This pours a lovely, salmon color. The nose is fresh and balanced with crushed rocks, red berries, red cherries, strawberries, biscuits, pears, red apples, roses, nectarines, toast, and some mineral notes. There is good depth, but this does favor more of a fresh and immediate take. The Medium bodied feel is balanced and lighter on its feet with crisp, high acidity. The acidity is mouthwatering and refreshing, but it still has a bit of sting. This is a Rose champagne that is more focused on the red fruits and citrus flavors than autolytics. I can see this benefitting from a few years of aging, but this doesn't feel like a champagne that should make old bones.
I forgot to get the disgorgement date, but it was a recent purchase. The Exogyre is from a solera and is entirely made from Pinot Noir. That solera influence is present in the tones of nectarine, brioche, red apples, creamed peaches, toast, mineral notes, vanilla bean, quince, kumquat, and honeydew. This shows off good depth with a rounded quality that is very Coessens, but with a more searching point of view. The Medium bodied feel is balanced and deft with well-integrated, high acidity. The feel shows off some lovely texture and balance while the acidity is persistent and refreshing.
The nose is succulent and balanced with richer tones of peaches, nectarines, apricots, yellow flowers, red apples, honeydew, some petrol notes, and mineral tones. The Light bodied feel is deft and balanced with tart, high acidity. The acidity has some nice cut and mouthwatering qualities while there is also good texture to the feel. This could well use more time to fully round into form as it shows off good complexity but it doesn't feel like it's in full harmony just yet.
The nose is fresh and lifted with balanced tones of white peaches, quince, pears, white flowers, minerals, apples, saline, nectarines, and some fresh herbs. There is good depth with an open-knit style. The Light bodied feel is fresh and balanced with crisp, high acidity that has good persistence. The finish has some length to it and the acidity is refreshing and with good cut. This is drinking very well right now but there is plenty of room for growth.
2018 Forget-Chemin Champagne Special Club Rose' 91 Points
France, Champagne
This pours a lovely, salmon color. The nose is fresh and balanced with crushed rocks, red berries, red cherries, strawberries, biscuits, pears, red apples, roses, nectarines, toast, and some mineral notes. There is good depth, but this does favor more of a fresh and immediate take. The Medium bodied feel is balanced and lighter on its feet with crisp, high acidity. The acidity is mouthwatering and refreshing, but it still has a bit of sting. This is a Rose champagne that is more focused on the red fruits and citrus flavors than autolytics. I can see this benefitting from a few years of aging, but this doesn't feel like a champagne that should make old bones.
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NV Coessens Champagne Exogyre Extra-Brut Lieu-dit Largillier 92 Points
France, Champagne
I forgot to get the disgorgement date, but it was a recent purchase. The Exogyre is from a solera and is entirely made from Pinot Noir. That solera influence is present in the tones of nectarine, brioche, red apples, creamed peaches, toast, mineral notes, vanilla bean, quince, kumquat, and honeydew. This shows off good depth with a rounded quality that is very Coessens, but with a more searching point of view. The Medium bodied feel is balanced and deft with well-integrated, high acidity. The feel shows off some lovely texture and balance while the acidity is persistent and refreshing.
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2018 Alfred Merkelbach Kinheimer Rosenberg Riesling Auslese 91 Points
Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer
The nose is succulent and balanced with richer tones of peaches, nectarines, apricots, yellow flowers, red apples, honeydew, some petrol notes, and mineral tones. The Light bodied feel is deft and balanced with tart, high acidity. The acidity has some nice cut and mouthwatering qualities while there is also good texture to the feel. This could well use more time to fully round into form as it shows off good complexity but it doesn't feel like it's in full harmony just yet.
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2017 Alfred Merkelbach Ürziger Würzgarten Riesling Spätlese 91 Points
Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer
The nose is fresh and lifted with balanced tones of white peaches, quince, pears, white flowers, minerals, apples, saline, nectarines, and some fresh herbs. There is good depth with an open-knit style. The Light bodied feel is fresh and balanced with crisp, high acidity that has good persistence. The finish has some length to it and the acidity is refreshing and with good cut. This is drinking very well right now but there is plenty of room for growth.
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