Trumpet season has started ... and yes very early this year. Saturday I forund a got amount of Black Trumpets (Craterellus fallax) - also called Black Chanterelle. They were very fresh and fine, as the season has just started, still it took a good hour to clean them. …
Agrapart et fils, L Avizoise 2004 Extra Brut
L Avizoise 2004 Extra Brut is a fine effort from Agrapart. Really like the champagnes from this house, and this is no exeption. Lovely and quite vinous, with good weight and length. Very good balance and harmony in this champagne, a pure pleasure. (from 2016) Fine - 91p …
[Read more...] about Agrapart et fils, L Avizoise 2004 Extra Brut
Launois Pere et fils, Special Club Blanc de Blanc 1999
Always nice with a Special Club bottle - the Launois 1999 Blanc de Blanc is a lovely champagne, with good body and precision. Very nice freshness, but think it still need some time before it will show the full potential. Still it's drinking well, a very good or even fine effort. …
[Read more...] about Launois Pere et fils, Special Club Blanc de Blanc 1999
Jacques Selosse, Substance Brut
The Jacques Selosse, Substance Brut, a very fine champagne. Good body and lenght with quite mature flavors, good acidity and structure. While not the most complex Champagne, it offers great drinkability as all Selosse wines. Still lacking the ultimate complexity and refinement - and the slight …
Cedric Bouchard, Roses de Jeanne – Rose 2004
Roses de Jeanne Rosé de Saignée Creux d'Enfer 2004 from Cedric Bouchard was quite a strange glass. Quite a lot of sweetness and a very expressive sweet fruit. Not a very great depth or complexity, all in all a rather uninteresting glass. Have not tasted this producer before, but this wine really …
[Read more...] about Cedric Bouchard, Roses de Jeanne – Rose 2004