February 11, 2024 - Sweet honey and vanilla nose. Color edging to golden amber. A touch reduced, toasted sugar, brioche, lemon curd. Hey nice, but this bottle drank as relatively old.
October 13, 2023 - Celebration for Oct babies: Too oxidised for me, guessed early 90s. Strong sherry, walnut notes that reminded me of a Jura. Flabby and lacked structure but gained a little acidity with air.
June 29, 2023 - Too mature for me, not as fresh as in April.
June 29, 2023 - Very fresh!
January 7, 2023 - Brioche and tarty.
December 1, 2022 - Certainly mature with a lot going on, I am usually not a fan of overtly "bready" champagne but this is an exception - wonderful depth with lovely acidity to balance - excellent!
November 24, 2022 - Had on its own before Thanksgiving dinner. No detailed notes but a bit too oxidized and "old" for our liking.
July 29, 2022 - Upon opening this looked and smelled very mature for my preferences, but alas the palate was missing. Bone dry, no sweetness or generosity at all.
Gave it an hour to come around and it did (kinda), showing delightful flavors of singed orange and toffee - however the volume was at about 3. A somewhat lower level of bubbles as expected for its age, but it did not show any signs of mistreatment. Just the Clos des Goisses lottery of bottle variation, I suppose.
October 29, 2021 - Opened to celebrate the end of a long couple of weeks.
The fifth of the case and I wish I had another as these seem to be improving! Deep golden colour and extraordinary nose with so much going on. Slight sherry note, marzipan, yeast and tropical fruits. Lovely little bubbles and long length. Genuinely outstanding wine.
April 24, 2021 - Pink color. This had an overtly oxidative touch with mushrooms, nuts, orange rind and bruised apples. Still very drinkable esp. for those who like a bit of oxidation in their older Champagne. Is see a lot of mentioning of oxidation in other tasting notes so I guess this was not bottle variation. Clearly past peak, drink up. The 1999 next to it was pristine and fresh.