January 27, 2024 - C’est bien mais wow
January 23, 2024 - Lemon, apple, a little almost cherry, honey. Tangy, very slightly sour notes of cherry and citrus; mandarin rather than lemon. The mousse lends a little coarseness. Hmm. It feels like it needs a year or two more in bottle to integrate.
January 22, 2024 - Jadot (and Clair Dau) Chapelle-Chambertin Dinner with Thibault Gagey (Sepia - Chicago IL): Bright citrus with good power, while still nicely rounded and harmonious. Brut Nature lets the wine shine without trying to make a statement here.
January 1, 2024 - Nye 2023. 17 vintage, 20 disg. Better a couple hours after opening. Classic
January 1, 2024 - Popped on new years with cheese and meats.
N peach, quince, almonds, minerals, toast, spice
P citrus peel, little peach, chalk, spice, yeast
F long finish, lots of minerals and cut
Overall a great bottle of bubbles.
50+5+13+17+7
4
December 9, 2023 - Herbal and cool on the palate, with a heavy streak of smokiness. Dense, brooding, and darkly pitched, it had a real feral wildness to its palate presence. Great acidity, but not jagged at all. It showed really well tonight.
November 28, 2023 - Piemonte: Truffles instead of Turkey; 11/23/2023-12/2/2023 (Barolo, Barbaresco, Alto Piemonte and of course Alba): Drinking nicely. It is more oxidized and intriguing and all of that which can be fun. Not a wine that is nearly as available as it was a few years ago.
September 17, 2023 - Pausing for the Cause Fundraiser and Dinner (Obelix - Chicago IL): 2017 vintage. Lean lemon, apple, and berry with very good depth and power. Still a few rough edges on finish, so I expect slight upside as this softens.
August 18, 2023 - The nose is classic Laval. It is aromatic and leans natural, but with excellent complexity with cider notes, gun flint, red apples, quince, toast, saline, meyer lemon, biscuits, and nectarines. The Medium bodied feel is well balanced and with excellent depth along with mouthwatering, high acidity. It's been a little bit since I've had this and its like talking with an old friend. This is everything Laval is about and it still easily hits all of those notes.
August 17, 2023 - Savory is first impression, but in a good way
On the palate, plum, mushroom, picked veggies
Chalky
Me likie!!
However got too much to drink afterwards and forgot to take down the base wine/ disgorgement info lol