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Leclerc Briant Brut.Réserve
This, Bérêche Brut Réserve, Lassaigne Vignes de Mongueux and Docquet Diapason are what my failing memory vividly remembers broadened my mind about champagne.
I still love this. Quince, buttered pastry, red apple and a clean saline and mineral streak cutting through the palate. I should drink more of this. Maybe I’m too nostalgic but this really hit the spot tonight.
Guffens-Heynen St-Véran 1er Jus 2017
Let’s keep the
going. This is a smashing bottle of Chardonnay.
My wife and her friend actually stopped talking when they first sipped this. That’s like a 107 on the Suckling scale.
Deep yellow. The nose is insane. Warm summer day in the orchard with bee hives: pear and peaches with all kinds of florals, chamomile, honeysuckle, slight honeycomb and a bare hint of vanilla cream. The palate hits just the right balance of texture: viscosity that lingers on a long finish that shows clean bitter and acid cut at the very end of it. Teasing you for freshness but finally delivering it.
Best G-H St-Véran I’ve had.