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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.1 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 13 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by stanqwash on 3/21/2024 & rated 92 points: 2016 harvest, disgorged March 2021, in magnum.
Open for a party on a Saturday night, left most on my porch with a Saran Wrap + rubber band top (mid 30s temps) and FIVE days later I finished it. Honestly really good both times, but even better day 5. Leans more lemon and orange zest but it’s a softer acidity and there’s some lees-contacty bready notes to balance it. More strawberry and vanilla on day 5. Good QPR and plenty of runway ahead. (160 views) | | | Tasted by 10xM on 3/11/2024 & rated 90 points: Drank at L'envol in Hong Kong.
Lovely aromas of lemon and sugar. Fine bubbles
Dry finish with a very slight sweetness. It went well with majority of the plates. (127 views) | | | Tasted by Justin S on 9/8/2023: Really enjoyed this, very elegant and restrained wine, yet well integrated. (588 views) | | | Tasted by IDKDavid on 2/25/2023 & rated 92 points: Light gold, with nice vibrant bubbles. Good freshness, some apples, lemon tart, a hint of toasty notes but not much. A touch of sweetness came through, but very balanced. Not bad at all for the price, exceeded my expectations. (756 views) | | | Tasted by Alykhan V on 11/16/2022 & rated 90 points: Elegant and lean champagne
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90-91 (985 views) | | | Tasted by ChDonath on 11/24/2021 & rated 91 points: First encounter with 2014 base…
now 2016 base and disgorged mid 2021
Once again a rather muted and non expressive bouquet which slowly opens up into mineralics and hints of lemon.
But this time the palate is very impressive. I even fail to find a proper description. Mid palate has an incredible grape marshmellow candy core.
Dosage is very good too, overall feels nicely fruity sweety and should age well too.
This time I bought more so lets see how it evolves. (1076 views) | | | Tasted by EMichels on 7/5/2021 & rated 91 points: Fresh bright entry; Great mousse; Grrat depth; Really delicious (1174 views) | | | Tasted by 1W2T on 10/23/2020 & rated 88 points: Gillade detta och mycket champagne i förhållande till priset, eur25/flaska (1151 views) | | | Tasted by ChDonath on 6/5/2020 & rated 91 points: So after reading many recommendations I tried this one...
2014 base and degorged mid 2019.
At first no special impression on the bouquet... Maybe like pollen stamps from a flower
Taste is very nice... even difficult to express
I dont feel a particular fruit aroma but there is some very juicy vivid sweetness... this has only 4.5g/l so very good phenolic ripeness it seems.
There is also some elegant autolytic character compared to some other more in your face growers.
Acidity seemed to be very mild but this is just the initial impression due to the ripe fruits.
After a bit time to mingle with oxygen the champagne seemed to become a bit less interesting maybe.
Now more minerality and the sweetness was gone and replaced by some moderate acidic counterpart.
Initially I wanted to purchase a lot of bottles for cellaring but now I am not sure how much it will benefit. It already seems quite round. The price might be the only issue here. If under 25€ go for it... if over then there might be some more complex ones out there (which might need some cellaring though).
But regardless of how this review may sound this is one of the most quaffable entry levels... I would have wished for a magnum or at least some more bottles! So keep that in mind when testing. (900 views) |
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Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
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