Wow this was good. Cork slid right out but there was still plenty of mousse. Beautifully complex, butterscotch, cream, myriad of fruits, hint of honey. Lowish dosage (some sweetness but just enough). I really enjoyed this and would seek out again. Plenty more life in it.
Random purchase to try this. Very nice surprise. More Chardonnay driven with very good freshness, feels low dosage, good phenolic structure and complex finish. Well done indeed.
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(Disgorged in 2004, 40% Pinot Noir and 60% Chardonnay) Lovely yellow colour with extremely fine bubbles raising slowly in the glass showing a maturing nose with lime, minerals and hints of milk chocolate and opens up with cream and butter in a very lovely way. Filled with butterscotch and smoothing yellow apples acidity at first and then opens up with lovely butter and cream notes on the mid before a very gentle lime sweetness takes over on the lengthy finish. This was very expressive and delicious this evening and is in a perfect spot to drink right now.. (Best 2010-2035)
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Upon opening there was notable fizz, which promised good. Cork was probably original. Upon opening showing some impure aromas, which faded away once left to decant for a while. Wine has beautiful light straw color, nose leaned towards mature development, toasty and woolly premium scent with ripe citric fruits on the back, granny apples. The taste was telling the wine being on good drinking window, sip provided lovely mousse and taste was following the nose, toastiness, butterschotch, dried fruit, but very dominant acidoty kept wine in good structure. Concentrated and ripe acidity felt like sweetness on mid palate, made smile on my face. Very enjoyable at the moment. Will probably evolve favorably little longer.
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9/20/2023 - Decanting Queen Likes this wine: 95 Points
Wow this was good. Cork slid right out but there was still plenty of mousse. Beautifully complex, butterscotch, cream, myriad of fruits, hint of honey. Lowish dosage (some sweetness but just enough). I really enjoyed this and would seek out again. Plenty more life in it.
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1/8/2023 - Collector1855 wrote: 95 Points
Random purchase to try this. Very nice surprise. More Chardonnay driven with very good freshness, feels low dosage, good phenolic structure and complex finish. Well done indeed.
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7/29/2022 - thewiz Likes this wine: 95 Points
(Disgorged in 2004, 40% Pinot Noir and 60% Chardonnay)
Lovely yellow colour with extremely fine bubbles raising slowly in the glass showing a maturing nose with lime, minerals and hints of milk chocolate and opens up with cream and butter in a very lovely way. Filled with butterscotch and smoothing yellow apples acidity at first and then opens up with lovely butter and cream notes on the mid before a very gentle lime sweetness takes over on the lengthy finish. This was very expressive and delicious this evening and is in a perfect spot to drink right now..
(Best 2010-2035)
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5/1/2020 - sembefu Likes this wine: 92 Points
Upon opening there was notable fizz, which promised good. Cork was probably original. Upon opening showing some impure aromas, which faded away once left to decant for a while. Wine has beautiful light straw color, nose leaned towards mature development, toasty and woolly premium scent with ripe citric fruits on the back, granny apples. The taste was telling the wine being on good drinking window, sip provided lovely mousse and taste was following the nose, toastiness, butterschotch, dried fruit, but very dominant acidoty kept wine in good structure. Concentrated and ripe acidity felt like sweetness on mid palate, made smile on my face. Very enjoyable at the moment. Will probably evolve favorably little longer.
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11/15/2019 - aagrawal wrote: 91 Points
Dinner with the wine group (Blue Plate, SF): Aromatic, complex, some brioche; palate is medium bodied, elegant, nice medium palate, citrus; medium finish. Excellent! 91
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