Community Tasting Notes 25

• SimonG wrote: 93 points

  January 15, 2022 - Dinner with R&Y and B&A: Mag. 2004 purchase. Mid to full straw. Good stream of bubbles. Rich, honeyed, quite full bodied with a nicely biscuity element. Initially feels a little older than it is — guesses went back to the late 79s. Gathers energy with air and freshens nicely. Richness of maturity but vitality too. Really very nice. Went well as an aperitif with 36-month-Comté gougères, but would have worked equally well at table. ****

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• acyso wrote: 85 points

  December 14, 2019 - HDH auction at Spiaggia; 12/13/2019-12/14/2019 (Chicago, IL): So effin' weird. Tastes like a boiled Yukon potato. Old and funky with surprising acidity. A little caramelly too. Others definitely liked it more than I did, but for my palate, past its prime. I'm not a big fan of how highly autolytic champagnes age.

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• BenBlu wrote: flawed

  September 12, 2019 - 1995 Vintage Champagne horizontal (Medlar (London)): Served non-blind as aperitif. Not a perfect bottle but drinkable. Next to the Ruinart 95 an anticlimax clearly. Cloudy and developed in colour, bit grainy finish and hollow.

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• mattdathan Likes this wine: 91 points

  February 9, 2019 - Deep straw color, heavy perfume of honeysuckle with mineral edge, took a few minutes to uncoil and reveal smooth and gentle mouthfeel. Felt like it was at the end of its effective life so drink now if you have some. Not amazing but a high quality champagne - a little light at the finish

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• acyso wrote: 88 points

  February 16, 2018 - HDH auction at Spiaggia; 2/15/2018-2/17/2018 (Chicago, IL): Really funky and mushroomy on the nose, too much so for my own taste. The palate is definitely a little more tractable for me, with some good fresh acidity and a fair dose of tart apples. Definitely not as mushroomy on the palate, this is actually quite nice if you can get past the earth and funk from the nose.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1995
• Type White - Sparkling
• Producer Pol Roger
• Varietal Champagne Blend
• Designation Vintage Brut
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Champagne
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation Champagne
• UPC Codes 089744161505, 089744306043, 3260923016138, 7070292758036

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• In Cellars 190 (63%)
• Consumed 114 (38%)

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