Community Tasting Notes 35

• uncorked.fr Likes this wine:

  February 18, 2024 - Organic. 55% from the 2015 harvest + 45% of perpetual reserve wines going back to 2012. Bottled in September 2016 and disgorged on October 13, 2022. The nose is gorgeously rich, spicy and complex. There is a TON going on here. The palate follows suit but all that richness and complexity is complimented by incredible freshness and vibrancy, not mention a slightly salty minerality, all of which really keeps you going back for more. This is beautiful and should continue to cellar well for the foreseeable future; I would definitely buy it again.
  
  APPEARANCE:
  Color & intensity: pale gold
  
  NOSE:
  Intensity: pronounced
  Aromas: baked yellow apple, toasted almond, brioche, baking spices (nutmeg, vanilla, slight hint of clove), crushed stone, walnut, hints of sweet tobacco and white flowers
  Development: developing
  
  PALATE:
  Sweetness: dry
  Acidity: medium
  Alcohol: medium
  Body: medium (+)
  Mousse: delicate
  Intensity: medium (+)
  Flavors: baked yellow apple, baking spices, toasted almond, brioche, crushed stone, lemon, lemon zest, hint of salt
  Finish: long
  
  CONCLUSIONS:
  Quality level: very good
  Potential for ageing: can drink now but has good potential for further ageing

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• frenchiecagowine Likes this wine: 92 points

  February 10, 2024 - Bottled in September 2016, disgorged on 3/8/2023, 55% from 2015 and the rest from a perpetual reserve started in 2012, 3.5g/l sugar.
  This came off as quite dense and ample for Chardonnay. Fine bubbles, ripe, bread and brioche, chalky and slightly oxydative. To me it felt brut rather than extra brut which might be a result of ripeness. Very good Champagne, needs food.

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• hprphf wrote: 93 points

  January 31, 2024 - 55% 2015 and the rest reserve, disgorged March 8th 2023. Mesnil white fruit, stewed pear, vanilla brioche, lychee acidity. So delicious, balanced, rich and layered. 93

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• Rich S Likes this wine: 93 points

  December 31, 2023 - Consistent with previous bottle. Delicious and complex champagne.

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• yipen Likes this wine:

  December 17, 2023 - Not a simple BDB, Fine bubble to begin, there some fruit notes orange zest and oak. Very complex

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Wine Definition

• Vintage N.V.
• Type White - Sparkling
• Producer Pascal Doquet
• Varietal Chardonnay
• Designation Diapason
• Vineyard Le Mesnil-sur-Oger
• Country France
• Region Champagne
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation Champagne Grand Cru
• UPC Code 3760011500070

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• Pending Delivery 7 (2%)
• In Cellars 207 (47%)
• Consumed 223 (51%)

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