I'm really not a big fan of the 1998 vintage in Champagne, as the normally lacks freshness and balance and are on the sweet and heavy side. Krug has done a fantastic job with the 1998 vintage, and it's without usual heavy notes and sweet tone. Krug offers a strong backbone with a good acidity …
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Rating wines – pleasure over points
Reviewing and rating wines is very controversial, and even more so than the wines reviewed. A lot of these discussions are, in my view, a result of inflated and inconsistent ratings for a lot of big non terroir driven wines. …
Billecart Salmon, Blanc de Blanc 1982
The Blanc de Blanc 1982 from Billecart Salmon is a perfectly matured champagne, very nice complexity, good length and body. Rarely does one get a fully mature champagne, that has kept this level of freshness and balance. It's not a very big and heavy champagne, and not the greatest of terroir, but …
Henri Jayer, Vosne Romanee Cros Parantoux 1988
The third Henri Jayer of the evening at Lameloise. The Cros Parantoux 1988 is one of the most memorable bottles I have tasted. The sheer balance of the wine, the lush and very sophisticated tannins, the pure red pinot fruit, the Jayer intensity. Very fine harmony, a lot of minerality and complexity. …
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Henri Jayer, Vosne Romanee Cros Parantoux 1989
The 1989 Cros Parantoux tasted in 2001 at Restaurant Lameloise in Chagny, actually the last bottle of Jayer we had from this cellar. The 1989 was ripe and concentrated and quite dark in the fruit expression compared to the 1988, and not quite as balanced and lush. Very good length and the typical …
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