2002 Philippe Gonet Champagne Grand Cru Cuvée Belemnita Blanc de Blancs

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 91.3 points

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  7/20/2009 - ericis wrote: 94 Points

  rare bottle. only 1400 produced of the 2002. Very focused and bordering on austere but with floral, chalk and toasty elements.
  concentrated and tight flavor. Great accompaniment to seafood. In terms of quality, I think it can be worth the $125 but I prefer a creamier blanc de blanc. Would be interesting to see how this ages but drinking well now.
  Also curious to see what other reviewers end up saying about it.

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  1/17/2009 - sdr wrote: 89 Points

  I quite enjoyed drinking this champagne but the cool-looking fat green bottle is the best part. It's a blancs de blancs from Mesnil and vintage 2002, so it can hardly be bad and to the contrary the impression is positive; delicate, frothy, gentle and lots of green and red apple with a bit of chalk. The strange designation refers to the subsoil which contains fossilized squid which is called "belamnita" in Latin. But the future is questionable and at $125, this first bottle will be my last.

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