2012 Cristal

[etomasi]

wow, y’all light your Cristal young. I’ve honestly never had a Cristal that was actually “mature”. The oldest I’ve had was the 95 and 97 a year or so ago, and they still felt young to me. I have a '90 and an '83 in my cellar. I’m hoping one of them may be mature. Although I had the '09 a while back and it was better than I would have expected at this point.

I just had a magnum of the 83 this weekend. It was drinking exceptionally well. I’d drink the 83 from bottle sooner rather than later. The 90 on the other hand is great now, but has decades of evolution in front of it.

I agree with you on mags of the '83, but I’ve had at least a dozen bottles of '90 Cristal over the past couple of years that were already on their downslope. Several of which were purchased on release (albeit US sources, not from Europe).

Well, luckily I like old, decrepit champagnes, we’ll see. Heck, I’ll buy NV champagne from old cellars just to see if I get some good ones. As for the 2009 Cristal, I thought it was the most open young Cristal I’ve ever had, but still not ready for me.