Community Tasting Note

• retired_and_roving Likes this wine:

  November 30, 2016 - Champagne & Fried Chicken Dinner (Manhattan Wine Company & Porchlight - NYC): Base - 2013. This one stole the prize for the funkiest nose - in a good way - yeasty bread dough rising. Lovely full mouth feel, apple, lemon and brioche with some toasted honey notes. Very nice!

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• BuzzzzOff commented:

  12/7/16, 7:16 PM - Thanks for your note. "Champagne & Fried Chicken Dinner"? Oh my ears and whiskers, that sounds special. Yes, we agree this blanc de blancs is very nice and very good QPR. A winner!

• Periko commented:

  12/8/16, 5:21 AM - This 2013 base bottling seems outstanding and, unlike other releases, doesn't seem to need much bottle time and it's ready to roll. Has a bottle past January and was delicious, loved it on palate.

• retired_and_roving commented:

  12/8/16, 3:02 PM - The interesting thing for me is that I tried the 2010 Pierre Péters Champagne Grand Cru l'Esprit, just a few weeks earlier and it was much less interesting and almost twice the price. I think this one delivers really good value!

• BuzzzzOff commented:

  12/9/16, 5:42 PM - "...much less interesting and almost twice the price"....feeling like we need to add a few more bottles of the NV to the cellar ;-)

• Periko commented:

  12/9/16, 6:03 PM - Keep in mind these are very different wines. The cuvee reserve base wine is a solera that nowadays is 20+ years old, hence it adds a readyness factor the Esprit (vintage) lacks at the same moment, as the later needs more time in bottle offer what it has. Recently had the 2010 and it was very good. Needless to say, I love all Peters lineup. A great choice!

• BuzzzzOff commented:

  12/10/16, 4:56 PM - Good point, Periko...always better to compare, well, grapes with grapes, mais oui ;-)? Yes, Pierre Péters rocks!

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