Extracted from a thread just posted: 4 wines tasted blind at dinner: 2000 Pol Roger Sir Winston Churchill, 2019 Boillot Clos de la Mouchere, 2012 Pio Cesare Barbaresco and 1999 Clerico Percristina Barolo
2000 POL ROGER SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL BRUT- blind; the color was very advanced with some browning yellow gold and the nose also confirmed some oxidative notes with bruised apple, caramel and butterscotch being most evident; on the palate, I got honeyed strawberry and honey dew melon adding some delightful flavors which tended to embellish the taste profile; it finished a little dry as the fruit dissipated a bit; for me, this was about the maximum amount of oxidation that I can tolerate before it gets too overwhelming and the wine becomes like all others that are oxidized; I guessed the vintage to be 1996, the wine to be a brut with more Pinot Noir than Chardonnay and from Laurent- Perrier; the typical blend is comprised of 70-80% Pinot Noir, 20-30% Chardonnay aged 11 years on the lees; this bottle was disgorged June 2012 and dosed at 8 gpl.
Cheers,
Blake