Dinner at Mike and Cathy's place (Wellington, New Zealand): Colour light lemon. Good persistent mousse. A mealy nose but bright, with quite primary yellow fruit notes. Crisp and fresh on the palate showing nice ripe fruit. Fairly sweet showing (presumably) a relatively high dosage. A nice silky texture with good acidity. However, for a vintage Champagne a little "generic" and less complex on than the palate than you would like. Still, very drinkable, with good QPR for a vintage Champagne. Years ahead of it but I'm not sure it would become more profound with time.
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5/19/2014 - HowardNZ Likes this wine: 89 Points
Dinner at Mike and Cathy's place (Wellington, New Zealand): Colour light lemon. Good persistent mousse. A mealy nose but bright, with quite primary yellow fruit notes. Crisp and fresh on the palate showing nice ripe fruit. Fairly sweet showing (presumably) a relatively high dosage. A nice silky texture with good acidity. However, for a vintage Champagne a little "generic" and less complex on than the palate than you would like. Still, very drinkable, with good QPR for a vintage Champagne. Years ahead of it but I'm not sure it would become more profound with time.
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