Retail $60. Exceedingly Heavy Bottle (). 50% Chardonnay, 25% Pinot Noir, 25% Pinot Meunier. This was one of the 200(+?) wines at the Wine Spectator Wine Experience in New Orleans and the winery's representatives suggested that I take a couple bottles of this wine. Um. OK? Quite nutty in the glass: macadamia, almond, and perhaps walnut on the nose with a touch of citrus and pear. Lovely. The palate is tart, rich, and quite yeasty. Outstanding. 93 Points.
The scores here are ridiculously low for what is an elegant, complex champagne with notes of green apple and freshly baked croissant. I don't usually do points but someone needs to speak up for this wine--I will!
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(NV Alfred Gratien Champagne Brut) Good entry, but wheaty, oak; medium finish
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5/8/2024 - The Drunken Cyclist Likes this wine: 93 Points
Retail $60. Exceedingly Heavy Bottle (). 50% Chardonnay, 25% Pinot Noir, 25% Pinot Meunier. This was one of the 200(+?) wines at the Wine Spectator Wine Experience in New Orleans and the winery's representatives suggested that I take a couple bottles of this wine. Um. OK? Quite nutty in the glass: macadamia, almond, and perhaps walnut on the nose with a touch of citrus and pear. Lovely. The palate is tart, rich, and quite yeasty. Outstanding. 93 Points.
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4/28/2024 - joraesque wrote:
Too Chardonnay-ish.
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4/25/2024 - Richard123 Likes this wine: 90 Points
Good mid-level champagne
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3/29/2024 - Neecies Likes this wine: 93 Points
The scores here are ridiculously low for what is an elegant, complex champagne with notes of green apple and freshly baked croissant. I don't usually do points but someone needs to speak up for this wine--I will!
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1/13/2024 - jnewman77 wrote:
From a split; this is solid and perfectly enjoyable if rather non descript; tastes like a fairly standard Champagne, but I say that in a good way.
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