1998 Duval-Leroy Champagne Blanc de Chardonnay Brut

Community Tasting Notes (54) Avg Score: 91.0 points

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  8/20/2021 - Racer117 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Past bottles showed better but this is still good. Becoming more old than aged but still has lots going on. Drink up soon.

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  7/24/2016 - Racer117 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Identical to 06/29/12 with the expected aging. Bread, lemon, green apple, cinnamon. Luxurious.

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  5/29/2014 - DaddyNeedsPow Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Elegant. Palette driven by Meyer Lemon with some mineral notes. With time the nose turned towards toffee and butter, just in case anyone had any doubts as to the Chardonnay content. Definitely not a big Champagne, and finishes well if not long.

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  4/4/2014 - hackey37 Likes this wine: 94 Points

  This is clear deep gold with tiny slow moving bubbles. The smells are explosive floral notes with buttered toast, ginger, honey, walnut, and apple. The tastes are butter, honey, almonds, apple, toasty notes and is simply delicious! The acidity is nice on this full bodied Champagne along with a lengthy floral and nutty finish. Damn this is good.

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  3/21/2014 - Paul S wrote: 92 Points

  Off-Vintage Wine Dinner (Jade Palace, Forum Galleria, Singapore): Like chalk and cheese next to the Henri Giraud, but every bit as good. This was much more developed then the former wine. While the nose there was subtle and understated, this was quite intensely fruited, with ripe red apples, pineapples and even nectarine aromas, layered with a dollop of cream, a touch of yeast and some sweet butterscotch and brioche notes. With time, some minerally scents crept in as the nose opened even more. A very expressive, attractive bouquet. Similarly, the palate was very giving and generous, with a round, fleshy attack that showed rich flavours of apples and sweet white fruit wrapped in a creamy mousse. For all it s generosity and expressiveness though, this was still very nicely reined in on the midpalate with a bright acidity and a taut minerality that puled away into a sinewy finish, where another little hint of brioche came out. I thought this was very nice.

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