Mike Saviage
Light to medium gold color, fine bubbles and nice energy in the flute. Great nose with notes of lemon, some baked bread, some vanilla, some cut apples and white chalky stone/soil. Great balance in the mouth. Very linear and certainly not flamboyant in its presentation. Somewhat quiet versus past bottles of this, yet the precision and quality are as evident as ever.
Light to medium gold color, fine bubbles and nice energy in the flute. Great nose with notes of lemon, some baked bread, some vanilla, some cut apples and white chalky stone/soil. Great balance in the mouth. Very linear and certainly not flamboyant in its presentation. Somewhat quiet versus past bottles of this, yet the precision and quality are as evident as ever.
9.5Ed Lehrman
Maybe my new desert island wine, as long as i could chill it sufficiently!
Maybe my new desert island wine, as long as i could chill it sufficiently!
9.5Greg Koslosky
Elegant complex refined right up there with the 1996.
Elegant complex refined right up there with the 1996.
9.5Mike Saviage
Medium gold color. Nice energy and bubble intensity. Notes of lemon, stones, crisp red apples. Expansive in the mouth. Toasty. More developed and complex than the 96 next to it. BDay dinner 1/12.
Medium gold color. Nice energy and bubble intensity. Notes of lemon, stones, crisp red apples. Expansive in the mouth. Toasty. More developed and complex than the 96 next to it. BDay dinner 1/12.
9.5Thomas Pastuszak
Sommelier/Wine Director The NoMad
Peak maturity: straight-up delicious
Peak maturity: straight-up delicious
9.4Damien Bielle
Belle bulle, grosse concentration et pureté, bouchonné
Belle bulle, grosse concentration et pureté, bouchonné
8.6Chris Cottrell
Partner Bedrock Wine Co, Co-founder/Winemaker Under the Wire
Love this vintage. In the zone but no rush, should go another 30.
Love this vintage. In the zone but no rush, should go another 30.
10Knightsbridge Wine Shoppe
Toasty and giving. Mature
Toasty and giving. Mature
9.3Mike Saviage
With a white truffle course this was the perfect compliment Toasty yeasty nose, long finish. Acidity matches fruit. Nice age.
With a white truffle course this was the perfect compliment Toasty yeasty nose, long finish. Acidity matches fruit. Nice age.
9.5Location
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