A great bottle to kick off mother's day weekend. My bride and I really enjoyed this one at PNP. Polished off quickly with nothing to check in on for day two.
👃Nose: Aromas of lemon zest, green apple, pear and toast.
👅Palate: Fine bubble. Medium to high acidity; medium body; crispy and minerality. Elegant texture with good length and balance. After 2 hours opening more sweet and plump.
Drink now and may hold another 3-5 years for aging potential.
🧮Overall Rating: 93
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Not sure what has changed since, but this bottle is quite good. The kind of balance and elegance that you find in top tier bottles can be found here. Acidity is super high, of course.
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Delamotte's 2014 Blanc de Blancs offers beautiful aromas and flavors of green apples, clementines, white peaches, raw almonds and bread dough. Light golden, medium-bodied and with a brisk small bead, it delivers its flavors with lively acids and a precise thread of minerality that is pervasive on the mid-palate and lengthy finish. Well-cellared bottles should provide pleasure for many years to come. Drink now-2040.
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My btl at our Old Guys Potluck Holiday Lunch at Lonny's. I'm still unclear how connected this label is to Salon but it's obviously all the better for it. This is far more accessible on release than Salon & still a decent value at the $80 I paid for it. Salon is way out of my reach now. Vibrant. classy & intense w/a sappy array of citrus & stone fruit, spice and beautiful minerality. One of my favs of today's lunch and one of my fav BdBs! 93+ I guess it's too much to hope this will won't break $100 soon! I bought the '08 on release for $60.
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OG Lunch - Holiday Party (Lonny's Place, Mpls): Had this for a second time in a couple weeks. Very similar profile to that note, but it resonated more today. Love these, well made and a style I appreciate.
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Champagne and Sushi (Masu, Mpls, MN): Pale gold color. Drank a glass over 40 minutes. An almost sweet essence to the pretty fruit, pear, floral, yeasty, some fine minerality. This is nice but still not quite fully there. Give this a couple years.
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Nice blanc de blanc. Agree it’s in the richer side but not excessive by any means. Great nose of lemon, hard candy. Real pleasent acidity. Lemon, citrus, a hint of curd with a nice mouthfeel. This goes down way too easy.
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100% Chardonnay from Mesnil-sur-Oger (20 %) Avize (20 %), Oger (20 %) and Cramant, Chouilly, Oiry . Aged 6 yrs on less. 12% Abv. Background: Maison de Champagne Delamotte founded in 1760, located in the heart of the Côte des Blancs. Proprietors: Laurent-Perrier Group (along with prestigious Champagne Salon as SalonDelamotte) Director: Didier Depond Cellar Master: Michel Fauconnet
A(ccuray)=2: Pale straw. Fine mousse and perlage. B(alance)=3: Modulated components in harmony. C(omplexity)=2: Citrus, tree fruits, toast, chalky minerality. D(epth)=1: Lifted mouthfeel. Good length and finish.
Wine Tally Score [2,3,2,1]= 8/10
Understated elegance.
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Hold. High acid structure and power. Very lean and focused - all chalk, lemons/citrus/on day1. Much more enjoyable on day2 -acidity tones down, but it's still lemon with a touch of green apple. Lots of potential.
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Super fine bubbles. Tart, high acid fruit that makes this a must with food. Not a ton of autolytic notes, here, it feels light and lively on the palette. Great champagne that outperforms so many of the grand marques.
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(Disgorged 2021, 100% Chardonnay from Grand Cru villages Le Mesnil, Avize, Oger, Cramant, Oiry and Chouilly, dosage 6,5 gr/L) Lovely explosion with roasted coffee and with a bowl of nuts as well at first, underneath is green apples and creamy notes in a delicious way. Still youthful acidity with green apples on the palate with nuts and a lovely oiliness of lime zesty notes on the lengthy finish. (Best 2024-2039)
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This really surprised as the Delamottes can be all over the place for me. Wow, again, opened this for a fun Saturday breakfast, or was crisp, pure, popping Chardonnay fruit, with plush bubbles, plenty of mineral, sweet and dried apple peel and apple skins, and a whisper of citrus!
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Totally surprising, incredible champagne. Well rounded, smooth. Light bubbles reminiscent of Krug. Full body, great acidity. Was excellent with raw oysters. Perfect wine, will buy more!
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This is excellent; still young and with upside in the cellar; fresh and mineral driven with green apple and lemon. A pretty classic BdB from Mesnil; good depth, a bit of austerity on the finish. Very good value.
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First bottle and not the best showing. I love Brut but this had little to no sweetness. None. Mouth feel is incredible but just not sure about the fruit. Hmm...
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unyielding on pop and pour, even the acid having a hard time pushing through. After a little, some sour apple, a bit of an herbal/grassy note, slightly medicinal. Never really came around for me over 2 hours or so, not sure if just young and dumb or just not my style.
Not a strong vintage for this cuvée. The Chardonnay fruit seems overripe, showing some interesting complexity but also a harsh bite and unpleasant volatile notes.
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5/10/2024 - MJP Hou TX Likes this wine: 93 Points
A great bottle to kick off mother's day weekend. My bride and I really enjoyed this one at PNP. Polished off quickly with nothing to check in on for day two.
93
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5/7/2024 - thkim Likes this wine: 92 Points
찌르는 산도 레몬 숙성향이 어울러지는데 훌륭한 와인임 딱 가격에
걸맞는 정도
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4/25/2024 - Alex Barbera Likes this wine: 93 Points
Zu Austern in Cancale ein Fest
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4/12/2024 - brianwu0812 Likes this wine: 93 Points
📍Region: Champagne🍾, France 🇫🇷
🍇Grape Variety: Chardonnay 100%
🍷Alcohol: ABV: 12%
💵Price: NTD: 2500 in China Airlines DFS
👀Color: Pale gold
👃Nose: Aromas of lemon zest, green apple, pear and toast.
👅Palate: Fine bubble. Medium to high acidity; medium body; crispy and minerality. Elegant texture with good length and balance. After 2 hours opening more sweet and plump.
Drink now and may hold another 3-5 years for aging potential.
🧮Overall Rating: 93
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3/9/2024 - EM_MB Likes this wine: 90 Points
Nice but relatively unremarkable
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2/28/2024 - drwine2001 wrote:
Antoine Jobard/Hudelot-Noëllat Dinner at La Paulée de Los Angeles (Kato, Los Angeles): Light weight, crisp, puckery citrus, and a strong ginger note. Only moderate intensity.
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1/24/2024 - KAT9 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Not sure what has changed since, but this bottle is quite good. The kind of balance and elegance that you find in top tier bottles can be found here. Acidity is super high, of course.
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1/2/2024 - La Cave d'Argent Likes this wine: 94 Points
Delamotte's 2014 Blanc de Blancs offers beautiful aromas and flavors of green apples, clementines, white peaches, raw almonds and bread dough. Light golden, medium-bodied and with a brisk small bead, it delivers its flavors with lively acids and a precise thread of minerality that is pervasive on the mid-palate and lengthy finish. Well-cellared bottles should provide pleasure for many years to come. Drink now-2040.
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12/29/2023 - chablis28 wrote: 93 Points
My btl at our Old Guys Potluck Holiday Lunch at Lonny's. I'm still unclear how connected this label is to Salon but it's obviously all the better for it. This is far more accessible on release than Salon & still a decent value at the $80 I paid for it. Salon is way out of my reach now. Vibrant. classy & intense w/a sappy array of citrus & stone fruit, spice and beautiful minerality. One of my favs of today's lunch and one of my fav BdBs! 93+ I guess it's too much to hope this will won't break $100 soon! I bought the '08 on release for $60.
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12/29/2023 - rocknroller wrote: 93 Points
OG Lunch - Holiday Party (Lonny's Place, Mpls): Had this for a second time in a couple weeks. Very similar profile to that note, but it resonated more today. Love these, well made and a style I appreciate.
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12/27/2023 - decaturwinedude wrote: 92 Points
Immediately appealing, yet still quite young. Vintage Delamotte is a winner in this price range. Good stuff.
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12/18/2023 - JCGuthrie wrote: 92 Points
Hints of ginger on the nose, as well as lemon, white peach and lime pith. Zippy, lean and spicy on the palate. Really nice, glad to have more.
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12/18/2023 - rocknroller wrote: 92 Points
Champagne and Sushi (Masu, Mpls, MN): Pale gold color. Drank a glass over 40 minutes. An almost sweet essence to the pretty fruit, pear, floral, yeasty, some fine minerality. This is nice but still not quite fully there. Give this a couple years.
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11/18/2023 - Sean Tay wrote: 94 Points
5th time tasting with similar score. Medium nose intensity with notes of apple, pear, lemon, biscuit, toast.
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11/8/2023 - Sean Tay wrote: 94 Points
Medium nose intensity with notes of apple, pear, lemon, biscuit, toast. Already started its drinking window. Drinking well now.
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10/28/2023 - Burgundy Al wrote: 91 Points
La Fête du Champagne Grand Tasting (Pier Sixty - New York NY): Walkaround tasting with the producers. Charming already now with very good depth and balance. Sneaky good length. Very good value Champagne.
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10/16/2023 - Rywyine Likes this wine:
Nice blanc de blanc. Agree it’s in the richer side but not excessive by any means. Great nose of lemon, hard candy. Real pleasent acidity. Lemon, citrus, a hint of curd with a nice mouthfeel. This goes down way too easy.
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9/11/2023 - Lord of the Bottles Likes this wine: 90 Points
Somewhat richer than the NV BdB but same sort of style. Pale lemon. Very crisp. As others have noted needs years 89-90/100 for now.
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9/9/2023 - WineTally Likes this wine:
100% Chardonnay
from Mesnil-sur-Oger (20 %)
Avize (20 %), Oger (20 %) and
Cramant, Chouilly, Oiry .
Aged 6 yrs on less.
12% Abv.
Background: Maison de Champagne Delamotte founded in 1760,
located in the heart of the Côte des Blancs.
Proprietors: Laurent-Perrier Group (along with prestigious Champagne Salon as SalonDelamotte)
Director: Didier Depond
Cellar Master: Michel Fauconnet
A(ccuray)=2: Pale straw. Fine mousse and perlage.
B(alance)=3: Modulated components in harmony.
C(omplexity)=2: Citrus, tree fruits, toast, chalky minerality.
D(epth)=1: Lifted mouthfeel. Good length and finish.
Wine Tally Score [2,3,2,1]= 8/10
Understated elegance.
For story-telling label graphics, see:
[https://www.instagram.com/p/C1MhgFysBlH/]
[https://www.facebook.com/WineTally/]
For a video explanation of WineTally (in 8 languages) see:
Wine Tally on www.youtube.com.
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8/30/2023 - mattyboy_ wrote:
Hold. High acid structure and power. Very lean and focused - all chalk, lemons/citrus/on day1. Much more enjoyable on day2 -acidity tones down, but it's still lemon with a touch of green apple. Lots of potential.
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8/20/2023 - enthusiastic_amateur Likes this wine: 90 Points
Racy and lean, great minerality and acid. This could age longer, perhaps another 7-10 years?
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7/9/2023 - aquacongas wrote: 91 Points
not blind, at the winery
very fresh, citrus, few brioche notes, reductive style. 91
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6/23/2023 - Bjweiss Likes this wine: 92 Points
Super fine bubbles. Tart, high acid fruit that makes this a must with food. Not a ton of autolytic notes, here, it feels light and lively on the palette. Great champagne that outperforms so many of the grand marques.
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6/14/2023 - Mag357 Likes this wine:
Apples and lemony scents are followed by a rich mouthfeel, framed by fine bubbles ending in a persistent finish. Classic Delamotte.
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5/6/2023 - KAT9 wrote: 90 Points
Very simple bdb. Not giving much, just some mild floral and minerality. On the palate, acidity is very high. Mouth puckering tartness. Meh.
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4/23/2023 - jnewman77 Likes this wine:
Another excellent bottle enjoyed by all. Really was aromatic and firing on all cylinders from the start.
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3/24/2023 - Philolesen Likes this wine: 91 Points
Great minerality, great depth and already now a beautiful wine but can certainly be aged for a long time. would probably drink again in 3-4 years.
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3/21/2023 - mattyboy_ Likes this wine: 92 Points
Citrusy and austere on day 1; much more yellow stone fruited on day 2. A very structured champagne - these 14s will benefit from aging.
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3/4/2023 - drwine2001 wrote:
2023 La Paulee Grand Tasting of 2020 Burgundy (Pier 60, New York): Beautifully crisp, refreshing, high acid wine. Light weight, bitter orange and excellent minerality. Much better than the 2012 I had recently.
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3/1/2023 - Sean Tay wrote: 94 Points
Pronounced bread, yeast, toast, lemon notes. High acidity.
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2/14/2023 - Mag357 Likes this wine:
Fine bubles, discreet and well balanced, lemony aromas and flavours, nothing spectacular but a well made juice and a good effort.
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1/30/2023 - thewiz Likes this wine: 93 Points
(Disgorged 2021, 100% Chardonnay from Grand Cru villages Le Mesnil, Avize, Oger, Cramant, Oiry and Chouilly, dosage 6,5 gr/L)
Lovely explosion with roasted coffee and with a bowl of nuts as well at first, underneath is green apples and creamy notes in a delicious way. Still youthful acidity with green apples on the palate with nuts and a lovely oiliness of lime zesty notes on the lengthy finish.
(Best 2024-2039)
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1/7/2023 - Charlie Carnes wrote: 95 Points
This really surprised as the Delamottes can be all over the place for me. Wow, again, opened this for a fun Saturday breakfast, or was crisp, pure, popping Chardonnay fruit, with plush bubbles, plenty of mineral, sweet and dried apple peel and apple skins, and a whisper of citrus!
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1/1/2023 - enthusiastic_amateur Likes this wine: 95 Points
Totally surprising, incredible champagne. Well rounded, smooth. Light bubbles reminiscent of Krug. Full body, great acidity. Was excellent with raw oysters. Perfect wine, will buy more!
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1/1/2023 - jnewman77 Likes this wine:
This is excellent; still young and with upside in the cellar; fresh and mineral driven with green apple and lemon. A pretty classic BdB from Mesnil; good depth, a bit of austerity on the finish. Very good value.
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12/17/2022 - skyivan wrote: 88 Points
高酸 苹果 柠檬 橘皮 面包 一点无花果味 甜美 余味稍弱 略微氧化
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11/6/2022 - MJP Hou TX wrote:
First bottle and not the best showing. I love Brut but this had little to no sweetness. None. Mouth feel is incredible but just not sure about the fruit. Hmm...
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9/8/2022 - mjrobson Likes this wine: 91 Points
Solid - not as good as the 2012. Will give it a bit more time.
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5/31/2022 - Sean Tay wrote: 91 Points
Medium nose with notes of lemon, grapefruit, slight bread and toast. Still youthful and high acidity.
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5/29/2022 - grafstrb wrote:
Tight Nose. airy; medium richness; tight. HOLD.
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4/1/2022 - adnorthup wrote:
unyielding on pop and pour, even the acid having a hard time pushing through. After a little, some sour apple, a bit of an herbal/grassy note, slightly medicinal. Never really came around for me over 2 hours or so, not sure if just young and dumb or just not my style.
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3/30/2022 - petitblanc wrote: 84 Points
Not a strong vintage for this cuvée. The Chardonnay fruit seems overripe, showing some interesting complexity but also a harsh bite and unpleasant volatile notes.
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3/30/2022 - affordableCollector wrote: 92 Points
fine bubble stream. light gold, in color. honeysuckle, crisp pear, white peach, lime, grapefruit, lemon pith, citrus peel, fresh loaf, brioche, chalk, mineral. creamy, brioche, bright acidity, on an elegant finish.
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3/16/2022 - Sean Tay wrote: 93 Points
Distinct bread, yeast, toast, green apple, lemon notes.
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3/12/2022 - Burgundy Al wrote: 91 Points
La Paulée de New York Grand Tasting (Pier Sixty, Chelsea Piers - New York NY): Walk around tasting. Plenty of orchard fruit, some citrus zest, with toasted baguette aromas. Similar flavors with a firm and slightly backward character for now, but very good potential. Likely a very good value BdB.
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