2012 Delamotte Champagne Blanc de Blancs Millésimé

Community Tasting Notes (86) Avg Score: 92.2 points

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  5/9/2024 - bon vivant wrote: 93 Points

  Golden color, surprisingly rich and creamy with ample mousse and exotic fruit and baked goods. Smooth and mouth filling with a fair amount of ripe yellow fruit which comes across with a surprising hint of sweetness. Much more so than previous great vintages such as the 02 and 08 at this age. This last point makes me wonder if a little less dossage would have made this a little more precise. That said it was well liked and at a good place right now. Perfectly stored bottle since release and If this was typical, then (unless this was a slightly advanced bottle, as bottle to bottle variations are not uncommon) I would say- drink now, and in the next few years rather then trying to age it longer -the jury is out, need to try again.

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  1/5/2024 - GuanYu Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Shiny pale yellow-gold with green tint, and with small refined bubbles. Lemon, green apple, brioche, nuts, white flowers, honeysuckle, and minerality. High acidity, medium structure, medium finish. Fresh and youthful. Lots of finesse and seductive. This bottle would need more years to reach optimal drinking window.

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  1/5/2024 - Mrbuzz Likes this wine: 95 Points

  This one is still rockin the party, but now starting to calm and show a little more class. Bright beam of citrus, with a slight tinge of tropical exotics…LOVE the crushed rock minerality and salted caramels…white flower florals…such a lazerbeam of precision, yet has that pillow soft gingery mousse that creams it up nicely. Shows a wonderful purity and subtlety…I’d drink this all day long if I could!

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  11/23/2023 - drwine2001 wrote:

  Thanksgiving 2023 (Los Gatos, California): Light, fresh lemon and mineral, low dosage. Excellent and youthful.

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  9/22/2023 - grafstrb wrote:

  -- tasted non-blind over approx. 1.5 hrs. --
  
  No longer tight, but still presents as very young. Bright and crisp, but not austere. Gives the impression it has a long life ahead.

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