Community Tasting Note

• essenceofreal wrote: 93 points

  November 26, 2023 - acidic. Not as complex as I would have hoped based on all the hype.
  
  A nice Taittinger, yes. Probably could use more bottle age. But from my experience I've actually preferred other vintages for drink-ability and complexity.... 04, 02, 06 all come to mind. of course the 96 as well but... that is in another league altogether, best Taittinger I've had by a wide margin.
  
  this seems a bit less refined. based on the reviews i was expecting some fireworks. nope.
  
  the almond brioche and toasted almond and burnt almond and almond cake and almond cookies and almond tart and back to burnt almond and toasted almond..... almond this and that is all I'm getting. oi! I like almonds but please.
  
  OK but wait, no almond milk )) finish a bit short and woody.

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2 Comments

• shifter commented:

  11/28/23, 9:46 PM - Quite the extensive note for what clearly sounds like simply a flawed bottle.

• essenceofreal commented:

  11/29/23, 9:50 AM - Nope, not flawed, if so all those toasted almond notes wouldn't be present. We did finish the bottle, if off would have drained it.
  
  I think it just needed more air. Probably a 1-2 hour decant would have allowed some secondary characteristics to emerge which I felt were lurking/slumbering. Just that this particular bottle was stubborn. I had 2013 Sapience the night before which certainly had an impact as that was much more of a contemplative intriguing experience.
  
  I have 3 more bottles of the 2008, will hold them a few more years to allow everything to integrate. Should probably be drinking way better then.

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