Interesting and complex nose of toast, lemon and green apples. The palate is acidity, bone dry and quite linear. Tasted over two days to see if it opened up with more air but remained very tight and laser like focus. Didn't engage me as much as the 2012 which I found to offer a lot more interest on the palate, but suspect this will benefit from further five years aging in the bottle.
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Emirates flight. Lovely Champagne. Clearly dryer but also much more precisely drawn than the NV tasted just before. Fine nose of brioche, citrus and some white fruit.
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Yellow/silver. Very bubbly. Aroma of lemon, violets, dust. Lovely flavours of lemon, yeast, apple, cardamom, orange water. Tang of grapefruit in there somewhere too. It’s rich and a little off-dry which really works. Touch of bitterness at the end, which is balancing. Very fine. More evolved than the 2012. I would drink this first.
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Light gold. The nose is rich with notes of honey, yeast, and tinned pears. The palate is rich but refreshing. A lively mouse and note of pastry and creamy citrus.
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Lemon and green apple on the nose. A little rough on the palate still but with good acidity. Medium length. I’m guessing this would require another 3 years to enter its prime drinking window.
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2/8/2024 - gparker777 Likes this wine: 89 Points
Interesting and complex nose of toast, lemon and green apples. The palate is acidity, bone dry and quite linear. Tasted over two days to see if it opened up with more air but remained very tight and laser like focus. Didn't engage me as much as the 2012 which I found to offer a lot more interest on the palate, but suspect this will benefit from further five years aging in the bottle.
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2/8/2024 - pavel_p Likes this wine: 93 Points
Emirates flight. Lovely Champagne. Clearly dryer but also much more precisely drawn than the NV tasted just before. Fine nose of brioche, citrus and some white fruit.
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1/30/2024 - SixHedgehogs Likes this wine: 94 Points
Yellow/silver. Very bubbly. Aroma of lemon, violets, dust. Lovely flavours of lemon, yeast, apple, cardamom, orange water. Tang of grapefruit in there somewhere too. It’s rich and a little off-dry which really works. Touch of bitterness at the end, which is balancing. Very fine. More evolved than the 2012. I would drink this first.
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12/25/2023 - Biggsy wrote: 91 Points
Light gold. The nose is rich with notes of honey, yeast, and tinned pears. The palate is rich but refreshing. A lively mouse and note of pastry and creamy citrus.
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12/24/2023 - IV+ Likes this wine: 91 Points
Lemon and green apple on the nose. A little rough on the palate still but with good acidity. Medium length. I’m guessing this would require another 3 years to enter its prime drinking window.
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