2004 Union Champagne de Saint Gall Champagne Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 93.3 points

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  12/23/2021 - Cailles wrote: 93 Points

  Mostly Champagne & Burgs (VVF, Krug, DP, Rousseau, Fourrier,…): Tasted double blind. This was one of the positive surprises of the tasting. A winery I’ve never heard of before. The highlights for me are the precision and superb freshness without losing its roundness. It doesn‘t have quite the mid palate weight and complexity of the Comtes 2002 we had in the next glass, but still impressive. With a few more years of age, some more tertiary aromas this can climb even higher.
  
  TN: Medium- expressive on the nose with lots of minerality, some toasty notes and a fresh orchard fruit core. On the palate this is quite beautiful with superbly defined orchard fruit, apples, citrus, nice minerality, some toastiness. Quite round and soft and superbly fresh.
  
  Decanting: Not decanted, good from the go. No decanting needed.

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  12/22/2021 - Collector1855 wrote: 94 Points

  This was smuggled into a flight to pair with Taittinger’s CdC 2005 and it held its own. Very much in the BdB style with citrus oil, generous dosage but good freshness and length. Nothing tough or lean here. Well judged. 94+

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  12/21/2021 - sirpat00 wrote: 93 Points

  Tasted blind as part of a Champagne and Burgundy tasting (plus pirates). Cool green pear fruit, salty and smoky minerality, plenty of toast and brioche. Just a fine layer of herbs. Dry as a bone on the palate, but a bit too high on the acidity and rather simple. The nose is clearly the highlight here. This is a sparkling wine I would pop without hesitation in almost any setting, but can’t quite keep up with the big guns.

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  12/21/2021 - NostraBacchus Likes this wine: 93 Points

  This was a very surprising showing and held up beautifully next to a Taittinger Comtes de Champagne 2005. Note of citrus, some herbs, overall fresh and mineral-driven, with some chalky notes too, clearly BdB from a good territory. Medium+ bodied with pretty high acidity and good length. A lovely Champagne.

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