Community Tasting Note
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Josch48 Likes this wine: 89 points
October 6, 2019 - How much money does one have to spend to find a Champagne that delivers vivid fruit, balanced acid, effervescence, and delicate creamy yeasty coating in the mouth throughout the finish. This is most certainly not a rhetorical question.
Granted, for every Champagne house’s respective Brut cuvée, there is a recognizable, hopefully consistent, specifically appreciated style throughout their offerings.
We four last evening all concurred on a predominant expression of unidimensional apple with a tight and bright palate cleansing mouthfeel, devoid of creaminess.
All manner of salty, sweet, citrus rind-stuffed olives, and cheese pre-meal delicacies failed to pry open and reveal any other flavor or mouthfeel components from the wine.
Perhaps over the years I have developed a stubbornly unrealistic optimistic expectation from an under $60.00 a bottle Champagne. We have enjoyed a short list of Champagne Brut; Moët and Chandon, Piper Heidsieck, Tattinger, Roederer, Lanson, with multiple disappointments with Veuve Cliquot, including their vintage offerings.
More study, money and experimentation, along with a relaxed level of expectation, are obviously necessary.2 people found this helpful 9,805 views
3 Comments
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NickA commented:
10/6/19, 4:59 PM - You need some Charles Heidsieck!
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SLIMES commented:
10/8/19, 11:29 AM - I only clicked on 'comments' to recommend Charles Heidsieck, but I see that someone has beaten me to it. I can't see from your profile which part of the world you are from but in the UK, it's worth hunting around for a deal.
Drappier's not a bad option either. -
Josch48 commented:
10/8/19, 12:30 PM - Thanks to you both. We are at the end of the American wine pipeline. Maine.