Nose of pastry cream and rancio, with a cheese crust side. It's very special.
The bubble remains lively and the robe remains pale.
On the other hand, the mouth is rich and superbly lively. It is still very lively, barely evolved and devoid of oxidation. I guess the solera with the few tertiary notes in the mouth with the undergrowth and the mushrooms. It remains diffuse and the trailing chardonnay counterbalances everything with a nice freshness. Excellent balance. Beautiful intense finish all in vinosity. It just lacks a zest of extra length to move up a gear.
It is a very good champagne, just that the nose bothered me a bit.
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Deep, lovely color. Gorgeous nose, deep honey apricot mineral aromas. Tight at first. Bubbles fades a bit too quickly, but after an hour in open bottle it settles down and has developed into a pure beauty. Great.
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Fizz & Fish @ Master's (Master's Super Fish, Waterloo): Quite mellow with some gentle spice. Broad. Would go nicely with cold goose.a little flat and lifeless after a while. Good but lacking cf some older versions of this. ***
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6/19/2023 - Benoit Hardy Likes this wine: 91 Points
dsg 03/2012
Nose of pastry cream and rancio, with a cheese crust side. It's very special.
The bubble remains lively and the robe remains pale.
On the other hand, the mouth is rich and superbly lively. It is still very lively, barely evolved and devoid of oxidation. I guess the solera with the few tertiary notes in the mouth with the undergrowth and the mushrooms. It remains diffuse and the trailing chardonnay counterbalances everything with a nice freshness. Excellent balance. Beautiful intense finish all in vinosity. It just lacks a zest of extra length to move up a gear.
It is a very good champagne, just that the nose bothered me a bit.
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8/29/2016 - drwine2001 wrote:
Yellow, minimal mousse. Solera system wine, just a weird mash up of oxidized aromas and dry flavors.
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1/24/2015 - goska Likes this wine: 92 Points
Deep, lovely color. Gorgeous nose, deep honey apricot mineral aromas. Tight at first. Bubbles fades a bit too quickly, but after an hour in open bottle it settles down and has developed into a pure beauty. Great.
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10/24/2014 - SimonG wrote: 88 Points
Fizz & Fish @ Master's (Master's Super Fish, Waterloo): Quite mellow with some gentle spice. Broad. Would go nicely with cold goose.a little flat and lifeless after a while. Good but lacking cf some older versions of this. ***
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12/25/2012 - fafounet Likes this wine: 91 Points
Excellent. Better day 2.
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