Community Tasting Note

forceberry wrote:

Friday, May 5, 2023 - A recent bottling. Tasted blind.

Pale lemon-yellow color. The nose feels quite ripe with aromas of sweet red apple, some leesy creamy tones, a little bit of brioche, light crunchy notes of quince, a hint of bready autolysis and a touch of stony minerality. The wine feels dry, crisp and pretty firm on the palate with flavors of sweet white peach and crunchy quince, some saline mineral tones, a little bit of spicy red apple, light leesy notes of creaminess, a hint of steely minerality and an autolytic touch of French bread. The rather high acidity lends good sense of freshness to the wine and the mousse feels pretty firm and persistent. The finish is dry and crisp with flavors of ripe red apple, some leesy tones, a little bit of sweeter white peach, light saline mineral tones and a hint of chalk dust.

A nice, youthful and balanced but also somewhat harmless NV Champagne. I guessed a young Pinot Blanc Champagne (or possibly a Pinot Blanc Crémant). There's nothing bad here, the wine just doesn't show much character or complexity. It's certainly possible that the wine will turn into something more interesting with age, but for immediate consumption it is pretty ho-hum.

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