1990 Gosset Champagne Célebris

Community Tasting Notes (21) Avg Score: 92.7 points

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  3/13/2022 - Seth Rosenberg wrote: 94 Points

  This was sour and acidic on opening. With a few hours it was better. With bruised apple, pear, brioche and yeasty, tons of citric acid. Very sharp with the acidic leading as citric. Orange peel? - a bit of cream? Tons of spice and ginger. Palate is wicked sharp - tons of acid and I think the fruit and flavor has diminished and left the acid a bit dominant. Tons of lemon, ginger, yeast, spice, bruised red apple. Orange peel and cream but the citric acid is in control, minerals. The finish is wicked and acidic and spicy. Nose 5/6, Palate - 5/6, Finish - 5/6, Je ne Sais Quoi - 1/2 = 16/20.
  
  With time, the wine and acidity and the bead mellow some and it is really really good - the sweetness seems to come out and come into balance more with the acid. Nose 5/6, Palate - 5.5/6, Finish - 5-5.5/6, Je ne Sais Quoi - 1-1.5/2 = 16/5-17.5/20.

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  1/8/2020 - Seth Rosenberg Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Nose of caramel, tart - this has dried out a bit from my last good bottle, ginger, apple/pear. Some brioche/creme elements. The palate is pretty but drying out with caramel and brioche and pear, apple and some peach? Dry and tart with apple and some citrus peel on the finish. Either this wine is on the way down or not this was not a perfect bottle. Nose - 5/6, Palate - 5/6, Finish - 4.5/6, Je ne sais Quoi - 1.5/2 = 16/20.

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  12/23/2018 - Seth Rosenberg wrote: flawed

  Slightly corked. Arrgh!

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  4/10/2018 - bestdamncab Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Kathy liked so much we opened a second bottle to enjoy with the Grilled Salmon on the BBQ, nose of brioche, slate, pineapple, and white peach, same on the palate, medium/big body, purchased in 2005, very tasty, mature flavors, at peak or slightly past peak drinking, lovely mousse in the glass formed from medium amount of fine bubbles, pale straw gold color, rich tasting and elegant, and a long, long, flavorful finish and aftertaste. Uploaded a bottle picture.

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  12/24/2016 - JulianW wrote: 93 Points

  Opened quietly at cellar temperature. No pop or even gasp as the cork came out but very healthy showing of bubbles with the first two glasses, this settled into a very delicate flow of the finest bubbles. There has been commentary about Gosset wines oxidising badly and there was a hint of this on the nose initially but this sweetened into late season orchard fruits quickly. On the palate, quince, late season apples and pears - very rich and creamy. I didn't get the brioche others have noted but did get the cherry after the apples and pears had died away - wonderful. Very rich and rounded, very Gosset and a style I like a lot. I have another bottle and will drink relatively soon, I suspect its now in a downward glide in bottle format.

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