NV Henriet-Bazin Champagne Grand Cru Blanc de Noirs Extra Brut

Community Tasting Notes (6) Avg Score: 88.3 points

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  3/28/2024 - jlm wrote:

  2019 base, 5g/l dosage. Peach, apple, and toast on the nose. The palate is full and round but with a snappy acidic bite as well. The finish is long and reprises the apple and apple skin notes of the nose. CT doesn't seem to be very high on this, but I am having a hard time understanding why. It's good!

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  1/20/2024 - rocknroller wrote: 90 Points

  Tasted, small taste. Pretty good. The red fruit is evident, and it all comes off cleanly.

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  12/22/2023 - jlm wrote:

  Back label indicates 70% 2019 fruit and minimum 36 months on the lees but doesn't have a disgorgement date; 5g/l dosage. This exploded when the cork was pulled and I lost 3oz or so. Very effervescent, obviously. After it settled a while, it was an enjoyable if not especially memorable BdN. I didn't find it to be sweet or bitter, as others have mentioned. But classic apple and peach PN expression, with a touch of biscuit dough. The palace is roundish with Pinot fruit but also crisp and bright in the grower style. Will give other bottles some time to see if it will help temper the bubbles.

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  4/24/2023 - aquacongas wrote: 89 Points

  not blind
  70% 2019, rest 96-18
  balanced

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  2/10/2021 - Paul852 wrote: 86 Points

  100% pinot noir; no disgorgement date or dosage given.
  
  On the nose there are hints of yeastiness and minerality. On the palate this remains quite gassy despite time in the glass. There is an initial hit of dry toasty fruit, tart unripe apple. I don't get any hint of the sweetness that the previous TN did. The finish is very dry, but (and this is the reason I don't rate this any higher) it tends to a slightly cloying bitterness rather than a clean crispness that my preferred extra bruts have.
  
  I get that some people may like this slightly fuller form of extra brut, and it's not badly made, but it's not my thing.
  
  EDIT - to be fair after an hour of air and it coming closer to a cool room temperature the gassiness and the bitter edge have moderated and it's much smoother, but rather bland and uininteresting.

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