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The Billecart-Salmon Cuvée Nicolas-François 1998 is a really beautiful and refined champagne. In the bouquet refined aromas of white flowers, oysters, pear with notes of brioche and yeast. The palate is offering lovely freshness with rich and delicate fruit. Very juicy and forward. The finish is …
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The Perrier-Jouët Belle Epoque 1998 is slightly disappointing. In the bouquet white fruits, toast, almonds and some floral hints. A quite nice fruit on the palate, round and very harmonious, creamy and elegant. Belle Epoque is normally quite light compared to other top cuvées, but the 1998 edition …
The Grande Dame 1998 from Veuve Clicquet is a surprisingly good effort for the vintage. In the bouquet apple, citrus - sweet grapefruit and lemon, with hints of almonds, toast and yeast. On the palate pear, almonds, caramel, sweet apples, fresh lemon. Very nice balance and complexity with a very …
The Comtes de Champagne 1999 is rather closed at the moment. In the bouquet citrus gooseberries, yellow chardonnay fruit, and a quite dominant acidity. On the palate quite high acidity, good length, but the fruit is somewhat restrained. Starting out with some metallic notes in the finish, but after …
The 1996 Henriot Champagne Cuvée des Enchanteleurs is still in a rather closed stage. While it's beginning to show it's not flashing the whole potential. The bouquet is rather closed, but given a litte air it shows some mature notes from roasted nuts, almonds, around the core of fruit flavors melon …
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