Magnificent nose of crushed strawberry, rose, and smoke.
Mouth full of fullness, the attack on the palate is soft, very delicate, with bright red fruit. At no time can we say that this wine is 34 years old. Fine effervescence and beautiful acidity, this rosé is truly harmonious, a real Burgundian. Then the floral flavors take over, against a background of wet stone. It is a magnificent wine, all elegance and contrast. Each sip reveals a new facet but I must admit that I have rarely had such a floral rosé. Beautiful smoky finish on strawberries, great saline length.
Great rosé, deep, delicate and still so young! I remember drinking it for the first time in 2016 and this champagne left me a little hungry, this was not the case this time where it held its place.
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Delicious nose between dried flowers and a very characteristic smoky side.
The palate is magnificent, enveloping and intense. We feel a broad substance, very concentrated and powerful but yet it is sharp, it remains delicate on the dried flower with an excellent balance which carries the whole very, very high. Lots of emotions in this very complete wine with changing facets: the smoked bacon side takes the bottom when it rises in temperature, it is a real table champagne that emerges, vinous and consistent.
The final despite everything breaks the rhythm a little while we wait for an explosion, it remains a little short for my taste.
Excellent
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I liked this more than most people. It's got an incredible level of detail and layering. Old, slightly funky mushroom notes and red cola and orange flavors. Ripe, weighty, and with a fairly subdued mousse at this stage. I could get lost in the nose here, and while it may not have quite the freshness of a '96 from a couple of months back (and certainly doesn't have P2/P3 freshness), I actually prefer this bottle and where it's at.
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HDH auction at Spiaggia; 6/22/2018-6/23/2018 (Chicago, IL): Amber in colour. The nose shows a fair bit of bread, as well as a fairly good amount of fruit. Certainly, at this point, this shows a its age, and it's at the tail end of freshness for me. A bready, ripe, and rich profile, with a nice amount of acidity on the back end. It's not as linear and fresh as I'd like, but this is still a very good champagne. (A little sad it isn't as good as I remembered it being from seven years ago, though that taste came from a recent release from magnum.)
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Good bubbles and intensity here with lovely flavors of red berries and exotic spices. Powerful and rich and showing good succulence on the finish which sports mature autumnal flavors. Really complex and really good. Seems perfect right now.
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My second experience with this wind. Again extremely rich and dynamic, very long finish showing notes of naughtiness, Meleney and Berry, Long toasty least.
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Freshest most alive bottle I've had. It popped when I opened it. Super young crisp with the heft of a rosé. It darkened as it opened and was enjoyable to the last drop. Wow! Stunning
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Consumed from magnum at Cut in Las Vegas. Color was borderline Amber with the slightest hue of rose. Nose was still suprisingly crisp and fresh, with toast, flora and rose and crisp stone. Effervescence was still strong indicating yourhfulness. The palate was mouthwatering, with nutty biscuit, berry, light oak and some yeasty toffee - definitely showing secondary notes as expected. I did not notice much strawberry as indicated in other notes. I can see this wine having time left, but no need to wait. The best champagne I can recall ever drinking.
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From magnum. I've had better bottles. Balanced sweetness with notable strawberry. Acidic back palate. More straightforward and one-dimensional than other experiences, and the flavors seemed to fall flat. Still, a nice wine but now may be the time to drink it given this experience from a large format.
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What a great way to start a dinner with 6 friends...a magnum. touches of strawberries, raspberries with a scent of rose were the highlights. The mild effervescence also added to the enjoyment. Everyone at the table was very impressed with scores of 93 to 96
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This bottle seemed a little tired. Nose of mascerated strawberries, white mushroom and cherries. Palate didn't live up to the nose and was a bit maderized.
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To me this one defines the concept of rose champagne. Strong and beautiful vintage which will last in geological terms. One of those moments which should not be soiled by analysing, just sit back and enjoy the unique ride. Heaven.
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Acker Merrall BYO (Sepia - Chicago IL): From magnum. Rose petal aromas with ripe strawberry and a very positive Pinot Noir character. Rich and opulent, but enough acidity, energy and minerality that it also comes across as weightless. Very clean, long, precise finish. Thanks, Rob!
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Acker BYO - Chicago (Sepia - Chicago, IL): Very nice nose of cream, roses, and graham cracker. Loved the rosey, floral tones on the palate with great cut and finesse - add to that some serious depth. It's a great wine that came across young and almost shy. Think this has a lot of life ahead of it - maybe another 15 years before it begins to decline from its apogee. Great stuff.
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HDH auction tasting at Tru (Chicago, IL): From magnum. Pale amber in colour. Notes of apricots on the very reticent nose. Stunningly beautiful on the palate; fresh and sophisticated on the palate, with tons of fresh peach and apricot flavours, balanced by lots of acidity. In fact, everything is in perfect balance here, and while it doesn't have a bring-you-to-your-knees painful-to-drink intensity, it's more than made up for in sheer elegance and beauty. Simply incredible.
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An evening of Doms (Uncle John's): Color is the same as the Oenotheque version of this wine and the body is the same thing. But the nose is vastly different, the regular version more developed and fuller but a tad less exciting and need a slightly higher temp to enjoy. The wine itself is starting to develop secondary flavors so it is actually advisable to cellar this for a few more years to fully enjoy this very well made wine.
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More maturity on this bottle than expected or is typical. That actually suited me fine, although it didn't have the punch that a 90 should have. Overall a beauty, and would drink with pleasure anytime.
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Perfect. Drank from a magnum for a birthday celebration....probably had an affect on the description... The balance of effervescence, power, fruit and freshness are the best I've seen this wine show in the last eight years...my last bottle.
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We opened this special bottle on New Year's Eve and loved it. The color was a beautiful coppery rose. It was pleasantly tart with fresh undertones of red fruits and a long, delicious finish.
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Salmon/copper color, beautiful baby bubbles. Heady, Burgundian nose, with some peaches, raspberries, and a healthy dose of yeast. There is a lot of everything on the palate, but there is a finesse and a strucure that allows this powerhouse to remain balanced. Finishes long, long, long and silky. 50+5+12+19+9=95
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Star-bright rich copper with an orange sheen, very fine mousse; complex, harmonious, toast, nuts (cashew?), candied orange and figs, smoky accent (Bowmore!); flawless, rich and rounded, 1990-style but beautifully balanced by ripe, fresh acidity, excellent focus; relatively light finish, good length. Exotic and elegant.
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2/10/2024 - Benoit Hardy Likes this wine: 96 Points
In Magnum.
Magnificent nose of crushed strawberry, rose, and smoke.
Mouth full of fullness, the attack on the palate is soft, very delicate, with bright red fruit. At no time can we say that this wine is 34 years old. Fine effervescence and beautiful acidity, this rosé is truly harmonious, a real Burgundian. Then the floral flavors take over, against a background of wet stone. It is a magnificent wine, all elegance and contrast. Each sip reveals a new facet but I must admit that I have rarely had such a floral rosé. Beautiful smoky finish on strawberries, great saline length.
Great rosé, deep, delicate and still so young! I remember drinking it for the first time in 2016 and this champagne left me a little hungry, this was not the case this time where it held its place.
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8/13/2023 - kr522 wrote: 96 Points
Out of mag this was delicious. Good freshness with excellent fruit and balance. I kept going back for more
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7/28/2023 - T.E.D. wrote: 94 Points
Still very much alive with good fizz and roasted breads, hints of strawberry fruit.
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3/4/2023 - BrionHammond Likes this wine: 94 Points
Slighly oxidiced and brown in the rim. Off bottle? Still amazing tiny bubbles
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2/20/2023 - LW31 Likes this wine:
Magnum. Aging elegantly. Savory red fruit. Touch Smokey on finish. Lovely with sushi.
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1/17/2021 - Benoit Hardy Likes this wine: 92 Points
Delicious nose between dried flowers and a very characteristic smoky side.
The palate is magnificent, enveloping and intense. We feel a broad substance, very concentrated and powerful but yet it is sharp, it remains delicate on the dried flower with an excellent balance which carries the whole very, very high. Lots of emotions in this very complete wine with changing facets: the smoked bacon side takes the bottom when it rises in temperature, it is a real table champagne that emerges, vinous and consistent.
The final despite everything breaks the rhythm a little while we wait for an explosion, it remains a little short for my taste.
Excellent
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1/18/2019 - aquacongas wrote: 92 Points
From Magnum
Not in perfect condition. Missing length and fruit, but still fresh. 92
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11/29/2018 - AB16 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Blake tasting – drunk in magnum format. Nice toast and yeast. A-
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7/12/2018 - tinybubbles Likes this wine: 94 Points
From magnum. Softened and elegant with subtle spice. Burgundy-like. 94-95
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6/23/2018 - psmith wrote: 96 Points
I liked this more than most people. It's got an incredible level of detail and layering. Old, slightly funky mushroom notes and red cola and orange flavors. Ripe, weighty, and with a fairly subdued mousse at this stage. I could get lost in the nose here, and while it may not have quite the freshness of a '96 from a couple of months back (and certainly doesn't have P2/P3 freshness), I actually prefer this bottle and where it's at.
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6/23/2018 - acyso wrote: 93 Points
HDH auction at Spiaggia; 6/22/2018-6/23/2018 (Chicago, IL): Amber in colour. The nose shows a fair bit of bread, as well as a fairly good amount of fruit. Certainly, at this point, this shows a its age, and it's at the tail end of freshness for me. A bready, ripe, and rich profile, with a nice amount of acidity on the back end. It's not as linear and fresh as I'd like, but this is still a very good champagne. (A little sad it isn't as good as I remembered it being from seven years ago, though that taste came from a recent release from magnum.)
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5/22/2018 - dream Likes this wine: 94 Points
Good bubbles and intensity here with lovely flavors of red berries and exotic spices. Powerful and rich and showing good succulence on the finish which sports mature autumnal flavors. Really complex and really good. Seems perfect right now.
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5/23/2017 - T.E.D. wrote: 95 Points
My second experience with this wind. Again extremely rich and dynamic, very long finish showing notes of naughtiness, Meleney and Berry, Long toasty least.
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11/24/2016 - jhngo Likes this wine: 95 Points
Freshest most alive bottle I've had. It popped when I opened it. Super young crisp with the heft of a rosé. It darkened as it opened and was enjoyable to the last drop. Wow! Stunning
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10/14/2016 - ricknat1 wrote: 94 Points
Very fine but I have not come to love Rose's the way I love the other bottlings so I am not the best judge. my 94 may be a rose lovers 98
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6/23/2016 - ricknat1 wrote: 93 Points
I much preferred this to the 82 Oen but was not as much in love as others were
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5/21/2015 - T.E.D. wrote: 95 Points
Consumed from magnum at Cut in Las Vegas. Color was borderline Amber with the slightest hue of rose. Nose was still suprisingly crisp and fresh, with toast, flora and rose and crisp stone. Effervescence was still strong indicating yourhfulness. The palate was mouthwatering, with nutty biscuit, berry, light oak and some yeasty toffee - definitely showing secondary notes as expected. I did not notice much strawberry as indicated in other notes. I can see this wine having time left, but no need to wait. The best champagne I can recall ever drinking.
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3/26/2015 - tinybubbles Likes this wine: 93 Points
From magnum. I've had better bottles. Balanced sweetness with notable strawberry. Acidic back palate. More straightforward and one-dimensional than other experiences, and the flavors seemed to fall flat. Still, a nice wine but now may be the time to drink it given this experience from a large format.
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12/16/2014 - matt5588 Likes this wine: 94 Points
What a great way to start a dinner with 6 friends...a magnum. touches of strawberries, raspberries with a scent of rose were the highlights. The mild effervescence also added to the enjoyment. Everyone at the table was very impressed with scores of 93 to 96
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11/9/2014 - johnh1001 wrote: 96 Points
Absolutely lovely. Brilliant sweetness, and subtle effervesce
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5/10/2013 - bongos wrote:
This bottle seemed a little tired. Nose of mascerated strawberries, white mushroom and cherries. Palate didn't live up to the nose and was a bit maderized.
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5/8/2013 - Lype Likes this wine: 94 Points
To me this one defines the concept of rose champagne. Strong and beautiful vintage which will last in geological terms. One of those moments which should not be soiled by analysing, just sit back and enjoy the unique ride. Heaven.
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10/20/2012 - Burgundy Al wrote: 94 Points
50th Birthday Celebration Dinner with Wine (Chez Schmidt - Chicago IL): From magnum. Starts with aromas of strawberry and raspberry with some rose and summer flowers. Very ripe and intense bt also lots of balance and textures onto long, elegant finish.
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6/7/2012 - Burgundy Al wrote: 94 Points
Acker Merrall BYO (Sepia - Chicago IL): From magnum. Rose petal aromas with ripe strawberry and a very positive Pinot Noir character. Rich and opulent, but enough acidity, energy and minerality that it also comes across as weightless. Very clean, long, precise finish. Thanks, Rob!
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6/7/2012 - tooch wrote: 93 Points
Acker BYO - Chicago (Sepia - Chicago, IL): Very nice nose of cream, roses, and graham cracker. Loved the rosey, floral tones on the palate with great cut and finesse - add to that some serious depth. It's a great wine that came across young and almost shy. Think this has a lot of life ahead of it - maybe another 15 years before it begins to decline from its apogee. Great stuff.
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10/29/2011 - acyso wrote: 98 Points
HDH auction tasting at Tru (Chicago, IL): From magnum. Pale amber in colour. Notes of apricots on the very reticent nose. Stunningly beautiful on the palate; fresh and sophisticated on the palate, with tons of fresh peach and apricot flavours, balanced by lots of acidity. In fact, everything is in perfect balance here, and while it doesn't have a bring-you-to-your-knees painful-to-drink intensity, it's more than made up for in sheer elegance and beauty. Simply incredible.
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3/16/2011 - Pacalet wrote: 93 Points
An evening of Doms (Uncle John's): Color is the same as the Oenotheque version of this wine and the body is the same thing. But the nose is vastly different, the regular version more developed and fuller but a tad less exciting and need a slightly higher temp to enjoy. The wine itself is starting to develop secondary flavors so it is actually advisable to cellar this for a few more years to fully enjoy this very well made wine.
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9/11/2010 - esburgundy Does not like this wine: 90 Points
Had too much funk in the nose for me good not like the 85 which is much sexier and more well balanced
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3/18/2010 - BradE wrote:
More maturity on this bottle than expected or is typical. That actually suited me fine, although it didn't have the punch that a 90 should have. Overall a beauty, and would drink with pleasure anytime.
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3/30/2008 - jamiekutch wrote:
Dom Pérignon - A Retrospective Tasting with Chef de Cave Richard Geoffroy (The Inn at Spanish Bay, Pebble Beach): Ripe and very Red Burgundy like. Maturing, but far from evolved or old. One taster found a note of smokiness. I found both this 1990 as well as the Enotheque to not fit my taste. While I can appreciate the wine and what the vintage has given, it doesn't taste classic or timeless.
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1/21/2008 - Totatalitarian wrote:
From magnum. Very pretty and fresh, with a strawberry fruit profile. While I liked this, I don't think rose champagnes are really my cup of tea.
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5/3/2007 - JeffW wrote: 100 Points
Perfect. Drank from a magnum for a birthday celebration....probably had an affect on the description... The balance of effervescence, power, fruit and freshness are the best I've seen this wine show in the last eight years...my last bottle.
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5/1/2007 - dant wrote: 96 Points
beautiful toasty mature but at its peak
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1/1/2006 - winbig007 wrote:
Wonderful and a wonderful occassion - Could still have more time in the bottle.
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1/1/2006 - momandc wrote:
We opened this special bottle on New Year's Eve and loved it. The color was a beautiful coppery rose. It was pleasantly tart with fresh undertones of red fruits and a long, delicious finish.
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9/30/2005 - burningstarIV wrote: 95 Points
Salmon/copper color, beautiful baby bubbles. Heady, Burgundian nose, with some peaches, raspberries, and a healthy dose of yeast. There is a lot of everything on the palate, but there is a finesse and a strucure that allows this powerhouse to remain balanced. Finishes long, long, long and silky. 50+5+12+19+9=95
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3/23/2003 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 95 Points
Star-bright rich copper with an orange sheen, very fine mousse; complex, harmonious, toast, nuts (cashew?), candied orange and figs, smoky accent (Bowmore!); flawless, rich and rounded, 1990-style but beautifully balanced by ripe, fresh acidity, excellent focus; relatively light finish, good length. Exotic and elegant.
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