NV La Rogerie Champagne Grand Cru La Grande Vie

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  3/31/2024 - IlliniWine Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Consistent with prior note. Apple, pear, white flowers and brioche on the nose. Savory undertones on the palate with a little grapefruit lift on the finish. @Decanting Queen - these two bottles were consistent with last one so I think that first bottle was an aberration. Very enjoyable now but I have only two left which I will hold for a few years as I believe there will be some development ahead.

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  2/24/2024 - mfimiani47 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  This was so lovely. At first the nose is rather muted but it opens up with brioche and yeasty notes while a delicate thread of citrus plays off subtly in the background with some good acid. The wine has a great weight to it on the palate; something I have really only experienced with champagnes of serious age.
  
  Really exciting stuff.

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  2/15/2024 - IlliniWine Likes this wine: 92 Points

  I had not intended to open another of these for a little while, but I’m awfully glad I did. I didn’t dislike the previous bottle, but I wasn’t wild about it, either. This bottle, however, was a total pleasure to drink. The yeast and brioche notes were still delicate but have moved forward and have become more pronounced. On the palate this was considerably rounder, creamier and more savory than before. And we continue to be impressed by the mousse. All In all, a lovely drink. Hoping this isn’t an indication that I’ll have lots of bottle variation - I would prefer to think that that first bottle was an aberration.

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  1/8/2024 - grafstrb wrote:

  -- popped and poured --
  -- tasted non-blind for 2 hrs., then revisited at the 6.5 hrs. mark --
  -- Disgorged: January 2023 --
  -- Dosage: 3 g/l --
  
  NOSE: McIntosh apple; a bit vinous; hours later, pleasant notes of English muffin and parmesan crisps had emerged.
  
  BODY: green-gold color; active bead; medium-light bodied.
  
  TASTE: intense flavor and acidity --- acidity is high; apple, with a touch of spearmint on the backend; Ash likes it a lot, and so do I; might improve with short-term cellaring.

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  1/5/2024 - IlliniWine Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Light straw color. White peach and white floral on the nose. Repeated on the palate, along with mild lemon and some subtle yeastiness. Fairly fine mousse, medium body, medium+ acidity. We drank this before dinner in lieu of cocktails but I think this would show even better with food. Still young. I expect that it will develop a bit more complexity over time and as the acidity mellows out that perhaps some of the yeastiness will start to come forward. Looking forward to opening more of these after another 2-3 years.

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