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N.V. Jacques Selosse Substance Champagne Grand Cru Chardonnay

1/2/2024 - Philolesen Likes this wine:

95 points

First time trying Substance from Selosse and unsurprisingly I loved this wine. I tasted this up against the V.O. and frankly I preferred the V.O. What I observed as the main difference was the Substance was more pure, elegant and "classical" in the expression whereas the V.O. was even more sherry like and full bodied and textured - both on the nose and on the palate. There was obviously no doubt that both wines comes from the same wine producer but when loving oxidized champagnes V.O. is the favorite of the two. Worth noting that most people disagreed with me and preferred this one.
Disgorgement dates:
VO: 2020
Substance: 2022
Not sure two years would make such a difference? I have had a few VO's with the exact same character.

Philolesen commented:

1/2/24, 4:51 PM - Hi, thanks for the comment and question.
The substance was disgorged in 2022 and the V.O. In 2020. I don’t know if the two years made the difference.

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2013 Bartolo Mascarello Barolo Nebbiolo

10/6/2022 - Philolesen wrote:

flawed

Brought directly from the winemaker - Flawed bottle. Very corked.
Damn...

Philolesen commented:

10/6/22, 6:46 PM - SARED: The cork did indeed smell very "corked", so we feared it even before sniffing the wine - it was confirmed once we smelled the wine.

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