DG 01/2018 Third bottle. We really love to drink this wine; it's a full and complex wine at the moment, we cannot understand the earlier reviews and the mediocre score that it has here. The wine feels ripe and exotic: the pineapple juice is very present as well as ripe mango, white peaches and on the red fruit side we found cranberries, raspberries, cherries, and blackberries; butter, cream and natural yogurt; it feels somehow medicinal with a persistent note of licorice and white pepper; honey, caramel and toasted nuts; the mushroomy and oxidative character is very important too: Sherry wine, pine resin, concentrated beef gravy and a hint of curry. Lovely creamy and dense texture, moderate but lively acidity that assure some more years of healthy cellaring; the sapidity of Couche’s wines is always very particularly prominent and this bottle was no exception, it was almost 'umami' with a very persistent sea salt note. Lovely at the moment, drink it if you find a bottle; drink one and save the other for next year if you find two. 92pt
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DG 01/2018 Second bottle. This bottle seemed more delicate and elegant with a lot more fruit than the last one, which was a little funky (but not in a bad way). Lots of white flowers and ripe citrus fruits such as lemons and tangerines with a delicate note of bergamot, guava, white nectarines and some peaches, pineapple, some wild blackberries; a hint of vegetable broth, black tea (earl grey), and a pastry side that was much more prominent that the last bottle with butter cookies, freshly baked bread, plum cake, toasted almonds, madacamia nuts, and dates. Just as stimulating, but this was really very different from the last one; perhaps the conservation was better and the wine wasn’t as ‘evolved’. The texture is dense and profound with a medium-high acidity that will keep it going for several years; meaty, with a lot of substance. One of the best price-quality relations that we know. We love this producer’s wines. 92pt
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DG 01/2018 Curry, concentrated vegetable broth, mustard, saffron, black pepper, mushrooms, mango, passion fruit, toastiness, sea salt, chalk, wet stones, oxidative, a hint of smoke, some nuts, chestnuts. Impressively dense texture and a lovely acidity that will last ages. Powerful and profound. 93pt
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I am surprised by other community reviews of this champagne, having had quite the opposite experience. Perhaps my bottle was disgorged later than others (mine was disgorged January 22, 2018) but there was nothing simple or short about this wine, in my humble champagne-loving opinion! After ~14 years of resting on its lees, this cuvée packs a punch of fantastic autolytic aromas & flavors. My partner and I both thoroughly enjoyed it (but we love well-aged champagnes).
Full tasting note: https://uncorked.fr/2019/08/31/vincent-couche-champagne-brut-2004/
Champagne avec plusieurs bulles et une mousse présente. Au nez, nous avons un peu de lime et de la pomme verte. En bouche, c'est brioché sur des notes de pommes vertes. Bouche courte. 86 sur 100.
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50% Pinot Noir, 50% Chardonnay Dégorgé en avril 2013 Oeil : belle prise de mousse, bulles persistances et de taille moyenne à fine, paille léger Nez : projection 5/10, frais, pomme verte, lime, fleurs blanches, iode, plutôt simple Bouche : sensation sec, ample, acidité vive à tranchante et presque dérangeante, amertume moyenne, persistance moyenne, rétro minérale, végétale, florale 87-88 Serait intéressant de le revoir dans 3 à 5 ans... ce que nous laisserons à d'autres.
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Beaucoup Moins bon que le 2002 (l'effet Grand millésime sur 2002 a fait son effet, c'est évident. M`a semblé plus lourd et moins fin...manque un peu de complexité mais bien.
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4/24/2022 - Handy1 wrote: 90 Points
Though it says brut on the dry side. Not much taste Some people needed to add cassis to make it go down
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3/19/2021 - julen789 Likes this wine: 92 Points
DG 01/2018
Third bottle. We really love to drink this wine; it's a full and complex wine at the moment, we cannot understand the earlier reviews and the mediocre score that it has here. The wine feels ripe and exotic: the pineapple juice is very present as well as ripe mango, white peaches and on the red fruit side we found cranberries, raspberries, cherries, and blackberries; butter, cream and natural yogurt; it feels somehow medicinal with a persistent note of licorice and white pepper; honey, caramel and toasted nuts; the mushroomy and oxidative character is very important too: Sherry wine, pine resin, concentrated beef gravy and a hint of curry.
Lovely creamy and dense texture, moderate but lively acidity that assure some more years of healthy cellaring; the sapidity of Couche’s wines is always very particularly prominent and this bottle was no exception, it was almost 'umami' with a very persistent sea salt note. Lovely at the moment, drink it if you find a bottle; drink one and save the other for next year if you find two.
92pt
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9/10/2020 - julen789 Likes this wine: 92 Points
DG 01/2018
Second bottle. This bottle seemed more delicate and elegant with a lot more fruit than the last one, which was a little funky (but not in a bad way). Lots of white flowers and ripe citrus fruits such as lemons and tangerines with a delicate note of bergamot, guava, white nectarines and some peaches, pineapple, some wild blackberries; a hint of vegetable broth, black tea (earl grey), and a pastry side that was much more prominent that the last bottle with butter cookies, freshly baked bread, plum cake, toasted almonds, madacamia nuts, and dates.
Just as stimulating, but this was really very different from the last one; perhaps the conservation was better and the wine wasn’t as ‘evolved’. The texture is dense and profound with a medium-high acidity that will keep it going for several years; meaty, with a lot of substance. One of the best price-quality relations that we know. We love this producer’s wines.
92pt
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2/29/2020 - julen789 Likes this wine: 93 Points
DG 01/2018
Curry, concentrated vegetable broth, mustard, saffron, black pepper, mushrooms, mango, passion fruit, toastiness, sea salt, chalk, wet stones, oxidative, a hint of smoke, some nuts, chestnuts.
Impressively dense texture and a lovely acidity that will last ages. Powerful and profound.
93pt
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8/31/2019 - uncorked.fr Likes this wine:
I am surprised by other community reviews of this champagne, having had quite the opposite experience. Perhaps my bottle was disgorged later than others (mine was disgorged January 22, 2018) but there was nothing simple or short about this wine, in my humble champagne-loving opinion! After ~14 years of resting on its lees, this cuvée packs a punch of fantastic autolytic aromas & flavors. My partner and I both thoroughly enjoyed it (but we love well-aged champagnes).
Full tasting note:
https://uncorked.fr/2019/08/31/vincent-couche-champagne-brut-2004/
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12/6/2018 - maxima wrote: 86 Points
Pas vraiment mieux selon mes souvenirs...
encore sur les pommes brunes, un brin rancio.
Court et léger, un peu trop simple.
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11/15/2015 - mat600 wrote: 86 Points
Champagne avec plusieurs bulles et une mousse présente. Au nez, nous avons un peu de lime et de la pomme verte. En bouche, c'est brioché sur des notes de pommes vertes. Bouche courte. 86 sur 100.
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10/18/2015 - kosmik wrote: 87 Points
50% Pinot Noir, 50% Chardonnay
Dégorgé en avril 2013
Oeil : belle prise de mousse, bulles persistances et de taille moyenne à fine, paille léger
Nez : projection 5/10, frais, pomme verte, lime, fleurs blanches, iode, plutôt simple
Bouche : sensation sec, ample, acidité vive à tranchante et presque dérangeante, amertume moyenne, persistance moyenne, rétro minérale, végétale, florale
87-88
Serait intéressant de le revoir dans 3 à 5 ans... ce que nous laisserons à d'autres.
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9/29/2015 - maxima wrote: 87 Points
Beaucoup Moins bon que le 2002 (l'effet Grand millésime sur 2002 a fait son effet, c'est évident. M`a semblé plus lourd et moins fin...manque un peu de complexité mais bien.
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9/8/2015 - tendring Likes this wine: 90 Points
Fruity and smooth.
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