3/7/2024 - DAN BAILEY Likes this wine:

Slightly higher dosage helps. Slightly creamy. But mire supple, approachable.

3/7/2024 - DAN BAILEY Likes this wine:

Reduced, steely. Reduction actually somewhat overwhelmed the wine in my view but nice fruit underneath. My 4th favourite on the night.

3/7/2024 - DAN BAILEY Likes this wine:

Slightly unclean nose but lovely palate.

3/7/2024 - DAN BAILEY Does not like this wine:

Served blind from magnum. Sour nose. Broad, rich, sweet attack. Angular and not harmonious. Very weird and actually quite unpleasant. A real bummer as I’m a huge vilmart fan and have this in both bottles and mags. Need to try from my own to see if this was a representative showing.

3/7/2024 - DAN BAILEY Does not like this wine:

Served double blind. Curdled cream and milk chocolate on the nose. Pale yellow colour. Slight reduction. Black treacle with air. OK but no better. A relief to have a wine even poorer than the krug I brought!

3/7/2024 - DAN BAILEY Likes this wine:

Served blind. Very pale. Reductive. Fresh, clean and bright. Crazily young but very good showing. My 2nd favourite after the cristal.

3/7/2024 - DAN BAILEY Does not like this wine:

Served blind. My bottle. Bit stinky. Burnt toffee. Bit flat with just nothing there in the mid palate and finish. Very disappointing. Consistent with other attendees’ experiences.

3/7/2024 - DAN BAILEY Likes this wine:

Served blind. Pale gold colour. Broad, rich, oyster shell. Sexy, tangy. Really very good. Slightly oxidative. Complete and a point. Clear wotn for me by some distance.

3/7/2024 - DAN BAILEY Likes this wine:

Much paler, salmon pink colour than the dp. Very sweet, bubblegum nose and attack on initial pouring. Complete and supple on the palate and full through the finish. Last sip overly sweet with nites of black treacle and the dosage sticking out a bit but overall in a much better place than the dp was. My 3rd favourite on the night.

3/7/2024 - DAN BAILEY Likes this wine:

Served blind from mag. Darker colour than the 04 ruinart rose it was paired with. Slightly stinky, reduced nose. Biting acidic mousse. Compact. Very slowly opening. Some confusion with the somm about which was which in this flight but I’m 100% convinced this was the dp! Not a great showing for such an august wine in mag format.

3/7/2024 - DAN BAILEY Likes this wine:

Served double blind. Very pale, almost clear colour indicating its incredible youthfulness. Lemon twist and classic cold rolled steel reduction flavours. Very fresh with white fruits. Clearly a BdB. I guessed comtes!

2/20/2024 - DAN BAILEY Likes this wine:

Slightly darker colour than the clavelier combe d’orveaux served alongside. Sweet fruit, red and purple and very in your face. Supple through the finish. Cool fruit profile. Voluptuous, rich and forward.

2/20/2024 - DAN BAILEY Likes this wine:

Cola, black fruit, brooding still. Silky mouthfeel with a bit of wet dog. Slightly bitter and dry finish. 2nd pour, redder fruit and more energised with sweeter fruit right through the finish.

2/20/2024 - DAN BAILEY Likes this wine:

Very pale colour. Surprisingly soft/lacking in acidity. Plenty of buffering extract. Pale, steely fruit profile with a hint of coconut. Normally, would think this would benefit from more time but not sure with such low acidity.

2/20/2024 - DAN BAILEY Likes this wine:

64%/36% blend of PN/chardonnay with 10 g/l dosage. Salmon pink/provencal rose colour. Lovely, elegant and precise from first pour. So enjoyable. Deeply rich nose and palate with air. Only problem with this wine is that hardly anybody will want to give it the extra hour really to develop given how flat out delicious it is from the start.

2/24/2024 - DAN BAILEY wrote:

If at first you don’t succeed… Took a flyer on a 6 pack each of the referts and champs canet. Every bottle so far has been shot until now. Poured out a lovely gold colour. Wonderful, rich, precise, sweet golden fruit.

2/23/2024 - DAN BAILEY Does not like this wine:

Poured out with a distinctly orange hue, like an aged sauternes. Not totally shot but clearly poxed.

2/22/2024 - DAN BAILEY Likes this wine:

Opened and served over next 2 hours. Gold colour. Minuscule bubbles. Nose of oyster shell, honey and a hint of curry powder. Uniquely silky palate. Rich, elegant and precise. Creamy. Simply perfect. I could bathe in this.

2/15/2024 - DAN BAILEY wrote:

Drunk over 2 nights. Pale yellow/gold colour. Promising nose and attack but still so tight on the mid palate. Attractive, fresh, elegant attack but a base note kicked in immediately that was quite bitter and offputting. With air, it began to integrate a little but I’d definitely give these a few more years.

2/9/2024 - DAN BAILEY Does not like this wine:

Sept 23 disgorgement. 2 g/l dosage and needed more. Stridently sour. Shame as lovely balance underneath.

2/10/2024 - DAN BAILEY Likes this wine:

Very pale yellow colour. Incredibly precise and elegant with a lovely lemon oil note. Thrilling.

2/21/2023 - DAN BAILEY wrote:

Darker again than the 61 and 85. All so reserved. Not quite haughty but close!

2/21/2023 - DAN BAILEY wrote:

Deeper and darker fruit than the 61 served alongside. More lead pencil nd cedar. Became higher toned with air.

2/21/2023 - DAN BAILEY wrote:

Regal! Hint of browning. Screams pauillac. Intense, sweet red fruit. Classic claret.

2/21/2023 - DAN BAILEY wrote:

Dark black fruit. Rich palate with a bit of treacle.

2/21/2023 - DAN BAILEY wrote:

Supple, red fruit, leather and a bit floral. Fully resolved but with a slight sourness.

2/21/2023 - DAN BAILEY Likes this wine:

High toned, lipstick, glossy. Dark fruit. Rich, heady/alcoholic.

2/21/2023 - DAN BAILEY wrote:

Bit of brett and band aid. Dark fruit with slightly dry finish. Classy, but still young.

2/21/2023 - DAN BAILEY wrote:

Richer, floral but finishes a bit sour.

2/21/2023 - DAN BAILEY wrote:

Petrol?! Dry and a bit stripped.

2/21/2023 - DAN BAILEY wrote:

08 base from magnum. Saline, mineral, seashell. Slightly torrefied. Rich nose.

7/10/2019 - DAN BAILEY wrote:

Surprisingly, almost silly on the palate but still so young!

7/10/2019 - DAN BAILEY wrote:

Surprisingly deep and dark.

7/10/2019 - DAN BAILEY Likes this wine:

Nice, red fruited. On verge of being silky. Continued to soften slightly with air. Very nice.

7/10/2019 - DAN BAILEY Likes this wine:

Also served very cold. Soft red fruit nose. Spicy, stemmy nose too. Perfumed, sweet red fruit on the palate. Lovely and clear wotn.

7/10/2019 - DAN BAILEY wrote:

Served very cold. Lovely red fruit and rose petals/floral nose. Became chewier with air.

7/10/2019 - DAN BAILEY wrote:

Lovely red fruited nose and palate. Approaching silky, but still chewy on the finish. Drinking well.

7/10/2019 - DAN BAILEY wrote:

Smoother, silkier palate. Darker colour, but still sweet red fruit profile. More resolved but still too alcoholic/heady.

7/10/2019 - DAN BAILEY wrote:

Intensely spicy. Red and black fruited. Some heat and bitter alcohol poking out. Still chewy.

7/10/2019 - DAN BAILEY wrote:

Served blind. Pale yellow. Remarkably young/fresh. Plenty of dry extract. Lip smacking. Resolved palate with white bread nd lemon curd. Slightly 1 dimensional.

7/10/2019 - DAN BAILEY Likes this wine:

Bright gold colour. Nose closed but palate perfect. Elegant, powerful, rich golden fruit, sweet honey, spicy and waxy. Really coats the mouth. So spicy. Great showing.

6/3/2019 - DAN BAILEY Likes this wine:

Great bottle. Very similar to the 95. White fruit, balance and class all round.

6/3/2019 - DAN BAILEY wrote:

Darker colour. Richer, more giving. Lovely and precise. So much softer and more open than the 95 but nine of the honeyed richness of the previous flight.

6/3/2019 - DAN BAILEY wrote:

A bit clipped and dry. Palate muted/asleep. Finally, a bit of bruised apple on the nose but incredibly young on the palate.

6/3/2019 - DAN BAILEY Likes this wine:

Light gold colour. Vigorous mousse. Darker fruit profile. Rich, deep with lots of 96 acidity. Better and better with air. Rich, caramel, sweet. Gorgeous.

6/3/2019 - DAN BAILEY wrote:

Sulphurous nose. Very pale yellow colour still. Very rich palate. Really lovely nd charming in a whiter fruit style.

6/3/2019 - DAN BAILEY wrote:

Corked. Lovely wine underneath and would love to try another bottle.

6/3/2019 - DAN BAILEY Likes this wine:

Slightly darker colour than the 95 BdM. Much more generous, rich and honeyed.

6/3/2019 - DAN BAILEY Likes this wine:

Pale gold colour with very fresh nose. Plenty of mousse initially. Softened with air. Not very giving but last slip finally opened up a bit to reveal sweet, malty notes.

11/14/2019 - DAN BAILEY Likes this wine:

Superb. Dark fruit. Alluring meaty notes of gravy.