2018 Marie Courtin Champagne Blanc de Noirs amphores

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 91.5 points

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  7/3/2023 - viniferatu Likes this wine:

  Luscious but very dry. This is low pressure so the deep texture of the wine comes through beautifully. Long, supple, fresh and lively, this is delightful. It has the balance to age gracefully. Kinda wish I'd saved it, but oh well, delish today!

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  6/17/2023 - DrZett wrote: 91 Points

  Super interesting and well made 100% bio farmed Pinot Noir. No dosage, aged in sandstone amphora. Cracking acidity and lots of spicy and herbal notes. Some beautiful red berries in the background. Some nice earthy / loamy notes too. Feels very fresh. It needs more time in my opinion, but it will be exciting to see this age. (IG)

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  3/2/2023 - Frank Murray III wrote:

  Champagne Bookclub (served blind)--Me (Giana in Dana Point): Served blind, composed of a flight with the other amohora cuvee from 2018, the Blanc de Noir. For context, both wines are made in sandstone amphora, this was the first vintage too that Dominique bottled these two wines from this new elevage approach. For contrast, the BdB is a blend, made up of 60% Chard, 35% Pinot Blanc and 5% Arbanne, so it's pretty close in composition to the existing cuvee she makes called Presence. As for the BdN, it's 100% Pinot Noir. Both are bio farmed, no dose, disgorged March 2021. With the BdB, I found the wine to be zesty, with green and yellow apple, along with citrusy tangerine. I would have dug being able to taste the wine again today but none was left. As for the BdN, it reminded me some of the existing flavors and presentation of Efflorescence. Black cherry, really good concentration, with some tangy blackberry and good tension. With air, and allowing the wine to shed the chill, it relaxed and deepened. I preferred the BdN too......finished the final ounce, all that I had leftover from the dinner. Mostly still now, this is a delicious wine. Fleshy, plenty of concentration, with some honeyed golden apple and crushed red berry with a hint of licorice. Wow.

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  3/16/2022 - aquacongas Likes this wine: 92 Points

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  Very convincing, Spicy, strawberry and cranberry, cracking acidity and pure finish. 92

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