Metamorphosis by Iris Van Herpen Champagne Blend

What a moment and wine to share with great friends. Delicious stuff. 13-0 with two more to go!

Really singing tonight - better than the 2006. Bubbles are definitely slightly pronounced at first but this has real depth and beauty to it.

For some reason the bubbles on this bottle are more pronounced than I recall. Still delicious with medium yeasty ness and great acid with a nice rocky mineral driven finish.

Been about 1.5 years since I had the good fortune to have one of these and I think this is quite improved with the age. Yeasty, bubbles are still very much there but very balanced, excellent body and finish, just a nice champagne.

Nice start to Christmas dinner. Perfect with some jamon iberico.

Same rating as last time. Obviously Dom from 2004 is fun but this is a bit too austere for my taste. Simply does not hit every part of the palate in a meaningful way. Perfect bubbles and great yeast / toasty notes but lacking acid and a full mouthfeel. Still excellent but not at the level you’d expect.

Nice but a touch underwhelming. Quite dry and yeasty but not a ton of electricity or acid. Austere.

Toast to finishing residency training!

Unbelievable!

Roasted coffee bean due to reductive winemaking style more evident than a month ago. Same bottling??? Fruit=orchard fruit from tart through baked. Very large yields in 2004.