Lovely wine, still quite tense and energetic. Thought it would be more settled by now. But on the finish it's excellent, a little narrower than some other vintages.
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Very bready and round, this wasn't immediately to my liking and a stark contrast to a stunning recent bottle of the 2004. Wet dog, baked apple nose with some baking spice. Very round, medium bodied palate with baked caramel apple and slight sweetness. Not much cut or finesse on the finish; this is very 2006 if not very Agrapart. Perhaps not a pristine bottle, given the contrast with most of the other notes here.
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Rich is the first qualifier that comes to the tasting of this wine. The champagne is structured with a dense juice, caramelized aromas then come the citrus fruits and a long chalky structure, all carried by an integrated acidity which stretches all in freshness. The wine certainly does not have the luminous depth of the 2008 which dazzled me last year, but it is nonetheless spectacular in its complexity and richness. Great saline finish with a length full of finesse.
Excellent.
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1/7/2023 - LW31 Likes this wine:
Lovely wine, still quite tense and energetic. Thought it would be more settled by now. But on the finish it's excellent, a little narrower than some other vintages.
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9/16/2022 - 5laton wrote:
Very bready and round, this wasn't immediately to my liking and a stark contrast to a stunning recent bottle of the 2004. Wet dog, baked apple nose with some baking spice. Very round, medium bodied palate with baked caramel apple and slight sweetness. Not much cut or finesse on the finish; this is very 2006 if not very Agrapart. Perhaps not a pristine bottle, given the contrast with most of the other notes here.
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5/12/2022 - Benoit Hardy Likes this wine: 94 Points
Cocoa and caramelized nose.
Rich is the first qualifier that comes to the tasting of this wine. The champagne is structured with a dense juice, caramelized aromas then come the citrus fruits and a long chalky structure, all carried by an integrated acidity which stretches all in freshness. The wine certainly does not have the luminous depth of the 2008 which dazzled me last year, but it is nonetheless spectacular in its complexity and richness. Great saline finish with a length full of finesse.
Excellent.
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8/2/2020 - sh6k Likes this wine: 95 Points
Rich almost chocolatey caramelly flavors contrasted with strong acid and mineral line. Long finish. Excellent. Showing well.
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2/12/2018 - LW31 Likes this wine:
Wow. Still very young and reticent. Extraordinary structure and purity here. Just needs a few more
Years to really sing.
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