complex, developing in the glas, disgorged 2013, great acidity and minerality, perfect to food. In my experience it is best to drink it 5 years after disgorgement, give him air and time
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It is a bomb, this style of wine I like, dark golden coleur, fine perlage, red berries and few oxidative notes in the nose, bread, whisky, brioche in the palate, very long aftertaste, potential for at least 10 years (50+5+13+17+9)
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An evening with Ib B (Frederiksberg): Discorged 2010. Young, concentrated, powerful, yeast present – but vraiment pinot – dark bread et al. Everyone seemed to prefer the Brut Tradition (probably for its freshness), but this is a wine, that is built to last – and not really an aperitif champagne. Wait for it – said CP – and I think, I agree. 94+
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Zaczyna się owocowym nosem, w ustach czuć ekstrakt i taniny. Wszystko pięknie kwasowe. W kolejnych kieliszkach więcej nuty chlebowych ale usta wciąż zwarte i chrupiące
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Dinner at HSA (Østerbro, Copenhagen): Powerful wine, served vis-a-vis the red pinot from the same producer - not a bad idea, this a masculine, very pinot, very food-friendly. Long life ahead.
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Blancs de Noirs Growers Champagne Tasting (Restaurant Carlton, Zürich, Switzerland): Tasted blind, Bottle disgorged in 2009. 49 months on the lees. Base (likely) 2004: Dark golden color. Nose of camomile, yeast and ripe apples. The acidity is still present, but not as noticeable as the wine has so much depth and power. Taste of Caramel and nuts. An amazing BdN Champagne and yet another beauty from Egly-Ouriet. Drink now over the next 10 years.
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Dim Sum Club tries Fleur de Sel (Fleur de Sel, Tras Street): I thought this was very good. Served blind, it stood toe-to-toe with a rather underwhelming bottle of 1999 Salon and did not blink a eyelid. This had a very expressive nose, with some sweet oak, drips of honey, then ripe apples and cherry flesh aromas, and a touch of yeast and earth at the sides. The palate was very nicely textured, with quite a bit of power to it, showing ripe apples and subtle cherry notes that came out more when this was paired with a lovely dish of roasted duck breast. Not the subtlest of Champagnes, this was a lot of flavour packed into a soft, creamy mousse and enlivened with fresh acidity showing through brighter lemon notes. It was nicely harmonious though, so that it never came across as overbearing. Strong finish as well, with sweet kumquats along with a litte biscuity note and a lovely line of mineral. This was a nice Blanc de Noirs that went very well with food. I think this was still pretty young, still pretty tight, but there was already a nice touch of complexity. 2-3 more years would have done this bottle a world of good though - it is a pity I did not note the disgorgement date.
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(dégorgée Septembre 2008) - a full-bodied Champagne. Clearly matured with a deep, golden color. Bubbles not so vibrant now. Ripe and sweet on the nose, with caramelized sugar and almost sugar cane. Later on big, toasty notes came out, along with honey and marmalade. Ripe and sweet on the palate, too.
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Rich, full nose. Clearly some oak but well used. Raspberry, yeasty, white chocolate with spices with a fine oxidation. Palate is also rich and powerful but balanced by a good acidity and lively and fine mousse. Woulld be perfect with lobster. 2005 base. Pinot Noir from the Les Crayeres in Ambonnay, sees oak (20-25% new). Spend 60 months on the lees. Disgorged July 2011.
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2003 disgorge... Deeply colored, moderate amount of mousse that is very fine. Aromatically quite deep and complex with plenty of cherry, minerals... shows a lot of toast and bread dough (clearly spent a lot of time on lees). On the palate quite dry, very high acidity, plenty of power, low ETOH. Very well balanced wine with very good length and intensity, great complexity. Loads of finesse for all that power, great texture, perfect expression of place. Great Champagne.
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Överensstämmer med min tidigare tasting note, dominerat av röda äpplen, lite citrus toner och tropiska frukter med en bra frisk balanserad syra. Fantastiskt bra champagne! (Deg September 2008)
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Once it hit me, it is all I can think - Blackberry Jam on Brioche. After my third bottle in two years, I just can't add anything more other than the fact that this is the most wonderful Champagne on earth. Floral berries, perfect acid, creamy bread, butter and sugar in harmony. This would be the last wine I drink on death row.
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This seemed to be even better than my last bottle, which was hard to imagine. Very similar notes for me, but we drank this through an entire meal and this wine went well with every single course. It's ability to pair with anything from oysters to roasted pork shank took it to the next level for me.
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En mycket bra champagne deg datum sept 2008 med en vinbas från 2003? Tydlig smak av Äpplen och citrus, man kan även skönja tropiska frukter. Syran är hög och samtidgt bra balanserad. Detta är garanterat ett vin som jag kommer att se till att ha hemma och köpa mer av i framtiden.
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Now this is what an Egly should taste like. Pronouced, powerful, sleek savory. Whew. I guess they don't like being shipped around. So much better than my last bottle.
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Nice deep yellow pink tinged color. Floral yeasty nose. Nice acidity, meyer lemon, mineral and a little toasted bread on the finish. Went very well with baked chicken in sweet sauce.
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What’s not to like about this wine? Its bronze color? Its lacy mousse? Its endless stream of the tiniest bubbles ever? Its biscuit and strawberry nose? Its forever long finish of chalk and yeast? Or perhaps its ying & yang of delicate femininity, yet powerful masculinity? It’s a celebration of love all by its lonesome. With linguine & brie (1st course) and flash seared tuna over celaryroot at The Little Red Hen. For our 21st wedding aniversary. 05.18.12. Highly Recommended.
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Fairly reductive on the nose. Wasn't sure where it was going but I didn't have a high impression on the get go. Probably need to sort through it all again.
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Champagnedagen 2012 (Grand Hotel, Stockholm): Nose: Heavily perfumed, very ripe fruit, peach, some herbs, spice. Palate: Quite concentrated, quite spicy, discrete herbal notes, mineral, balancing acidity. Young. 92-93+ p. 49 months on the yeast, disgorged August 2009. (So the base wine should be 2004-dominated, I assume.) A good example of a wine with a power sufficient to handle the oak treatment, and in my opinion it outshines the two vintage wines (1999 & 2000) tasted at the same time.
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Giallo paglierino carico tendente all'oro, spezie al naso , ossidazione, liquerizia , poi si distende bene con il tempo , caramello , mou , pan di spagna, fruttini dolci quasi zuccherati, bocca fresca, sapido , liquerizioso , con finale agrumato e legg. ossidato.
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Nice and powerful champagne that is rather upfront. Nose with honey and slight hint of baked apple, but finish is short and bubbles pretty much gone after an hour, this is nowhere close to the fantastic 99.
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Nose: So many aspects of this nose were amazing. A touch of toffee, beer-like malt, manuka honey and a delicious cider element to this nose as well. Very enchanting.
Taste: Very elegant, feminine and well restraint. Persistent and fine beads. An interesting mix of white and light red fruit with some toasted barley notes. Very balanced and refreshing. An amazing experience overall.
Most of the people thought it was a vintage champage from 1996. Apparently this was disgorged in '08 and had been resting on lees for 54 months, so that would put it around 2002.
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I concur 100% with my fellow tasters. FAN-TAS-TIC! The best Champagne I ever had. Magnificent Pinot character. (Sorry only short note due to New Years Eve)
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Fantastic bottle of bubbles. As this wine began to open up it showed great layers of flavors and aromas. Wild red berry tart became the wonderful main note with great minerality and acidity to back it up.
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Disgorged May 2007 after 58 months on its lees. This is my kind of wine. Definitely oxidative in style, red apples and baking soda = apple pie? Rich but more elegant than other Egly-Ouriet wines which can sometimes give a heavy impression. Tremendous balance from acidity. I'm sure this can age well for another decade. Excellent.
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degorgering juli 2007. Young, but approachable, tight, vere richt, minreals, drak, poerful fruit. this wil keep for long, but I have no complaints drinking it now. great champagne.
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A: JTH says antique gold. A deep burnished gold with just a suggestion of pink N: Immediate and concentrated. Brioche, strawberries and red apple P: Red apple skin, clean and crisp. Unsweetened toffee. Great acidity washes away the first part of the profile and si followed by aromatics that one tastes on 'nose' and tongue. Tastes like a mature vintage champers. Love the high acidity. Robust wine bursting flavor. 12.5% alcohol.
C: Very different to the $63 bottle of Egly Ouriet Tradition NV. Its rich and masculine. 52 months on the lees and disgorged in November 2007. Outstanding quality but just not the biggest fan of the style.
Buy Again: I don't think i will at the $101 price point. There are many more champagne styles i prefer that cost considerably less.
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Salon de la revue des vins de France 2010 (Paris, France): Je le prendrais volontiers comme compagnon d'un bout à l'autre d'un repas car il a toutes les qualités requises, un corps solide, une bouche vineuse, un nez envoûtant d'arômes de sous-bois et de pomme. Décidément, les 100% Pinot de ce calibre-là me séduisent !
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Hopefully Joe can chime in with what this was as I neglected to check the bottle carefully, but I believe it was an Egly-Ouriet NV? The nose is very eclectic, not showing as a typical blanc de noir, given the lack of pinot noir. It is a bit more brooding than the Francaise; a darker, more muscular champagne. Still not of the yeasty variety, Elliot eloquently quipped that the wine was like “flowers dancing on slate stone.” I think he got he minerality right on cue, as the wine was very rockfriendly. I wonder if it will shed its muscularity with age and become a refined and delicate wine. I would love to revist in 5 years side by side with the Taitt just as a fun comparison. *.5 Cent percente pinot meunier
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Juli 2007 degorgering (2002 base). Trenger høy temperatur for å vise seg fra sin beste side - 14/15 grader. Vinen åpner med masse torv og litt tørr gjær. Etter hvert blir den mer krydret, og er fyldig men frisk og tett i munnen. Veldig lang finish, men er relativt endimensjonal. For dyr, men vil nok komme seg med videre lagring. Drikk 2010-2025
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Äpplen på näsan, fyllig och brödig. Lagra i många år. Deg datum Jan 2009. Sur lattes i 54 månader så druvbas bör vara 2004. Ett stort vin på alla sätt.
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I love this Champagne. It is really dense and deep, a sweet concentration of strawberries and red fruit, great depth and complexity. Opens up in the glass and should be popped and left open to blossom before drinking. Very strong, elegant, and pure.
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This really is an impressive champagne, so far equal or better to any blancs de noir I have tried, even though it is NV. Light to medium gold, very active frothy mousse, very lively. Full, very rich, like walnuts and figs on top of brioche. Fine acidity and energy. Improves as it gets some air and warms up, so it should hold well. Grand cru fruit from a lieu-dit (Les Creyeres) within Ambonnay.
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G6 (Jeff): Darker golden color due to the Pinot Noir I was told. Fresh melon on the nose. Tastes of apple, lemon and freshly baked bread. Nice minerality on the mid palate. Refreshing acidity. Very well balanced. Long elegant finish. Quite nice.
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a spectacular wine displaying boldly expressive fruit, and outstanding balance. mild strawberry and gentle biscuit notes combine with great acidity and mousse. highly recommended.
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Grower Champagnes (Chateau Todd - Dana Point, CA): An outstanding Champagne with precise notes of cranberries, white cherries, biscuit, and lemon zest. Juicy and fruity on the back end, followed by a delicate minerality.
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1999 Montrachet and Friends: Lieu-dit Cru 3rd Annual Blind White Burgundy Dinner (Spring - Chicago IL): Bright color, nose shows lemon and flowers. Palate showed same lemon with lemon zest, orange and some baking spice. Great acidity comes out mostly near the end. This was served blind along with the Cedric Bouchard NV Roses de Jeanne les Ursules, both from Pinot Noir, but this Egly-Ouriet seemed more expansive and complex, so to my palate at least, more attractive.
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Indisputably marvellous champagne and maybe the best NV I have ever had (including MV Krug). Very lively, youthful and energetic and packed with delicious ripe masculine pinot fruit. The 4 yr. barrel aging adds notes of balsa wood, cooked meat and dried cherry. The color is light gold with a hint of red and the nose, while not effusive, also gives off hints of dark berry. Quite an unusual package. The only question is how long will it hold and develop.
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From the medium gold color and deep nose of hay and walnuts, you just know this NV has to be interesting. It's a true blancs de noir and it shows in its delicious medium-rich flavors of coffee and roasted nuts. The barrel fermentation and aging surely contribute to the house character. Decent length and only a relative lack of intensity keeps the score from being even higher. But it seems fully mature and I doubt it will become richer with age and still maintain its balace. My first Egly-Ouriet and I can see what the fuss (and the price) is all about.
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Disgorged Nov 2000 after 41 months sur lattes, so this is presumably based on 1996 fruit. Deep pink orange, a bit oxidative, but the fruit still sharp and tangy - loud, impressively so, but not elegant
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Dinner with Steve & Barb at Bistro Sofia. Light gold with very tiny and very active bubbles. Lots of green apple on the nose along with a little toast. Delicate on the palate but very textured. Long finish. 50+12+13+8.5+8.5 = 92
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Coming along very nicely - straw coloured with a pink tinge - cherries, strawberry and blood orange aromas, palate is bold but balanced with some superb acidity. Will be even better in another 5 years.
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consumed at hectic Hannukah party so not the same time to focus on this 100% pinot as when last consumed at Gary Danko...nonetheless solid big champagne.
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From grapes dating back to 1946, the wine is 100% Pinot Noir. The color is somewhere between apple juice and straw. The mousse is lively, but very delicate. The tiniest of bubbles, minuscule almost to the point of imperceptibility, rise, seemingly forever. This is the driest champagne I have ever had. Apple cider dominates the nose and attack. Mineral then some orange peel finishing with some biscuit all follow. A touch of nutmeg slips in before the finish turns to dust. Damn, this is one dry wine! It hits the mouth, then seems to evaporate. Purchased through Winebid some time ago, the cork, on removal, doesn’t mushroom out, but remains in its shape immediately following removal. 12% alc. Fried oysters breaded with coarse cornmeal, buttermilk and red pepper. Thanksgiving wine. Highly Recommended. See also Pavelot Dominode 91.
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Powerful, fruity, dense, as full-bodied as it gets in Champagne, this is really good. However, it lacks complexity and the "edge" to make it truly wonderful. Still, a brilliant Champagne. Built to last forever.
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Unusually strong mid-palate, great nose, phenomenal length, some toast, lots of potent fruit, not enough elegance to back up power for this to be great, but a pleasure to drink with a meal.
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(short note from memory) Light straw color. Very refined and pleasing mousse. A very elegant and pleasurable champagne - pears, apples and good minerality with a steely feel. Chablis Grand Cru with bubbles... My guess: 1996 Taittinger Comte de Champagne.
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Deep, nutty color. Fully mature and and somewhat saline on both the nose and the palate. A delicious, complex Champagne that can stand up to richer and meatier dishes. 50+5+11+17+8=91
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Champagne Offline - Revenge of the Fizz (Snows - London): Bright almost copper colour, very rich almost honied (but dry). A beast, acidity sits in background but this is about power not elegance, but still balanced. At first I didn't like this much, but I came round to it.
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$64 retail, after discount. 100% PN with vines planted in 1946. Just a tinge of pink color. This is fairly closed at this point - more so than I recall from the last couple bottles. Well-structured and firm on the palate, with impressive balance and a long finish. Quite promising, but I think I'll wait a year+ before opening another...
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Drunk with lunch at Ma Cuisine in Beaune. Again, this is a wonderful Champagne with great tension and vigor. Excellent. I would suspect this has great aging potential...
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$72.25 retail, after discount. Fantastic Champagne. Just a slight tinge of ruby color. Fresh and vibrant, fairly full-flavored with a winey quality to it. Solid acid structure. I would assume this one will age well...
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Winery Barrel tastings: 2002 Chardonnay: strong citrus, sharp. Pinot Noir: White wine with slight red reflections, slight fruit in mouth, but still acidic, citrusy. Pinot Noir Vieilles Vignes: Stronger, more concentrated white; but still a lot of acid.
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4/10/2024 - palfr2 wrote:
Home-drinking - July 2014 disgorgement. Dark copper colour. An elegant oxidative note jumps out of the glass. We are in the land of Sherry, Jura or Selosse wines. Clove spice is the more specific descriptor I can think of. The oxidative character is right at the limit where it moves from providing intrigue to outright defining the wine. I believe Egly has gravitated over time towards a more balanced style. Great length and persistence. This avoids the shortcoming of many BdNs which can border on inscrutable monoliths. This is fully resolved displaying many nuances. A food wine and I think the most singular in the Egly range though personal preferences may lead one to prefer the Rose, the VP or even the Vrigny.
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4/1/2024 - The_Cat wrote: 96 Points
Delicious and complex very fine bubbles perfectly balanced acidity and excellent length
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3/18/2024 - fizz wrote:
Disgorged July 2019.
Complex nose of red florals, minerals, strawberry. Lovely intensity and texture in the mouth. Balanced, complex, good acid drive. Red fruits, salinity, stony minerals. Delicious tonight.
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3/10/2024 - astroman Likes this wine: 94 Points
Dinner with DC (San Shu Gong): Disgorged Jul 2011, stored for 60 months, hazelnut, oxidative, touch floral, good depth on the nose and palate with high acid. Much better on the next day with juicy palate backed with depth of flavours. Long finish. Impressive how Egly is able to age.
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3/7/2024 - palfr2 wrote:
I have had this Champagne in several vintages and it is established it is one of the leading BdNs in the grower world , possibly even in the wider Champagne world. Less mirabelle plum dominated than I have known it in other vintages. What strikes me is a cognac / armagnac taste albeit with bubbles. I feel the Egly BdN is very singular in taste. My sample size is not huge but growing. There was a lot of praline initially on the nose. It has Oxidative notes as can be expected with winemaking leaning that way and 10 years post disgorgement
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3/2/2024 - Julien D Likes this wine: 95 Points
Disg. 2004, most likely 1999 base. A lot of evolution in the color and nose. Nose is powerful and offers flavors of honey as well as mirabelle, lemon peel, apple cider, baked apple, sea salt and mushroom. In mouth, bubbles are still very much alive. Same for acidity. A lot of strength mid palate, making you wonder if that’s really a 25yo wine. Notes of honey, yellow apple, umami with nice noble bitters leading to a medium finish
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3/2/2024 - Benoit Hardy Likes this wine: 95 Points
DSG 12/2017.
On the nose, we immediately have a beautiful patina with salted butter caramel, a well-controlled oxidative side and an elegant vinosity on red fruits.
The last time I drank this wine was a 2020 disgorgement which left me with a feeling of controlled power. I expected the same thing, with added oxidation. However, this was not the case. The palate is much more serene with a magnificent depth and elegance, it's practically airy with a touch that coats everything. If the first sensation is airy and coats the palate, the second half of the mouth is much more powerful, but still masterfully channeled on vinous aromas, a controlled oxidative touch, it is caramelized with a splendid acidity, the all on a vinous bed of red fruits. The density and presence of this wine is enormous. Huge slap with a finish with admirable afterglow, still on this vinous/oxidation/caramel triptych which is shared between freshness and depth. Great saline length.
When I think Blanc de Noirs, I think Egly Ouriet. Great Champagne.
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2/23/2024 - drwine2001 wrote: flawed
Disgorgement unknown. Corked!
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2/2/2024 - RolfT wrote: 93 Points
07base 2013 disgorgement. Im a big fan of this wine and as always with these older editions the nose i absolutely wonderful. Mature, deep and a little cheesy - like a perfect 30+ year old champagne from a top vintage. This edition seems a little low on acidity and also very soft bubbles making for a slightly flat mouthfeel. Think its about time to either drink or sell my remaining 06 and 07 based editions and start enjoying the 09 and 10s to get a little more freshness, while I wait for the 08 and 12s to get into their zone.
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1/30/2024 - RobinTeo wrote: 96 Points
NSG night at Duomo: Disgorged 2011.
Tasted blind, whispers of Selosse echoed around the table. Slightly oxidative with cream, toast, wild berries and caramelized apples. Fantastic depth and complexity throughout on the bouquet and on the palate. Creamy on the palate with textural brillance. This is superb and showing really well!
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1/20/2024 - asparagus Likes this wine: 96 Points
Consistently great. Last of my 04 disgorged bottles... same notes as previous bottle. Sad.
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1/3/2024 - NostraBacchus Likes this wine: 97 Points
My last bottle of the 5/2016 dégorgement. Superb aromatic complexity, notes of brownish apple, honey, autolytic notes, tonic, also some red berries/forest strawberries, chalky minerality, also some spices, and some flowery notes too. Pretty full-bodied, with high acidity, slightly creamy mousse, but not many bubbles anymore, more vinous in texture as these great wines always are. Superb length. A super complex, perfectly mature BdN, drink up. Too bad these wines have become so expensive… a truly unique Champagne.
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12/31/2023 - Milos Likes this wine: 93 Points
No detailed notes taken during dinner. Satisfying end to 2023.
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12/31/2023 - PourritureNoble Likes this wine: 97 Points
2015 degorgement
Long time I wrote a note, but this, for me, surpassed a normal wine experience.
Almost the last bottle of the year but also the best bottle (in years).
I give this 97 with hope there is still better juice (moments) but if it does not exist, fine by me.
Drank with lovely friends, foie gras, Belgian gray shrimp croquettes from Riedel performance Pinot Noir glass. Sure this also played a part.
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12/31/2023 - essenceofreal wrote: 97 Points
Disgorged in 2014. My one and only bottle disgorged this date. Must find more!! My guess that means it was an 08 base. No wonder it was so spot on.
The finesse on this blew the 98 Krug off the table which we drank before this. Took about 30 minutes to open and when it did good luck to other bubbles trying compete.
Pound for pound, for me, Egly is THE BEST champagne house and then some. Second would be Winston Churchill, Bereche also on this list.
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12/31/2023 - aquacongas wrote: 94 Points
not blind, disg. 2012
By accident we the same wine but disg. 2022. I would go with the younger one . Both have power but this one is less elegant. Not oxidized. At his peak. I would nit wai much longer. 94
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12/31/2023 - aquacongas wrote: 95 Points
blind, base 2014, disg. 2022
I thought of Cedric Bouchard, but this wine is more powerful. But compared to the past much more elegant and less oxidative. One of the top 3 growers for me. 95-96
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12/29/2023 - Collector1855 wrote: 97 Points
Tasting session. DG 2017. Very rich on the palate, complex and expressive aromatics. Low dosage, fresh finish. Grand in every aspect.
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12/27/2023 - melvinyeowq wrote: 92 Points
Good Pinots (including champagnes): 2015 base. Curiously honeyed and lots of bruised apple on the nose at the beginning so thought this was older, but palate was fresh with creamy red apple fruit. Didn’t like this much at the start but the wine gained structure and the sherry notes dissipated. Became a very serious, weighty wine. A very generous share but not sure if it’s worth the market price.
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12/22/2023 - Philippe_C wrote: 94 Points
Golden color, loads of brioche, pain grille, herbe sechee au soleil… Very tasty and concentrated yellow fruit, nice balance and mineral, great Champagne!!
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12/2/2023 - Francophile1 Likes this wine:
50th Birthday Bash - night #2: Last wine of the night... one word... WOW! I liked this better than the 03 Dom P2 tonight.
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11/28/2023 - beatles wrote: 95 Points
Deg. May 2010. Dark master. Powerful wine with great depth, this is really a Pinot-wine, golden coulored, intense, hints of bread, coffee, chocolate, butter.
#JR&Co
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10/13/2023 - Sotto325 wrote: 93 Points
Still a refined and rich bottle, but I am not sure of what direction it will take as it finishes its maturity in the tertiary realm. Less rich from the Pinot side in this bottle, and a higher acid profile. Went beautifully with food and ,while it is not as much one of my favorite champagnes now, it is alive and presenting well. A beautiful golden light amber color, with more citrus skin notes and less brioche and underlying red fruit tones. More in the orchard with stone fruit but only ever so slightly. Better with food now and the mousse is persistent and of a nice size.
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10/6/2023 - chicsucre wrote:
Light yellow gold
Green apples, honey comb, chalk, magnolia, toffee on the nose
Palate matches the nose, orange
Chalky
Looonng finish
Love
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9/26/2023 - peterchoy wrote: 96 Points
Appearance: Bright and clear, the wine is of light gold colour, with persistent fine bubbles, rims and legs.
Nose: Clean, with medium (+) intensity aromas of citrus fruit of lemon, green fruit of apple and pear, floral notes of honeysuckle, autolytic notes of yeast and biscuit, oxidation notes of sherry aromas, mineral notes of stony, maturity notes of hay. The wine is developing.
Palate: Dry with high acidity, the wine has medium alcohol, medium body, with medium (+) intensity flavours of citrus fruit of lemon, green fruit of green apple, autolytic notes of yeast and toast, mineral notes of stony, maturity notes of honey. The wine has a long finish.
Conclusion: Excellent quality Champagne Blanc de Noirs with an intense nose, and even though the base vintage is of 2015, very recent from that perspective, it has undergone 6 years of ageing on lees, resulting in those highly complex aromas. On the palate it has wonderful acidity, giving vibrancy, energetic and lively, with wonderful finesse of concentrated and complex flavours and a fairly long finish. It is ready to drink now but can benefit from further ageing for another 3-5 years.
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9/17/2023 - Collector1855 wrote: 95 Points
Auction bottle. NV, DG 2012, makes 2006 as the likely base. Rich, vinous, lightly oxidative. Good but I would drink this up.
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9/15/2023 - palfr2 wrote:
In Paris, BYOB at restaurant. Sept 2012 disgorgement after spending 62 months on Lees. Lots of yellow fruits to the fore especially Mirabelle plum. Less prominently bruised apple note consistent with Blanc de Noirs. Black tea. Complex and persistent oxidative charachter that stops short of dominating the wine.
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9/15/2023 - Collector1855 wrote: 95 Points
Auction bottle. DG 2012, makes 2006 as the likely base. Rich, vinous, lightly oxidative. Good but I would drink this up.
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9/11/2023 - Vas19 wrote: 93 Points
October 2019 disgorgement, so 2011 and 2012 base I believe. Rich orchard fruit and a line of minerality. Good complexity, but I wish it was more exciting texturally. A very good champagne but I don't quite see the 98+ WK. I do get the impression that these Crayeres could use about 10 years of post disgorgement age.
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9/10/2023 - tanduybui Likes this wine: 93 Points
A deep and complex bouquet that demonstrates the depth of the wine. Has notes of flowers, earthiness, forest and red fruits. Wonderful and zesty energy on the body that bodes well for the future - peel mandarins, crushed rocks and pear.
Drink now to 8+ years (2022 disgorgement)
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9/7/2023 - drwine2001 wrote:
Dinner with Marius (Trier, Germany): Bottled 2010. This seemed much more advanced and less complex and zesty than the 2011 bottling. More caramel and mature Champagne flavors.
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9/7/2023 - drwine2001 wrote:
Dinner with Marius (Trier, Germany): Bottled 2011. Some herbal and citrus notes. Full bodied, concentrated, and creamy with fresh bitter citrus and deep dark fruit flavors. Fine, complex, and long.
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9/1/2023 - fizz wrote:
Disgorged July 2019.
Dark berries, fig, pear, apple. Fresh intensity and lift on the palate. Looking good tonight.
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8/26/2023 - A.Hansen Likes this wine: 95 Points
What a unique wine. A nose of baked apple and white fruit. The palate is unbelievable - baked apple, flowers, mushroom, umami and baked bread. So intense. Finish goes on.
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8/23/2023 - TWSA wrote: 89 Points
Nose: caramel, apple cider vinegar, vanilla, mature fig
Notes: Disgorged October 2020. Slightly oxidative nose. Although this is quite a complex nose and palate I do feel it lacks a bit of harmony and balance especially in the palate.
Drink: now+
Rating: 89
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5/28/2023 - WST Likes this wine:
A great bottle. Unmistakably BdN. Black cherries, dark berries, pear, chalk. Some oak. Dense but elegant. MB liked this better than last night's Krug 164 (I silently disagreed). This was the 2014 base, 2021 disgorgement. I preferred the 2019 disgorged 2012 based version, but it's possible this just needs more time.
Ignore any negative undertones in this note; it's a fabulous champagne that I'd gladly drink anytime. For my palate, the Crayeres and VP are the best wines from this house.
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5/19/2023 - Cliffen80 Likes this wine: 96 Points
Base 2008 and reserve 2007, just fantastic
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4/23/2023 - aquacongas Likes this wine: 95 Points
blind, disg. 2021
Powerful champagne but FRancis' wines getting purer, more precise and less oxidative in style. Sublime wine and will get better with some years of bottle aging. 95
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4/22/2023 - Collector1855 wrote: 97 Points
NV, DG April/2011, 57 month on lees, so it has to be 2005. Excellent showing of this Champagne again with complex Pinot aromas, bruised apples. Shows patina without oxidation. Grand
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4/22/2023 - Collector1855 wrote: 97 Points
DG April/2011, 57 mois en lees, so it has to be 2005. Excellent showing of this Champagne again with complex Pinot aromas, bruised apples. Shows patina without oxidation. Grand
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4/21/2023 - asparagus Likes this wine: 96 Points
In a side by side of 3 Egly BdN Crayares (04 DG, 18 DG and 19 DG), this was the best of the lot, though not by that much. This has the most roundness and depth, great vinousity and was dancing on the tongue. This was also the most oxidative, though no where near as oxidative as a Selosse Substance, for instance.
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3/24/2023 - flat wrote: 94 Points
Deg. 2020
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3/3/2023 - Collector1855 wrote: 98 Points
NV, DG April/2011, 57 mois en lees, so it has to be 2005. Excellent showing of this Champagne again with complex Pinot aromas, bruised apples. Shows patina without oxidation. Grand
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3/3/2023 - Collector1855 wrote: 98 Points
NV, DG2016, 75 mois on yeast, this makes 2009 the base year if my math is right. A dream Champagne in every aspect. Super complex nose of white flowers, lemon curd, quince, cinnamon, baking spices. The palate is fresh with delicate bruised apple notes. A stunner.
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2/26/2023 - palfr2 wrote:
Disgorged 2017 so likely a blend of 10 and 09 vintages. It needs air to move beyond somewhat monolithic bruised apple nose and reveal great complexity. No oxidative notes on this one unlike earlier disgorgements. Without getting into flavor descriptors great balance and layered finish that fawns out. Prototypical great Pinot Noir BdN but not the somewhat muted one with imposing midpalate heft where the structure dominates aromas. Here it is always aromatic and as it builds up to the long finish it becomes more (great) still wine than Champagne.
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2/11/2023 - RockinCabs wrote: 95 Points
Blind Flights with Boston Dinner Club: Incredible champagne that has beautiful cut with rich fruit, nuttiness and high toned peach notes. Gorgeous red berries, peach, cashew, brioche and a bit of patina to this one. Golden color and slow bubbles at this point suggest great maturity.
Another fantastic bottle of this likely popped at the peak of its powers. I really enjoy the Egly Blanc de Noirs with a bit of age on them (this was a 2006 base vintage).
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2/4/2023 - steinersing wrote: 91 Points
A little short but lovely expression
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1/26/2023 - sh6k Likes this wine: 95 Points
2016 disgorgement. Fruit all day big and wide across the nose and on the palate, warm fruit. After a few sips and a few minutes, the fruit steps aside and there’s a electric herbal core riding on a tight backbone of acid. Well done and drinking well now.
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1/24/2023 - sdr Likes this wine: 92 Points
My favorite of the BdNs tonight. Pleasant toasty depth and flavor authority, good acidity and reasonably forthcoming on the nose. E-O has a nice touch with Pinot Noir. I don’t know the base vintage but this bottle is surely at peak and maybe even a bit past it.
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1/19/2023 - Luke Wine wrote:
21’ Disgorgement. Just superb. My favourite Champagne. I’ll admit it’s not a beginners wine but hopefully anyone who has a serious interest in wine has an opportunity to see an Egly BdNoir at its best at some stage in their wine journey. Joyous.
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1/13/2023 - Kim Gerner wrote: 93 Points
Bourgogne 2002 horisontal Grand and 1. cru winetasting dinner (20 btls) (Nordsjaelland): Disgorged 1/2010, base 2004. Gold color with nice tertiary, toffee aromas an nuttiness. Delicate mousse
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1/11/2023 - mmilgate Likes this wine:
Vintages: 2015 (60%), 2014 (40%)
Bottling: 2016
Disgorgement: July 2022
Time on lees: 72 months
This latest release was bottled after the 2015 vintage had spent close to one year in cask before being blended with 40% reserve wines from the 2014 vintage. All the vinification and aging for both vintages was in barriques.
The fruit comes from old vines in a single terroir known as Les Crayères. The vines here were planted in 1946, so are now 75 years old (vines of this age are extremely rare in Champagne). Here the soil is barely 30cm deep, then it’s chalk, hundreds of metres down—hence the name of the site (craie is French for ‘chalk’, crayères means chalk quarries). Les Crayères is situated mid-slope with a full south-facing exposure, not far from the estate’s cellars. The old vines are deeply rooted, giving the wine a classic, mineral energy that weaves its way through the powerful, layered Pinot fruit. The deep concentration is a product of the ripeness and low yields that both the site and its ancient vines naturally deliver.
The wine is both a tribute to the greatest sites of Ambonnay and to the Egly-Ouriet domaine. Houses that emphasise blending may consider a 100% old-vine Ambonnay like this to be too intense; Egly gives it to you pure and powerful! And with a minimal dosage of two grams per litre. It’s a unique wine, built for food and for aging. A unique expression of a singular terroir, and right up there when talking about candidates for the region’s greatest wine. It’s certainly the greatest Blanc de Noirs I have tried for some time.
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12/26/2022 - jnewman77 Likes this wine:
Disgorged 11/17; complex and delicious; the nose shows ripe orchard fruits, earthy and mineral notes, floral, and overall very engaging given the complexity. The palate is silky and mostly mature. Lovely showing.
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12/25/2022 - NostraBacchus Likes this wine: 96 Points
Deg. Jan. 2017. Another superb showing of this great wine. Excellent aromatic complexity, superb depth and great freshness. Lonely island material..... (96+)
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12/23/2022 - Collector1855 wrote: 96 Points
Domaine visit. DG22, base 2015. As always, top. Very complex and elegant at the same time. There is real richness here with spice notes, lemon, flowers. Fine bubbles. Young with upside from here. 96-97
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12/21/2022 - 5laton Likes this wine:
2009 base, disgorged in May 2016. Delicious already, but relatively unevolved for this cuvee. For those who prefer mature Champagne flavors, this release will improve for at least another five years.
I was out of town for a bit and returned to the last couple of glasses six days later. They were absolutely stunning, confirming my recommendation to hold this release for a few more years.
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12/14/2022 - WST Likes this wine:
Old vines, planted in 1946. Disgorged July 2019 after 72 months on the lees, this was a blend of mostly 2012 base, with a smaller amount of 2011. It’s one of my favorite wines this year. Great density; more citrus and white orchard fruit than red berries. Lots of mandarin, pear, peach and fragrant tropical flowers.
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12/13/2022 - Collector1855 wrote: 96 Points
Domaine visit. NV, DG22, base 2015. As always, top. Very complex and elegant at the same time. There is real richness here with spice notes, lemon, flowers. Fine bubbles. Young with upside from here. 96-97
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12/12/2022 - Bullethead Likes this wine: 94 Points
Disgorged in 2011 with 60 months on lees. This consistently delivered in each vintage and one of my to go champagnes.
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12/12/2022 - aquacongas Likes this wine: 96 Points
not blind, base 2015
The style of Francis is changing. More elegant, more delicatte, more reluctant, less oxidative but still with power and more precision. Lot to come 96+
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12/5/2022 - champagne.zuerich wrote: 97 Points
his Blanc de Noirs is simply one of the very best. The great terroir of the plot "Les Crayères" in Grand Cru Ambonnay led by the hand of cult winemaker Francis Egly. Vieilles Vignes is also his masterpiece, where he has managed to capture the essence of Pinot Noir from the limestone mineral soils of old vines. The latest edition of Egly-Ouriet's emblematic NV Brut Blanc de Noirs Grand Cru Les Crayères was disgorged in July 2019 with a dosage of three grams per liter after 72 months on the lees. It is based on the 2012 vintage, supplemented by 40% reserve wines from 2011. The wine shows brilliantly, releasing scents of crisp yellow and green fruit, honeycomb, and praline in the glass; it is full-bodied, deep and incisive, with a firmer, more tense core than the last 2018 disgorgement (a blend of 2011-2010). Concentrated and perfectly balanced, with a delicate, pinpoint mousse and a long, chalky finish, this is another magical Champagne from this beacon of artisanal winemaking. While the 2018 disgorgement was amazingly inviting upon release, this new version will require at least a few years of patience.
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10/28/2022 - crazywineguy Likes this wine: 91 Points
2013/2014 vintages in this NV example. Instantly announces its BdeN character with red fruits, power , weight. High acid. Very much a food wine and not an aperitif IMHO. This example needs considerably more ageing to bring out the complexity and let some of the fruit uncoil and have the acidity tamed. Come back in 5 years for this disgorgement blend.
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10/16/2022 - RolfT Likes this wine: 93 Points
Long time fan of this wine and have quite a large collection. Youngest base edition tasted up to now was the 2010, but decided yesterday to taste the 2012 after reading the fantastic reviews stating that this edition is something extraordinary.
Verdict - the wine is wonderful, but style is identical to all the previous versions tasted. Nothing new here, at the moment to my tastebuds at least. Will continue enjoying my older bottles while this matures.
Probably has entered a bit if a closed phase compared to when the reviewers tasted it.
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10/7/2022 - WST Likes this wine:
Outstanding depth, dry extract, finish.
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10/7/2022 - WST Likes this wine:
Outstanding. Depth, dry extract, luscious mouthfeel and long finish.
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9/17/2022 - Vas19 wrote: 91 Points
2018 disgorgement so I believe 11/10 base vintages. This was a restaurant bottle so I didn’t get a ton of time with it but it was not a particularly strong showing. Flavors were a bit muted and energy was slightly lacking. Still pleasant to drink but not up to the quality level the current price would indicate.
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9/10/2022 - thewiz Likes this wine: 95 Points
(Disgorged in July 2017, base year 2010, 72 months on lees, 100% Pinot Noir from old vines in ‘Les Crayères’ in Ambonnay)
Intense golden shiny colour in the glass with endless streams of bubbles rising to the surface and revealing mature red winter apples, minerals, almond flowers and hints of dark chocolate in a delicious way. Lovely smoothing and soft apples acidity on the palate at first and opens up with a creamy mid also showing almonds before the distinct lime zesty bitterness takes over on the intense and lengthy finish. Wow, five years after disgorgement and already so delicious!
(Probably best with 5-10 years extra cellaring)
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8/14/2022 - Frank Murray III wrote:
July 2021 disgorgement. Working the math backwards given it was in the cellar for 6 years, either 2014 or 2015 base is my guess. The bottle showed well and it was something I went back to taste a few times. Seemed to have all the right gears moving together with the acidity, balance, intensity. I didn't take notes yesterday but of everything we had out, and there was a a dozen or so grower bottles open, this one seemed to resonate with me as well as a few other strong palates who were also tasting it.
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7/10/2022 - LB88 wrote: 93 Points
I ll give this a point more for it’s dense concentration and flavours
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7/6/2022 - Vinewinner Likes this wine: 93 Points
Stort maffigt vin. Mycket power. Röda äpplen och pigg syra. Gillar det mycket. Dracks på BYOB på Gällnö, Pers sommarställe.
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7/4/2022 - jlgnml wrote: 90 Points
Not the best example of a great champagne.
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7/4/2022 - RolfT Likes this wine: 93 Points
Deg. 09/2012. 62 months on lees making this a 2006 based edition.
Maybe not the best edition/vintage of this wine, but still a fantastic and unique wine. Buttery, honeyed, golden fruit nose. Rich/dense and sweet palate, yet acidic and elegant. Bravo!
Drinks really well now and will keep, but is close to fully mature.
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6/5/2022 - Bullethead Likes this wine: 95 Points
Disgorged in Jan 2008, aged on its lees for 54 months so 2002/03 base? At its peak. Lovely nose, baked nuts, white flowers, hint of honey. Good acidity on palate, a little sweet. Long finish.
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5/29/2022 - OhPorto wrote: flawed
2012 base. Strongly suspect some cork taint, as there was virtually no fruit, a heavily muted nose, and only a hint of buttered toast on the palate. Francis, like most growers, has a fair degree of bottle variation so until I taste another one of my bottles I won’t be able to say for sure. Disappointing and hoping for better luck on the rest of my bottles.
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5/26/2022 - MC2 Wines Likes this wine:
Been awhile since we’ve had this wine but it never disappoints. It follows in that style where it’s better to let it warm a bit in the glass or at least be closer to cellar temp vs ice temp. Bit spicy, def interesting. This was I think a more recent disgorgement but still lovely.
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5/6/2022 - aquacongas Likes this wine: 97 Points
not blind
Phantastique as always. The most complex wine of Francis range. This wine shows deepness and elegance likewise. This wine is less oxidative as I knew from the past. More elegant. Sublime. 97
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5/1/2022 - jlgnml Likes this wine: 95 Points
Good Pinot nose, lots of viscosity, good color and bubbles. Drink/hold/buy
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4/26/2022 - merlotsmile Likes this wine:
67 Pall Mall
Deg 07/19
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4/7/2022 - kenv Likes this wine: 93 Points
NV 2001 Barbaresco and Barolo (Marta, NYC): [Pop and pour. Disgorged in July 2014.] Appealing yeasty nose. Fresh in the mouth with a complex finish. This is very good.
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3/28/2022 - sh6k Likes this wine: 96 Points
Brandied cherries with Christmas spices on the nose. Chalky foamy tart red fruit on the palate. Long rich finish. Elegant and full. Good now, would probably benefit from 2-5 more years of age to open a bit more — hints of explosive power hiding.
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3/25/2022 - JORAM72 wrote: 95 Points
One of the best!
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3/4/2022 - burgburgburg wrote: 90 Points
Disgorge Oct-16. Energetic and vivid. EO signature oxidative. Not really balance at this stage with lacking of good fruits and acidity. Better keep.
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1/29/2022 - RolfT Likes this wine: 91 Points
Perfect bottle with 2006 as base. 2011 disgorgement. Wine seems very shut down and needs a lot of air to get going. Initially disappointing, but with a few hours time to breathe started to open up and give more of itself.
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1/8/2022 - fcxj wrote: 92 Points
Crisp, ultra dry.
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12/19/2021 - RolfT wrote: 92 Points
2002 base. Disgorged 2008.
A very nice bottle that is probably at peak now. But considering base vintage and post-disgorgement age (as well as the auction price I payed), a bit of a disappointment. Very dense and oily and lacking som of the elegance I find in more recent editions. Also a bit short finish.
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12/18/2021 - rlove wrote: 92 Points
Didn't catch the disgorgement date but suspect this is not a young bottle as it's showing an oxidative profile of apple, burnt sugar, and brioche. While this traded the freshness of youth the intensity is impressive and this is very good.
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12/4/2021 - RolfT wrote: 93 Points
Deg.13. Base07.
Freshest example of this base version yet. Not as complex as the others. Needs a little more time.
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12/3/2021 - NostraBacchus Likes this wine: 96 Points
Dég. 05/2016. Virtually identical note to my last one. Such a shame that these amazing wines have doubled in price. Year after year one of the very best Champagnes in the market from my perspective.
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11/28/2021 - fizz wrote:
Disgorged Dec 2017.
Bright, punchy, good intensity and drive.
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10/29/2021 - fizz wrote:
Disgorged July 2019.
Bursting with creamy strawberries, a citrus lift, a hit of acid and well managed oak. Bright, flavoursome. Good intensity and length too.
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10/22/2021 - merlotsmile Likes this wine: 92 Points
Duell med NV Jacques Selosse V.O. Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut (Deg May 2017 (2010/2009/2008))
Deg July 2017
2010/2009 (50/50)
Väldigt anonymt till att börja med. Det kom igen något under kvällen, framförallt kom det mer nötighet i doften. Selossen var dock helt överlägsen. Sparade halva flaskan till lördagen. Då hade det utvecklats till att bli mer intensivt med fina mörka nötiga toner, mer kryddor, honung och toner av röda äpplen. Mer koncentration i smaken och finishen kom igång och var hyfsad lång. Det som finns där är bra, men kommer inte riktigt loss. Syran är lite väl framträdande och inte riktigt integrerad ännu. Det finns ej heller någon superhög komplexitet, saknar lite lager på lagerkänsla. 92p idag men tror den blir mycket bättre med mer tid i källaren. Har fler flaskor så blir kul att följa utvecklingen.
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10/16/2021 - Bullethead Likes this wine: 94 Points
Fully matured champagne. Disgorged 2003. Quite expressiveš
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10/8/2021 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
July 2020 Disgorgement. Starts with some baked apple then settles into stride with powerful red berry fruits and chalk. It is vinous and deep and possesses latent power. Each sip unlock something intriguing and it finished with great authority.
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9/29/2021 - RolfT wrote: 90 Points
2007 base / 2013 disgorgement.
Pop and pour. Initially very closed but with air slowly starts to reveal some depth. Overall still seems very young and closed, I think this bottle must be exceptionally well stored as I've tried other bottles of this edition several times (from different sources) that have all been much further into their prime drinking window.
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9/5/2021 - HHerr Likes this wine: 94 Points
One of my favorites. Consistently hits all the right notes. Not cheap but you get what you pay for with this and his vintage bottlings.
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8/26/2021 - NickA Likes this wine: 96 Points
Taste of Summer at Helene Darroze (Helene Darroze): Disgorged 2016, making it an equal blend of 2008 and 2009, though the richness of the 2009 seemed to have beaten down the tension of 2008. Burnished gold in colour and not particularly effervescent, this seemed to be at the end of its optimum drinking window, but we found a lot to enjoy in it. The nose and the palate offered a seamless experience, with notes of plum, Speyside whisky, white pepper and Marmite, with plenty of salinity, and were almost too intense: we tried from both Zalto Champagne and Zalto Universal (I opted for the latter, my wife for the former) and could take only small sips. Such a concentrated, savoury Champagne went wonderfully well with our food, though, especially things such as bellota ham consomme, and scallops with tandoori spices - an incredible gastronomic experience.
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8/9/2021 - Jeongyahn wrote:
Deg July 2020
Times on Yeasts 72months
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7/18/2021 - aquacongas Likes this wine: 97 Points
not blind
My me the BdN Les Crayeres is the best wine of Francis. If you give them 5-10 years of extra cellar aging you will be get rewarded with deep and complex champagne. Waffles, roasted almonds, a bit oxidative but completely fresh and acidity an lemon driven. The nose was out of this world. Egly at his best. I bought the bottle 2012 from Egly's cellar I will go for his BdN. 97-98
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7/4/2021 - jwsmith wrote: 91 Points
A lile oo much oak for me wine is big and solid ver long gorgeous
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7/2/2021 - ChDonath Likes this wine: 94 Points
93-94
Disgorged 11/12 with 64 months on yeast so should be 2006 base.
In general a bit above my comfortable price range but when I found an old disgorgement without the latest price hike I bit the bullet.
Of course very high expectations and maybe this is the main issue with many hyped wines these days. I saw prices of 80€ for such bottle 10 years ago. Yes, inflation and so on but 80€ seems way more adequate than 150-200€ nowadays.
It opens up with hints of vanilla but undeniably creamy even from afar.
Really super dense wine and intense apple.
There are also clearly some nice notes of age.
Its fairly sweet ripe (which would make very much sense for 2005/2006) with a moderately long aftertaste.
On the second day the bouquet is quite muted but at the same time the wine blossoms even more. Incredibly dense again and the caramel apple notes from the wine now got sucked into the wine itself.
This effect I noticed with a lot of older higher end wines, which is really impressive.
So once again woody age notes, lemon zest, creamy strawberry, nectarines.
Really perfect balance of fruitiness, dosage and oak.
I never tried such wine in its young state but right now it all makes perfect sense.
Nonetheless I really struggle with the price point here. Its really really damn good but is it really worth the inflated prices nowadays...
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6/25/2021 - RolfT wrote: 92 Points
2010 base - 2017 disgorgement.
Pnp.
Initially strikes me as a lesser edition. Very primary, highly acidic and dry, quite a lot of fruit and little of the vinous character I find in other (older) editions. Still surprised that Tyson Stelzer rated this 99 points.
With 3 hours open in fridge it improves and gains more richness, darkening/caramelization of smell and flavours and a little more complexity. Overall a better balanced wine now and I feel that this wine might actually turn out really well with some more time in the cellar.
I recommend a decant if drinking now. 92+
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6/9/2021 - RolfT wrote: 94 Points
07base - 2013 disgorged.
The second time drinking this edition within the last year or so, drinking really well right now. Excellent champagne and one of my favorite editions for drinking now (but will keep)
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6/5/2021 - RolfT Likes this wine: 93 Points
Last of my 05 based bottles. Drinking young still, but really good and in perfect shape
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6/3/2021 - Gian wrote: 93 Points
I love old blanc the noirs Champagne , this was disgorged in 2014
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5/26/2021 - jkuanl Likes this wine:
Disgorged July 2018. Expressive and complex aromas, very blanc des noirs, full-bodied and packed with flavor, really good.
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5/19/2021 - A.Hansen Likes this wine: 94 Points
Great intensity on the nose. Has real salinity as well. This champagne screams pinot noir. The palate has great acidity and concentration. There are notes of plums, strawberry, apple, flowers and perhaps a touch of chalk. Wonderful length and tension. A vinous champagne.
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5/12/2021 - Burgundy Al wrote: 91 Points
Tour of Greece dinner (Andros Taverna): My last of the older bottles purchased in 2006, disgorged in 2004. Very rich and intense berry character with some caramel apple. These were better when slightly fresher, but they have picked up even greater intensity.
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5/10/2021 - BastardMontrachet wrote:
Guldfärgad, intensiv oxidativ doft, knappt några bubblor alls i denna flaska, rätt spretig men lägger sig efter ett tag i glaset, oerhört matvänlig och förhöjde smakerna väl (råbiff förrätt och makkrill med majspuré varmrätt). Doft och smak av citrus,röda äpplen och karamell kola. Lång oljig eftersmak
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5/10/2021 - Benoit Hardy wrote: 94 Points
Disgorgement January 2020
Intense and vinous nose with notes of coffee and cocoa.
The mouth is powerful as always on this cuvée but balanced with a magnificent freshness and a well-carved effervescence. It's chiseled, with an oxidative touch. Certain aromas remind me of a beautiful peaty whiskey, we oscillate between roasting and cocoa bean. The wine is superbly constructed with goldsmith tension. Beautiful, traceable finish that sets the stage for impressive length.
Excellent champagne. I remember when I drank this cuvée 10 years ago It was so powerful, now the same cuvée is more elegant and complex.
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4/27/2021 - JJYoyo Likes this wine: 93 Points
Deg 7/2020. Very similar notes to last two times. Strawberry shortcake, almond, lemon meringue. Just delightful. A very light on its feet rendering of BdN
Score: 93. Relative to expectations: 0 but only because I am used to the excellence. This is really tasty champagne.
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4/27/2021 - LB88 wrote: 92 Points
Very approachable and delicious
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4/22/2021 - Elvis1969 wrote: 90 Points
Lite blyg initialt och lite frän på näsan men det är ett maffigt vin. Inte min stil men ändå bra.
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4/5/2021 - Lady Chatelaine Likes this wine: 93 Points
I love this wine for its elegance, its structure its touch in the mouth.
Golden hue, small but vivid bubbles. Nose of gentle bakery and white fruits.
The attack on the palate is dominated by the freshness still very present (despite almost 6 years on lees and a disgorgement in May 2016) then comes the power of the pinot noir. The sequence is great
Went through the dinner with lobster, fress asparagus and grilled lamb
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4/4/2021 - Enrhuffman Likes this wine: 98 Points
Amazing champagne from a great producer.
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3/22/2021 - decaturwinedude wrote: 95 Points
A Super Sunday (Atlanta): Best Champagne I've had in some time. Deep Gold color. Really pretty outside on a sunny afternoon. Complex palate that is Slightly oxidative, with brioche notes, touches of sweet fruit and vibrant energy. Wonderful palate texture. Sails on and on. Just Delicious in every way.
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3/16/2021 - atbarbar wrote: 90 Points
This is the bottle I liked the most from non-millesime Egly of the high end I could fetch. However, the price is not proportionate to the quality of the wine. As mentioned in other notes, Some Egly have yeast that remind me of beer, something I am not particularly fan of. Although this bottle has been recently disgorged and that may be the problem. Of that is the problem, than this bottle is far from being ready for consumption. Dense yellow color, pleasant small pressure bubbles. Wooden notes. Definitely a high quality bottle but not of my liking at this point.
72 months in the cellars, disgorged Jul2020.
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2/24/2021 - Collector1855 wrote: 97 Points
During a Champagne birthday dinner of a good fried. Another great showing of this, one of my favorite Champagne. This NV bottle was disgorged 2010 (likely base year: 2004) so had significant bottle age to it. Yellow, almost orange in color. Complex aged, but not oxidative nose of brioche, lots of red berry fruit, sweet spices, oak. Fine perlage and very good length. At this with a creamy cod dish, a wonderful match. A Champage for the dinner table not the cocktail.
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2/24/2021 - Collector1855 wrote: 100 Points
During a Champagne birthday dinner of a good fried. Another great showing of this, one of my favorite Champagne. This bottle was disgorged 2010 so had significant age to it, likely base 2004 given the lees aging. Yellow, almost orange in color. Complex aged, but not oxidative nose of brioche, lots of red berry fruit, sweet spices, oak. Fine perlage and very good length. At this with a creamy cod dish, a wonderful match. A Champage to die for, definitely for the dinner table not the cocktail.
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2/21/2021 - asparagus Likes this wine: 94 Points
Woah. Probably 98/99 base. Red apples..
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2/8/2021 - ieatprawnsss Likes this wine: 94 Points
(Disg unknown, didn't check, unfortunately). Rich and vibrant golden colour. Notes of toasted brioche, stewed apples, honey, chalk, minerality, sweet spices. Round and full and bright and fresh. Great complexity and elegance. Full palate, with a finish that lingers.
Many friends who aren't self-professed champagne lovers would likely be forced to reconsider their stance with glass of this. A stone cold killer.
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1/21/2021 - RolfT wrote: 92 Points
06-base
Second time with this wine within a year. Both times a little shy. Overall a beautiful wine but not hitting same heights as the 05, 07 and 08... at the moment at least. Saving my last bottle of these.
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1/10/2021 - nynrgtrader@gmail.com Likes this wine:
Similar notes with orange the dominant fruit. Fruit and flowers dominate the nose.
Great wine.
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1/9/2021 - CHarder Likes this wine: 94 Points
Outstanding tonight. Full bodied, brioche, toasty palate but retaining freshness and fruit. Drink now and over the next 2-3 yrs. This was a 2012 disgorgement.
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1/1/2021 - NostraBacchus Likes this wine: 96 Points
Dég. 05/2016. Beautiful rosé/golden color. Super expressive, but elegant and full of finesse, this is showing notes of small red berries, „forest“ strawberries, tonic notes, some chalky minerality, also some citrus zest, sweet spices and a touch of brioche and honey. It‘s full-bodied, with excellent mid-palate persistence, high refreshing acidity cutting through the richness and subtle, perfectly integrated mousse. Very vinous, with the incredible class Egly-Ouriet is able to achieve, there is a long finish with excellent complexity and beautiful tension and minerality. From my perspective year after year their best wine in their amazing line-up.
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12/12/2020 - fizz wrote:
Pear, saline, hint of strawberry and pepper. Mouthwatering. Good persistence and drive here. Energy is just right.
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12/12/2020 - Sotto325 wrote: 95 Points
What an amazing wine. Just perfect with a melange of plated tastings, shining at every juncture. Deep, rich, dark Florentine golden/ auburn color, a nose of aged yeast, whole wheat toast, honey and vanilla- infused brioche. Plenty of mouth-filling, round, straw and well-toasted almost burnt wheat,hints of sweet plummy fruits and a triumphant finish. The very old Ambonnay pinot is stunning in these hands. This 2015 disgorgement is just entering its window.
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12/10/2020 - winemaker Likes this wine: 95 Points
Gorgeous. Has a nice yeasty, leesy quality to it. Very tasty.
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11/27/2020 - nynrgtrader@gmail.com Likes this wine: 92 Points
Deep Gold with a hint of pink
Clean mineral, slate nose , slightly smoky and orange creamsicle
Full-Bodied , high acid with a fine-grained mousse - Mineral, sweet orange, white pepper , cooked apples and pears
Beautiful wine
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11/14/2020 - RolfT wrote:
2009 base. Drank over 2 days in Riedel Veritas champagne and Zalto Burgundy.
Shy nose, but the notes you get are delicious and complex.
Medium rich and concentrated, complex palate. Medium-long finish.Tasty and as always very nice, but not as exceptional as other editions of this wine such as the 05,07 and 08 bases.
Let see, it might improve with some more cellar time. Saving my 2 remaining bottles for at least 2-5 years.
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11/7/2020 - mclanew wrote: 90 Points
Citrus and saline on the nose. The wine is medium bodied with nice balance and savoury flavors of citrus, biscuit, and chestnut. Interesting but it lacked the energy I had hoped and got even a bit flat as the evening progressed.
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10/25/2020 - BSA Likes this wine: 94 Points
Disg 07/2014 and 62 mos on lees should make this a 2008 base? so delicious that I did not bother taking formal notes... 93-94p for now, but can still improve. Reminds me of the 2002 base. Still got a case so will pick up next bottle in 2-3 years time.
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10/17/2020 - BastardMontrachet Likes this wine:
Deg 18, doftar som en hel godisbutik med fantastiska aromer av kola och fina bäriga noter. Bra syra och utvecklas riktigt bra med tiden.
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10/5/2020 - Tylerk wrote: 93 Points
Really distinctive blanc does noirs from a great grower. My bottle disgorged in 2011 and cellared since. Lively and light with great sparkle- crispness and beautiful color. As an opener for a birthday celebration followed by bond matriarch and a ‘52 colheita tawny from burmester.
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10/3/2020 - RolfT wrote: 94 Points
2007 base. 2013 disgorgement.
Fantastic nose!
Taste a bit shrill and thin. But still far above average.
Drink now - 2025
95 pts nose. 92 pts palate.
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9/27/2020 - chrischap01 Likes this wine: 96 Points
Phenomenal. This is the second bottle I've had, and I was blown away by both. Not sure what year the prior bottle was, but this one was disgorged in 2015. Super complex, layer upon layer of flavors, creamy texture and a very long finish.
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9/23/2020 - CamWheeler wrote: 93 Points
SLDS - September 2020 #2: Disgorged July 2019. Floral with roses and violets, toasty pencil shavings and lemon rind. Rich and complex on the palate with great balance and texture. Delicious.
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8/15/2020 - DHCellar Likes this wine: 93 Points
Lovely complexity. Caramel and brioche and toast notes. 72 months on lees. 2018 degorgement.
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7/25/2020 - Charlie Carnes wrote:
Not showing its best, meh!
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7/9/2020 - Sotto325 wrote: 95 Points
A truly amazing champagne, lifting its 2008/2009 blend(disgorged in 2015) into the heights of textured, multi-layered excellence-- a show of multiple trays of evolving fruit, depth and richness. While one can clearly argue for the the non -pareil refinement of a chiseled more lean style grand cuvee, this is a fantastically made wine that challenges these senses in a multitude of ways. The color-- not quite orange or copper ,but leaning toward both, the nose with a rich sense of cream, toasted levain, a hint of orange, lemon zest, yeast, and a follow-up on the palate of that toasted ,somewhat creamy, light caramel, mint or tarragon, and a developing breadth of palate that persists for 30 minutes.
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7/3/2020 - mjdixon Likes this wine: 95 Points
Really nice blanc de noir
Sherry nose
Looks like Rose
But nice brioche taste
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6/27/2020 - magyarsvensk Likes this wine: 92 Points
72 mos. deg. 8/2018
Cinnamon, dough, Meyer lemon, perfume, white pepper, toast. Great length and cohesion.
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6/21/2020 - RolfT Likes this wine: 92 Points
deg 2012. base 2006
Seemingly in good shape and completely fresh, but somehow muted. With aired gained some aroma, but overall seemed a bit off. Hopefully that was the case as I have two bottles left. Will try to store at least a year before I open another one. I still enjoyed it a lot and WOTN for me.
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6/10/2020 - drjb Likes this wine: 95 Points
Wine Group Dinner #174, Harveys Restaurant, Brisbane. Cult Wines of the World (Harvey's Restaurant, James St, Fortitude Valley): Wine Group Dinner #174, Harveys Restaurant, Brisbane. This is a fine bottle of Blanc de Noirs with a pale bronze gold colour, fine bead and a nose of red apples, white peach and cherries with touches of biscuit and nougat. the palate is intensely flavoured and mouth filling yet with a lovely austerity and grip that provide balance and length. Delicious in any setting.
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6/10/2020 - jnewman77 Likes this wine:
First example from Les Crayeres and it was killer; the nose is fabulous; ripe apple, a hint of honey, bruised pear, baked lemon, crushed stone; definitely a little oxidative hint, but not too much. The palate has stellar depth and yet still feels vibrant. Definitely a vinous Champagne. I love it.
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6/7/2020 - beatles wrote: 94 Points
Deg. september 2009. Seems a point. Rich, creamy, toasted, rye bread here, dark matter, very much a Pinot Noir, broad and deep, layered, a champagne for food. Worked well with the appetizers and the forst dishes.
#Søllerød Kro
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5/31/2020 - Klugi Wine Likes this wine: 96 Points
Probably one of the best champagnes, I had so far. This one was disgorged in 2013 (2008 base). Very complex best enjoyed in small burgundy shaped glasses. The bouquet convinces with stone fruit, brioche, nuts and chalky minerality. Quite long, this is just amazing. Should easily hold and further develop for another 1-2 decades. Definitely not cheap, but quite exciting. Reminds a little of the lieux dits of Selosse. Quite unique...
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5/29/2020 - 5laton Likes this wine:
2010 base, disgorged in July 2017. Somewhere in between the last two bottles I've had of this disgorgement. Really enjoyable if not better than a strong bottle of VP. Egly seems to have more variation than most other Champagnes I drink, probably because of the long lees aging.
Still very tasty on day 2 with a nice browned butter character. Oddly muted at the front of the palate, but it expands and lingers nicely.
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5/24/2020 - Somm David T wrote: 96 Points
Big weekend holidays call for big wines. Happy Memorial Day weekend.
Time to make the new Riedel Vintage Sommelier flutes really prove their worth.
The nose reveals; golden & green apples, sour lemons, lime juice to almost candy, touch of apple cider, overripe pineapple, lime, tangerine notes, stone fruit-apricot & peach, caramel, sweet, cream butter, vanillin, very beautiful & powdery chalkiness, saline, sea fossils, delicate, grey volcanics (almost ash), bread dough, light yeastiness, chunks of just fruit in marmalade, jam, hints of candle wax, honeysuckle & comb, gentle white spice with yellow lilies, jasmine, spring flowers, fruit blooms with some mixed in cut greens.
The body/mousse is gentle & delicate...super micro oxygenation/bubbles. She shows her beauty as she glides over the palate. More golden apple than the nose, green apple, sour lemons, lime zest to almost candy, touch of apple cider, overripe pineapple, lime, tangerine notes, stone fruit-apricot & peach, caramel, vanillin, sweet, cream butter, very beautiful & extremely, powdery chalkiness, saline, sea fossils, delicate, grey volcanics (almost ash), bread dough, light yeastiness, sesame oil, silvered almonds, chunks of just fruit in marmalade, jam, hints of candle wax, honeysuckle & comb, gentle white spice with the perfect light heat & palate penetration with yellow lilies, jasmine, spring flowers, fruit blooms with some mixed in cut greens. The acidy is perfect and gentle. The finish isn’t quite as good as the 02 Krug we had on my birthday in March but, it’s a close relative. It’s super; refined, delicate, unbelievable knitting, well balanced, elegantly polished like 75 degree sunshine on your face and persists softly like baby skin for minutes.
An amazing cuvée.
Producer notes, Elgy-Ouriet was planted in 1946 to Pinot Noir in pure-chalk soil of ‘Crayères.’ Unquestionably one of the finest, south-facing terroirs in Ambonnay. Les Crayères is the top single vineyard of the estate, containing the oldest vines. 100% Pinot Noir from the renowned Les Crayères known for its extremely shallow topsoil and chalky bedrock. Completely barrel fermented, and aged 70 months on the lees. It's a blend of the 2010 and 2011 vintages and was disgorged in July 2018 after 72 months sur lattes.
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5/23/2020 - KeithAkers wrote: 94 Points
The grand finale for my 40th birthday celebration (Adam's, Logan Square, Chicago IL): Nose: This is easily one of the most intriguing, confounding (in a good way), and complex noses I've smelled in a bit. This shows off a more oxidative style that still retains freshness with cider tones, bruised apples, poached pears, meyer lemons, roasted nuts, quince, nectarines, vanilla beans, loads of warm dough, and buttered toast.
Taste: The feel is Medium bodied with racy and sharp, high acidity. The acidity cuts like a hot knife while the feel is deep and poised with cider tones, bruised apples quince, meyer lemons, roasted nuts, nectarines, and buttered toast.
Overall: It's been a bit since I've had this and that is a clear mistake on my part. This is a wonderful Blanc de Noir that shows off more of the oxidative side of the spectrum while still having excellent and balanced fruit.
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5/20/2020 - Jammy Wine wrote: 87 Points
This Egly Ouriet Blanc de Noirs is concentrated and linear. Creamy array of white orchard fruits, bruised apples, and oxidative wood toast. Long lees ageing with a mousse-y texture. I mistaken this as a Chardonnay driven Champagne since the mature 1996 Pinot Meunier champagne next to it tasted much more ripe and berry fruit driven. Nonetheless very well made. (87/100)
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5/10/2020 - RolfT Likes this wine: 92 Points
We drank the 2005 base a week ago and it was a huge success so we decided to try the 2008 base this time.
I had the 2008 base back in 2015 and thought it was a pretty funky wine. Today this is drinking classically egly bdn and very smooth and easy drinking while being enormously complex. Several times when I wasnt completely focussing on the wine while taking a sip, I for a moment thought I was drinking one of Selosse's Lieux Dits wines.
A touch too sweet and unevolved for for my taste at the moment, this will do very well with another 3-5 years of cellaring. 92+
drink now - 2025+
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5/10/2020 - RolfT wrote: 94 Points
Pure 2005 base? Disgorged 2011.
Another excellent bottle of egly bdn and even slightly better than the previous bottle from this batch.
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5/9/2020 - olemski wrote: 94 Points
Quite amazing, but not quite as amazing as the previous bottle four years ago. It's past the peak evidenced by notable bitterness in the aftertaste. Still, a very, very satisfying wine.
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5/7/2020 - 5laton Likes this wine:
2010 base, disgorged in July 2017. Quite a bit more oxidative and less awesome as a perfect bottle a couple of weeks ago of the same release. That oxidized butter richness dominates too much here. Egly variation, sigh.
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4/23/2020 - 5laton Likes this wine:
2010 base, disgorged in July 2017. 72 months on the lees. Despite the vintage this seems a great release of Egly Crayères, with wonderful richness. So good I had trouble putting this down. Probably the best release of this wine I've had in a couple of years.
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4/6/2020 - RolfT Likes this wine: 93 Points
The 2007 based edition recently opened my eyes to how good this wine can be and I've been stocking up on recent and older released. Tonight was a 2005 based (2011 disgorgement) and it lived up to my expectations. Has a really unique nose that might be a bit of an acquired taste (my wife didn't enjoy it), and on the palate is really concentrated and intense with a great acidity. Only minus was a slightly overwhelming bitterness in finish, maybe due to the base vintage? Probably not a champagne for novices... and maybe best with food. But I really enjoyed this although I felt that it could have been even better! Fully alive and showing no signs of fading soon.
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4/1/2020 - rjm Likes this wine: 92 Points
Amazing
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3/22/2020 - Charlie Carnes wrote: flawed
This was terribly flawed.
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3/8/2020 - hajoha wrote: 91 Points
Eplekjernehus på duft ellers noe gjerrig på detaljene.
Fremstår med en del år på baken.
Stram i munn og frukten trenger å utfolde seg mer.
Man kjenner likevel at konsentrasjonen er der.
Meget lang og fast finish.
Vanskelig å forutse livet videre for denne.
Moden og tight på samme tid. 91-92p
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3/7/2020 - thewiz Likes this wine: 94 Points
Gourmetklubbens fyrtiofemte middag: Tema Havets läckerheter (Södermalm, Stockholm (P+A)): (Disgorged in May 2016, 70 months on lees, base year 2009)
Mature nose showing oakiness, minerals and tutti frutti notes. Smooth red apples acidity and dried fruit on the palate and showing some oakiness on the lengthy finish. This has really rewarded the extra cellar time and should keep well for many years to come. Excellent!
(Probably best with 3-9 years extra cellaring)
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2/1/2020 - magyarsvensk Likes this wine: 93 Points
Starts off complex and after 30 minutes becomes more so. Lemon orchard, sweet icing, buttered toast, strawberry jam, pizza dough, marmalade, wet coins, pool water. Also technically sound with nice shape and length.
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1/24/2020 - adamcaldwell Likes this wine:
Nose of a slight egg custard and a hint of yeast almost half baked bread. Slight oxidiation and almost fortification way in the background
Palate Not a zipping freshness more of a flat tonic in both feel and taste. Slightly faded, lacks brightness but is serious and intriguing.wax bean skin
After about 90 minutes the wine is clearly evolving in the glass. Bit of a surprise. Now getting a bit of small red fruit, cherry, butter and a predominance of citrus with Lemon Curd and lemon peel.I wish this was a mag so we could keep tracking it movement but oh well. 😊
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1/20/2020 - Shay.Aldriedge Likes this wine: 96 Points
One of the most spectacular champagnes I’ve had in recent memory, and possibly one of the most spectacular champagnes I’ve ever had. This single vineyard Blanc de noir from EO spent 6 years (!) on the lees and was disgorged July 2018. Gorgeous golden straw color in the glass with minuscule bubbles. A totally dizzying aromatic display of ginger shavings, toffee, caramel dipped golden delicious apples, red berries, orange honey roasted cashews and some beautifully oxidized notes. Rich without being dense, a gorgeous palate profile of hazelnuts, lemon cream, brioche, chalky limestone and a finish that just doesn’t want to stop. This is a marriage of Krug & Taittinger Comtes. Stunning!
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12/14/2019 - jviz wrote: 93 Points
11/2017 disgorgement. My 2nd time to taste this wine. Very nice Egly. This 750 was open and red to dark fruited behind its apple core. My time with it was short but enough to remember that it's a great one to have in the cellar.
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12/13/2019 - cbforever1 wrote: 93 Points
Deg Nov 2017
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12/12/2019 - Derek Darth Taster Likes this wine: 94 Points
Maison Dakota session with Asparagus gang. Drank in Gabriel Standart.
Another smashing champagne to end the night. And hello I meet this bottle again. Disgorged December 2017 this time.
Appearance is clear, pale intensity, gold colour. Thin legs. Fine bubbles.
Nose medium+ intensity, with aromas of layered honey cream, oxidative nuttiness, almonds, hazelnuts, florals, red fruits. Developing.
On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium- alcohol (12.5%), medium+ body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of sweet nuts - almonds and hazelnuts, citrus kumquats, vinous red apples, layers of honey and brioche toast. Long finish.
Very very good quality. Again as with Egly style, I feel that this is extremely well balanced. Could be underrating this. Well I only got 1 pour of it.
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11/30/2019 - Milliontown wrote: 93 Points
Disgorged 2017, so 2011 base I think. Lovely Pinot characters of strawberry, cherry, mushrooms... bit earthy and starting to show some slight honeyed toast aromas. Very vinous and generous feeling as always with this producer, but still manages a balance of refinement and a sharpness/austerity on the palate. This has become one of my favourite champagnes. Beautiful.
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11/28/2019 - MAXIMUM SATISFACTION wrote: 93 Points
2017 disgorgement and 2011 base. Bordering on the sweet side with sharp acidity restraining it. Ready to drink now in my opinion. Bubbles dry out quickly.
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11/22/2019 - RolfT Likes this wine: 93 Points
Deg 05/2017. 2010 base. Pnp. In Zalto Burgundy.
Wonderful Pinot nose. Tasty, but with a searing acidity. In my opinion should be kept at least for a few years longer in cellar as its a bit of a shame to drink it this early. 93+
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11/20/2019 - asparagus Likes this wine: 96 Points
My WOTY so far, comfortably beating a lineup of Krugs at a tasting with Olivier Krug at Origin Grill (04, the newly released 06 and the 162ed, all from 750ml bottles). Drank over 2.5 hours with Alan and Albert.
A beguiling nose of almonds, pear, red fruits with a kiss of toffee. This was married to abundant acidic zest and a lovely heft in the mouth. Just a tinge of the oxidative style - perfectly done and not overly done as with Selosse. Such a joy to drink now, yet should make old bones (at least a decade, probably several).
I am probably underrating this but wow. Would love to see how this ages and evolves. July 2018 disgorgement - does anyone know the vintage blend (Vinous doesn't have it)?
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10/14/2019 - CADomer Likes this wine: 95 Points
Another fantastic bottle of this spectacular Champagne. Showed great oxidative richness that was like Grand Cru Burgundy. This just happened to have bubbles. Wonderful tonic note with cherry skins and brioche. Serious wine, but also so fun to drink.
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10/14/2019 - drjb Likes this wine: 95 Points
A late 2014 disgorgement this wine has a quite deep yellow colour with a touch of brass. The nose is both complex and fresh with strawberry, red apple, yellow peach, nougat, brioche and leatherwood honey. The palate is beautifully balanced with the rich fruit matched by a fine acid and mineral line and drive. Not oxidative but developed with some secondary characters 5 years after disgorgement. Delicious.
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8/5/2019 - aquacongas Likes this wine: 96 Points
Not blind, classical champagne flute, deg. 01/15
A stunner. Typical E-O oxidative style but not annoying or disturbing. Not comparable to Selosse' vinification. Fresh, a hint of macadamia nuts, powerful and elegant likewise. Beautifil Balance. The best wine of Francis. I prefer it against his Millesime. I think his BdN Need 4-7 of bottle aging to Show his grace and elegance. When i wrote my first TN of this wine I wrote Whisky nose. I can still understand. 95-96
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8/5/2019 - Jowh wrote: 93 Points
Very vibrant fruit with a mature secondary smell. Fresh and clean. Much better than previous bottle with exact same date of degorgement May 2010.
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7/26/2019 - JJYoyo Likes this wine: 94 Points
This is still my favorite blanc de noirs. Beautiful strawberry shortcake aroma, slight lime tang on the palate. Lively and pleasantly full bodied without being overbearing. Delicious. Wish it was easier to buy because it is hard to keep it in the cellar for long.
Score: 94. Relative to expectations: 0 but only because I have had this many many times and know what it is. I keep coming back for more.
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7/22/2019 - Charlie Carnes Likes this wine: 94 Points
This is a beautiful Blanc de Noirs. It is rich and full, with perceptions of flecks of red fruit and bittersweet red apple skin, and laden with earthy mineral. Delightful!
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7/12/2019 - BSA Likes this wine: 95 Points
Disg 07/14, after 62 months on lees which my head count leaves this a 2008 base. Holy schmoly! Captivating perfume of bruised apples, fresh red apple peal, warm wood and mild notes of cognac. Nuanced palate, but still so seamless - and good! Red apples, grapefruits and wood with an underlying fruitiness balancing it all out. Great mouth feel. Lovely, velvety pearlage, although it goes still with only after 20-30 mins - no issue to me though! By this bottle I would say that peak is only 12-24 months ahead, which perhaps suggest this is not a strong bottle as such. But who cares; I have been too desperate to strike a really great bottle, but this one was quite magical to me. Nose was 97p, but I would say 95p overall.
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7/10/2019 - mchern02 wrote: 93 Points
After an hour, beautiful chalky, mineral nose with glycerine, marzipan, toasted caramel. Bubbles softened to medium plus body with fine acidity and length. Good finish and very enjoyable.
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6/22/2019 - RolandMillie Likes this wine: 95 Points
Egly-Ouriet Tasting (Pogo's - Dallas, TX): (cuvée blended with 60% 2011 and 40% 2010; aged on lees for 72 months; disgorged July, 2018) Standout of tasting for me. More finesse, elegance, energy, freshness, mineral-driven chalkiness and pinot fruit than prior wines. Lovely lingering finish. Excellent.
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6/5/2019 - faivre_eric Likes this wine: 94 Points
Beautiful and generous Champagne.
Rich and complex with long finish.
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5/6/2019 - dvansteenderen Likes this wine: 97 Points
Dégorgement 11-2018, 64 mois sur lie. Superb wine. Poured half of the bottle in to Gabriel Gold Glasses and the other half in to a karaf and served in large Riedel Burgundy Pinot Noir glasses. This is more like drinking Burgundy than Champagne, just excellent! An enormous array of flavors and layers...
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4/23/2019 - Burgundy Al wrote: 91 Points
Another older bottle, disgorged in 2004. Certainly a few years past its peak, but the butterscotch/ honeycomb character actually adds another enticing level of nuance and complexity. Plenty of berry throughout with very good weight. Still showing bright textures.
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4/19/2019 - peternelson wrote: 94 Points
Fairly dark golden, crazy good, with slight caramel notes, a hint of hazlenut, super fine bubbles, wheat bread, with a beautiful intensity and length, very sappy. Loved this. W/Val
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4/18/2019 - NostraBacchus Likes this wine: 96 Points
Dég. January 2017. Super perfumed and complex notes of lemon, small strawberries, chalky minerality, some brioche, also some mirabelle, cool apples, nuts, spices and some white flowers and honey notes too. Pretty full-bodied, with pretty high acidity and creamy mousse with only few bubbles, the acidity and minerality cuts right through the richness. Amazing length, too. A superb BdN and honestly one of my very favorite Champagnes. Love it.
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4/6/2019 - Puteljen! Likes this wine: 93 Points
From the Les Crayeres leu dit. Very complex nose with smoky minerality and an array of subtle fruity notes. On the palate fresh and energetic with good depth. Good lenght, fresh all the way.
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3/10/2019 - RolfT wrote: 93 Points
Deg 2012. 54 months on lees so 2007/2006 base. Excellent bottle of champagne. Compared to last I tasted, 2 years ago, it was now very well balanced and fully integrated and drinking perfectly. I wish a had a more bottles of this. 93+
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3/8/2019 - BSA Likes this wine: 92 Points
Deg 07/2013 - 60 months on lees. Quick note across 2 days: pnp it showed leather, coffee, bruised apples and some red apples. Lacking balance both on the nose and in the mouth. Day two, nose was so much cleaner and seductive, and more in sync. Better and fresher also in the mouth. By the last glass some very nice, sweet wood notes showed - excellent. But i am really unsure how this disgorgement will fare, even though it was better on day 2. Overall it is definitely not top quartile Les Crayeres. 91-93 over the course of two days.
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3/6/2019 - David Paris (dbp) wrote: 93 Points
Bill Elbring of North Berkeley Imports (E&R Wine Shop, Portland OR): Quite a bit more funky than the 2007, showing a bit of stale bread. Still pretty interesting and nice, though. Really rich on palate entry, offering great volume in the mouth. Lovely intensity and again, this offers a beautiful palate experience, with smooth up front fruit present here. So very nice, and surprising with that forward ripe sweetness despite that funk I smelled. Nice continuation of these flavors on the finish, with more sweet fruit here as well, paired with pretty minerality offering a lovely counterpoint.
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2/20/2019 - MAOC wrote:
07/08 blend. Never really got going even when left to get some air. Overall seemed like the oxidative notes were over dominant without enough freshness to balance. An unexpectedly poor performance with some bottle age for this cuvee **1/2
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2/18/2019 - bps2266 wrote: 95 Points
2014 disgorgement. a bit rounder than my last pass with this one. deep, booming. rich yet refreshing. panoply of red fruits, citrus, and tropical notes flanked by chalk, chocolate, and bread. all there, my consistent choice for favorite champagne.
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12/29/2018 - Milliontown wrote: 93 Points
Disgorged Sep. 04. Amber/Golden colour. Strong bubbles at first but flattened after being open for maybe an hour. Rich, heady aromas of brioche, strawberries, mulberries. So much power and extract on the palate. A bit on the riper side but with pure lip smacking acidity. Absolutely delicious.
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12/26/2018 - harpercn wrote: 93 Points
This is spectacular BdN from this 2017 disgorgement. The Lion of Ambonnay is truly strutting his stuff at the moment. Unbelievable depth of fruit, intensity and complex minerality. When you visit the ‘Crayeres’ terroir you start to understand.
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12/19/2018 - dvansteenderen Likes this wine: 94 Points
Small tasting glass @ VINEUM during service, so a brief note. Always singing this wine...What a great treat! My last bottle at the moment, hope I'll be able to buy more bottles soon.
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11/29/2018 - drrobvino wrote: 94 Points
Tasted at the Corkopolis Champagne tasting.
Stunning bottle of BdN Champagne from Pinot specialists.
Bright yet serious strawberry, cherry, lemon, tangerine, and baked bread notes.
Quite chalky and mineral-driven on the palate, with a firm backbone and an intensely flavorful and lip-smacking finish.
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11/25/2018 - BSA Likes this wine: 92 Points
Deg 07/2013 - 60 months on lees. Drank two bottles. Both were good, the second bottle had more vitality and freshness. Think for every 6 months now this degorgement is coming more together. Putting on some more lateral flesh while diluting the grapefruit note that has been putting me off. Still not one of the great Les Crayères I have had but they now feel to have come more in to its own, though very different to where it was in 2015/2016 (the first bottle I had of this degorgement in 2015/16 was great). First bottle a strong 91p. Second bottle was 92p for me.
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11/25/2018 - BSA Likes this wine: 91 Points
Deg 07/2013 - 60 months on lees. Drank two bottles. Both were good, the second bottle had more vitality and freshness. Think for every 6 months now this degorgement is coming more together. Putting on some more lateral flesh while diluting the grapefruit note that has been putting me off. Still not one of the great Les Crayères I have had but they now feel to have come more in to its own, though very different to where it was in 2015/2016 (the first bottle I had of this degorgement in 2015/16 was great) . First bottle a strong 91p. Second bottle was 92p for me.
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11/20/2018 - rossi.wine wrote: 93 Points
Tasted after 2007 Grand Cru Brut. Again quite rich and evolved, nutty, notes of cut apples and red berry fruit, yeasty, creamy. On the palate layered, fresh, mineral. Intense and long finish. Impressive. 92-94
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11/2/2018 - peternelson Likes this wine: 92 Points
I was a little nervous about this purchase b/c through the green glass it looked possibly a little dark. It was a little amber color, have some slight oxidzed issues, but over all cork was good, pressure upon opening good, nose nice. Notes of caramel, walnut, and small forest berry pie, little tart mixed berries. medium rich, Pinot character clearly in evidence, good structure, still pretty powerful with fine bubbles that lasted but were not over abundant. excellent acidity, med+ finish. Tangy tartness in the finish. This was more developed that it should have been but was still very enjoyable, especially with a roasted chicken and fall vegetable. Disgorged 2007, 48 mo. on the lees. This could be 1999 or 2000 base or older.
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10/23/2018 - maxima wrote: 91 Points
Expressif et vineux, la qualité transparait ici.
Brioche, pommes et amandes avec un peu de citrons confits.
Long, net et précis, Excellent!
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10/21/2018 - kuumies wrote:
Smells down right Burgundian with ripe red cherry, plenty of oak and expensive nougat. Amazingly intense expression of fruit, this is downright impressive. On the palate ripe, opulent and hedonistic. The sheer density of it is something to behold. Most definitely more Pinot Noir than Champagne, the bubbles are not very important here. Beautifully red-fruited with hauntingingly delicious spicy notes. Under all the concentration is a very powerful acidic core gives the wine tons of structure and energy. Seems to evolve in the glass for forever.
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10/20/2018 - CamWheeler wrote: 93 Points
SLDS Single Bottle Dinner: May 17 disgorgement. Cherry, earth, redcurrant and some spice. Savoury and spicy palate with a rich streak of fruit as the core. Lovely richness and intensity with great length.
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10/15/2018 - StasMedvedev.lv wrote: 96 Points
🏅Rating 96+/100 (4,65⭐)
Intense gold, low perlage. Baked apples. Bone dry on the palate. Awesome PN bubbly elixir.Disgorged in december 2004, 53 months spent on lees.
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10/13/2018 - StasMedvedev.lv Likes this wine: 96 Points
🏅Rating 96+/100 (4,65🌟)
Indian summer🍁 Champagne🍾 RWC 14.10.2018
Intense gold, low perlage. Baked apples. Bone dry on the palate. Awesome PN bubbly elixir. Disgorged in december 2004, 53 months spent on lees.
Just another proof that this Cuvée is the top one in EO range even bypassing his Millésimes. Not many prestige Cuvée out there deliver such value at €120
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9/16/2018 - Luke Wine Likes this wine: 96 Points
Hard to fathom, it's in a world of its own style & quality wise. Rich & full, very vinous, complex & developed but still so fresh & precise with a delicious salty minerality. Certainly one of the most unique & delicious bottles of Champagne I've tasted. 17' Disgorgement, 09/10 base vintages.
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9/10/2018 - peternelson wrote: 93 Points
Vinous but rich, bread, sponge cake, fruit cake, expressive (base 50% 2009), really gorgeous, long, But at what cost? The EO single vineyards and vintage wines are reaching stratospheric prices.
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9/3/2018 - Peech Likes this wine: 93 Points
dégorgée en Juillet 2008 - nice and ripe with marmalade notes, almost grassy, and definitely Chinese licorice.
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7/14/2018 - Melanieofarrell wrote:
Golden hue with hint of pink with consistent fine mouse.
Initial strong mineral aroma representative of the terroir. It then opened up in glass with fragrance of bruised apple. Developed further into Juicy yet tart plum. Straight in palette. I had high expectations of this champagne and it was interesting and I’m glad I’ve tried it but not my favorite champagne.
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6/23/2018 - peterpan2015 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Immediate strong pear smell to the nose. Extremely bubbly and fine bubbles. Colour of golden yellow. Crisp with strong pear flavour to the taste, remind me of Krug NV, but still less strong flavour of pear-ness compared to Krug. A very fine champagne indeed. The colour and bubbles themselves shows its prestige.
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6/12/2018 - Tavastgatan wrote: 94 Points
Yeh, this is special. Deep and broad shouldered 100% pinot.
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6/2/2018 - BSA wrote: 91 Points
Deg 07/2013 - 60 months on lees. I mean, this is quality champers but I have had so many better bottles of Les Crayeres. Nose is lovely, dominated by lightly bruised red apples. Even some honeyed notes. Attack goes much by the same with great weight and concentration. From then on it is downhill for me as a bitterness emerges and clings on to the finish. I am saving 1/2 of the bottle for day 2 testing. 91p day one.
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4/28/2018 - stefad Likes this wine: 95 Points
Belle robe Or rose, bulles ultra fines, profil oxydatif très maîtrisé, vineux, grand champagne de gastronomie. Servi carafé. 95/100
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4/11/2018 - CamWheeler wrote: 92 Points
SLDS April 2018: Disgorged May 2017. Toast, smoke, chalk and strawberry. Good richness on the palate, full and long with plenty of intensity. Maintains a layered, complex element that helps give this youthful interest.
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3/28/2018 - chatters wrote:
Cellartracker in the flesh with Stefan, Mats, Tomas and Basil (La Rochelle, Tokyo): Honey, apple & lemon, muted toast. Juicy acidity, quite sharp, apples over honey with some tannic grip on the front of the mouth. Mousse is very fine. I called Blanc de Noirs 2002 - Tomas brought this along and said the vintage was closer to mostly 2006 I think...
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3/23/2018 - wineduggery Does not like this wine: 87 Points
Weighty and more viscous than typical Champagne. Sour fruit profile was off-putting. Disgorged 2017.
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3/3/2018 - CADomer Likes this wine: 95 Points
Wow, I absolutely love this wine. Intoxicating aromas of brioche, cherry skins, and a hint of florality. The palate is deep and rich while showing wonderful energy and minerality. Enoyed this wine in Riedel Vinum Burgundy glasses and let the aromatics soar and palate really show it's stuff. Great!
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3/1/2018 - beatles wrote: 92 Points
Deg. Aug. 2006
Very intelligent choice for the cheese course; rich, very Burgundian, smooth. Some doubts among others at the table, but I say: Bravo.
#NielsC
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1/26/2018 - EMAZurich Likes this wine: 94 Points
Palmer Vertikale: Ziemlich dunkle Farbe, dunkelgold. Superfeine Perlage. Etwas oxidative Nase, erinnert leicht an Sherrytöne, Hefe, Brotkruste. Am Gaumen sehr mineralisch/karg, sehr schlank mit toller tragender Säure. Rotbeerige Grundaromatik.
Eben, ich mag keinen Pinot Noir - und deshalb ein (für mich) etwas reduziertes Rating. Der Wein verdient sicher 95-97 aber das Erdbeerige stört mich etwas.
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1/26/2018 - NostraBacchus Likes this wine: 96 Points
Vinous and super complex... like drinking Grand Cru Burgundy with some bubbles. Amazing aromatics of ripe citrus, white flowers, brioche, honey, red berries, chamomile , chalk, tonic notes. It's pretty full bodied with a weightless tense style, creamy but super fresh, pretty high acidity and excellent length. Amazing Champagne full of complexity and tension. Love it!
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1/14/2018 - vintage_whine wrote:
July 2011 disgorgement. best guess, based off of the 2005 vintage. faint copper tint, delicate apricot and cherry nbotes, toast, smoke and mineral driving the wine. still infanticide
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1/13/2018 - beatles wrote: 95 Points
Dinner with Beaucastel (Chez moi): Deg. August 2006. Very much like the 2007-version, just a bit further ahead. HSA, the nekrofile, found this too old, PB and I disagreed; still livelym rich with toast, coffee galore, very layered and deep. Time to drink this, though.
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1/13/2018 - beatles wrote: 96 Points
Dinner with Beaucastel (Chez moi): Deg. July 2007. Still fresh with a fine acidity, but also very mature notes of coffee galore. Manly and concentrated champagne. GrandVin in da house.
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1/2/2018 - daffydahl wrote: 92 Points
too young.
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1/1/2018 - NYC_Maenad Likes this wine:
Opened on New Year's Day, and what a way to start the year! This bottle was purchased at the Domaine when we visited last February. Big, broad, powerful, deep and complex - a very wine-y champagne. Francis eschews the clean, bright, crisp style prevalent at so many of the bigger houses - I get it, it's popular, but this is so much more to my taste Francis says he's often one of the last to pick, as he feels the grapes should be ripe (what a concept). The grand cru Ambonnay fruit lends real class and elegance. I wish this weren't so hard to come by (and that it cost a little less) as it is just dynamite.
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12/31/2017 - bacchusnyon wrote: 94 Points
I don't have anything to add to previous notes. An exceptional Egly, perhaps lacking in finesse compared to the Millesimé, but really, really fabulous. With scallops and oysters...
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12/30/2017 - sjwshiraz wrote:
Wow. About as full bodied a Champagne as I’ve ever had. Intense Pinot fruit. Definitely a food wine rather than an aperitif. Singular and remarkable.
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12/28/2017 - MAOC wrote:
Drunk at Noizé. Light gold colour. Initially very closed to the extent that we thought might be slightly faulty. However it gradually opened up more and more - very distinct and at times almost candied dark fruit, eg black plums and red apples, rich bread/pastry and a slightly honeyed and spiced background, but with a chalky freshness. The intensity was impressive, while the oxidative elements were not yet that pronounced - felt like it would peak in 5 years and last 10 easily enough ****(1/2)
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12/25/2017 - Frank Schneider wrote: 94 Points
Very nice bubbles with fun and finish. Very dry. With good tension and character !
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12/10/2017 - aquacongas Likes this wine: 94 Points
Dieser Champagner hat mich schon immer fasziniert. Schon beim ersten blind tasting hat mich die Nase an whisky mit Tahiti vanille erinnert. So eigenständig. So auch heute. Am Gaumen kommt trotzdem die zitrusfrische durch. Viel Volumen, viel Kraft, aber enorm präzise. Dazu marzipan, geröstete Nüsse und etwas Honig. Herrlicher essensbegleiter. Für mich ist der VV blanc de noirs GC der stärkste Wein von Francis egly. 2008 degorgierte. Perfekte Balance. Herrlich. Nichts für zartbesaitete. 94
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12/9/2017 - pkbowen Likes this wine: 94 Points
2017 Farmer Fizz (West Side Wines (West Hartford, CT)): Tasted at West Side Wines' (West Hartford, CT) "Farmer Fizz" annual grower Champagne event. Hands down WOTN and makes a strong case for WOTY against some stiff competition. Hugely generous, with fantastically intense and clear dessert-like flavors of apple rings, mulling spices, and lemon curd, guided by firm acid and chalky minerality. Mineral, nutmeg, and baked apple flavors go for many minutes.
This wine wants for nothing. A grand Champagne! "Outstanding," 94/100.
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10/25/2017 - CamWheeler wrote: 92 Points
SLDS October 2017 #2: Disgorged September 2004. Orange gold colour. Wood, earth, bacon, ginger, orange and cherry - plenty of complexity without any single element overwhelming the others. Really good complexity on the palate as well, with plenty of layers and great fruit depth. Good length and overall composure. Drink now for this disgorgement.
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10/23/2017 - StasMedvedev.lv wrote: 97 Points
Grand Maisons de Champagne for RWC in Riga: 🏅 Rating 97/100 (4,7⭐)
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10/15/2017 - mmh wrote: 93 Points
Disgorged in 2014. Relatively dark in colour. Intense nose with red berries and some autolytic character. Very high acidity and concentration on the palate. Long and powerful. Great!
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9/30/2017 - JJYoyo Likes this wine: 93 Points
Deg 2015. Fresh with light touches of green apple and pear on the nose, light brioche on the palate, slight strawberry shortcake touch. No rough edges and delightful. Big crowd-pleaser. Good acidity but in no way bracing. Should keep for a few years if necessary, but it is a charmer now.
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9/29/2017 - BSA Likes this wine: 91 Points
Deg 07/2013 - 60 months on lees. From first sip I felt this was perhaps not an optimal bottle. A bit funky nose. A faint wood sting, that blew off over the next 10 minutes. Compared to the the 07/2014 (62 months lees) that followed, it had quite a bit development. It benefited from time in the glass for sure, lovely aromas, seamless and velvety in the mouth. Unfortunately, the acidity was not quite in sync and there was a strong note of grape fruit in the finish that put me off somewhat. 91p.
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9/29/2017 - BSA Likes this wine: 93 Points
Deg 07/2014 - 62 months on lees. This bottle followed the 07/2013 (60 months lees) disg and was quite a step up in concentration and overall balance, as well as freshness. Rich, expressive and vinous as usual. The young fruit is perhaps a bit dominating, but seems to have the backbone to carry some aging here. So while it is still early days, with the 07/2013 bottle in mind I will be checking in on again 18 months from now. 92-93p, with clear upside.
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9/11/2017 - 5laton wrote:
2009 base disgorged July 2016. Wowsers, so much going on here it's hard to document. Fruitier than I'd expected. This is a monster, stacked with fruit and density, and it's just too early to be getting into it. Disappointing today, but check in 4 years from now and I suspect it'll be another beast entirely.
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8/24/2017 - Patrik H Likes this wine: 90 Points
Deg. May 2014
On the nose: Pear, oxidation, dishcloth, rather flat
On the palate: Pear, vanilla, rather low acidity.
Medium finish
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8/17/2017 - Collector1855 wrote: 97 Points
Champagne - 100 Vintage and NV Champagne; 12/15/2015-12/15/2020: This blanc de noir has a very light rose hue color, showing its Pinot pedigree. Wow! Amazing nose of flowers, strawberries, bakery, vanilla and all. One of the best Champagne aromas I have witnessed and, even better, not oxidative like most high end Champagnes from Krug, Salon & Co. especially when aged. Absolutely wonderful. At an attractive price level for this quality too.
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6/5/2017 - tinybubbles Likes this wine: 92 Points
Good breadth and depth here with soil tones nicely framing the not too ripe orchard fruit. Seems as if this will put on more weight with additional time in the bottle. 92+
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4/15/2017 - NostraBacchus Likes this wine: 96 Points
Deg. January 2017. Super complex notes of just ripe apples, mirabelles, small red strawberries, chalk, baking spices, some honey, brioche and nutty notes. It's medium-full bodied, dense but with impeccable balance, slightly creamy mousse, but also pretty high acidity to balance everything. Excellent length. Still very young but another superb BdN from this fantastic producer. You can literally taste the old vines from this unique terroir providing plenty of minerality.
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3/25/2017 - chrishsh Likes this wine: 95 Points
It's definitely one of the best Champagne I've ever had. A very expressive Blanc de Noirs (recommend to use a big red-wine glass rather than a flute to feel its aroma) - black fruit aroma coming out straight from its yellow gold liquid color. Magnificent bottle! Highly recommended!
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2/15/2017 - bps2266 wrote: 95 Points
pseudo note here as I was so engaged with eating and talking I couldn't give this my full attention. but whoa, that's good. deep gold color with a faint peach hue and scant fine bubbles. weighty. aromas of yellow apple, ginger, chalk, and plenty more. medium bodied and round in the mouth with a short burst of foam. palate shows ripe yellow apple, orange, red currant, ginger, cinnamon, and chalk with a long rolling finish approaching 60 seconds. many more components on the nose and palate I didn't get a chance to think through. went seamlessly with all components of the meal- Dijon vinaigrette salad, French bread, sous vide tarragon buttered lobster, and a sautéed mushroom medley with a champagne vinegar reduction. grand cru indeed.
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2/11/2017 - BSA wrote: 94 Points
From memory. @Albert 1er. Deg. 07/2015. 72 months on lees. Wow, this gave so much more pleasure than what I had expected from such a recent edition. Really broad and expressive. The 72 months on lees have been spent well. Classic and racy Egly Crayeres, perhaps only a bit more fruity than how I prefer them but this was soo good. How long will it hold when it is soo good alredy, I am not sure but I felt that there was material here for at least another 6-8 years for sure. Perhaps more.
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1/30/2017 - BSA wrote: flawed
Disgorged July 2014. Rich and expressive, quite evolved. Unfortunately there was a wood not stinging the palate.
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1/7/2017 - drwine2001 wrote:
Disgorged 2013. Full yellow. Full bodied, bone dry, excellent minerality and black fruit, powerful finish. Serious, assertive Champagne.
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1/2/2017 - bigdogflow Likes this wine: 97 Points
Great depth and mouth feel. Creamy with a great finish.
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12/25/2016 - drjb Likes this wine: 95 Points
Light straw colour. Fresh nose of strawberry, red apple, nougat, brioche and leatherwood honey. Palate beautifully balanced with the rich fruit matched by a fine acid and mineral line and drive. Not oxidative or developed despite a year in the cellar. A great Xmas Champagne.
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12/18/2016 - Kalzenith Likes this wine:
- Bottled 2002, disgorged 2007.
- The wine is amber colored.
- There is no sediment in the bottle.
- It smells like raisin and stones.
- The taste right up front is overwhelmingly raisin-like with subtle overtones of lemon pith; the medium length finish is hiding notes of fresh lemon, stone, and hints of vanilla.
- The body is medium heavy, much like a raisin is to a grape.
- There's a rounded, smooth texture underneath the carbonation (which is dissipating quickly, probably due to the glass choice).
- It has medium acidity that you mostly notice after swallowing.
- After opening up more, it's brighter with some subtle orchard fruit notes (peach?)
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11/13/2016 - CamWheeler wrote: 92 Points
CF's Birthday: Disgorged July 2014. Lemon pie, ginger, orange, roses and earthy notes. Powerful and full bodied but there is genuinely good texture and balance, with a little more acid than the last bottle I had of this wine. Drinking well now.
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11/12/2016 - aquacongas Likes this wine: 94 Points
Egly-Ouriet Tasting (Restaurant Gustav Zürich): Deg. July 12,
A mighty champagne which I like most of Francis Egly. Some oxidative "Whisky" notes but the freshness in the foreground. Some brioche, toast notes, spicieness, oak perfectly integrated, nuts in the aftertaste. I prefer this wine around 5 years after degorgement, 94-95
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11/6/2016 - Burgundy Al wrote:
Knightsbridge Annual Holiday Burgundy/Champagne Tasting and Sale (Northbrook, IL): Tasting, brief note. Current release. Rich, precise, very long, very powerful with very elegant textural mouth feel. A highlight of the day. A Champagne I always enjoy.
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10/30/2016 - Barry Rothof wrote: 92 Points
@ Restaurant Vineum in Rotterdam: Replacement for the Comtes. Closed on the nose. The palate is full, tight and structured, will take on more complexity with time. (date of disgorgement: july 2015)
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10/14/2016 - dvansteenderen Likes this wine: 94 Points
Small tasting glass @ VINEUM during service, so a brief note. Egly-Ouriet is one of my favourite Champagne producers and this is one Francis' best wines. Delicious Blanc de Noirs, so good, so much refinement, so many layers!
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10/14/2016 - Burgaddict wrote:
Leiden in Rotterdam at Vineum: Degorgement July 2015. Still young. Impressive material, nose bit closed, taste concentrated, expressive. Drinks well, will improve in time.
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10/4/2016 - ozyloy wrote: 92 Points
Clear, gold with a touch of salmon.
Some oxidative notes on the nose.
Ripe red apples, lemon peel, young strawberries, limestone minerality, apricots and biscuit. Dry with high acidity, this had an interesting style (apart from the oxidative character); on the one hand, it felt tight as if still developing, on the other hand it also sat rather heavy and full in the mouth.
Powerful, yet complex and still balanced. Would be nice to try this again a couple of years down the road to see if it has improved. (Disgorged 2015)
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10/4/2016 - Derek Darth Taster wrote: 93 Points
Tim + Ching Birthday 2016 (Extra Space): Bottle disgorged July 2015.
Appearance is clear, medium intensity, gold colour with a just a slightest tinge of pink. Coarse persistent bubbles.
Nose is oxidative, with aromas of nuts, brioche, bruised red apple, citrus lemon, apricot, honey. Developing.
On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium alcohol, (12.5%), medium body. Medium flavour intensity, with flavours of bruised red apple, citrus lemon, chalky minerality, honey, apricots, brioche. Long finish.
Very good quality. Lots of richness and depth as befitting a serious Blanc de Noirs. But I really feel this was still tight at the moment. Better with more air, but what a waste drinking it now. Should have allowed more bottle age development.
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9/10/2016 - NostraBacchus Likes this wine: 96 Points
Deg. January 2013. Beautiful notes of sweet red strawberries, tonic notes, a touch of oxidative notes, brioche, underripe pear. It's medium-full bodied, but weightless, with perfect mousse, high acidity. Great length. Fantastic balance of ripe raw material, acidic tension, slatey minerality and austerity. Great Champagne of the highest level.
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8/15/2016 - fokker Likes this wine: 92 Points
Mondayitis. Dinner at home with steamed chicken with chopped ginger and scallions, dipping sauce a mixture of seasame oil, light and dark soy sauces, and minced garlic. Wife wanted champagne as lifter, hence this Les Crayeres disgorged July 15.
Fresh as what freshness means in its gleaming gold colour, nose of lime and clean laundry, complex palate of citrus and salt without saltiness, majestic Pinot fruit of mulberries and precise acidity, full-bodied and lingering finish.
A champagne for fatty white meat, chicken, veal, pork etc. etc.. Too brutal for seafood.
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8/12/2016 - BSA Likes this wine: 96 Points
Deg 05/2010 - 58 months on lees. Hands down my favourite champagne and this bottle was so so lovely. Perfectly mature Montrachet on the nose. Extremely vinous. Heaps of baked, mature red apples, mushrooms, nuts and biscuits. Gorgeous wine in a perfect spot. This is not a wine to drink alone, the moment needs to be shared. Will hold for at least 2-3 more years, probably more.
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8/6/2016 - RockinCabs wrote: 96 Points
Nose: Toasted Brioche, Smoked Fruit, Peach, Orange Peel/Blossom and some lemon notes. Bit of red berry notes as well. Palate: Extremely fine bubbles and just a bit of mousse on the top. The enters with a complex array of floral with apricot, raspberry, lemon and matchstick notes. Bit of a bready note and just a seamless palate feel. At its best about 1hr in the glass. Finish: Long finish with a great lemon peel, raspberry muffin and almond notes.
There has been really high praise for this wine from other CT members, but few notes. In my experience this is a seriously beautiful champagne. Opened to celebrate the arrival of our newborn daughter on 8/4/16
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7/31/2016 - olemski wrote: 97 Points
Not often I hit the high 90s with my points, but this is one of the best wines I've tasted for a very long time. Colour like the outer layer of an onion, Complex aromas in a fresh yet rich wine that just keeps on giving long after it has been swallowed. So harmonious it's hard to identify anything that sticks out.
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6/27/2016 - conviction buy wrote: 91 Points
Diag Jul 2015, 72 mnth with lees. Pnp, cirtus aroma with a distinct bouquet of floral aroma. On palate, ripe apple, mango, grape fruit and kiwi yield a more acidic attack. Some spice, and mild sweetness give a tropical fruit feel to the wine. Best for a hot summer.
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5/22/2016 - cbforever1 wrote: 92 Points
Today it lost the battle with 2002 Pol Roger Winston Churchill, but it remains nonetheless an excellent blanc de noir. If you look for power and masculinity this is definitely something you should take in great consideration.
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5/22/2016 - aquacongas Likes this wine: 95 Points
As always very convincing, still one of my favorite BdN, power, elegance, freshness, complexity all in one. Great with food, very long clean finish, the wood is perfectly integrated, not that oxidative as Selosse
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5/13/2016 - RolfT Likes this wine: 90 Points
2008 base. 2014 disgorgement.
What a strange champagne! I've never tasted anything like it. We tasted this blind and I suspected it as made on some strange grape variety outside of champagne. Challenging for many at the tasting. I give it 2 points for being an odity.
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4/30/2016 - aquacongas Likes this wine: 95 Points
Disgorged Nov 2008, my first bought at Francis Egly. Fantastic. Perfectly aged,fresh baken Breadcrust, Nuts, Almonds, orange peel, fullbodied, light oxidative style but with a great acidity backbone. Perfect to lobster, veal, tuna and turbot. Long clean finish. For me his BdN ist Egly's best effort. Great fun. with 8 years of bottle aging close to his top. 95-96
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4/24/2016 - BSA Likes this wine: 94 Points
My first of the July 2013 disg. Wow, so so lovely. Rich and expressive as usual. Rough, yet silky and smooth. Baked apples, smoke, nuts, mushroom and biscuits. Vinous! Overall very good balance. Only thing to point to is that prehaps it was a touch to sweet. Had thought I would find in too early stage, but it was not. Of course got better with air/temp as usual, but was at very high level already out of the gate. Got the usual pairing in our home: comte and (this time Italian) ham. Not sure of ideal drinking window. Perhaps 8-10 years? Looking forward to be enjoing many more.
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4/7/2016 - bajayngo wrote:
One of the more precise and complex champagne's I've had to date. Flowers, citrus, yeast, seashell minerality, herbs, chalk, white pepper, just so much. On the palate it was clean with finesse and elegance. After it had warmed over a few hours it added some slight oxidation, more round mature fruits and weight.
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3/31/2016 - Motz wrote: 97 Points
Disgorged July, 2013. Well...the wine world has turned for me. The bubbly bug bit me and clamped down hard, a direct result of this absolutely stunning wine. In recent months I have tasted two other bubblies that caught my attention like never before, but this particular offering transcends the dimensional boundaries of earth and time, reaching far into the ethereal! I could not take the glass away from my nose because of mind-bending complexities the bouquet offers. Yeast, steel, slate, chalk, ores, lychee, currant, gooseberry, citrus, carambola, lemongrass, herbs, essential oils, wax paper, lanolin, etc., etc., etc. This is to say nothing of the profoundly layered palate, at once piercing, delicate, bold, weighty, expansive, refined, elegant, and indescribably deep. The finish delivered a sensory overload that left me entranced for several days. Further descriptors escape me...possibly because they cannot be spoken...only experienced. 96-97!
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3/13/2016 - galenico wrote: 92 Points
PRANZO DA VINOGODI: Sboccatura 07/2013. Lieviti, pan di spagna, polvere di gesso. Ha una parte di vinosità classica del Pinot, molto pura; e una parte calorosa gialla di frutta matura. La bocca è tesa, metallica e molto minerale. Fattura al solito da manuale, si sente la classe nella flessuosità del finale coprente e pieno. Legno ancora sensibile e bolla indisciplinata, quasi "gasata". Attendere qualche anno con fiducia.
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2/26/2016 - Burgundy Al wrote: 93 Points
An older bottle, purchased in 2006. Great depth and concentration with lots of red fruit character on nose and palate. Rich and intense, still nicely vibrant. I probably liked this more than others did tonight, largely based on its density. No fear of this fading away. Incredibly well made.
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2/7/2016 - hajoha wrote: 87 Points
Gogget 2010.
Halvfunky denne også.
Ingen fruktaromaer igjen. Mye sopp, nøtter, røyk og sherrytoner. Meget moden nese.
Over i munn får jeg litt Jura feeling av denne.
Vanskelig å beskrive, men modent er det.
Meget bra konsentrasjon og den løftes av en flott syre, men det er ikke nok til å gjøre dette til en flott vin.
Lang.
Husstil? Ja kanskje, men det blir litt over the hill for min del. 87-88p
Av en eller annen grunn var dette en super match til røkt hval med en mild pepperrot-krem.
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2/6/2016 - Jowh wrote: 89 Points
Disgorged may 2010 after 58 months on lees.
Mature sherry. Smoky and very mature red apples. Powerful and structured acidity but with a bite in mid-palate. Broad end.
89 points as a standalone aperitif but 91+ with right kind of food - like smoked or cured meats.
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2/1/2016 - PC73 wrote:
sweet apple on the nose/palate.
classic blanc de noir.
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12/12/2015 - Periko Likes this wine: 94 Points
Another pre-Xmas Saturday Lunch (Cal Fuster (Serrateix)): As aperitif and pairing with starters. Didn't write down the disgorgement date but this one had a few years on it and certainly showed with a mature profile on nose with subtle ripe fruit and quince. Medium bodied with a lively acidity, the palate was just delicious, well balanced, savory and fresh. I liked this as it kept evolving in the glass. Monumental bubbly, great! 93-95
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9/28/2015 - peternelson wrote: 94 Points
Detected an impression of a dark berry note in the nose, along with peach pit, a nuance of old wood, apple, pear tart; great structure, cleaner and more bright than the VP; very dry, but creamy and balanced; very long finish. Really tasty, needs 5 years in my opinion, though.
-100% PN, 70 yr old vines from Crayere v.y., indigenous, fermented in old oak and tank, no malo, 3 yrs age, 2 g/l
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9/2/2015 - conviction buy wrote: 91 Points
Straw yellow, slow and small bubbles. Nose of ripe apple and pear, some hint of flowers too. Frothy on palate, burst of foams leading to sharp acidity with very light bitterness, similar aroma with added tangerine. After taste has a steely but clean feeling of minerality.
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7/31/2015 - jag323 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Overall excellent but have had better at price point. I would prefer to pay up a bit more for Krug for instance. Lots of toast / yeast on nose and palate.
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7/11/2015 - BSA Likes this wine: 92 Points
Deg July 2007, 48 months on lees. Never tasted this deg/vintage before now, and I do see the points made by those who have. Nose is 98 points for me, but the mouth is wearing the signs of an off-vintage (2003) and is a bit on the dull (this is Egly BdN after all!) side. Spine and mousse is also struggling, although the latter is of less importance to me. A killer with comte still, which was the simple pairing for us today. I would say drink up now (with not too much expectations). I of course still like it though.
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6/14/2015 - BSA Likes this wine: 95 Points
Bott 05/2010 - 58 mois. This wine is in a very good spot at the moment. Powerful and intense, with simply a divine nose dominated by lovely red apples while with some air the wine also let its shoulders down in the mouth displaying all the various tones that make up this gorgeausly complex and vinous champagne. Think my own bottles should be getting around 12 months of further cellar time in hope that this oxidative notes will get a bit more pronounced. Enjoyed with a number of hard mature cheeses, which proved to be a perfect match (particularly the Comte).
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5/23/2015 - timewithwine wrote:
The “Traditions” bottling is E-O’s house cuvée and displays a bright, clear gold in the stem. Hints of hazelnut, cinnamon, lemon, pie crust, baking spices and yeast rise to the nose in clear, distinct packets of whiffs and sniffs. Its mouthfeel is much lighter than the BdN; noticeably lighter. Instead of starting with the BdN, I should have poured this bottle first knowing the crowd would easily tear through the first bottle of the evening. But with some left over following the dinner, we packed about a quarter of the bottle away only to find it had plumped up a might over night, making for a better wine on day two. While the wine was still crisp, it was not nearly as lean. Both are 12.5% alc. With shrimp as the opener for the Scripps/Chadwick dinner party. Traditions - Recommended; BdN - Highly Recommended.
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4/10/2015 - bestdamncab Likes this wine: 95 Points
Opened for Kathy's birthday. Lovely pale salmon color in the flute, great mousse with lots of tiny bubbles, expressive nose of blood range, strawberry, wet slate, with a touch of yeast, earth, and brioche, more of the same on the palate, relatively high in acid which adds tension to the complexity on the mid palate, medium/big body, long, long, long flavorful finish and aftertaste.
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3/15/2015 - daffydahl wrote: 94 Points
Ungt, men väldigt gott på egen hand med.friskt med en liten härlig sötma i avslutningen. kommer antagligen att breddas ordentligt med åren. Favorit.
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2/25/2015 - CamWheeler wrote: 91 Points
Dots and Bubbles with the Trait-d-union (Sydney, Australia): Single vineyard Les Crayères in Ambonnay with vines planted in 1946. 60% 2008 fruit and 40% 2007. Dosage is 3-4g/l.
A much more powerful style after the previous two Egly wines. Lemon, orange, smoke, apple and brioche. The palate is powerful, with the richness of the fruit the centrepiece. I'd like to see a little more drive behind it, as at times it seems to want some more focus to bring the broadness into line, but overall it is impressive and will improve in bottle.
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2/16/2015 - Lilja wrote: 92 Points
Big and open nose full of nuts, chocolate, coffee, bitter oranges, almonds, slight oxidation and a bit of stony minerals. High, but round acidity. No harshness at all, this is only premium pressings! Full bodied, high intensity and a long, but slightly warm finish (?).
Would love to try this with a big of age, there is plenty of potential here. But nonetheless this is drinking very well right now.
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2/11/2015 - winemaker Likes this wine: 95 Points
Gorgeous Champagne!
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1/23/2015 - NostraBacchus Likes this wine: 96 Points
Expressive aromatics of red fruits, small forest strawberries, some herbs, minerals (slate) and brioche. It’s medium-full bodied and dense without being heavy, has high acidity, small perfect mousse and fantastic length. A breathtakingly beautiful Blanc de Noirs with a beautiful density but also great freshness and precision. One of the favorites (or even the favorite) of the whole group. (96+ p.)
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11/30/2014 - daffydahl wrote: 94 Points
degorged april 2011, probably from 05-06. dark yellow with a nose of old apples. long, fullbodied taste with great length. Fantastic!
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11/29/2014 - aquacongas Likes this wine: 94 Points
Champagne tasting from different crus ans styles with sushi and salmon, 8 champagnes in 4 flights,
1. Flight Guy Charlemagne BdB Brut Reserve against Cazals Clos Cazals 2000
2. Flight Gosset Grande Reserve vs. Dethune Cuvee des Princess
3. Flight Diebolt-Vallois Rose vs Krug Rose
4. Flight Egly-Ouriet VV Crayres vs Perrier-Jouet Belle Epoque 1982
For me 2 nd best and overall 4th place.
Disgorged 2013, mainly from the great 2008 vintage. Like always a great pleasure. Getting much better with air and temperature. in 5 years getting his whole excellence. In the future 96 from this vintage possible. Strong, oaky wine with a long finish
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10/26/2014 - yofog wrote: 93 Points
Really full-bodied and powerful, this is still crunchy and minerally. 100% barrel fermented PN, this blend of 07 and 08 spent 5 years on it's lees and saw a 3g/L dosage, it's really chalky for such a big wine. Impressive.
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9/18/2014 - aquacongas Likes this wine: 94 Points
Blind ChAMpagne tasting of 4 bottles DE Sousa Le Mesnil 2005 (93p.) Egly-Ouriet GC VV Les Crayeres (93), Pol Roger NV Brut (92), Diebolt-Vallois Blanc de Blancs (90).
I recognised the Egly. strong, nutty, chocolate, wood notes, complex, developing in the glas, disgorged 2013, great acidity and minerality, perfect to food. In my experience it is best to drink it 5 years after disgorgement, give him air and time
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7/18/2014 - aquacongas Likes this wine: 94 Points
It is a bomb, this style of wine I like, dark golden coleur, fine perlage, red berries and few oxidative notes in the nose, bread, whisky, brioche in the palate, very long aftertaste, potential for at least 10 years (50+5+13+17+9)
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5/31/2014 - beatles Likes this wine: 94 Points
An evening with Ib B (Frederiksberg): Discorged 2010. Young, concentrated, powerful, yeast present – but vraiment pinot – dark bread et al. Everyone seemed to prefer the Brut Tradition (probably for its freshness), but this is a wine, that is built to last – and not really an aperitif champagne. Wait for it – said CP – and I think, I agree. 94+
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3/9/2014 - MdCC Likes this wine:
Zaczyna się owocowym nosem, w ustach czuć ekstrakt i taniny. Wszystko pięknie kwasowe. W kolejnych kieliszkach więcej nuty chlebowych ale usta wciąż zwarte i chrupiące
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2/21/2014 - beatles wrote: 93 Points
Dinner at HSA (Østerbro, Copenhagen): Powerful wine, served vis-a-vis the red pinot from the same producer - not a bad idea, this a masculine, very pinot, very food-friendly. Long life ahead.
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2/20/2014 - pakabear Likes this wine: 93 Points
I actually preferred this to the '02 DP, it's really a nice Champagne, great acidity, loads of fruit and mouthfeel. Great stuff.
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1/20/2014 - Wine_lvr Likes this wine: 96 Points
Blancs de Noirs Growers Champagne Tasting (Restaurant Carlton, Zürich, Switzerland): Tasted blind, Bottle disgorged in 2009. 49 months on the lees. Base (likely) 2004: Dark golden color. Nose of camomile, yeast and ripe apples. The acidity is still present, but not as noticeable as the wine has so much depth and power. Taste of Caramel and nuts. An amazing BdN Champagne and yet another beauty from Egly-Ouriet. Drink now over the next 10 years.
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10/18/2013 - Paul S wrote: 92 Points
Dim Sum Club tries Fleur de Sel (Fleur de Sel, Tras Street): I thought this was very good. Served blind, it stood toe-to-toe with a rather underwhelming bottle of 1999 Salon and did not blink a eyelid. This had a very expressive nose, with some sweet oak, drips of honey, then ripe apples and cherry flesh aromas, and a touch of yeast and earth at the sides. The palate was very nicely textured, with quite a bit of power to it, showing ripe apples and subtle cherry notes that came out more when this was paired with a lovely dish of roasted duck breast. Not the subtlest of Champagnes, this was a lot of flavour packed into a soft, creamy mousse and enlivened with fresh acidity showing through brighter lemon notes. It was nicely harmonious though, so that it never came across as overbearing. Strong finish as well, with sweet kumquats along with a litte biscuity note and a lovely line of mineral. This was a nice Blanc de Noirs that went very well with food. I think this was still pretty young, still pretty tight, but there was already a nice touch of complexity. 2-3 more years would have done this bottle a world of good though - it is a pity I did not note the disgorgement date.
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8/13/2013 - BillyT wrote: 91 Points
Wine dinner with friends. Sorry no notes other than very smooth and elegant.
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6/22/2013 - Peech Likes this wine: 93 Points
(dégorgée Septembre 2008) - a full-bodied Champagne. Clearly matured with a deep, golden color. Bubbles not so vibrant now. Ripe and sweet on the nose, with caramelized sugar and almost sugar cane. Later on big, toasty notes came out, along with honey and marmalade. Ripe and sweet on the palate, too.
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3/15/2013 - Tavastgatan wrote: 92 Points
Very Pinot in character. Quite special. Quite good. Lots of potential.
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3/1/2013 - Lord Rayas Likes this wine:
Dinner with KH, Bunny, 正龍, Philip, Gordon, Martin and wives (The Principal): excellent as always
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2/21/2013 - Ben Christiansen wrote:
Hopefully this is the right on. Digorged July 2011, 60 months on the lees. Ana says sweet tarts but to me its super "wine-y".
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2/5/2013 - french16 wrote:
Rich, full nose. Clearly some oak but well used. Raspberry, yeasty, white chocolate with spices with a fine oxidation. Palate is also rich and powerful but balanced by a good acidity and lively and fine mousse. Woulld be perfect with lobster.
2005 base. Pinot Noir from the Les Crayeres in Ambonnay, sees oak (20-25% new). Spend 60 months on the lees. Disgorged July 2011.
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12/30/2012 - markjanes wrote: 92 Points
2003 disgorge... Deeply colored, moderate amount of mousse that is very fine. Aromatically quite deep and complex with plenty of cherry, minerals... shows a lot of toast and bread dough (clearly spent a lot of time on lees). On the palate quite dry, very high acidity, plenty of power, low ETOH. Very well balanced wine with very good length and intensity, great complexity. Loads of finesse for all that power, great texture, perfect expression of place. Great Champagne.
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12/26/2012 - mnor Likes this wine:
Överensstämmer med min tidigare tasting note, dominerat av röda äpplen, lite citrus toner och tropiska frukter med en bra frisk balanserad syra. Fantastiskt bra champagne! (Deg September 2008)
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12/6/2012 - lepetitchateau wrote: 93 Points
Marvelous
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12/5/2012 - ojiikun Likes this wine: 100 Points
Once it hit me, it is all I can think - Blackberry Jam on Brioche. After my third bottle in two years, I just can't add anything more other than the fact that this is the most wonderful Champagne on earth. Floral berries, perfect acid, creamy bread, butter and sugar in harmony. This would be the last wine I drink on death row.
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11/23/2012 - lepetitchateau wrote: 93 Points
Still magnificent!
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11/10/2012 - lepetitchateau wrote: 94 Points
Delicious, elegant minerality and complexity. (Les Crayères)
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10/14/2012 - CADomer wrote: 96 Points
This seemed to be even better than my last bottle, which was hard to imagine. Very similar notes for me, but we drank this through an entire meal and this wine went well with every single course. It's ability to pair with anything from oysters to roasted pork shank took it to the next level for me.
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8/18/2012 - mnor Likes this wine:
En mycket bra champagne deg datum sept 2008 med en vinbas från 2003? Tydlig smak av Äpplen och citrus, man kan även skönja tropiska frukter. Syran är hög och samtidgt bra balanserad. Detta är garanterat ett vin som jag kommer att se till att ha hemma och köpa mer av i framtiden.
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7/20/2012 - Ben Christiansen wrote:
Now this is what an Egly should taste like. Pronouced, powerful, sleek savory. Whew. I guess they don't like being shipped around. So much better than my last bottle.
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7/12/2012 - wine65 wrote: 91 Points
Nice deep yellow pink tinged color. Floral yeasty nose. Nice acidity, meyer lemon, mineral and a little toasted bread on the finish. Went very well with baked chicken in sweet sauce.
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6/16/2012 - canan wrote: 93 Points
KYD #1.3: Excellent depth and intensity.
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5/18/2012 - timewithwine wrote:
What’s not to like about this wine? Its bronze color? Its lacy mousse? Its endless stream of the tiniest bubbles ever? Its biscuit and strawberry nose? Its forever long finish of chalk and yeast? Or perhaps its ying & yang of delicate femininity, yet powerful masculinity? It’s a celebration of love all by its lonesome. With linguine & brie (1st course) and flash seared tuna over celaryroot at The Little Red Hen. For our 21st wedding aniversary. 05.18.12. Highly Recommended.
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4/30/2012 - Ben Christiansen wrote:
Fairly reductive on the nose. Wasn't sure where it was going but I didn't have a high impression on the get go. Probably need to sort through it all again.
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4/22/2012 - Atreyu wrote: 89 Points
2002 vintage. Powerful, peppery. Overblown to my taste but it certainly has lots of everything. Impressive acid for a BdN.
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4/16/2012 - Vintomas wrote: 93 Points
Champagnedagen 2012 (Grand Hotel, Stockholm): Nose: Heavily perfumed, very ripe fruit, peach, some herbs, spice.
Palate: Quite concentrated, quite spicy, discrete herbal notes, mineral, balancing acidity. Young. 92-93+ p.
49 months on the yeast, disgorged August 2009. (So the base wine should be 2004-dominated, I assume.)
A good example of a wine with a power sufficient to handle the oak treatment, and in my opinion it outshines the two vintage wines (1999 & 2000) tasted at the same time.
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3/9/2012 - Lord Rayas wrote:
fabulous.
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3/2/2012 - Lord Rayas wrote:
PP stag dinner with Gary, Eric Leung, Daryl, Justin and AL (The Kitchen Grand Lisboa): layered and complex. lovely.
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1/28/2012 - bg2167 wrote: 91 Points
Powerful, honey, mango, great minerality. I'm a big fan.
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9/30/2011 - daffydahl wrote: 93 Points
Beautiful light colour,wonderful clean complex fruity nose. balanced round taste. Elegance and length! could develope further.
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8/1/2011 - vespa110 wrote: 90 Points
Giallo paglierino carico tendente all'oro, spezie al naso , ossidazione, liquerizia , poi si distende bene con il tempo , caramello , mou , pan di spagna, fruttini dolci quasi zuccherati, bocca fresca, sapido , liquerizioso , con finale agrumato e legg. ossidato.
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7/15/2011 - DSaeedi wrote: 94 Points
Awesome wine. Dense concentrated sugar coated berry fruit, citrus and ripe apple. Long finish with beautiful balancing acidity. Incredibly rich and nuanced.
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5/14/2011 - Pacalet wrote: 88 Points
Nice and powerful champagne that is rather upfront. Nose with honey and slight hint of baked apple, but finish is short and bubbles pretty much gone after an hour, this is nowhere close to the fantastic 99.
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4/21/2011 - ikileo wrote:
Weingut Huber Spatburgunder with Joel Payne + Surprise Dinner (Taberna): Presented to us as a blind sparkling
Colour was an exciting amber and orange hue.
Nose: So many aspects of this nose were amazing. A touch of toffee, beer-like malt, manuka honey and a delicious cider element to this nose as well. Very enchanting.
Taste: Very elegant, feminine and well restraint. Persistent and fine beads. An interesting mix of white and light red fruit with some toasted barley notes. Very balanced and refreshing. An amazing experience overall.
Most of the people thought it was a vintage champage from 1996. Apparently this was disgorged in '08 and had been resting on lees for 54 months, so that would put it around 2002.
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1/1/2011 - SeaSmoke wrote: 92 Points
Excellent. We opened the bottle and let it open up. Wonderful mix of red berries with figs. Golden amber in color. Very memorable.
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12/31/2010 - Oh Dae-su wrote: 94 Points
I concur 100% with my fellow tasters. FAN-TAS-TIC!
The best Champagne I ever had. Magnificent Pinot character.
(Sorry only short note due to New Years Eve)
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12/30/2010 - CADomer wrote: 94 Points
Fantastic bottle of bubbles. As this wine began to open up it showed great layers of flavors and aromas. Wild red berry tart became the wonderful main note with great minerality and acidity to back it up.
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12/21/2010 - portobellovines wrote: 90 Points
needs air though
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11/27/2010 - JBVino wrote:
Consistent with prior bottles...dense and big with brioche and red fruits...great structure.
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11/16/2010 - cinnamon Likes this wine: 92 Points
Disgorged May 2007 after 58 months on its lees. This is my kind of wine. Definitely oxidative in style, red apples and baking soda = apple pie? Rich but more elegant than other Egly-Ouriet wines which can sometimes give a heavy impression. Tremendous balance from acidity. I'm sure this can age well for another decade. Excellent.
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8/21/2010 - beatles wrote: 94 Points
degorgering juli 2007. Young, but approachable, tight, vere richt, minreals, drak, poerful fruit. this wil keep for long, but I have no complaints drinking it now. great champagne.
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8/10/2010 - Heynetty Likes this wine: 91 Points
A: JTH says antique gold. A deep burnished gold with just a suggestion of pink
N: Immediate and concentrated. Brioche, strawberries and red apple
P: Red apple skin, clean and crisp. Unsweetened toffee. Great acidity washes away the first part of the profile and si followed by aromatics that one tastes on 'nose' and tongue. Tastes like a mature vintage champers. Love the high acidity. Robust wine bursting flavor. 12.5% alcohol.
C: Very different to the $63 bottle of Egly Ouriet Tradition NV. Its rich and masculine. 52 months on the lees and disgorged in November 2007. Outstanding quality but just not the biggest fan of the style.
Buy Again: I don't think i will at the $101 price point. There are many more champagne styles i prefer that cost considerably less.
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7/26/2010 - 2mwine wrote: 91 Points
Nærmere Krug Cuvee kommer du ikke
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7/26/2010 - 2mwine wrote: 92 Points
Nærmere Krug kommer du ikke
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5/8/2010 - stadler wrote: 91 Points
Salon de la revue des vins de France 2010 (Paris, France): Je le prendrais volontiers comme compagnon d'un bout à l'autre d'un repas car il a toutes les qualités requises, un corps solide, une bouche vineuse, un nez envoûtant d'arômes de sous-bois et de pomme. Décidément, les 100% Pinot de ce calibre-là me séduisent !
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4/27/2010 - Faryan wrote: 90 Points
Hopefully Joe can chime in with what this was as I neglected to check the bottle carefully, but I believe it was an Egly-Ouriet NV? The nose is very eclectic, not showing as a typical blanc de noir, given the lack of pinot noir. It is a bit more brooding than the Francaise; a darker, more muscular champagne. Still not of the yeasty variety, Elliot eloquently quipped that the wine was like “flowers dancing on slate stone.” I think he got he minerality right on cue, as the wine was very rockfriendly. I wonder if it will shed its muscularity with age and become a refined and delicate wine. I would love to revist in 5 years side by side with the Taitt just as a fun comparison.
*.5 Cent percente pinot meunier
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2/20/2010 - gverreydt wrote: 94 Points
ZALIGE Champagne: heel lange afdronk, vol, krachtig
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2/13/2010 - Jossik wrote: 91 Points
Sboccatura 2006. Una delle migliori bottiglie di questo vino, carico ma con una bella spalla acida, profumi 'rocciosi' e salini insieme alla frutta.
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12/28/2009 - Atreyu wrote: 91 Points
Juli 2007 degorgering (2002 base). Trenger høy temperatur for å vise seg fra sin beste side - 14/15 grader. Vinen åpner med masse torv og litt tørr gjær. Etter hvert blir den mer krydret, og er fyldig men frisk og tett i munnen. Veldig lang finish, men er relativt endimensjonal. For dyr, men vil nok komme seg med videre lagring. Drikk 2010-2025
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10/31/2009 - Shorepower wrote: 93 Points
Äpplen på näsan, fyllig och brödig. Lagra i många år. Deg datum Jan 2009. Sur lattes i 54 månader så druvbas bör vara 2004. Ett stort vin på alla sätt.
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8/29/2009 - Ive Marx wrote: 85 Points
very disappointing; lacking vigour and aromatic expression - off bottle?
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8/16/2009 - peternelson wrote: 92 Points
Katsuya: Coffee, earth, caramel; hay, slight funky notes! Grt. a’s, structure; loved this earthy funky char.
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7/15/2009 - Samantha wrote: 93 Points
I love this Champagne. It is really dense and deep, a sweet concentration of strawberries and red fruit, great depth and complexity. Opens up in the glass and should be popped and left open to blossom before drinking. Very strong, elegant, and pure.
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7/3/2009 - sdr wrote: 93 Points
This really is an impressive champagne, so far equal or better to any blancs de noir I have tried, even though it is NV. Light to medium gold, very active frothy mousse, very lively. Full, very rich, like walnuts and figs on top of brioche. Fine acidity and energy. Improves as it gets some air and warms up, so it should hold well. Grand cru fruit from a lieu-dit (Les Creyeres) within Ambonnay.
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6/29/2009 - kstoddard wrote: 93 Points
G6 (Jeff): Darker golden color due to the Pinot Noir I was told. Fresh melon on the nose. Tastes of apple, lemon and freshly baked bread. Nice minerality on the mid palate. Refreshing acidity. Very well balanced. Long elegant finish. Quite nice.
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6/29/2009 - jeff nowak wrote: 94 Points
a spectacular wine displaying boldly expressive fruit, and outstanding balance. mild strawberry and gentle biscuit notes combine with great acidity and mousse. highly recommended.
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6/29/2009 - Alex G. wrote:
Masculine style but with great balance. Impressive length. One of the best NV's I've had all year.
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6/13/2009 - Paul Lin wrote: 91 Points
Grower Champagnes (Chateau Todd - Dana Point, CA): An outstanding Champagne with precise notes of cranberries, white cherries, biscuit, and lemon zest. Juicy and fruity on the back end, followed by a delicate minerality.
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6/13/2009 - WetRock wrote:
Grower Champagnes at Todd's (Chateauneuf de Todd): Lots of red berry notes really showing its Pinot origins. Rich and bold of the bigger style. Very good.
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5/26/2009 - Burgundy Al wrote: 93 Points
1999 Montrachet and Friends: Lieu-dit Cru 3rd Annual Blind White Burgundy Dinner (Spring - Chicago IL): Bright color, nose shows lemon and flowers. Palate showed same lemon with lemon zest, orange and some baking spice. Great acidity comes out mostly near the end. This was served blind along with the Cedric Bouchard NV Roses de Jeanne les Ursules, both from Pinot Noir, but this Egly-Ouriet seemed more expansive and complex, so to my palate at least, more attractive.
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4/5/2009 - Lord Rayas wrote:
wonderful nose of caramel, toast, oxidized pear. very smooth on the palate. lovely
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3/20/2009 - Tad GW wrote: 92 Points
50+5+12+17+8=92
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2/6/2009 - sdr wrote: 93 Points
Indisputably marvellous champagne and maybe the best NV I have ever had (including MV Krug). Very lively, youthful and energetic and packed with delicious ripe masculine pinot fruit. The 4 yr. barrel aging adds notes of balsa wood, cooked meat and dried cherry. The color is light gold with a hint of red and the nose, while not effusive, also gives off hints of dark berry. Quite an unusual package. The only question is how long will it hold and develop.
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1/17/2009 - sdr wrote: 90 Points
From the medium gold color and deep nose of hay and walnuts, you just know this NV has to be interesting. It's a true blancs de noir and it shows in its delicious medium-rich flavors of coffee and roasted nuts. The barrel fermentation and aging surely contribute to the house character. Decent length and only a relative lack of intensity keeps the score from being even higher. But it seems fully mature and I doubt it will become richer with age and still maintain its balace. My first Egly-Ouriet and I can see what the fuss (and the price) is all about.
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6/7/2008 - Rupert wrote: 89 Points
Disgorged Nov 2000 after 41 months sur lattes, so this is presumably based on 1996 fruit. Deep pink orange, a bit oxidative, but the fruit still sharp and tangy - loud, impressively so, but not elegant
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5/30/2008 - JeffGMorris wrote: 92 Points
Dinner with Steve & Barb at Bistro Sofia. Light gold with very tiny and very active bubbles. Lots of green apple on the nose along with a little toast. Delicate on the palate but very textured. Long finish. 50+12+13+8.5+8.5 = 92
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5/11/2008 - CamWheeler wrote: 93 Points
Disgorged September 2004 -
Coming along very nicely - straw coloured with a pink tinge - cherries, strawberry and blood orange aromas, palate is bold but balanced with some superb acidity. Will be even better in another 5 years.
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3/31/2008 - Tad GW wrote: 93 Points
To celebrate my older daughter's birthday we had this wine and it was a big hit.
50+5+12+18+8=93
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2/14/2008 - SeaSmoke wrote: 91 Points
Deep golden color, long finish. This bottle was very nice.
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12/31/2007 - Belrose wrote: 92 Points
A huge Champagne that offers pleny of fruit. The wine has many more years until it will be at its peak.
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12/8/2007 - JBVino wrote:
consumed at hectic Hannukah party so not the same time to focus on this 100% pinot as when last consumed at Gary Danko...nonetheless solid big champagne.
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11/22/2007 - timewithwine wrote:
From grapes dating back to 1946, the wine is 100% Pinot Noir. The color is somewhere between apple juice and straw. The mousse is lively, but very delicate. The tiniest of bubbles, minuscule almost to the point of imperceptibility, rise, seemingly forever. This is the driest champagne I have ever had. Apple cider dominates the nose and attack. Mineral then some orange peel finishing with some biscuit all follow. A touch of nutmeg slips in before the finish turns to dust. Damn, this is one dry wine! It hits the mouth, then seems to evaporate. Purchased through Winebid some time ago, the cork, on removal, doesn’t mushroom out, but remains in its shape immediately following removal. 12% alc. Fried oysters breaded with coarse cornmeal, buttermilk and red pepper. Thanksgiving wine. Highly Recommended. See also Pavelot Dominode 91.
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4/30/2007 - winemike wrote:
Powerful, fruity, dense, as full-bodied as it gets in Champagne, this is really good.
However, it lacks complexity and the "edge" to make it truly wonderful.
Still, a brilliant Champagne. Built to last forever.
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3/31/2007 - JBVino wrote:
Tasted Gary Danko...darn good champagne...100% pinot...a great richness and depth...long finish...would have this again.
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1/10/2007 - timewithwine wrote:
probably a duplicate entry under earlier system (Cellar! 1st generation)
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12/28/2006 - Rechrom wrote: 92 Points
Unusually strong mid-palate, great nose, phenomenal length, some toast, lots of potent fruit, not enough elegance to back up power for this to be great, but a pleasure to drink with a meal.
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11/25/2006 - gorm wrote: 94 Points
(short note from memory) Light straw color. Very refined and pleasing mousse. A very elegant and pleasurable champagne - pears, apples and good minerality with a steely feel. Chablis Grand Cru with bubbles... My guess: 1996 Taittinger Comte de Champagne.
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3/14/2006 - burningstarIV wrote: 91 Points
Deep, nutty color. Fully mature and and somewhat saline on both the nose and the palate. A delicious, complex Champagne that can stand up to richer and meatier dishes. 50+5+11+17+8=91
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11/14/2005 - Russell Faulkner wrote: 90 Points
Champagne Offline - Revenge of the Fizz (Snows - London): Bright almost copper colour, very rich almost honied (but dry). A beast, acidity sits in background but this is about power not elegance, but still balanced. At first I didn't like this much, but I came round to it.
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9/20/2005 - Ben Andersen wrote:
$64 retail, after discount. 100% PN with vines planted in 1946. Just a tinge of pink color. This is fairly closed at this point - more so than I recall from the last couple bottles. Well-structured and firm on the palate, with impressive balance and a long finish. Quite promising, but I think I'll wait a year+ before opening another...
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3/2/2005 - Ben Andersen wrote:
Drunk with lunch at Ma Cuisine in Beaune. Again, this is a wonderful Champagne with great tension and vigor. Excellent. I would suspect this has great aging potential...
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1/29/2005 - Ben Andersen wrote:
$72.25 retail, after discount. Fantastic Champagne. Just a slight tinge of ruby color. Fresh and vibrant, fairly full-flavored with a winey quality to it. Solid acid structure. I would assume this one will age well...
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4/16/2003 - peternelson wrote: 94 Points
winery: Softer than the Tradition; nice light nuts and bisquits.***I really liked this
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4/16/2003 - peternelson wrote:
Winery Barrel tastings: 2002 Chardonnay: strong citrus, sharp.
Pinot Noir: White wine with slight red reflections, slight fruit in mouth, but still acidic, citrusy.
Pinot Noir Vieilles Vignes: Stronger, more concentrated white; but still a lot of acid.
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