Community Tasting Notes 18

• Dine&Vine wrote: 89 points

  March 21, 2024 - Nice rose but not a good QPR. Nothing wrong but just run of the mill for me.

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• Condrieu82 Likes this wine: 91 points

  December 19, 2022 - Salmon pink color. Nose of strawberries, raspberry yogurt - fresh and fruity. Sharp acidity, raspberries, blanched almonds, lemon-verbena; medium length with pleasant walnuts and lemony notes. Minerality is good, wine is young and enjoyable. Nothing particularly remarkable, but a good Champagne indeed.

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• forceberry wrote: 87 points

  May 6, 2022 - Mainly a blend of Pinot Noir blanc de noirs and Pinot Noir red wine with a little bit of Chardonnay to add freshness. A small amount of reserve wines (a blend of over 25 vintages going back to 1985) is added to the blend. Aged for three years sur lattes and for another five months after disgorgement. This bottle was disgorged in autumn 2021. 12% alcohol, dosage less than 6 g/l.
  
  Pale pinkish rose color. Ripe, youthful and quite fruit-forward nose with sweet-toned aromas of ripe pear, some raspberry, light fresh apple tones, a little bit of leesy autolysis, light lactic notes of strawberry yogurt, a nutty hint of almond, a touch of apple jam and a distinctive whiff of bitter almond oil. The wine is dry, balanced and very youthful on the palate with a medium body and crisp flavors of brambly raspberries and mealy apples, some lemony citrus fruit notes, a little bit of mineral water, light leesy notes of creaminess, a hint of chalky bitterness and a candied touch of primary fruit. The overall feel is somewhat simple and generic, thanks to the very youthful and even somewhat primary flavors. The mousse feels gentle and creamy and the acidity comes across as moderately high and zippy. The finish is juicy, dry and quite crisp with medium-long flavors of candied primary fruit notes, leesy yeasty tones, some fresh red apple, a little bit of ripe lemony citrus fruit, light crunchy notes of redcurrants, a hint of juicy white fruit and a touch of saline minerality.
  
  A balanced and reliable but also somewhat generic rosé Champagne with a noticeably youthful, almost candied streak of primary fruit, which makes the wine feel more like your run-of-the-mill rosé sparkling wine than a serious Champagne. I wasn't particularly impressed by this wine - even if the wine is bottle-aged with the lees for more than three years and it includes reserve wines going back to 1985, it lacks the complexity and depth associated with such qualities. While not a bad wine, I find it hard to get excited about this particular rosé Champ.

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• nicefish Likes this wine: 91 points

  November 21, 2021 - Apples and sea breeze on the nose. Apples and just-after-rain one palate. Delicious.

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• Derek Darth Taster wrote: 91 points

  September 10, 2021 - Aperitif for Chambolle-themed lunch at SSG. From 375ml bottle. Tasted blind. Drank in Gabriel Standart.
  Appearance is clear, pale intensity, salmon pink colour. Thin legs. Fine bubbles.
  Nose is medium+ intensity, with aromas of chalky stones minerality, toast bread, red apples, slight earthen funk. Developing.
  On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium- alcohol (12%), medium+ body. Medium + flavour intensity, with flavours of ripe red apples, red cherries, chalky stones minerality, toast bread, some slight hints of earth. Long chalky finish.
  Very good quality. Nice pure good Pinot fruits, with good minerals and some earthen development thanks to the half bottle format.
  Disgorged July 2019. Mainly Pinot Noir with a tiny amount of Chardonnay.

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• Vintage N.V.
• Type Rosé - Sparkling
• Producer Bruno Paillard
• Varietal Champagne Blend
• Designation Rosé Extra Brut Première Cuvée
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Champagne
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• Appellation Champagne

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