NV Marguet Champagne Grand Cru Shaman 13

Community Tasting Notes (16) Avg Score: 88.5 points

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  3/26/2023 - THT wrote: 88 Points

  Cela faisait longtemps que je ne l'avais pas re-goûté.
  La robe est évoluée, dorée. Le nez est à l'avenant, très expressif et séduisant, avec de belles notes d'oxydation fine et aussi de citron et de craie. Aucune trace d'élevage perceptible. Par contre la bouche est déconcertante par rapport aux promesses du nez. Très droite, exigeante, on peut parler de pureté mais pas du tout de confort. Surtout cela manque d'ampleur et de longueur. Donc impressions mitigées, la note est peut-être un peu sévère, mais on aurait aimé un peu plus de sensualité pour aller avec le très beau nez !

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  1/20/2022 - forceberry wrote: flawed

  From a 0,375-liter bottle. A blend of Pinot Noir (76%) and Chardonnay (24%). Disgorged in September 2016. 12,5% alcohol.
  
  Pale golden yellow color. At first the nose feels clean with aromas of leesy yeast, some almond-driven nuttiness, a little bit of bruised apple, light chalky notes and a hint of woolly lanolin. As the wine opens up in glass, it starts to develop some more disagreeable notes of wet wool sock and rancid nuts. The wine feels dry, crisp and quite clean on the palate with flavors of sharp lemony citrus fruits, crunchy green apples, some almondy nuttiness, a little bit of chalky minerality and light woolly notes of lanolin. The overall feel is quite racy, thanks to the high acidity and ample, crisp mousse. However, the biggest surprise comes when you swallow the wine for the first time: even though the wine feels clean and fresh on the palate, it takes a sharp turn to the worse, when the aftertaste arrives. The finish is very dull, long and unpleasant with pronounced notes of wet wool socks, some rancid walnuts, a little bit of bready oxidation and light sweaty notes. There's nothing crisp, fresh or fruity in the aftertaste and the wine leaves a horrible, musty taste in your mouth.
  
  A don't know what on earth is going on here! The nose and taste are perfectly clean and OK upon opening and the taste remains fine throughout, even though the nose starts to develop some unpleasant nuances after some aeration. However, even right after p'n'p, the aftertaste is plain horrible! And it's not mousy, it's more like oxidized and past its peak, even though the nose and taste are not! And the person who poured the wine said he had bought a case of these half bottles upon release and they have been like this from the beginning. A real mystery. I don't know if the wine is better from bigger-format bottles, but I honestly can't recommend this wine in halves - it's simply undrinkable. We couldn't even finish the half bottle with three people.

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  10/10/2020 - acyso wrote: 85 Points

  Saturday riesling and farewell (Chicago, IL): I liked this a lot less than my last note today -- this was a little astringent and thin, and yet also seemed to have some oxidized fruit notes that didn't work with the palate. Odd showing.

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  9/19/2020 - Frank Murray III wrote:

  My final bottle of the 13. I still remember back when I bought these during the holiday sale at HDH. $35. Disgorged January 2017. 76% PN / 24% Chard. No dosage. This remains a very good vintage of Shaman, both automatically and texturally. Some barrel aroma, with a good whiff of lees. Even with only about 25% Chard, the apple is vivid in the palate core. Finishes with bright lemon and if you tasted me on this blind, I'd guess Blanc de Blancs. The finish is a mix of green apple and some red berry but mostly the former. I continue to buy Shaman and Shaman Rose, and this is the best built and composed Shaman to date.

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  6/7/2020 - melvinyeowq wrote:

  Disgorged Jan 2017. Was looking forward to try this but unfortunately a little disappointed. Very austere at the start, it’s a very very Pinot-heavy styled champagne that I don’t quite love. Fleshed out with time to give good richness and depth but the zero dosage makes it a little stern.

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