Blind Champagne Tasting
Basanti in San Juan Capistrano, CA (South OC)
Tasted Thursday, October 24, 2024 by Frank Murray III with 90 views
Basanti in San Juan Capistrano, CA (South OC)
Tasted Thursday, October 24, 2024 by Frank Murray III with 90 views
2012 Pierre Paillard Champagne Grand Cru La Grande Récolte
France, Champagne, Champagne Grand Cru
March 2022 disgorgement, so just under a decade of lees time. I gm of dosage. Old vine Chard and Pinot Noir from Bouzy, but not sure of the ratio. Thought this had more dose as it tasted like it was showing more. Initially ripe pear, peach and pastry with some old wood tones. With air and some warmer temp in the glass, I felt like the wine lost complexity and became for me less interesting.
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2007 Tarlant Champagne Zero Brut Nature Flawed
France, Champagne
2007 base with some portion of reserves. Disgorged September 2014. This has the 33% blending parts of Meunier, Noir and Chard. When I first tasted this, something seemed off, with a sour note in the finish. With a little more time, the TCA emerged and that was it for tasting any more if it. Kind of an old bottle and would have been cool to taste, especially with how long Brig held it.
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NV Laherte Frères Champagne Extra Brut Ultradition
France, Champagne
October 2022 disgorgement, and looking at my notes for the bottle of this I had recently, my notes are quite consistent between the two. Started off lean, with lemon and lime peel. With air, the balance comes into the wine. A little warmer temp and the red cherry pit and peach skin arrives, which were the same notes I captured in my previous bottle. A light cinnamon stick note is here, too. Still under $50, I really dig this wine and even mores last night with how it showed as blind, without any bias.
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NV Stéphane Regnault Champagne Grand Cru Mixolydien No. 29
France, Champagne, Champagne Grand Cru
October 2020 disgorgement from mostly 2015 base with some 2014 included. 100% Chard with a single gram of dosage. The wine really fans out over my palate. Spicy, with a good imprint of minerality and chalk. Lots of green apple. Cool example of a precise no dose Chard.
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2018 Vouette et Sorbée Champagne Blanc d'Argile Brut Nature
France, Champagne
November 2020 disgorgement, bottle 555. No dose. Lemony and juicy. Lots of energy. Tangy with green apple, lemon and stone....finished the last few ounces the following day, the wine mostly has become still. Much more fat to the wine today, the texture blossomed out a lot from last night. The lemon is very much the defining core of the wine but its intensity is more integrated, softer yet still bright. I still believe this vintage of Argile will drink better sooner, too.
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NV Françoise Bedel Champagne Entre Ciel et Terre
France, Champagne
The group found this bottle unique, and I agree. 50% Meunier, with 30% Pinot Noir and the remainder as Chard. Kinda similar in that way to the previous one, where there is some cool complexity that just has something different showing. Little woody and savory, with tangy nectarine.
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