I saw what Sarah was up to, I was just trying to be diplomatic.
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Absolutely, as long as we have the audience again! I don’t want to ‘waste their time’ because it’s more difficult to get a pile of people on a Zoom call nowadays, you know?
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Maybe we test the waters with a small poll, specific to the producer we want to do. We’d get a cursory vote for whether people wanted it or not. If they want, I can help secure her to join us. Want to post a poll on our behalf?
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I don’t know if I need to say I imported this since I have been out of the business for years and thus have no commercial interest but want to make sure I am not violating any rules.
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With many thanks, as usual, to @Frank_Murray_III for previous notes, this evening I’ve very much enjoyed this with some food.
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Ironic…Lopa just offered it yesterday at $54 US (which appears to be a killer price). Glad you like it.
Seeing your note and the offer…I just wonder whether I need to buy more wine right now? 
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I’m in.
Did you vote in the poll?
Thanks to your remarks re the Comtes Jon, I pulled the 2004 for tonight.
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Thanks to you, I caved in and made an order. 
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I loved my last one a year and a half ago. I’m going to open another soon. I’ve already opened more than half of my two cases.
I’ll look forward to your note.
Cheers,
Warren
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yes!!
Thanks.
Not Champagne, but my wife and I have opened a couple more bottles of Pere Mata Cava since getting home from Brazil. It’s delicious and at $16-$23 a bottle (depending on the specific wine) you can just toss it back. But it’s also interesting/complex enough to stand up to geeky analysis. So glad Panzer brings this stuff in. Laura gave me a hall pass to load up on the offer last week.
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I tasted through the lineup many years ago in consideration of importing. They are impressive and a cut above most Cavas. I passed because most people looking for Cava just want cheap so distribution outside of a model like Panzer’s can be an unprofitable headache. I agree it’s a worthy alternative to Champagne when looking to keep price down.
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I bought some too. I’ll get some mags for an office party. Mata is so good, and the prices laughable.
Cheers,
Warren
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Extracted from a thread just posted in Wine Talk:
2012 DELAMOTTE les MESNIL sur OGER BLANC de BLANCS- this bottle was consistent with others, the most recent one in February and I am not only using some updated notes, but also including a discussion about Delamotte and Salon:
When this was first released, it was originally announced {and 2 years latter renounced} no Salon would be made for this vintage and I opted for a ton of it assuming most, if not all of the best fruit would be going into this release; whether that was true or not, every bottle has been stellar and even improving as was the case with this bottle bought abut 5 1/2 years ago; it had the usual yellow gold color and the hallmark rich and creamy texture to compliment the ginger and honey laced citrus and yellow apple, yellow peach fruit; our bottle was also in perfect balance and the whole package was very impressive.
While this was being passed around, some of us questioned how Salon and Delamotte came together and here’s a couple of links that provide some history of these sister houses and a little more:
https://www.corneyandbarrow.com/blog/champagne-delamotte-history-exclusive/
“Salon is the most elusive of Champagne’s grand marques. Only made in what the house deems the very best years, Salon has been bottled just 39 times since 1905, its first vintage. Yet. Even when it is released, production is tiny. Consider that there are just 60,000 bottles (5,000 cases) of the 2002 for the entire world, a virtually insignificant amount by Champagne standards, while production numbers for other tête de cuvées range from a few times greater, as in the case with Taittinger’s Comtes to Champagne (also considered a small production Champagne), to about 100 times greater for Dom Perignon.”
“Salon is located in Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, in the heart of the Côtes des Blancs. The core of Salon emerges from a small vineyard that sits right behind the house. Salon is done entirely in steel, with no malolactic fermentation, one of the reasons the wines need extended time in bottle prior to release, and in most cases, several years on the cork before they start drinking well. In vintages in which Salon is not made, the fruit goes into Delamotte, Salon’s sister estate and neighbor. {Ha} The Delamotte style is less severe, as malolactic fermentation is employed to give the wines softer contours and more immediate breadth.”
“Francois Delamotte founded his house in 1760 and the trade name Delamotte Père & Fils was adopted in 1786. For the next 100+ years, the house went though multiple changes. Eventually, both neighboring houses were co-owned by Laurent-Perrier in 1988 when Bernard de Nonancourt was to merge the family interests by taking over Champagne Delamotte, integrating it into the Laurent-Perrier group. Just a few months later, he was able to realize a long-held dream – an emotional milestone that merits a chapter of its own! – in acquiring at long last the tiny Champagne Salon, Delamotte’s neighbour in Le Mesnil-sur-Oger.
This is how the destinies of Champagne Delamotte and Champagne Salon came to be entwined. Today, these two exceptional producers operate as sister houses, sharing offices and facilities in the very same historic town house in Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, bought by the de Nonancourt family so many years before…”
Cheers,
Blake
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Charles Heidsieck Champagne Brut Réserve 200 Years of Liberty
A new champagne for me. Released to celebrate the bicentennial of the founder. I’ve loved the regular Brut reserve, as they have such a deep stock of reserve wines. This turns it up a notch. A blend of 60 different crus. 2017 base, with 50% reserves going back more than 20 years.
40% Pinot Noir, 40% Chardonnay, and 20% Pinot Meunier. Steel aged + 5-10% oak barrels. 9 gm/l dosage.
Deep gold. Fine, energetic bead. Yeasty brioche hits first, then citrus, cherries, vanilla. Great creamy texture. Just beautiful.
I should have bought more than three.
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So is the Krug, and especially the Clos de Mesnil.
Do tell, how was the wine?