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Hollowine wrote: 90 points
April 29, 2020 - Gonna side with the minority on this bottle, which was the first 2002 I've had.
I think this is closed and tight right now, which I feel I was able to validated by saving 1/2 bottle for days 2&3 with just a stopper to cap the fizz. Got markedly more bright on the next nights, clearly needed some air and glad it wasn't an "off" bottle. The 1996 is my favorite wine ever and I've been lucky to have it many times, so comparing the '02 to the '96 I felt it was years behind in readiness. I'm hoping my other bottles will age at the same pace, if so this is probably a 50 year wine at least.
Delicious, just wouldn't put this in the top levels just yet. 87 night 1, 93 night two.2 people found this helpful 5,730 views
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Topper commented:
4/29/20, 8:18 PM - Hollowine, the 96 Salon is my favorite champagne as well. That one seemed to drink beautifully right from the start. I'm hoping that more recent vintages, like 02 and 06, that are less open to start with, end up nearly as good as the 96.