Picked up after seeing its price point and age and gave it a go. Quite impressed so far, lovely aged bubbles with life and balance. Some nice richness here that carries the tertiary notes so well. Pineapple upside down cake, toasted hazelnuts, brioche, ripe citrus and baked orchard fruit, vanilla, honey, mushroom and crushed rock. Lot 060/15/19/19
Picked up after seeing its price point and age and gave it a go. Quite impressed so far, lovely aged bubbles with life and balance. Some nice richness here that carries the tertiary notes so well. Pineapple upside down cake, toasted hazelnuts, brioche, ripe citrus and baked orchard fruit, vanilla, honey, mushroom and crushed rock. Lot 060/15/19/19
Oct 21st, 2019
2024/2/14. It’s hard to give a wine like this a meaningful numerical score. While it’s not a “perfect” Champagne (whatever that means), I’m extremely happy that producers and wines like this exist. While it would be wonderful to have deep verticals of Salon, Clos de Mesnil, etc. to dip into whenever the craving for a mature blanc de blancs strikes, it recedes further into the realm of ridiculous fantasy with every vintage. How many options are there to buy mature blanc de blancs at reasonable prices? Sure, this is a bit lean from the mid palate onward, with rather prominent acidity, but the nose is what it’s about, and it fleshes out a bit with air too.
2024/2/14. It’s hard to give a wine like this a meaningful numerical score. While it’s not a “perfect” Champagne (whatever that means), I’m extremely happy that producers and wines like this exist. While it would be wonderful to have deep verticals of Salon, Clos de Mesnil, etc. to dip into whenever the craving for a mature blanc de blancs strikes, it recedes further into the realm of ridiculous fantasy with every vintage. How many options are there to buy mature blanc de blancs at reasonable prices? Sure, this is a bit lean from the mid palate onward, with rather prominent acidity, but the nose is what it’s about, and it fleshes out a bit with air too.
Feb 14th, 2024
My favorite style of champagne. Yeasty, tastes like partial malo, a lil oaky.
My favorite style of champagne. Yeasty, tastes like partial malo, a lil oaky.
Dec 26th, 2019
Champagne, France
