2015 Marie Courtin Champagne Presence

Community Tasting Notes (20) Avg Score: 90.5 points

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  6/6/2023 - Richard P Howden Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Tart lemony very dry. Classy tasty champagne.

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  6/6/2023 - aagrawal wrote: 90 Points

  Dinner with the wine group (La Bohème, Palo Alto): 2/3 Chardonnay, 1/3 Pinot blanc. Lemon peel, lees; palate is light-medium bodied, no dosage, balanced medium-plus acidity, lovely clean flavors; finish is medium length. Very nice champagne. 90

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  1/22/2023 - Rezy13 Likes this wine:

  Clos de la Marechale Vertical (Decatur, GA): Deeper yellow; yeasty and eggy profile, super fine bubbles, custard, intense acids; does very well for its Extra Brut dryness, 2/3 Chardonnay and 1/3 Pinot Blanc.

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  6/26/2022 - Frank Murray III wrote:

  Paul's Annual Champagne Tasting: January 2019 disgorgement. This pours a deeper yellow in color but don't read this as being gold--it's not oxidizing nor going that direction. This was drinking for me in a great spot. There is texture here, plus concentration, which is the feature I really liked. Lemon, melon and a toasty note that infused the wine. Excellent.

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  3/26/2022 - Frank Murray III wrote:

  This bottle is a newer disgorgement of the previous 2015 vintage Presence I have wrote about previously in my notes. In fact, the disgorgement I have open is November 2019, whereas the handful of previous bottles were all May 2018. So, this bottle enjoyed an extra 18 months on the lees. Opened yesterday, there's some yellow gold color but no oxidation so don't worry. Two thirds Chardonnay and one third Pinot Blanc farmed biodynamic in the village of Polisot. No dosage and if I recall correctly the elevage is in old wood. Round texture here lying over a tactile impression of wet stone. The soil, the terroir shines through. Yellow apple, melon, bright lemon and tangerine, all floating on beautiful minerality....stoppered up the bottle, retasting 24 hours later. This shows now as more structured, more minerality yet with same freshness from yesterday. And an edit to my comment yesterday about the wine being 'round', I'd not use that remark today. There is more coil and the citrusy lemon more evident. If anything, at least with this disgorgement, the wine shows more open on the first night, then more structured tonight, portending an aging curve and future for the wine that I did not recognize yesterday.

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