2002 Delamotte Blanc de Blancs
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Mesnil, Oger, Cramant, Avize. Current vintage. The Delamotte Collection releases started five years ago. Same wine as was released earlier but kept on lees 15 years. Disgorged 2017. Dosage 5 g/l because such a rich vintage. Bigger bubbles again. Tight nose. Delicate and just a little bitter note on the end. Very fine with juicy Seville orange notes. Quite concentrated after it opened out in the (JR) glass.
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David Schildknecht, Vinous
Richard Hemming MW, jancisrobinson.com
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Complex and round on the nose and very dry on the palate. Long and bone dry. (JR)
Disgorged October 2011. Dosage 7 g/l. Apple sauce fruit. More saline than toasty. Very savoury and restrained. Puckered. Perhaps a little fruitless? Great density and power, but very severe – is this too young, even at ten years old? (RH)
Cream cheese on the nose, then toast on the palate. Light bodied, ephemeral, perhaps missing a bit of vim, but a classy number nonetheless. (RH)
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