At restaurant in Singapore, BYOB. More than serviceable but has lost the zing of a young BdB made in a tight and energetic style as Agrapart's. There was a distinct honeyed and nutty upfront note giving way to a rather compact and muted palate. I bought this at auction and cannot positively conclude this is natural evolution for this wine or rather a consequence of suboptimal storage. I will revisit and benchmark with a 13 of different provenance as I am very curious to find out if Agraparts can be long term agers. Eclipsed on the night by a '15 disgorgment Egly VP.
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Dinner at Iki Ramen vol.II (Iki Ramen, Los Angeles CA): This is lovely, balanced, and poised with rounded tones of red apples, minerals, spiced pears, yellow florals, quince, baking spices, vanilla, and some dough notes. There is good depth with a refined sense to the nose as well. The Medium bodied feel is deft and balanced with crisp, high acidity. The acidity is showing off excellent integration right now as it is there but more in a supporting role. This feels like it is right in its zone. There is still good freshness to the citrus tones, though they are much more rounded and more in the yellow spectrum.
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Sunday hangout at Domaine (Chicago, IL): Lot May 2009, disgorged September 2014; 5 g/L dosage. Strongly preferred this to the Venus alongside(!). Cleaner and brighter and showing very well the acidity of the vintage and less browning notes. Almost chewy in its minerality.
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BYO Centropa (Centropa, Deichmann, Oslo): Strågul. Herlig duft av moden søtlig sitron, sitrondrops, maltekekstrakt, fløtekaramell. Svakt autolysepreg. Noe utviklet med god modning, sødmefullt preg av moden sitrus. Stram, avdempet mousse.
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3/16/2024 - palfr2 wrote:
At restaurant in Singapore, BYOB. More than serviceable but has lost the zing of a young BdB made in a tight and energetic style as Agrapart's. There was a distinct honeyed and nutty upfront note giving way to a rather compact and muted palate. I bought this at auction and cannot positively conclude this is natural evolution for this wine or rather a consequence of suboptimal storage. I will revisit and benchmark with a 13 of different provenance as I am very curious to find out if Agraparts can be long term agers. Eclipsed on the night by a '15 disgorgment Egly VP.
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1/24/2024 - KeithAkers wrote: 92 Points
Dinner at Iki Ramen vol.II (Iki Ramen, Los Angeles CA): This is lovely, balanced, and poised with rounded tones of red apples, minerals, spiced pears, yellow florals, quince, baking spices, vanilla, and some dough notes. There is good depth with a refined sense to the nose as well. The Medium bodied feel is deft and balanced with crisp, high acidity. The acidity is showing off excellent integration right now as it is there but more in a supporting role. This feels like it is right in its zone. There is still good freshness to the citrus tones, though they are much more rounded and more in the yellow spectrum.
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10/29/2023 - acyso wrote: 90 Points
Sunday hangout at Domaine (Chicago, IL): Lot May 2009, disgorged September 2014; 5 g/L dosage. Strongly preferred this to the Venus alongside(!). Cleaner and brighter and showing very well the acidity of the vintage and less browning notes. Almost chewy in its minerality.
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1/24/2023 - GuWin wrote: 92 Points
BYO Centropa (Centropa, Deichmann, Oslo): Strågul. Herlig duft av moden søtlig sitron, sitrondrops, maltekekstrakt, fløtekaramell. Svakt autolysepreg. Noe utviklet med god modning, sødmefullt preg av moden sitrus. Stram, avdempet mousse.
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1/7/2023 - LW31 Likes this wine:
Just hitting its stride. Really lovely and elegant blancs de blancs. Should go for years.
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