Community Tasting Note

millej wrote:

Friday, January 22, 2021 - Opened while listening to Biden's inauguration speech.

Powerful Champagne, bright effervesence, tart appley. At first pour it's harsh and needs more time and/or air. I look forward to following this over the course of the day. It showed best from a Zalto Champagne glass which masked the harshness and emphasized the minerality.

Some lovely floral notes emerged over the course of the first hour.

A few hours later it's showing best from a Zalto Universal but still not expressing all that much. Disappointing.

Day 2: better but still pretty tightly wound. Impressively long finish.

Day 3: Finally!
This is a fantastic Champagne which obviously needs a lot of time. It now displays an explosive melding of huge rocks, chalk and sweet citrus fruit.
But rather than open my remaining bottles 2 days in advance I think I'll just let them sit for a few years.

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