December 22, 2023 - Freshest bottle of 82 I’ve have. Wow. Just bright fresh and bubbly with the roundness and softness of aged champagne. Just killer. Flavor profile of 96 with out edginess. And none of the brioche nuttiness!
December 1, 2023 - Robinson wine dinner at mad cap Dark gold color. Classic aged champagne yeasty nose. Really fun to drink this aged beauty. Picking up notes of cherry and nuttiness. A treat. Likely peaked 10 years ago.
January 1, 2023 - fresh lively with complexity
great with dim sum
November 28, 2022 - My first experience with an older Champagne and wow was I amazed, popped and poured over 2 hours with it being best at the end. Still had some carbonation that bubbled off after about 10 mini in the glass, was a bright golden color it looked exceptional. Nose was a little funky at first but after that blew off it had a very delightful toffee and butterscotch scent, flavors were the same with some caramel citrus and pear, had a nice crisp mouthfeel and a long finish. This was outstanding and makes me never want to drink young champagne again if this is what it will eventually become!
October 23, 2022 - Drinking perfectly, no sign of advanced age. Ethereal wine, with ongoing flavors and amazing complexity. Pure pleasure to drink.
September 24, 2022 - Very mature and perhaps a slightly affected bottle. Nevertheless a lovely aged DP with oxidized notes of caramel, dead yeasts and a touch of Madeira.
May 4, 2022 - SAC: Evening of wines with some duck (Decoy): The wine of the dinner hands down. It was all of the things you want in old champagne. Poured four different bottles and each unique (I didn't get to try them all) but the ones I did were all good. Slight bit of freshness but all of the age character and slightly caramel and still decent bubbles and just overall drinking great.
March 25, 2022 - 1982 Bordeaux + some Pirates (Restaurant Brunnenstube, Beinstein): Clear, deep golden color. Clean, beautiful and fully developed nose. Some brioche and lots of warm, good caramel.
On the palate surprisingly stable and fine Mousseux. Lots of caramel, creme brulee. Still fresh, beautiful acidity, very deep, good pressure, beautiful balance and harmony, great length. Champagne at its very peak! 94-95
February 16, 2022 - Oxidized appearance. Tired but fine mousse. Oxidized buy largely intact fruit in the mouth with good depth and length. This bottle had bee stored in an abusive manner for 30 years before I was gifted the bottle back in 2010. All things considered, it was in remarkable condition and palatable with the outstanding sushi from Royal Sushi.
February 5, 2022 - Matt’s 40th Party (Fallsington, PA): Cork broke, but got it out with a corkscrew. Still a bit of bubble to it. Amber color, loads of caramel, nuttiness and a slight Sherry note. There’s some sweet pear still, and even a little acid on the finish, but this seems to be a textbook example of well aged good vintage champagne.