1990 Veuve Clicquot Champagne Brut La Grande Dame

Community Tasting Notes (199) Avg Score: 93.4 points

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  11/18/2023 - uncorked.fr Likes this wine:

  I didn't have the time or inclination to take formal notes this time around but nearly 2 years after my last tasting, this is still holding up beautifully and should continue to do so for the foreseeable future. It went fantastically with our morel fondue.

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  11/17/2023 - Oli_Vilmo Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Outstanding, so complex but still so fresh thanks to the recent disgorgement. Incredible, love it

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  11/4/2023 - dcwino wrote: 97 Points

  Grand Jury du Vin - Republic of Georgia; 11/1/2023-11/9/2023 (Republic of Georgia then stopover in Paris and Dijon): En Jeroboam. Perfectly mature yet youthful nose displaying generous decadent yellow fruit, baked apple, clementine, a hint of peach, brioche, light caramel, honey and limestone. Excellent concentration, layers upon layers of decadent yellow fruit, still showing generous fine mousse, rich, warm and generous, bright acidity, strong limestone mineral, and a seamless long sweet yellow fruit driven finish with honey and brioche at the end. This is showing so incredibly well in this format.

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  10/26/2023 - The Drunken Cyclist Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Retail ~$300. 61% Pinot Noir, 39% Chardonnay. I was cleaning out my father's house and I discovered this bottle. It took me a while, but I eventually realized that I had actually given this to him over 20 years prior. The box was still in good shape (although covered in a thick layer of dust) and the bottle was even better with great ullage and no signs of damage. So I took it home. Today, on the day that he died, I decided to open this beauty since I like to think that he was saving it to share with me some day (it is entirely more likely that he had completely forgotten about it). It opened with first a slight sigh (good sign) and then a broken cork (a pain in the you-know-what). Beyond golden and well into amber with a faint, but clearly present sparkle, this is old champagne at its best. Rich, sherried nose with some candied orange peel, caramel, and that rich, almost unctuous yeastiness that makes those of us who collect it, crave older champagne. Incredible. On the palate, the sparkle is faint but certainly there, determined to hang on until the last glass. Intense tartness, loads of caramel, and yes, that incredibly rich croissant-like intense flavor that makes my hair stand on end (in a good way). Look, I am not going to pretend that my father and I had a good relationship, or even a relationship at all, but this was an awfully beautiful way to say goodbye.
  
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  8/27/2023 - Benoit Hardy wrote: 93 Points

  Slightly evolved color, bubble still active.
  
  A powerful nose on hazelnut.
  
  The mouth is ample, with a big attack thanks to a powerful material. One thing is certain: there is grape juice! Nice balance with just a little lack of tension to quibble, although the freshness is not left out since there is no feeling of heaviness. A readable, ultra-drinkable, pleasant wine, the kind that finishes in 10 minutes at 4. Structure without fuss but effective, with a very nice finish on the hazelnut which explodes all in length.
  
  Excellent

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