La Fête du Champagne Gala
Pier Sixty, Chelsea Piers - New York NY
Tasted Saturday, October 28, 2023 by Burgundy Al with 48 views
Introduction
These are just a few of the wines I was fortunate enough to taste at the gala, but only those for which I wrote a tasting note that I could still read/ decipher a few months later.
1996 Salon Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut 96 Points
France, Champagne
Small gala glass. Brilliant as ever, this is still getting better, longer, more complex.
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1999 Dom Pérignon Champagne P2 92 Points
France, Champagne
Small gala glass. Bready and rich this comes across as wonderfully luxurious, perhaps just moderately exciting.
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2002 Krug Champagne Clos du Mesnil 96 Points
France, Champagne
Small gala glass. Another powerhouse still working its way towards something great, it is already near great tonight.
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2003 Dom Pérignon Champagne P2 91 Points
France, Champagne
Small gala glass. My first time tasting this. Very lush, nicely fresh. On the bready side with good+ weight, good enough length.
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1988 Krug Champagne Vintage Brut Collection
France, Champagne
Small gala glass. Lean, tart, very powerful with great volume. One the bready side.
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2002 Louis Roederer Champagne Cristal Brut
France, Champagne
Small gala glass. Mature apple aromas and flavors with some caramel apple. Very good density and length.
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2013 Bouchard Père et Fils Montrachet Domaine 94 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Montrachet Grand Cru
Small gala glass. Rich and powerful, this is one of the great 2013s that have magically harmonized. Starts out compact, then expands and lingers. This will last a long time.
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NV Jacques Selosse Champagne Grand Cru Lieux-dits Extra Brut Ambonnay Le Bout du Clos 91 Points
France, Champagne, Champagne Grand Cru
Small gala glass. Slightly oxidative while wonde4rfully rich and complex. Very good depth. A Selosse even I could enjoy.
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2015 Georges Laval Champagne Brut Nature Les Longues Violes 96 Points
France, Champagne
Small gala pour. Brilliant at so many levels. Is this the best Meunier ever?
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2019 Arnaud Ente Meursault Les Petits Charrons 94 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Meursault
Small gala glass. Lush start, this quickly brightens up and finishes with power. Near Grand Cru density. Great now.
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1976 Lanson Champagne Brut Vintage Collection 90 Points
France, Champagne
Small gala glass. Rich and even nearly fresh with so much concentration. This hasn't developed the level of complexity I would have hoped to taste.
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NV Georges Laval Champagne Premier Cru Rose Brut Nature Cumières 93 Points
France, Champagne, Champagne Premier Cru
Served at the La Fête du Champagne gala. Bright red fruit with engaging perfume. Bright and complex already.
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2013 Domaine Ramonet Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Morgeot 93 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru
Magnum I served at the La Fête du Champagne gala. 2013's emerging richness is front-and-center with so much complex elements, some sweet, some savory. Lots of density coming through. Ramonet magnums always excel with age.
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2002 Krug Champagne Vintage Brut 95 Points
France, Champagne
Small gala glass. rich with amazing power, slightly bready, so much rich apple, berry, and lemon curd.
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2018 Coche-Dury Bourgogne Blanc 90 Points
France, Burgundy, Bourgogne Blanc
Small gala glass. Rich baled apple. Voluptuous and sexy textures with powerful flavors. Not perfectly balance now, but complex and intriguing. Better to cellar.
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2013 Emmanuel Brochet Champagne Les Hauts Chardonnays Extra Brut Millésime
France, Champagne
Small gala glass. Well made it in style, but a tyle too brittle and extreme for my sensitive palate.
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2001 Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé Bonnes Mares 92 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Bonnes Mares Grand Cru
I served this at the La Fête du Champagne gala alongside the 2006. Lean black and red cherry with lots of meat and cooked mushroom. Very good length and power, much less finessed or enticing as the 2006.
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2006 Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé Bonnes Mares 94 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Bonnes Mares Grand Cru
I served this at the La Fête du Champagne gala alongside the 2001. Ripe black and red cherry with excellent density and persistence. Powerful and still nicely fresh, with some charming evolved notes emerging in the background. Great now with upside.
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2015 Coche-Dury Puligny-Montrachet Les Enseignères 91 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Puligny-Montrachet
Small gala glass. Ripe apple and pear with faintly tropical hints, very good depth, just less complex textures than typical for this Coche-Dury cuvee.
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2000 Dom Pérignon Champagne P2 92 Points
France, Champagne
Small gala glass. Very rich, just on the fully mature side. Lots of depth still there.
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2019 Domaine Bizot Vosne-Romanée 92 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée
Small gala glass. A wonderful rose garden, both fresh and dried with a good array of red cherry and berry notes throughout. 1er Cru density to be, this is a great prototypical Vosne wine. so good now.
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2000 Louis Roederer Champagne Cristal Brut Rosé 91 Points
France, Champagne
Small gala glass. Very berry with good richness but on the tail-end of freshness for where I enjoy Cristal. Others liked this more.
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