Community Tasting Note

Paul S wrote:

Saturday, November 30, 2013 - Dinner at Megumi (Megumi, Sentosa Golf Club): Wow - this may not be to everyone's liking, but I thought it was a fantastic Champagne. I have only had the Substance once before, and this bottle had a quite a bit more bottle-age than the last one I tried, having been disgorged way back in 2 November 2005. I am not sure it was any "better" qualitatively than the last bottle, but I did really enjoy the more mature notes here. It had a beautiful nose, with brown pears and ripe apple aromas along with some kumquats and then slightly oxidative stylings of white meat with a light drizzle of soy sauce, and then deep whiffs of earth and toast and mineral. A very complex, shifting bouquet, very masculine at first, but opening up into sweeter notes of honey and flowers in time. Really nice. It had a wonderful palate too. This unfolded across the mouth in a great show of layered depth and intensity, with strong flavours of browned pears and red apples echoing the aromas picked up from the nose, and then a midpalate that added earth and white meat, with a linear spine of super fine bead and fresh acidity kept the wine ever so defined and focused. A super long finish then set-in with honey and kumquats pulling away into the distance. This was a wine that offered both power and effortless grace, so that it came across with style and finesse in spite of its weighty depth and persistent strength. A beautiful Champagne, drinking wonderfully on the night.

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