1964 Veuve Clicquot Champagne Brut Vintage

Community Tasting Notes (12) Avg Score: 91.3 points

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  6/26/2022 - acyso wrote:

  Sunday hangout (Chicago, IL): For my palate, too far gone. Has a lot of notes evocative of a VORS Amontillado or something, coupled with mushrooms and dirt. Lots and lots of dosage here (has to be something like 10-12 g/L) giving this distinct sweetness and a hint of bubbles, but this has become far too Maillard-heavy for my palate.

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  4/21/2019 - Ms. Bubblehead Likes this wine:

  On the nose it was very funky, yeasty, mushroom and limited fruits.
  However, I really enjoyed it on the palate. I dont have a lot of experience drinking older champagne (less than 10 times having champagne before 1980s), but this bottle was largely in line with my expectation of how aged old champagne could be like vs my previous experience. It offered candied strawberry, marmalade, orange zest, and nice still vibrant acidity, which i thought was pretty amazing for champagne at this age.
  
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  2019 April dinner with friends in Chicago (thank you for the great host ACYSO)
  Wines we had:
  1935 Chateau Filhot, 1999 Vilmart & Cie Coeur de Cuvee (from magnum), 1964 Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin, 2009 Arnaud Ente Clos des Ambres, 1985 Eyrie Vineyards Pinot Noir, 1989 Eyrie Pinot Noir, 1974 Vega Sicilia Unico, 1982 Vega Sicilia Unico, 2014 Benoit Dehu Coteaux Champenois Cuvee La Rue des Noyers Rouge, and 2010 Donnhoff Niederhauser TBA

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  4/12/2019 - Nanda wrote: 89 Points

  Dinner at S.K.Y. (Chicago, IL): You really have to work hard to get much on the nose -- some aged fruit and notions of mushroom. The palate is another story with aged but still round orchard fruit with some cooked mushroom. Modestly vibrant. Interesting, but well past what I'd consider enjoyable.

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  4/12/2019 - acyso wrote:

  Dinner at S.K.Y. with The Little Horse and Ms. Bubblehead (Chicago, IL): The nose on this was almost completely gone, but you could find a bit of mushroom and a little earth if you looked. The colour was quite dark (like a light madeira), but there was still a very slight bit of fizz left. The palate tastes nothing like what the nose would have implied -- there was an intense sweetness, as well as mushrooms, orange peels, and other madeira-like notes there. This bottle still had a bit of surprising lift as well, but at the end of the day, more interesting than good. Nonetheless an absolutely pleasure to try.

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  10/18/2014 - MEKWINE Likes this wine: 87 Points

  Brown. No fizz. Caramel and spices.

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