Really excellent. Drinks like a blanc des blancs, with ample richness, cupcake batter, and green apple. This has improved over the last year in bottle.
Leesy and milky scents mingle with chalky and citrus notes, followed by a vivacious mid palate with very fine but splashy bubbles, ending in a bone dry, razor cut chalky finish. So let it breathe for an hour for domesticating the gas, personally I liked the peculiarity and the style, it reminded me of certain Selosse Initial in cold vintages.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No
/ Comment
Initiallement très rude, une attaque de bulle imposante qui vient prendre le dessus sur l'ensemble du vin. Après un 20 minutes, le vin se calme et devient plus accessible. Bien droit, acidité +, minéralité + mais ca manque de fruit. Assez décu de cette cuvée que j'avais bien hâte d'essayer.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
Improved from the one I tried last year. Solid "very good." Enjoyable. Medium complexity - some butterscotch cutting through apples and citrus. Backbone acidity is strong, but enjoyable.
Best in the first 90 mins! I tasted over 3hrs to see the curve and the end of the curve is very acidic and vinegary - alas.
3.5/5 on my bizarre scale.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No
/ Comment
Brought this to Aria to kick off our wine dinner and it showed up really well. Fresh and acidic yet full of flavor and character. This is a rebuy for me.
2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No
/ Comment
Blind Tasting at Mi Casa: Reminds me a bit of that Egly/Selosse oxidative style, which I loved. Lots of fruit, honey, candied fruit. Light bubbles. Very good. At its price point, it is decent. I prefer this over the Dom Perignon, brioche profile style champagnes.
2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No
/ Comment
Lighter fruits on the palate with the fruits being more on the whiter/paler fleshed side. There is an ethereal note of a pit (from stone fruit) with an airy minerality note. Pleasant pitch of deep yellow fruits on the mid to end palate. Good amount of acidity to keep flavors energetic on the palate.
Generous youthful mousse. A compact, coiled wine with some breadth waiting to flesh out. A little pastry dough and sliced almond amid peach fruit and some white grape. I liked this but found it a bit simple.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No
/ Comment
2014 blind tasting session. Nose of citrus oil, light brioche, more stuffing and ripeness here than with the Agrapart mineral next to it. Medium complexity and finish.
3 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No
/ Comment
4/6/2024 - jviz wrote: 93 Points
Really excellent. Drinks like a blanc des blancs, with ample richness, cupcake batter, and green apple. This has improved over the last year in bottle.
2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (1)
4/4/2024 - Mag357 Likes this wine:
Leesy and milky scents mingle with chalky and citrus notes, followed by a vivacious mid palate with very fine but splashy bubbles, ending in a bone dry, razor cut chalky finish. So let it breathe for an hour for domesticating the gas, personally I liked the peculiarity and the style, it reminded me of certain Selosse Initial in cold vintages.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
3/22/2024 - etyc wrote:
Chalky, somewhat creamy... acidity on the high-side though, making this felt a tad lean...
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
1/31/2024 - Goodwine4ever wrote: 89 Points
Initiallement très rude, une attaque de bulle imposante qui vient prendre le dessus sur l'ensemble du vin. Après un 20 minutes, le vin se calme et devient plus accessible. Bien droit, acidité +, minéralité + mais ca manque de fruit. Assez décu de cette cuvée que j'avais bien hâte d'essayer.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
11/20/2023 - Floral Likes this wine: 88 Points
Improved from the one I tried last year. Solid "very good." Enjoyable. Medium complexity - some butterscotch cutting through apples and citrus. Backbone acidity is strong, but enjoyable.
Best in the first 90 mins! I tasted over 3hrs to see the curve and the end of the curve is very acidic and vinegary - alas.
3.5/5 on my bizarre scale.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
10/27/2023 - astroman wrote:
Champagne Tasting on Champagne Day (Park 90): Impressions, disgorged 01/23, 2g/l, mineral, slight oxidative, candies, pretty classic house style champagne. Seemly sweet but only 2g dosage.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
8/19/2023 - Decanting Queen Likes this wine: 92 Points
Brought this to Aria to kick off our wine dinner and it showed up really well. Fresh and acidic yet full of flavor and character. This is a rebuy for me.
2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
7/3/2023 - bsumoba Likes this wine: 94 Points
Blind Tasting at Mi Casa: Reminds me a bit of that Egly/Selosse oxidative style, which I loved. Lots of fruit, honey, candied fruit. Light bubbles. Very good. At its price point, it is decent. I prefer this over the Dom Perignon, brioche profile style champagnes.
2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
7/3/2023 - WineBurrowingWombat Likes this wine: 93 Points
Blind pinot tasting (The Sumoba compound): Nose of honeyed and gentle stone fruits with some minerals, sun basked dried earth, and clean light hay.
Lighter fruits on the palate with the fruits being more on the whiter/paler fleshed side. There is an ethereal note of a pit (from stone fruit) with an airy minerality note. Pleasant pitch of deep yellow fruits on the mid to end palate. Good amount of acidity to keep flavors energetic on the palate.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (3)
6/17/2023 - astroman wrote:
Clink Clink Champagne Tasting Event (Warehouse Hotel): Disgorged 1/23, dosage 2g/l, lots of citrus fruits, mineral, high acid, lean. Needs more age to round off the acid.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
6/10/2023 - melvinyeowq wrote: 90 Points
La Rogerie tasting at Tenuta: Ripe but slightly green fruit, the greenness was distracting for me. The least interesting of the flight for me.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
4/28/2023 - Decanting Queen Likes this wine: 93 Points
Perfect dosage for me at 2g/l . Citrus, brioche, mineral, plenty of acid. So drinkable.
3 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
3/3/2023 - jviz wrote: 92 Points
Generous youthful mousse. A compact, coiled wine with some breadth waiting to flesh out. A little pastry dough and sliced almond amid peach fruit and some white grape. I liked this but found it a bit simple.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
3/1/2023 - Bathtub58 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Slightly younger version of the 2013. Similar profile. Best with 30-60 minutes open in bottle.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
2/10/2023 - Collector1855 wrote: 92 Points
2014 blind tasting session. Nose of citrus oil, light brioche, more stuffing and ripeness here than with the Agrapart mineral next to it. Medium complexity and finish.
3 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
1/28/2023 - ledocq wrote:
I am delighted by the design on the foil, as it seems to have slipped by the blue stockings in charge of design.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
10/10/2022 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 93 Points
Janselijn Wines & Verkerk Wines Tasting (Restaurant The Lobby Fizeaustraat, Hotel V, Amsterdam, NL): Trade tasting, brief note. Grand Cru Avize, disgorged July 2022, dosage 2 gr/l. Hint of white nuts, steely acidity, flowers and chalk, expressive.
3 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment