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 …
Champagne
Taittinger, Comtes de Champagne 1999
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 …
Henriot Champagne, Cuvée des Enchanteleurs Brut 1996
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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Taittinger, Comte de Champagne Blanc de Blancs 2000
The 2000 Comtes de Champagne is a big and quite powerfull Blanc de Blanc. In the bouquet ripe and rich fruit and a very fine minerality. On the palate rich with a quite full body, a fine focus made by the fine minerality and crisp acidity. At the moment very fruity, and to the rich side, but will …
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Krug, Vintage 1979
The Krug Vintage 1979 needs your love and care! Straight from the bottle the nose is quite closed with some .. less attractive oxidative notes. But given time in the glass it develops into a wonderful mature champagne. In the bouquet notes of apricot, bread and almonds. On the palate the classic …