A very nice effort from this disastrous vintage. Plenty of pleasant bready fragrance and better than decent mid palate impact. Mature now. Moderately good champagne character and good balance and acidity and doesn’t taste underripe. Just lacks the concentration of better vintages.
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This was a Mähler-Besse bottle released in 2005 that I purchased maybe a decade ago. Beautiful deep ruby robe. Gorgeous fragrance of pure “Margauxberry” (violet and dark plum). Medium weight. Very, very pretty and nice acidity. Elegant. Soft to no tannin. Lovely flavor - but very light since there is no grip.
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3/22/2023 5:35:00 PM - Hey sdr: Thanks for becoming my fan; I've just reciprocated while checking out some of the awesome wines you've been drinking this year. Man, I've gotta start drinking with you and your crew when I'm in FL!
Cheers!
3/2/2022 4:58:00 PM - Stu,
With COVID winding down and our house finished it’s time to meet other wino’s. Let’s get a date on the calendar in April to pop some older champagne and Bordeaux’s. Reach me at 1955wine@gmail.com.
1/19/2020 3:40:00 AM - Hi guys. We live in Boca & belong to several wine groups both in Boca & in Ft. Lauderdale at Wine Watch (perhaps sdr, we have met....) Details available if either of you are interested Joel
2/7/2019 2:39:00 PM - Hello, jlgnml, you sure have an eclectic cellar. Mine is mostly champagne and Bordeaux, just a sprinkling of others. I like white Burg a lot but offloaded most of it because of premox, now drink it young.
Thinking of trying La Nouvelle Maison in Boca some Wednesday, let me know if interested.
Stu
2/7/2019 1:15:00 PM - Just finding ourselves in South FL more and we seem to have similar tastes. Older wines, especially champagne. Would like to meet more wino's with similar cellars. We are up in Boynton Beach.
2011 Michel Gonet Champagne Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs
4/23/2024 - sdr wrote: 89 Points
No obvious flaws in this champagne but no special character. Anonymous. Not tired or underripe though.
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2011 Vilmart & Cie Champagne Premier Cru Coeur de Cuvée
4/23/2024 - sdr Likes this wine: 92 Points
A very nice effort from this disastrous vintage. Plenty of pleasant bready fragrance and better than decent mid palate impact. Mature now. Moderately good champagne character and good balance and acidity and doesn’t taste underripe. Just lacks the concentration of better vintages.
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1989 Château Palmer
4/20/2024 - sdr Likes this wine: 94 Points
This was a Mähler-Besse bottle released in 2005 that I purchased maybe a decade ago. Beautiful deep ruby robe. Gorgeous fragrance of pure “Margauxberry” (violet and dark plum). Medium weight. Very, very pretty and nice acidity. Elegant. Soft to no tannin. Lovely flavor - but very light since there is no grip.
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