Dinner with R&Y and B&A: Mag. 2004 purchase. Mid to full straw. Good stream of bubbles. Rich, honeyed, quite full bodied with a nicely biscuity element. Initially feels a little older than it is — guesses went back to the late 79s. Gathers energy with air and freshens nicely. Richness of maturity but vitality too. Really very nice. Went well as an aperitif with 36-month-Comté gougères, but would have worked equally well at table. ****
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HDH auction at Spiaggia; 12/13/2019-12/14/2019 (Chicago, IL): So effin' weird. Tastes like a boiled Yukon potato. Old and funky with surprising acidity. A little caramelly too. Others definitely liked it more than I did, but for my palate, past its prime. I'm not a big fan of how highly autolytic champagnes age.
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1995 Vintage Champagne horizontal (Medlar (London)): Served non-blind as aperitif. Not a perfect bottle but drinkable. Next to the Ruinart 95 an anticlimax clearly. Cloudy and developed in colour, bit grainy finish and hollow.
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Deep straw color, heavy perfume of honeysuckle with mineral edge, took a few minutes to uncoil and reveal smooth and gentle mouthfeel. Felt like it was at the end of its effective life so drink now if you have some. Not amazing but a high quality champagne - a little light at the finish
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HDH auction at Spiaggia; 2/15/2018-2/17/2018 (Chicago, IL): Really funky and mushroomy on the nose, too much so for my own taste. The palate is definitely a little more tractable for me, with some good fresh acidity and a fair dose of tart apples. Definitely not as mushroomy on the palate, this is actually quite nice if you can get past the earth and funk from the nose.
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1/15/2022 - SimonG wrote: 93 Points
Dinner with R&Y and B&A: Mag. 2004 purchase. Mid to full straw. Good stream of bubbles. Rich, honeyed, quite full bodied with a nicely biscuity element. Initially feels a little older than it is — guesses went back to the late 79s. Gathers energy with air and freshens nicely. Richness of maturity but vitality too. Really very nice. Went well as an aperitif with 36-month-Comté gougères, but would have worked equally well at table. ****
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12/14/2019 - acyso wrote: 85 Points
HDH auction at Spiaggia; 12/13/2019-12/14/2019 (Chicago, IL): So effin' weird. Tastes like a boiled Yukon potato. Old and funky with surprising acidity. A little caramelly too. Others definitely liked it more than I did, but for my palate, past its prime. I'm not a big fan of how highly autolytic champagnes age.
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9/12/2019 - BenBlu wrote: flawed
1995 Vintage Champagne horizontal (Medlar (London)): Served non-blind as aperitif. Not a perfect bottle but drinkable. Next to the Ruinart 95 an anticlimax clearly. Cloudy and developed in colour, bit grainy finish and hollow.
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2/9/2019 - mattdathan Likes this wine: 91 Points
Deep straw color, heavy perfume of honeysuckle with mineral edge, took a few minutes to uncoil and reveal smooth and gentle mouthfeel. Felt like it was at the end of its effective life so drink now if you have some. Not amazing but a high quality champagne - a little light at the finish
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2/16/2018 - acyso wrote: 88 Points
HDH auction at Spiaggia; 2/15/2018-2/17/2018 (Chicago, IL): Really funky and mushroomy on the nose, too much so for my own taste. The palate is definitely a little more tractable for me, with some good fresh acidity and a fair dose of tart apples. Definitely not as mushroomy on the palate, this is actually quite nice if you can get past the earth and funk from the nose.
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