TN: 1985 Salon Champagne Brut Blanc de Blancs

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  • 1985 Salon Champagne Brut Blanc de Blancs - France, Champagne, Le Mesnil Sur Oger, Champagne (10/28/2013)
    DOA. Smelled super oxydative and just got worse as it breathed, though the palate was very lean. It soon tasted of super tart apple cider, with no finish but just a mid-length acid trip. My last bottle from a case of which 10 were magnificent, the last 2 opened in the past 3 years were both DOA. Sigh… NR (flawed)

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Hey you did pretty good in my book since 10 of 12 were great. I tend to bat 4 great, 4 okay, and 4 bad.

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Yeah but this was a birthday wine. The replacement, a NV Jose Dhondt, was also off, so settled for a NV Ruinart BdB which was OK (bubbles too coarse).

Overall last night was a bad wine night (others were DOA or TCA).

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Tough luck and thanks for posting - I was really close to pulling the trigger on this one last year and after your info I am glad i didn’t!

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85 salon doa at my 40th as well
i know try to stick to sofia from the can pepsi

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Oof. Had an 82 that was heavily oxidizd as well.

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Total root day.

But seriously my experiences line up exactly to Brad’s with 85 Salon. 2 bad, 2 ok, 2 great and all from legit sources.

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[quote="Charlie Fu"I Oof. Had an 82 that was heavily oxidizd as well.[/quote]

Hopefully the '85 I bring for the Friday sushi dinner turns out AOK :slight_smile:. The last one from my stash was awesome!

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Yep, it must have been a Root Day, it was a tough wine night: this, a NV Jose Dhondt that was weirdly off, a 1999 Jadot Clos St Denis that was TCA’d, and a 1998 Jadot Nuits St Georges les Damodes that was DOA. Finally got it right with a 2003 Pascal Pibaleau Heritage d’Aziaum Azay-le-Rideau. Brutal.

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it’s ok. Friday and Saturday won’t be root days I just checked the calendar [snort.gif] strawman

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I wish everyday could be a root day.

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Pre-mox you mean.

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