Entry level my tooshy! Don't know if it's 2008 magic, or Cedric magic...but this is a fine bottle of suds here! Starts out with a fresh burst of lemon and grapefruit squeeze...cut with tiny tingly bubbles...a little ginger snap zip...the fruit is ample and quite crystalline...peach, quince, crisp apple...some cherry...age has brought on a wonderful calm sheen of honey butter, dried apple rings, ginger almond creme...not much of a mousse, yet still creamy. There is this great play of youthful and bright sours to some nuanced ox and lees...kind of reminds me what Krug 164 might me like in 10 more years? Chalky minerality, impeccable balance...really drinking elegant and attention getting...what can I say...I LOVE THIS WINE!
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Pretty spectacular bottle. These wines are a little strange because they have the richness, in this case both from the '08 vintage and the style of the wine, that drinks like a high-end vintage Champagne, but it is missing the strong autolytic notes and the chalkiness. Age has tamed some of the more overt fruitiness that I can get from younger versions. Deep and resonant, the "Burgundy with bubbles" label is very apt in this case. This is the oldest and best Val Vialine that I've had, but I'm not sure if this is a bit of an outlier because the '08's are so strong.
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Gogget i 2010. Pen, men litt forsiktig nese med gule frukter, stein og svakt gjærbakst. Vakker og lite tegn på noe aldring her - kunne dog ha bydd litt mer på seg selv. Meget flott kremet mousse - strålende munnfølelse. Konsentrert elegant og ren frukt med et ypperlig syrespill. Nok spenst og nerve til å delta i Bislett games. Fast og presis utgang med lang finish. Mineraler og syre sparker friskt fra seg i ettersmaken. Meget bra innsats fra unge Bouchard her. Nydelig nå, men vil kunne utvikle seg videre og tåle mange år i kjelleren.
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Vintages ending in 8 (La Trompette, London): Rich, fresh, creamy. Nice weight — aperitif or food. Creamy mousse and a fine and very persistent stream of bubbles. This is really lovely. ****
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Oh mama this is drinking well tonight. Its perfectly balanced. The bubbles and acidity are in harmony with the crisp orchard fruit and spice. It's just in a perfect lip smacking place. A terrific value and a great wine.
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Very nice champagne. Lemon, good acidity, a lot of freshness mixed with some sweetness also. It was even better on day 2 with the last third of the bottle.
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Terrific value. Tropical fruits, apple, pear and red berries. Honey and dough. Really lovely on the nose. Palate is rich but balanced very well by acidity. Offers layers of complexity. Easy to drink alone but should pair with all kinds of food. Very versatile. No reason to hold on to these but they should continue to age well.
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This is such an overrated Champagne in my opinion. The nose suggests red fruits and sulphur. On the palate, it is big and rich and extremely dry with eye-watering sour flavors of lemon, wet rocks, wax, and (again!) a very prominent burnt match/sulphur note. There are hardly any yeasty-bready notes to be found. It is all lemon and sulfur. Racy and lively, it's good, but not worth the hype.
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Beautiful. The main impression is of soil and mineral - it is briny and saline. There are savory red fruits too in there, but on this night the wine is about salt. And it is texturally astounding - silky and so elegant, such finesse, but with great precision and focus. There is piercing acidity but it is more than well balanced. Top top notch. I wish I had more.
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Blind champagne tasting of 10 bottles for me the best, the first smell was very reductive although the wine was made in a oxidative style, yeast and brioche aromas are dominating, fresh roasted bread crust, much too young, gets better with air, for many tea sausage spread in the nose. I can understand this feeling. for me the winner, potential to 95, the most complex champagne of the afternoon
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super. This is all about skins: strawberry skin, cherry skin, peach skin, lemon rind, and limestone shell, with croissant crust. Do not drink too cold, or in a glass too small to breathe.
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Appearance: Light to medium yellow Nose: Ripe yellow fruit, yellow apple, peach, some honey, almond, flowery with white flowers. Palate: Definitely dry, yellow and red apples, good concentration, some spice, rather high acidity. Summary: Almost blanc de blancs style despite being a blanc de noirs, 91 p.
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Lot M08, disgorged April 2010 for others who also keep track of such minutiae. It's a touch austere and sharp for the first few sips, very yeasty and bready with a powerful acid spine, but with some air it really fills out with layers of fruit, minerality and faint nutty and other savoury elements emerging beneath the yeasty/bready flavours. The acidity sticks out initially but integrates nicely with a little air keeping this razor sharp and incredibly precise and the balance and sense of finesse here are remarkable.
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Clear yellow colour. An elegant nose with ripe citrus fruit, some yellow apple and white peach, hints of melon, honey and almonds, white flowers and a discrete perfume note, some chalky minerality. Slightly more than medium bodied, with ripe fruit - citrus, red and yellow apples and some peach - on the attack, followed by an intense mineral character and high acidity. The aftertaste is long and fresh, with green apple, citrus and mineral aromas.
I'd say that the very first attack almost has sweetness in it because of its ripe fruit, although that might be misunderstood in a negative way, before it gives way to the quite dry mid-palate character. There is elegance and purity throughout. Drinkable now for its freshness, but should definitely be able to develop well for many years.
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Very simple fruit for the first two glasses. It was left for four days in the fridge. Massive improvement and it emerges as a beautiful wine with nice acidity. Still however the simples of Cedric Bouchards wines. 90-91p
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A great showing - the fruit has incredibly purity, and the minerality is saline and very chalky, and the texture is all silk. Improved with air over many hours.
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Doesn't have the precision of 2007. This version is more forward, fuller, riper but not sur mature. Balanced - no sign of heat on the back-palate, great acidity, good depth. Citrus driven aromatics and palate. Long on the finish. Doesn't speak of the soils like 2007, but I suspect 2008 will age really nicely ...no hurry on these.
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1hr of air. fantastic again. bright fresh lemon & lees aromas on the nose. even more bracing acidity on the palate than last time. delicate yet powerful.
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Another Friday afternoon at Domaine (Domaine Wine Storage, Chicago IL): nose: striking nose that has a linear quality to it with fresh tones of cherries, red florals, mineral tones, fresh picked berries, white fruits and some citrus tones as well. Very good depth, though the nose is a bit on the tight side as well.
taste: medium bodied with sharp medium/high acidity and tones of cherries, red florals, minerals and white fruits with some citrus as well. The structure is fairly big right now as the acidity is a bit overpowering.
overall: I do enjoy this bubbly. I would love to see how this develops with age, but it is pretty tempting right now to open a bottle.
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Pale yellow; fresh and elegant nose of berries and lees; with some air, a strawberry shortcake note emerges. On the palate, it is powerful, but precise and balanced, with notes of crisp apples, toast and fruit cup. Moist pound cake emerges into a long, chalky finish. Really delicious.
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2 hrs of air. beautiful nose of chalk, sea breeze, white flowers & meyer lemon. not quite as forward as the '09. elegant but with great depth & intensity. tremendous.
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Nice golden color, very fine nose of white flowers, peach, citrus fruit and yeast. Very fine mousse with an approachable and full palate. Nice long yeasty and toasty finish, good acid balance. Already very enjoyable and this is super value for the money.
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Light straw. So bright with chalky, mineral, crushed stone aromas, hints of hazelnut, vanilla pod, cucumber and honeydew. More cherry and raspberry begin to emerge on nose towards the final glasses. Massive acidity and light mousse, flavors of baked lemon pith and tart apple and cherry skin with subtle hints of graham cracker & sweet almond meat on finish. Driven by its intense acidity and austerity there is nice elegance and autolytic texture. Stellar.
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Same specs as last one with disgorgement of April 2010. Aromas of grapefruit, green apple, red berries, minerality and some biscuity yeastiness. Fresh and vibrant with ripe fruits but countered with wonderful bright acidity to keep it pure and focused. The ripeness would almost make you think new world, but the acidity and minerality tell you otherwise. Good length.
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Disgorged April 2010. Really very tasty already. Not as serious as some other Cedric Bouchard wines I've had but there is some minerality and spark to it. Really enjoyable.
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En helt strålende Champagne!! Aggressiv mousse som roer seg etter noen minutter i glasset, herlig frukt av røde epler og bringebær. En fantastisk mineralitet og matchende syre. Lang. Denne er pur ung og vil bare bli bedre i årene som kommer. Til kr 259 er dette det beste Champagne kjøpet jeg har hatt!
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Dry as an old bone sitting in the Death Valley sun. Serious shit and not for everyone. A Double Diamond Champagne. Experts will get it ~ others are likely to find too intense. This ain't Yellow Label.
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taste: well balanced with a real creamy medium/full feel with medium/high acidity that shows off the youth. Well balanced with good depth and tones of fresh picked citrus', bread, white fruits, minerals and some bits of pears
overall: this had a 4/10 disgorgement. Could use some time to fully come together, but very irresistible right now. Was shocked when I was told that this had no dosage
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Probably improving with more complexity and Pinot flavors. At times there was a unique dark cherry flavor. Good and worth the $$. Disgorged April 10; Version 08.
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An opulent effort. Ripe apples and brioche. Not your grandfather's Champagne- there is nothing delicate or demure about this. I'm a fan- and that's not considering the terrific QPR.
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Very fine nose , fine effervescence / freshness but structure and elegance wityh notes of yellow fruits, length and good acidity. Class and finesse / a well made 100% Pinot Noir Champagne from a talented wine grower.
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What really sets this apart is the easy nature of this wine -gossamer weight -I almost thought it was like a fine light lemonade with incredibly delicate bubbles. Lemon and grapefruit dominate -almost Chablis like with a very fine balance and so easy to drink on a hot afternoon this could easily become a favorite afternoon deck bubbly. There is a nice fruit ripeness here with a clean and precise finish. A little like Selose light and with far less minerality. Not sure this is one to age -but than again it is so tasty & easy to drink that there is no need to.
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For those unfamiliar with this champagne (like I was) the vintage is provided, although it is not obvious. On the back it lists the date of disgorgement on "Avril 2010" and the says " V 08" thereby letting you know it came from 2008. This champagne was absolutely spectacular, and as suggested by M. Bouchard (not directly suggested to me, but by word of mouth), it showed much more aromatics with a gentle decant and out of a regular wine glass. The aromas nearly jump out at you with lemon, brioche, grapefruit, strawberry patch, coconut and fresh ginger with minerality in spades. Showing fresh apple and citrus and a nice yeasty flavors on the palate, it has great texture with a slight creaminess and citrus-like acidity with a wonderful structure of minerality that supports it to the long finish.
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notes from memory from new years, so take it FWIW. very yeasty, reminded me of a Billecart-Salmon. Nice zippy lemon zest and some apple. Surprised to see so many ratings under 90. Serious quality champagne at $50
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I'm a "Champagne is Champagne" guy, but I drank this alongside a standard issue NV from a big Champagne house, and the Bouchard was miles better. More richness, like a New World Chard, but with some acidity and, of course, bubbles. Pretty nice wine, if you have to drink bubbly. Which you do every now and then.
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Followed a 2006 Ulysse Collin BdN, so not exactly fair context for this to show its best, given the big personality of the Collin. Still, I found this to be very tight and one-dimensional, if not clean and precise. Much less impressed with this vintage than its two predecessors.
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A crowd pleaser but also a great champagne. At under $50 it screams quality. Great minerality with just hints of granny smith apple. (I could drink this all day.) No dosage.
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Otroligt doft, gröna äpplen jordgubbar, vanilj. Tydlig smak av pinot. ingen att tänka för mycket på utan bara att dricka. En av de bättre odlarna i champagne och det här är hans kanske mest förföriska vin. Inte komplext utan passar de flesta.
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7/6/2022 - Mrbuzz Likes this wine: 96 Points
Entry level my tooshy! Don't know if it's 2008 magic, or Cedric magic...but this is a fine bottle of suds here! Starts out with a fresh burst of lemon and grapefruit squeeze...cut with tiny tingly bubbles...a little ginger snap zip...the fruit is ample and quite crystalline...peach, quince, crisp apple...some cherry...age has brought on a wonderful calm sheen of honey butter, dried apple rings, ginger almond creme...not much of a mousse, yet still creamy. There is this great play of youthful and bright sours to some nuanced ox and lees...kind of reminds me what Krug 164 might me like in 10 more years? Chalky minerality, impeccable balance...really drinking elegant and attention getting...what can I say...I LOVE THIS WINE!
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5/8/2022 - adnorthup wrote:
Pop and pour, rich, medium body, great fruit. Wonderful as always.
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12/18/2020 - asparagus Likes this wine: 93 Points
a killer "entry level" wine. cedric bouchard + 2008 = wow. fruit, minerality, tension, mouthfeel and superb length.
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11/15/2020 - western Likes this wine: 94 Points
Superb. Still so fresh.
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12/27/2019 - Seafoam Manor wrote: 95 Points
Pretty spectacular bottle. These wines are a little strange because they have the richness, in this case both from the '08 vintage and the style of the wine, that drinks like a high-end vintage Champagne, but it is missing the strong autolytic notes and the chalkiness. Age has tamed some of the more overt fruitiness that I can get from younger versions. Deep and resonant, the "Burgundy with bubbles" label is very apt in this case. This is the oldest and best Val Vialine that I've had, but I'm not sure if this is a bit of an outlier because the '08's are so strong.
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7/15/2019 - sfqwino wrote: 90 Points
Delicious!
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6/26/2019 - cweiss wrote:
Drinking beautifully. "Vinosity" as always.
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9/23/2018 - hajoha wrote: 91 Points
Gogget i 2010.
Pen, men litt forsiktig nese med gule frukter, stein og svakt gjærbakst.
Vakker og lite tegn på noe aldring her - kunne dog ha bydd litt mer på seg selv.
Meget flott kremet mousse - strålende munnfølelse.
Konsentrert elegant og ren frukt med et ypperlig syrespill.
Nok spenst og nerve til å delta i Bislett games.
Fast og presis utgang med lang finish.
Mineraler og syre sparker friskt fra seg i ettersmaken.
Meget bra innsats fra unge Bouchard her.
Nydelig nå, men vil kunne utvikle seg videre og tåle mange år i kjelleren.
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5/4/2018 - SimonG wrote: 93 Points
Vintages ending in 8 (La Trompette, London): Rich, fresh, creamy. Nice weight — aperitif or food. Creamy mousse and a fine and very persistent stream of bubbles. This is really lovely. ****
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1/4/2018 - EMichels wrote: 92 Points
Good sweetness; Tart acidic edge; Very nice
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7/24/2017 - cweiss wrote:
Bastille Day at Trung and Martha's. Quite a mouthful but a refined mouthful. Drinking well but no hurry.
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1/27/2017 - sjwshiraz wrote:
Lovely Pinot fruit. Very appley and lively. Not the deepest of wines but a great glass nonetheless
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12/24/2016 - jrobs7777 wrote:
Oh mama this is drinking well tonight. Its perfectly balanced. The bubbles and acidity are in harmony with the crisp orchard fruit and spice. It's just in a perfect lip smacking place. A terrific value and a great wine.
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8/14/2016 - rnellans wrote: 92 Points
Precise, mineral, citrus with bright acidity. Not a lot of brioche.
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10/25/2015 - dansamsoe Likes this wine:
Great drink. Lots of fruit and great acidity. Very nice value and champagne
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2/9/2015 - dansamsoe Likes this wine:
Very nice champagne. Lemon, good acidity, a lot of freshness mixed with some sweetness also. It was even better on day 2 with the last third of the bottle.
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1/20/2015 - jrobs7777 wrote:
Terrific value. Tropical fruits, apple, pear and red berries. Honey and dough. Really lovely on the nose. Palate is rich but balanced very well by acidity. Offers layers of complexity. Easy to drink alone but should pair with all kinds of food. Very versatile. No reason to hold on to these but they should continue to age well.
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1/2/2015 - Old School Fan wrote: 89 Points
This is such an overrated Champagne in my opinion. The nose suggests red fruits and sulphur. On the palate, it is big and rich and extremely dry with eye-watering sour flavors of lemon, wet rocks, wax, and (again!) a very prominent burnt match/sulphur note. There are hardly any yeasty-bready notes to be found. It is all lemon and sulfur. Racy and lively, it's good, but not worth the hype.
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10/6/2014 - brooklynguy Likes this wine:
Beautiful. The main impression is of soil and mineral - it is briny and saline. There are savory red fruits too in there, but on this night the wine is about salt. And it is texturally astounding - silky and so elegant, such finesse, but with great precision and focus. There is piercing acidity but it is more than well balanced. Top top notch. I wish I had more.
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10/5/2014 - aquacongas Likes this wine: 93 Points
Blind champagne tasting of 10 bottles
for me the best, the first smell was very reductive although the wine was made in a oxidative style, yeast and brioche aromas are dominating, fresh roasted bread crust, much too young, gets better with air, for many tea sausage spread in the nose. I can understand this feeling. for me the winner, potential to 95, the most complex champagne of the afternoon
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9/14/2013 - EMichels wrote: 91 Points
Great texture; Nice weight
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8/17/2013 - gordoyflaca wrote: 93 Points
super. This is all about skins: strawberry skin, cherry skin, peach skin, lemon rind, and limestone shell, with croissant crust. Do not drink too cold, or in a glass too small to breathe.
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7/30/2013 - Vintomas wrote: 91 Points
Appearance: Light to medium yellow
Nose: Ripe yellow fruit, yellow apple, peach, some honey, almond, flowery with white flowers.
Palate: Definitely dry, yellow and red apples, good concentration, some spice, rather high acidity.
Summary: Almost blanc de blancs style despite being a blanc de noirs, 91 p.
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7/8/2013 - Pacalet Likes this wine: 92 Points
Pretty much same as last time, great value and simply an excellent pinot based champagne.
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7/7/2013 - salil wrote: 93 Points
Lot M08, disgorged April 2010 for others who also keep track of such minutiae. It's a touch austere and sharp for the first few sips, very yeasty and bready with a powerful acid spine, but with some air it really fills out with layers of fruit, minerality and faint nutty and other savoury elements emerging beneath the yeasty/bready flavours. The acidity sticks out initially but integrates nicely with a little air keeping this razor sharp and incredibly precise and the balance and sense of finesse here are remarkable.
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3/31/2013 - Vintomas wrote: 90 Points
Clear yellow colour. An elegant nose with ripe citrus fruit, some yellow apple and white peach, hints of melon, honey and almonds, white flowers and a discrete perfume note, some chalky minerality. Slightly more than medium bodied, with ripe fruit - citrus, red and yellow apples and some peach - on the attack, followed by an intense mineral character and high acidity. The aftertaste is long and fresh, with green apple, citrus and mineral aromas.
I'd say that the very first attack almost has sweetness in it because of its ripe fruit, although that might be misunderstood in a negative way, before it gives way to the quite dry mid-palate character. There is elegance and purity throughout. Drinkable now for its freshness, but should definitely be able to develop well for many years.
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3/18/2013 - ktrh Likes this wine: 91 Points
Very simple fruit for the first two glasses. It was left for four days in the fridge. Massive improvement and it emerges as a beautiful wine with nice acidity.
Still however the simples of Cedric Bouchards wines. 90-91p
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12/5/2012 - brooklynguy wrote:
A great showing - the fruit has incredibly purity, and the minerality is saline and very chalky, and the texture is all silk. Improved with air over many hours.
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11/25/2012 - mdavis wrote:
Doesn't have the precision of 2007. This version is more forward, fuller, riper but not sur mature. Balanced - no sign of heat on the back-palate, great acidity, good depth. Citrus driven aromatics and palate. Long on the finish. Doesn't speak of the soils like 2007, but I suspect 2008 will age really nicely ...no hurry on these.
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9/16/2012 - celtic67 wrote:
1hr of air. fantastic again. bright fresh lemon & lees aromas on the nose. even more bracing acidity on the palate than last time. delicate yet powerful.
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8/3/2012 - KeithAkers wrote: 92 Points
Another Friday afternoon at Domaine (Domaine Wine Storage, Chicago IL): nose: striking nose that has a linear quality to it with fresh tones of cherries, red florals, mineral tones, fresh picked berries, white fruits and some citrus tones as well. Very good depth, though the nose is a bit on the tight side as well.
taste: medium bodied with sharp medium/high acidity and tones of cherries, red florals, minerals and white fruits with some citrus as well. The structure is fairly big right now as the acidity is a bit overpowering.
overall: I do enjoy this bubbly. I would love to see how this develops with age, but it is pretty tempting right now to open a bottle.
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5/28/2012 - strad wrote: 90 Points
A bit sweet for my palate but overall a very well made champs.
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3/29/2012 - lowereastscott wrote: 91 Points
Pale yellow; fresh and elegant nose of berries and lees; with some air, a strawberry shortcake note emerges. On the palate, it is powerful, but precise and balanced, with notes of crisp apples, toast and fruit cup. Moist pound cake emerges into a long, chalky finish. Really delicious.
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3/16/2012 - celtic67 wrote:
2 hrs of air. beautiful nose of chalk, sea breeze, white flowers & meyer lemon. not quite as forward as the '09. elegant but with great depth & intensity. tremendous.
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1/24/2012 - coremill wrote: 90 Points
Bouchard, Huet, Rousseau, Jadot, Bachelet, Donnhoff ... and a 47 Barolo (plus more) (Dan's Flat, Southwark): Pale color, very light, fine bubbles. Quite ripe and giving for a zero dosage. Lemon, apple, apricot, slight yeasty elements, some minerals. Very nice balance but not searingly acidic like some grower bubbly. Filled out a bit with air. Delicious.
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1/20/2012 - Pacalet wrote: 92 Points
Nice golden color, very fine nose of white flowers, peach, citrus fruit and yeast. Very fine mousse with an approachable and full palate. Nice long yeasty and toasty finish, good acid balance. Already very enjoyable and this is super value for the money.
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12/31/2011 - sethmorgenlong wrote:
Disgorged, April 2010.
Light straw. So bright with chalky, mineral, crushed stone aromas, hints of hazelnut, vanilla pod, cucumber and honeydew. More cherry and raspberry begin to emerge on nose towards the final glasses. Massive acidity and light mousse, flavors of baked lemon pith and tart apple and cherry skin with subtle hints of graham cracker & sweet almond meat on finish. Driven by its intense acidity and austerity there is nice elegance and autolytic texture. Stellar.
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12/27/2011 - wickedwax wrote:
Same specs as last one with disgorgement of April 2010. Aromas of grapefruit, green apple, red berries, minerality and some biscuity yeastiness. Fresh and vibrant with ripe fruits but countered with wonderful bright acidity to keep it pure and focused. The ripeness would almost make you think new world, but the acidity and minerality tell you otherwise. Good length.
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11/27/2011 - CamWheeler wrote: 91 Points
Disgorged April 2010. Really very tasty already. Not as serious as some other Cedric Bouchard wines I've had but there is some minerality and spark to it. Really enjoyable.
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11/13/2011 - Li wrote:
En helt strålende Champagne!! Aggressiv mousse som roer seg etter noen minutter i glasset, herlig frukt av røde epler og bringebær. En fantastisk mineralitet og matchende syre. Lang. Denne er pur ung og vil bare bli bedre i årene som kommer. Til kr 259 er dette det beste Champagne kjøpet jeg har hatt!
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11/7/2011 - NotNYC wrote:
Dry as an old bone sitting in the Death Valley sun.
Serious shit and not for everyone. A Double Diamond Champagne.
Experts will get it ~ others are likely to find too intense. This ain't Yellow Label.
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11/6/2011 - KeithAkers wrote: 92 Points
The Inaugural Butcher&Larder Dinner (Butcher&Larder, Chicago IL): nose: very fresh and lively nose filled with tones of citrus', bread, white fruits and a lot of pears. Very good depth and slightly on the tight side
taste: well balanced with a real creamy medium/full feel with medium/high acidity that shows off the youth. Well balanced with good depth and tones of fresh picked citrus', bread, white fruits, minerals and some bits of pears
overall: this had a 4/10 disgorgement. Could use some time to fully come together, but very irresistible right now. Was shocked when I was told that this had no dosage
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10/5/2011 - EyeDoc wrote: 92 Points
Blanc de noir. Beautiful fruits. Fine bubbly.
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8/30/2011 - ericis wrote: 91 Points
solid. still young but drinks well. mineral driven.
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8/8/2011 - PC73 wrote: 91 Points
Crisp and minerally.
Impressive.
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6/18/2011 - Winetex wrote: 91 Points
Probably improving with more complexity and Pinot flavors. At times there was a unique dark cherry flavor. Good and worth the $$. Disgorged April 10; Version 08.
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6/11/2011 - mjf@ulkner wrote: 93 Points
An opulent effort. Ripe apples and brioche. Not your grandfather's Champagne- there is nothing delicate or demure about this. I'm a fan- and that's not considering the terrific QPR.
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6/6/2011 - vinc2020 wrote: 92 Points
Very fine nose , fine effervescence / freshness but structure and elegance wityh notes of yellow fruits, length and good acidity. Class and finesse / a well made 100% Pinot Noir Champagne from a talented wine grower.
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6/5/2011 - NotNYC wrote: 92 Points
Taut as a tightrope and just as focused. Contrasted against a Mumms rose for a real slam back to what precision is all about.
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5/29/2011 - bon vivant wrote:
What really sets this apart is the easy nature of this wine -gossamer weight -I almost thought it was like a fine light lemonade with incredibly delicate bubbles. Lemon and grapefruit dominate -almost Chablis like with a very fine balance and so easy to drink on a hot afternoon this could easily become a favorite afternoon deck bubbly. There is a nice fruit ripeness here with a clean and precise finish. A little like Selose light and with far less minerality. Not sure this is one to age -but than again it is so tasty & easy to drink that there is no need to.
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4/27/2011 - wickedwax wrote:
For those unfamiliar with this champagne (like I was) the vintage is provided, although it is not obvious. On the back it lists the date of disgorgement on "Avril 2010" and the says " V 08" thereby letting you know it came from 2008. This champagne was absolutely spectacular, and as suggested by M. Bouchard (not directly suggested to me, but by word of mouth), it showed much more aromatics with a gentle decant and out of a regular wine glass. The aromas nearly jump out at you with lemon, brioche, grapefruit, strawberry patch, coconut and fresh ginger with minerality in spades. Showing fresh apple and citrus and a nice yeasty flavors on the palate, it has great texture with a slight creaminess and citrus-like acidity with a wonderful structure of minerality that supports it to the long finish.
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3/31/2011 - mikeaukenbals wrote: 92 Points
Good acid, great balance. brioche, yeast and some red fruit on the nose
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2/24/2011 - Winetex wrote: 90 Points
90+; Disgorged April 10; Version 08.
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2/14/2011 - Zonk wrote: 91 Points
notes from memory from new years, so take it FWIW. very yeasty, reminded me of a Billecart-Salmon. Nice zippy lemon zest and some apple. Surprised to see so many ratings under 90. Serious quality champagne at $50
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1/2/2011 - herberto wrote: 88 Points
I'm a "Champagne is Champagne" guy, but I drank this alongside a standard issue NV from a big Champagne house, and the Bouchard was miles better. More richness, like a New World Chard, but with some acidity and, of course, bubbles. Pretty nice wine, if you have to drink bubbly. Which you do every now and then.
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12/31/2010 - GrapeScott wrote: 88 Points
Followed a 2006 Ulysse Collin BdN, so not exactly fair context for this to show its best, given the big personality of the Collin. Still, I found this to be very tight and one-dimensional, if not clean and precise. Much less impressed with this vintage than its two predecessors.
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12/23/2010 - bg2167 wrote: 89 Points
A crowd pleaser but also a great champagne. At under $50 it screams quality. Great minerality with just hints of granny smith apple. (I could drink this all day.) No dosage.
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10/16/2010 - Shorepower wrote:
Otroligt doft, gröna äpplen jordgubbar, vanilj. Tydlig smak av pinot. ingen att tänka för mycket på utan bara att dricka. En av de bättre odlarna i champagne och det här är hans kanske mest förföriska vin. Inte komplext utan passar de flesta.
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9/30/2010 - cortoncharlie wrote: 91 Points
A real crowd pleaser and one of the best for its price.
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