Top 5 Producers You Don’t Buy Anymore, and Why

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@LaurenB

Seems like people’s tastes usually change from bigger, more extracted wines to lighter, more elegant ones?

You’ll end up in the Champagne thread, everyone always does.

Which Champagne are you drinking?

Seems like this might be a good thread for the bubbleheads here. I’ll start it with three 2004 Jacquesson Champ Cain - love this, deep Chardonnay flavors, tons of structure and low dosage. Very young still, lots of lemon minerality and fresh apple. 2001 Vilmart Couer de Cuvée - From a terrible vintage. Not sure how Laurent managed to make this beauty, a testament to quality commitment. This is much rounder than the Jacquesson, more base notes on the fruit and less structure, no real oxidati…