Return to Willamette; 7/2/2023-7/8/2023 (Portland & Willamette): Wonderful start to the dinner and so fun to get to drink one of these. Much fewer of them around these days. The genius of the wine is it really does feel like wine. Best served not too cold. And benefits from air and time in the glass. A bit of the herbal and more nuanced in style. Drinks well.
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Lovely as always. Can see a bit of the difference. It’s funny because generally I like wine that’s made to age and I really have no feel for what age will do to these wines so in some ways I suppose this is an example of a champagne who clearly drinks young and yet I am very taken with them. It’s always just a bit interesting and feels a bit like champagne for the wine drinker (if you know what I mean). Same here with all of the herbal and character. Lovely.
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Assez sérieux, relativement costaud, le côté rancio & pâte a biscuit est bien présent. Très ample & vineux. Un Champagne fait pour accompagner de la nourriture. Très texturé. Très bon!
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Label says wine is 2010, disgorged in 2017. A bit rough on opening but these wines always need significant air. Lovely red fruits and perfect balance, quiet but great energy and persistence. Was best three hours open when the nose was a basket of wild strawberries with cream. There’s no chalk or salt here, it’s a different and to me, very quiet minerality.
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7/5/2023 - MC2 Wines Likes this wine:
Return to Willamette; 7/2/2023-7/8/2023 (Portland & Willamette): Wonderful start to the dinner and so fun to get to drink one of these. Much fewer of them around these days. The genius of the wine is it really does feel like wine. Best served not too cold. And benefits from air and time in the glass. A bit of the herbal and more nuanced in style. Drinks well.
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3/5/2023 - MC2 Wines Likes this wine:
Lovely as always. Can see a bit of the difference. It’s funny because generally I like wine that’s made to age and I really have no feel for what age will do to these wines so in some ways I suppose this is an example of a champagne who clearly drinks young and yet I am very taken with them. It’s always just a bit interesting and feels a bit like champagne for the wine drinker (if you know what I mean). Same here with all of the herbal and character. Lovely.
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7/24/2022 - Burgnick Likes this wine: 91 Points
Bright, medium plus intensity and slightly oxidative. Easy to like.
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6/4/2022 - sidaga Likes this wine: 91 Points
Assez sérieux, relativement costaud, le côté rancio & pâte a biscuit est bien présent. Très ample & vineux. Un Champagne fait pour accompagner de la nourriture. Très texturé. Très bon!
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1/16/2022 - brooklynguy wrote:
Label says wine is 2010, disgorged in 2017. A bit rough on opening but these wines always need significant air. Lovely red fruits and perfect balance, quiet but great energy and persistence. Was best three hours open when the nose was a basket of wild strawberries with cream. There’s no chalk or salt here, it’s a different and to me, very quiet minerality.
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