This just needs time to open up in the glass. After while this showed as a lean, elegant wine with fine mousse, intense aromas of citrus, nuts, yeasty brioche. The finish was long, and balanced.
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Wine tasting at La Terre: Probably one of the most open and giving Bouchards that I’ve had. I didn’t like the 2011 LHL as that was a little lean and imprecise, but this had a good balance between citrus and exotic fruit. These need a lot of time to fully express themselves and this was in a good place, being more pleasurable than intellectual.
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Weightless elegance. Rare harmony in this lovely champagne. Very transparent and well made . Pure fresh fruit, nice touch of sweetness, lovely minerality. Well balanced acidity. A work of art
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For some reason, this thing exploded on me after I had untwisted the cage but one time... and more than half the contents geysered out. After spending the next half an hour cleaning up the mess, I finally gave it a go. It was glorious. Pure fruit. Acid perfectly melded. Real lovely texture and mouthfeel. A wow champagne from a great grower.
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Champagne Happy Hour at Pizzeria Bebu (Chicago, IL): An excellent 2011 champagne, not suffering from any lean greenness or other weakness. To be sure, this is a leaner wine, and despite the high acid here, this feels like it has very good weight and depth. There's this weird dichotomy here where the wine feels simultaneously creamy and lean, but somehow it works.
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V11 2018 disgorgement; nice mousse, bubbles are medium, very nice fruit forward aromatics, had next to Selose VO which made for a very fun compare and contrast of two distinctly different styles. Very nice acidity, good minerality, citrus component but stone fruit dominated, very fresh, plenty of time on this disgorgment. 91-92
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MASTER CHAMPAGNE; 1/28/2019-4/30/2019 (WESTIN PALACE MILANO): Degustato alla cieca. Brut Nature. ( deg. 04/2018) Erboso, volatile e pungente, molto simile alla vinosità schietta e sparata di Remy Massin. Freschezza minerale, balsamica e tanto parmigiano. Vaporoso, respira, ti viene incontro. Bocca non precisa, all' inizio resta la nota casearia, un pò sconclusionata. Acidità fuori dal coro. Sembra un metodo ancestrale lasciato a briglia sciolta, che va un pò in tutte le direzioni senza aver ancora trovato una strada. Solita trama ovattata, tenera ed emolliente di Bouchard, ma lontano dai millesimi migliori.
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Dinner at S.K.Y. (Chicago, IL): Disgorged April 2018, V 11. I absolutely hate the design of the labels on the Bouchard wines. They are impossible to decipher and have so little colour contrast on them they're also nigh impossible to read. And for all that pain, they're not even good to look at. Why not just put two grey rectangles on the bottle and call it a day? 50 points on the label design. Fortunately, the wine is much better than that, especially this 2011 base, which doesn't suffer from any thin green characteristics. At the end of the day, this isn't my preferred style of champagne, as I think it's a little too lean for my taste. Nice overall freshness and acidity; I just wish that the palate was broader and more potent than it is.
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Had a few bottles from the same batch past 6 months. All were very good, same for this bottle. Disgorged in April 2018. Nice generous grapefruits and red berries on the nose and palate with precise acidity, really like his Pinot Noir based champagne
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Off the wine list at Carbone in NYC. I love this wine. It’s so very interesting and mineral and a bit more spicy and herbal and all of that fun stuff. Different than standard champagne, but so very well done. Really enjoyed.
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Had another bottle from the same batch of wines I purchased, 2011 vintage and disgorged in April 2018. Pretty consistent as my note below. Another good bottle from Cedric Bouchard, I really like his Pinot noir base champagne, the style is quite unique and super vino-like, if drink this wine on the second or third day of opening, it will be like tasting a proper nice blanc closer to a good Chablis in my view.
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Vintage 2011, disgorged in April 2018. Drank it over two days, on the first day, nose showed white flowers, raspberry, cranberry foam, and ginger, on the palate, fruits were good but not very complex, however, the wine opened up materially the next day, showing great on the palate with hint of red berries, light honey, crushed red and white flowres, lemon candy, and minerals.
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5/20/2023 - Peter Spijker Likes this wine: 94 Points
This just needs time to open up in the glass. After while this showed as a lean, elegant wine with fine mousse, intense aromas of citrus, nuts, yeasty brioche. The finish was long, and balanced.
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3/30/2023 - melvinyeowq wrote: 93 Points
Wine tasting at La Terre: Probably one of the most open and giving Bouchards that I’ve had. I didn’t like the 2011 LHL as that was a little lean and imprecise, but this had a good balance between citrus and exotic fruit. These need a lot of time to fully express themselves and this was in a good place, being more pleasurable than intellectual.
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6/8/2022 - joe acs Likes this wine: 95 Points
First wine night with Wine Dogs !
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7/21/2021 - DK Amateur Likes this wine:
(Uformel) A champagne with an extra gear, showing a complexity and length of taste that is breathtaking. So good.
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8/30/2020 - goska Likes this wine: 93 Points
Weightless elegance. Rare harmony in this lovely champagne. Very transparent and well made . Pure fresh fruit, nice touch of sweetness, lovely minerality. Well balanced acidity. A work of art
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6/6/2020 - asparagus Likes this wine: 92 Points
For some reason, this thing exploded on me after I had untwisted the cage but one time... and more than half the contents geysered out. After spending the next half an hour cleaning up the mess, I finally gave it a go. It was glorious. Pure fruit. Acid perfectly melded. Real lovely texture and mouthfeel. A wow champagne from a great grower.
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11/7/2019 - acyso wrote: 90 Points
Champagne Happy Hour at Pizzeria Bebu (Chicago, IL): An excellent 2011 champagne, not suffering from any lean greenness or other weakness. To be sure, this is a leaner wine, and despite the high acid here, this feels like it has very good weight and depth. There's this weird dichotomy here where the wine feels simultaneously creamy and lean, but somehow it works.
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6/20/2019 - Vinophiliac559 wrote: 92 Points
V11 2018 disgorgement; nice mousse, bubbles are medium, very nice fruit forward aromatics, had next to Selose VO which made for a very fun compare and contrast of two distinctly different styles. Very nice acidity, good minerality, citrus component but stone fruit dominated, very fresh, plenty of time on this disgorgment. 91-92
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4/5/2019 - galenico wrote: 87 Points
MASTER CHAMPAGNE; 1/28/2019-4/30/2019 (WESTIN PALACE MILANO): Degustato alla cieca. Brut Nature. ( deg. 04/2018)
Erboso, volatile e pungente, molto simile alla vinosità schietta e sparata di Remy Massin. Freschezza minerale, balsamica e tanto parmigiano. Vaporoso, respira, ti viene incontro.
Bocca non precisa, all' inizio resta la nota casearia, un pò sconclusionata.
Acidità fuori dal coro. Sembra un metodo ancestrale lasciato a briglia sciolta, che va un pò in tutte le direzioni senza aver ancora trovato una strada. Solita trama ovattata, tenera ed emolliente di Bouchard, ma lontano dai millesimi migliori.
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3/18/2019 - Torchy wrote: 91 Points
Cederic Bouchard tasting with add-ons. (LystPå resturant Bodø): 150 boxes made. 100% PN. Light buttery tones. Fresh and clean minerality. Fruity style with yellow fruit.
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3/13/2019 - Nanda wrote: 90 Points
A very nice and fresh Bechalin, if a little light in concentration and richness. Good, but I’ve had better vintages / bottles of this cuvée.
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3/13/2019 - acyso wrote: 90 Points
Dinner at S.K.Y. (Chicago, IL): Disgorged April 2018, V 11. I absolutely hate the design of the labels on the Bouchard wines. They are impossible to decipher and have so little colour contrast on them they're also nigh impossible to read. And for all that pain, they're not even good to look at. Why not just put two grey rectangles on the bottle and call it a day? 50 points on the label design. Fortunately, the wine is much better than that, especially this 2011 base, which doesn't suffer from any thin green characteristics. At the end of the day, this isn't my preferred style of champagne, as I think it's a little too lean for my taste. Nice overall freshness and acidity; I just wish that the palate was broader and more potent than it is.
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2/22/2019 - Ms. Bubblehead Likes this wine:
Had a few bottles from the same batch past 6 months. All were very good, same for this bottle. Disgorged in April 2018. Nice generous grapefruits and red berries on the nose and palate with precise acidity, really like his Pinot Noir based champagne
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2/9/2019 - MC2 Wines Likes this wine:
Off the wine list at Carbone in NYC. I love this wine. It’s so very interesting and mineral and a bit more spicy and herbal and all of that fun stuff. Different than standard champagne, but so very well done. Really enjoyed.
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12/23/2018 - Burgnick wrote:
Disgorged in April 2018. Citris and mineral-driven but rather linear and one-dimensional.
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12/18/2018 - Ms. Bubblehead Likes this wine:
Had another bottle from the same batch of wines I purchased, 2011 vintage and disgorged in April 2018. Pretty consistent as my note below.
Another good bottle from Cedric Bouchard, I really like his Pinot noir base champagne, the style is quite unique and super vino-like, if drink this wine on the second or third day of opening, it will be like tasting a proper nice blanc closer to a good Chablis in my view.
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12/5/2018 - Ms. Bubblehead Likes this wine:
Vintage 2011, disgorged in April 2018.
Drank it over two days, on the first day, nose showed white flowers, raspberry, cranberry foam, and ginger, on the palate, fruits were good but not very complex, however, the wine opened up materially the next day, showing great on the palate with hint of red berries, light honey, crushed red and white flowres, lemon candy, and minerals.
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