Community Tasting Notes 3

• Wine Canuck wrote: 90 points

  May 23, 2015 - Year 3 - Super Tasting 1 of 5 - Dave does Birth Year Wines: Surprisingly still quite effervescent. This pours a fairly rich deep golden yellow. Nose is quite musty on the first pour, but that seemed to blow off somewhat. This comes across fairly advanced, even considering the age. The nose is of lightly sherried salted roasted nuts, herbs, pear, old furniture and a touch of caramel. I actually quite like this but it certainly is advanced. The palate is nicely acidic with not too much perceived dosage and a medium finish. Good, but certainly not as good as hoped.

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• alittle wrote: 88 points

  May 23, 2015 - Year 3: Super Tastings Round 1 of 5; Dave Does Birth Year Wines (Dave's House): Popped and poured, followed approximately 30 minutes. Golden colour in the glass, with a fine bead that dissipates quickly. On the nose, this was advanced as expected; light cider, baked apple, burnt sugar, baking spice, toasted hazelnut, yeast, and crushed rock. With time in the glass, this gets quite sherried and takes on an earthy edge. On the palate, this is quite tart and lean, with medium plus acidity. Finishes moderate, but very dry, with tastes of bruised apple, baking spice, roast nuts, lemon zest and burnt sugar. Still a lot of interest here if you like very mature Champagne. For my tastes, however, if this example is correct, drink 5-8 years ago.

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• Dave Canada wrote: 88 points

  May 23, 2015 - Year 3 - Super Tasting 1 of 5 - David does Birth Year Wines (Dave's House, Kitchener, ON): This is a bit sherried on the nose but still showing some lemon, salt, caramel, brûlée and nutty notes.
  The palate is advanced as well with obvious bruised apple notes but augmented with minerals, nutmeg, clove, lemon and hazelnut.
  Finish is medium and a somewhat singular. This was much more advanced that I would have expected and given that it came from a great cellar...I would say drink up as this is tiring.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1988
• Type White - Sparkling
• Producer Nicolas Feuillatte
• Varietal Champagne Blend
• Designation Brut Cuvée Spéciale Millésimé
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Champagne
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• Appellation Champagne

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