Packed with green apple and lemon fruit and a touch of freshly baked bread. Nice intensity but perhaps lacks a bit excitement. Overall, a lovely wine but I had expected more.
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was hoping this would be more giving but alas not meant to be. we had no problem finishing the bottle but I kept coming back and saying, is this all you got? acidity sure, but monolithic and not complex.
perhaps it may open with time. i absolutely love the 2013 vintage in champagne so will hold my remaining bottles a few years and hope for some tertiary development. I feel it may be there lurking/slumbering in the background. some sort of echo to come.
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A bit disappointed compared to the 2012. Nose is beautiful with notes of citrus green apple minerals toast cream. But mouth lacks character. Biting acidity but not that much complexity. Some off flavors (cauliflower) as well. Nice wine but below expectation
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Great balance of rich, pretty fruit and a firm line of acid. There's a quite appealing note of slightly oxidized butter on the nose. This reminds me a bit of a less oxidative Larmandier-Bernier Levant. This is special and among the better Blanc de Blancs I've had this year.
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12/31/2023 - canan wrote: 92 Points
Packed with green apple and lemon fruit and a touch of freshly baked bread. Nice intensity but perhaps lacks a bit excitement. Overall, a lovely wine but I had expected more.
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11/27/2023 - essenceofreal wrote: 90 Points
this bottle was painfully ordinary ((
drank w Alena and my brother at Angele in Napa.
was hoping this would be more giving but alas not meant to be. we had no problem finishing the bottle but I kept coming back and saying, is this all you got? acidity sure, but monolithic and not complex.
perhaps it may open with time. i absolutely love the 2013 vintage in champagne so will hold my remaining bottles a few years and hope for some tertiary development. I feel it may be there lurking/slumbering in the background. some sort of echo to come.
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4/21/2023 - Julien D wrote: 90 Points
A bit disappointed compared to the 2012. Nose is beautiful with notes of citrus green apple minerals toast cream. But mouth lacks character. Biting acidity but not that much complexity. Some off flavors (cauliflower) as well. Nice wine but below expectation
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1/16/2023 - soyhead wrote:
golden apple, good ripeness here, with prominent lip smacking acidity
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11/25/2022 - 5laton wrote:
Great balance of rich, pretty fruit and a firm line of acid. There's a quite appealing note of slightly oxidized butter on the nose. This reminds me a bit of a less oxidative Larmandier-Bernier Levant. This is special and among the better Blanc de Blancs I've had this year.
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