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Le Tour de Champagne Tasting

Olofskapel, Amsterdam, NL

Tasted October 9, 2023 by Xavier Auerbach with 130 views

Flight 1 (25 notes)

White - Sparkling
2017 Deutz Champagne Blanc de Blancs France, Champagne
93 points
Trade tasting, brief note. Clear and elegant style, fresh and creamy, harmonious acidity, layered finish.
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White - Sparkling
2015 Deutz Champagne Hommage à William Deutz Meurtet France, Champagne
93 points
Trade tasting, brief note. Excellent minerally energy, ripe but tightly wound, firm acidity, complex flavours, real drive on the finish.
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White - Sparkling
2015 Deutz Champagne Brut Millésimé France, Champagne
93 points
Trade tasting, brief note. Classic house style, rich and complex flavours, lovely balance, youthful bitters, fresh and firm, very good length. Excellent wine, would really benefit from a few years' bottle age.
White - Sparkling
2011 Deutz Champagne Amour de Deutz Brut France, Champagne
92 points
Trade tasting, brief note. Relatively delicate style, feels quite mature (in keeping with the vintage), light and supple, not much energy left, completely ready.
White - Sparkling
2015 Pol Roger Champagne Blanc de Blancs France, Champagne
94 points
Trade tasting, brief note. Toasty, complete, elegant, perfect weight, silky and seamless, wonderful fruit expression, harmonious, Grand Vin.
Rosé - Sparkling
2018 Pol Roger Champagne Brut Rosé France, Champagne
93 points
Trade tasting, brief note. Rich red berry fruit carried by a structure which is both refined and firm. Delightful now, should age very well on its impeccable balance.
White - Sparkling
2015 Pol Roger Champagne Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill France, Champagne
96 points
Trade tasting, brief note. A wine of majesty, rich and vinous but precise, brioche and vanilla, beautifully balanced, silky, inner peace, long finish with gentle bitters. Long life.
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White - Sparkling
N.V. Bollinger Champagne PN AYC18 France, Champagne
93 points
Trade tasting, brief note. Ripe and vinous style, borderline oxidative but not quite, dry but with lots of natural richness, smoky and spicy finish.
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White - Sparkling
N.V. Jacquesson & Fils Champagne Cuvée No. 746 Extra Brut France, Champagne
93 points
Trade tasting, brief note. Base vintage 2018. Distinctive house style, apple, nutty evolution, energetic minerality, good weight, long and perfectly balanced, firmly structured.
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White - Sparkling
2015 Billecart-Salmon Champagne Brut Millésimé France, Champagne
93 points
Trade tasting, brief note. Finesse and elegance, more about delicacy than about weight even in this warm vintage, bitters are not too pronounced, long and savoury finish with a lot of grip.
White - Sparkling
2017 David Leclapart Champagne Premier Cru Cuvée L'Aphrodisiaque France, Champagne, Champagne Premier Cru
95 points
Trade tasting, brief note. Not decanted. Marvellous Burgundian vinosité, real depth and elegance, inner peace, poised and elegant but deeply serious, powerful but gentle and flowing, dreamy finish with a whiff of wood. Grande classe. Decanted it was deeper and more quiet, but at the same time more expressive, nuttier, vanilla and red fruit, with great depth on the finish. I prefer it straight from the bottle.
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White - Sparkling
2008 M. Hostomme Champagne Premier Cru 'H' France, Champagne, Champagne Premier Cru
93 points
Trade tasting, brief note. Typical rich 2008 aromatic evolution, tight and energetic palate, with a certain charm and noticeable bitters. Needs time to find its balance. Score based on potential.
White - Sparkling
N.V. Egly-Ouriet Champagne Les Prémices France, Champagne
93 points
Trade tasting, brief note. Base vintage 2018. Tightly wound as is the maison’s wont, lots of minerality but with rich and spicy fruit ladled on top. Good now, good future.
White - Sparkling
2016 Henriot Champagne Grand Cru L’Inattendue France, Champagne, Champagne Grand Cru
94 points
Trade tasting, brief note. Outstanding purity and precision of expression, very floral and minerally, flowing and fresh, just the right amount of grip. almost Riesling-like, dreamy finish. Superbe.
White - Sparkling
2003 Henriot Champagne Brut Millésimé France, Champagne
94 points
Trade tasting, brief note. Original disgorgement. Spicy, smoky, nutty depth, chocolate and coffee, effortless freshness on the finish, amazing energy and length for the vintage, keeps going on. Chapeau bas for quality and longevity!
White - Sparkling
2008 Henriot Champagne Cuvée Hemera France, Champagne
96 points
Trade tasting, brief note. Compact and elegant, still quite closed, all about structure and minerality, citrus, displays its quality on the grand and expansive finish. Grand Vin, needs time.
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White - Sparkling
2018 Benoît Lahaye Champagne Grand Cru Brut Nature Le Jardin de la Grosse Pierre France, Champagne, Champagne Grand Cru
92 points
Trade tasting, brief note. Slightly loose but attractive in style, pronounced bitters, good length.
White - Sparkling
2019 Leclerc Briant Champagne Brut Réserve France, Champagne
92 points
Trade tasting, brief note. Biodynamic. Not easy to pin down. There is richness and elegance, freshness and weight, its feels natural and relaxed, but it is hard to define. Is it because it is so harmonious?
Rosé - Sparkling
2019 Leclerc Briant Champagne Rosé de Saignée Extra Brut France, Champagne
92 points
Trade tasting, brief note. More expressive than the white reserve 2019, unripe cherries and white strawberries, still quite uncommunicative, a wine that needs to be discovered.
White - Sparkling
2016 Leclerc Briant Champagne Brut Millésimé France, Champagne
93 points
Trade tasting, brief note. Here we find more power and weight than in the previous two 2019 wines, the energy is there, but the style remains subtle, with hints of linden.
White - Sparkling
2015 Leclerc Briant Champagne Premier Cru Blanc de Meuniers Brut Zéro France, Champagne, Champagne Premier Cru
93 points
Trade tasting, brief note. Zero dosage. Powerful, spicy, lovely Meunier typicity, quite direct, yeasty finish. Arguably the best of the quartet tasted today.
White - Sparkling
2008 De Castelnau Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut France, Champagne
92 points
Trade tasting, brief note. Tight and fresh style, energetic and compact, cool and minerally, citrus and green apple, lovely balance. A minor 2008 but a good one.
Rosé - Sparkling
N.V. De Castelnau Champagne Brut Rosé France, Champagne
90 points
Trade tasting, brief note. Pale salmon colour. Cherry stones, flowers and strawberries, cool and fresh, some fruit but the bitters are quite dominant.
White - Sparkling
2016 Claude Cazals Champagne Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Brut La Chapelle du Clos France, Champagne, Champagne Grand Cru
94 points
Trade tasting, brief note. Very terroir-driven, substiantial bitters, red apple, quite direct and a bit austere even, big and layered finish. Needs a lot of time. Score based on potential.
White - Sparkling
N.V. Bonnet Gilmert Champagne Grand Cru Précieuse d'Ambroise France, Champagne, Champagne Grand Cru
93 points
Trade tasting, brief note. Solera champagne. All the energy of the Oger terroir married to the finesse and complexity of the solera reserve. Grande surprise!
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