NV Gardet Champagne 120 Anniversary Extra Brut

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 90.8 points

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  2/4/2022 - lwolffl Likes this wine:

  Øje: klar, gennemsigtig, let roségylden
  Næse: citrus, citron, fantastisk dejlig duft, rosin, let sherry,
  Mund: høj syre, frisk, rund, kompleks, mørke bær, kirsebær, mørk,
  
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  1/2/2022 - Shay.Aldriedge Likes this wine: 91 Points

  70 Pinot noir/30 Chardonnay. Blend of 12 harvests: 1943, 1947, 1959, 1988, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2011, 15% of which are very old vintages.
  
  From a complexity standpoint, this isn’t high up the scale, but it’s quite an easy champagne to drink and enjoy. With the reserve wine usage, the golden color doesn’t come as a surprise. Yeasty/brioche aromatics with some caramel dipped golden delicious apple, honeycomb, tart apple crisp and just a faint note of limestone at the finish. I agree that for being extra brut, this has plenty of sweet/rich fruit.
  
  At the price point, there are other options that deliver similar/equal (if not more) complexity and enjoyment, but fun to try this due to all the unique older vintages.

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  12/3/2021 - mflesh wrote: 89 Points

  A little 'meh'. This one has good yellow fruit but is a little generic IMO. Still a cool and rather unique champers that was a good accoutrement to the rest of the ones on the table.

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  12/25/2016 - shallIshantI Likes this wine: 89 Points

  For an Extra Brut, this has bags of fresh fruit. The bottle and box does not say it but this is a blend of multiple older vintages going back 60 years! and the depth shows. Complex and sophisticated. Gardet is a medium sized house - the premises are industrial but the reception from the owner's wife was absolutely lovely and welcoming. It was such a contrast from Tattinger, a much bigger house where it was shiny and commercial - for the tourists.

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