At L’expression in Beaune. Last bottle and apparently a quite recent disgorgement- there is a QR ID on it but no date listed that I saw.
Pale copper in the glass, and beautifully expressive. Red delicious apple skin is the first note I get and it is intense. It is broad across the palate and quite incisive. I believe 1.3g/L. Macerated strawberry but lots of apple tones. This bottle was quite excellent
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To Tony (La Grange Park, IL): Disgorged April 25, 2023, 1.33 g/L dosage. You know what, I have to say that this bottle didn't live up to my previous experiences with this wine. I don't know if it's because this is a very fresh bottle (probably because it is). There's certainly a lot to like here -- the crispness and brightness, with just the slightest suggestion of red fruit. But this is missing the more oxidative, chewy mineral texture that I have come to expect. This bottling has always been a bit of a weird wine in the Selosse stable, as it always comes across far less oxidative than all the other bottlings. And despite my seemingly negative comments here, this is still a marvelously delicious bottle of champagne.
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Method: tasted at the domaine (in the cellar) with Anselme; vintages '17, '16, and '15; disg. right in front of me on April 2024 right before consuming
Nose: light strawberry, faint nuts
Palate: strawberry cream, mint; long finish of nuts, minerality... waves of complexity; medium+ to full- vinous body; medium strength pinpoint bubbles; low+ strength fine tannins; medium acidity
Overall thoughts: This was handicapped by being disgorged a minute before I tasted it, and it still blew me away. A ton of complexity, both in terms of flavor and texture/structure. 94 - 95 points (and probably better once it has time to come together after disgorgement). Excellent wine!
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(NV Jacques Selosse Rose) This really brought the funk. Um . . .Lopez Rose with bubbles? Yes . . .that type of funk. Really amazing nose but the palate was sort of a letdown. Some simple berry fruit with notes of hay and barnyard. Slightly candied. The nose was just amazing though. My least favorite wine of the night but major kudos to the aromatic complexity. I would like to try this again at some point. Probably not showing its best.
(NV Jacques Selosse Rose Brut) Very Burgundian. But red Burgundian. Nose of dried leaves, red berry fruits, intense cinnamon and lots of rocks and mineral. Very stony on the palate but has the sap and structure of a great red Burgundy. Clos de la Roche or Clos St. Denis. It had that bright profile due to its's great acidity but the fruits were of the dark red almost blue kind. Lots of grapey skin flavors on the finish. Amazingly persistent fruit. After it continued to open in tha glass the nose became much more open reminding me more of some red Morey St. Denis wine. Unique and delicious. Unlike any Champagne I have quite had.
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5/6/2024 - jviz wrote: 96 Points
At L’expression in Beaune. Last bottle and apparently a quite recent disgorgement- there is a QR ID on it but no date listed that I saw.
Pale copper in the glass, and beautifully expressive. Red delicious apple skin is the first note I get and it is intense. It is broad across the palate and quite incisive. I believe 1.3g/L. Macerated strawberry but lots of apple tones. This bottle was quite excellent
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5/4/2024 - aquacongas wrote: 94 Points
Not blind
Crazy rose. Typical rose. Deg 21
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5/3/2024 - Skaggs.1980 wrote: 98 Points
Deg. 2010
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5/1/2024 - acyso wrote: 93 Points
To Tony (La Grange Park, IL): Disgorged April 25, 2023, 1.33 g/L dosage. You know what, I have to say that this bottle didn't live up to my previous experiences with this wine. I don't know if it's because this is a very fresh bottle (probably because it is). There's certainly a lot to like here -- the crispness and brightness, with just the slightest suggestion of red fruit. But this is missing the more oxidative, chewy mineral texture that I have come to expect. This bottling has always been a bit of a weird wine in the Selosse stable, as it always comes across far less oxidative than all the other bottlings. And despite my seemingly negative comments here, this is still a marvelously delicious bottle of champagne.
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4/5/2024 - JRockEsq Likes this wine: 95 Points
Method: tasted at the domaine (in the cellar) with Anselme; vintages '17, '16, and '15; disg. right in front of me on April 2024 right before consuming
Nose: light strawberry, faint nuts
Palate: strawberry cream, mint; long finish of nuts, minerality... waves of complexity; medium+ to full- vinous body; medium strength pinpoint bubbles; low+ strength fine tannins; medium acidity
Overall thoughts: This was handicapped by being disgorged a minute before I tasted it, and it still blew me away. A ton of complexity, both in terms of flavor and texture/structure. 94 - 95 points (and probably better once it has time to come together after disgorgement). Excellent wine!
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