Michel Decotte

2009/10/11. D/g 7/15. 5g/ltr. Dry, soft mousse. Quite stern. Oyster shell. Salt.

Base Vintage:

Surprisingly fresh colour. Lovely stewed nose with notes of blackcurrant. Very soft entrance and a creamy wave but a real pun …

Touch of age on the nose. Clean palate. Lacking depth on the mid to late palate. Very soft mousse. Loads of seashell that mak …

Light orange pink. Blackcurrant and plenty of copper and slate notes. Reminiscent of Ecueil and Villers aux Noeuds. Very drin …

Oodles of wet chalk and salt on the nose. Touch of smoke and a sprinkling of toast. Sweet lemon gooseberry and white pepper. …

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Rich stewed nose. Palate has good weight and length. The mid to late has some real fire to it! Lovely. Tasted by the glass at …

Sweet nose. Palate surprisingly fresh and clean. By the glass at Heathrow terminal 5. 2006 base.

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Pastry nose. Sweet strawberry and raspberry palate. Sweet, pure and lovely! 2006 base. ID 213027

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Good oak balance.Saline. Extremely delicate mousse, very sweet palate. Luscious. Needs to develop the mid palate a touch give …

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Sweet, aromatic, touch of mint. Sweet palate. Simplistic, creamy, warm, touch of hot toast.

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Touch oxidation on the nose.Hints of treacle and marmite. Freshness is there on the palate.

Opulent, sweet fruit nose. Tutti-fruity. Noticeable drop in sugar creates a rather barren style on the mid palate. Almost sal …

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Red salmon pink. Floral, very seductive nose. Impressive mousse, very fine. Great acidity. Good balance.

Hot, biscuits. Very lean mid-palate. Very subtle mousse. Banana skin.

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Light floral. Orange tinged salmon pink. Good fruit on mid but lacking depth.

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Warm vanilla notes. Hugely powerful oak notes. Lingering lemon zest and grapefruit. Really hits the mid-late. The oak hugely …

Powerful acidity. Great length to the palate.Keeping freshness. Lovely grapefruit and forest fruit notes.

Powerful nose. Sweet vanilla palate. Starfruit. Creamy mousse with an opulent clementine mid palate. The acidity drops a litt …

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Crisp, saline. Sweet pinot with a very dry fruit note. For drinking up front. Very strict palate. Minerality held very tightl …

Good mouthfeel. Got an impressive mid palate and bite to this. Good balance of crisp chardonnay and also red fruit qualities.

100% oak Opulent creamy nose. Green apple. Lovely, oaky. Extremely fine and balanced oak. Beautiful mousse. Serious acidity a …

Opulent style on the nose.Mature fruit. Rather simple style. Mid palate is lacking depth.

Real hit of cramant. Minerality, crisp, lemon. Good depth on the mid palate. Lovely freshness with a touch of cream.

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Very muted on the nose. Step up in the quality of mouthfeel. Spritely mousse. Dry.

Fruity, steely, crisp, white flowers with a plump note. Sweet, lacking acidity. Lots of orange pethe, short on the finish but …

Fascinating stewed apple nose. Nougat. Having tried a number of vintages I can safely say that slightly off vintages do not a …

Very crisp nose. Creamy. Alive on the late palate. Lacking depth of fruit on the mid. Needs food. Oyster shell nose. A good v …

Has been sitting for 2 years, collected from the house June 2012. Lovely straw gold. Butter and oyster shell, lemongrass. A t …

Fresh, yeasty with a clay note. This appears more prominent than usual. Fleshy pinot noir note. Pure, but such a heavy terroi …

Again sweet, rich, bold. Great grip and sweet fruit. Starfruit, more focussed.

Chardonnay in old barrels. Bold, full, intense. Bristling. Creamy. Great grip.

Big full rich pinot notes on the front-mid. Bready, red fruit. Good mineralogy.

Dry finish. Cutting, dry style.

Lovely red wine notes. Earthy, vegetable notes giving broadness. Bit of sweetness.

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Hazelnut notes. Honey. Lovely smooth approachable palate. Hint of breadiness. Great acidic bite but seems a little hollow.

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Notes of nougat biscuit. Floral. Nice acidic grip and fruit but lacks finish. Almost like a dry sherry. Slightly odd.

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Red pink. Hard red wine notes. Hard wine.

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Liquorice notes. Good fruity style but lacks the terroir notes, no mineral tones. Notes of raspberry.

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Lovely, sweet, ready palate. Again dominated but the red fruit notes. Again a little lacking.

Bready hit on the palate but again lacks a nose. Great acidity and length. White fruit notes. Headiness.

Really closed on the nose. Crisp, straw notes with strong hints of sweet strawberry.

Deep red. Bright red fruit notes. Quite dry.

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More toasty green notes. A bit more refined, a lot more greeniness.

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Fruity nose. Big, bright fruity red notes. Almost rose. Simplistic sugary heights.

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Cheesy notes. Very soft mousse. Has a decadence.

Violet flowers on the rose. Sweet violet notes on the front-mid. Again shell notes. Lovely, but rest!

Heady, rich, complex. Very dry. Oyster shell. Very gripping.

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Bit of sweetness. Coming on the nose. Heavy oyster shell notes dominate the mid-late. Toasty but lacking length.

More aromatic. Interesting but lacks body.

Bright red wine, focussed rose. Nice full flavour.

Chardonnay gives it a bit of flabbiness. Floral hard notes. Lacks acidity.

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Nice, fruity. Easy style. Youthful wine. Easy.

Chardonnay sings well. Crisp apple notes with again good grip and mineralogy. Interesting.

Single vineyard. Sweet, cheesy. Big bold rich and good acidity. Bold wine. Lovely. Cassis.

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A little closed, opens nicely. Big bold rose. Ruby red fruit flavours.

Crisp, more body. Nice long finish.

Floral notes with crisp red fruit notes. Sweet toasty notes, biscuity. Dominated by sweet raspberry notes.

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Sweet almost confected red fruit, but lovely balance across the palate.

Hard toasty nose. Lacking length but a good mouthfeel on the fruit end. Aromas of rose, starfruit.

Orange pink. Bold sweetness. Blend. Good grip and acidity. Very precise. Rose petal notes.

Fruity easy style. Good acidity. Lovely starfruit, grapefruit and pineapple notes. Nice focus but also simple.

Rich toasty mature notes. Good fruit balance. A little overcooked for me.

Nose is quite closed. Natural yeast. 10ºc 1st fermentation. Toasty yet crisp. Precise.

A little too lean on the palate. Heady pinot meunier with lean red fruit. Had leaves. Fine, clear, metallic. Apricot quince.

Lovely light gold. Good stream of bubbles. Real brioche hit on the nose. Warm toasty palate developing a lovely touch of swee …

Bold, toasty flavour. Lovely rich and full mid-late but lacking finish. Gripping. Great acidity.

Goody easy fruit. Hint of breadiness. Lacking length. Rose petals coming through.

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A lot more elegance and more focussed direction on the palate.

Lovely touch of toast. Creamy sweet palate. Good grip and balanced mouthfeel.

Very soft salmon pink. Red fruits. Good acidity.

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Very interesting starfruit notes. Steely, earthy. Needs time.

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Collects the wine nicely. Lovely controlled pinot. Very focussed. Creamy long finish.

Lovely breadiness and richness. Intense acidity but lacking integration on the mid to end palate.

Instant step-up in complexity with a metallic grapefruit end note. Strangely disconnected at present. Red fruit is folding.

Lovely, sweet strawberry. Easy.

Old socks and cheese. Toasty edge with a fleeting end palate. Hint of bitterness.

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Stern nose. Crisp mineral notes. Lovely starfruit notes. Crisp and stern acidity.

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Light, fruit style. Good chardonnay from Oger. Tight acidic green notes.

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Hidden nose. Very hidden wine. Needs harder red fruit.

Much more controlled grip on the front palate. Much brighter and harder apple notes. Good finish. Smokey, fishy notes, stoney …

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Slightly flabby apple nose. Vanilla notes but no oak. Great grassy apple notes.

Brighter green apple grip. Good intensity and finish.

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Lovely toast again. The sugar brings this together. Great mid Palate grip but lacking length again.

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Big, rich doughy nose and crisp apple a touch bruised. Bitter and odd finish. Crisp.

More clean apple notes come. A little flabby and imprecise but a little more on the end.

Lovely toasty, chouilly nose. Steely. Very good green apple grip. A little lacking in length. Strangely lacking front-mid pal …

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Broader across the palate with mineral notes. Pineapple. Very drinkable style. Plump.

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Easy fruity style. Nicely balanced sugar levels. Good green apple notes. Breadiness.

Lovely, soft pink colour. Great acidity. Hint of red fruit, but great grip. Limited rose feel.

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Again fruity and approachable. Bright lemon notes and hints of red fruit. Gripping on the finish.

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Rich, long palate. Lovely minerality. Sweet long length.

Tiny glass! It was lovely.

Beautiful buttery nose. Sweet butter and fruit. Quite superb.

Lovely palate. Sweet fruit. Goes down beautifully. Lovely grip of acidity and salinity/ minerality. Honey and pastry. Citrus. …

Lovely chailly creaminess. Lovely.

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Great citrus notes. Incredible zesty, powerful depth of palate. Sublime. Great balance. Perfect, saline.

Toast on the nose. Lovely warmth from the fruit. Rich, good buttery. Excellent length.

Incredible mineral nose. Salty grip. Wonderful direction on the palate held nicely with the salt. Wonderful.

Fresh, young, elegant, fruity. Red fruits. Good grip.

Beautiful rich palate. Salty.

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Sweet, fruity fresh mineral. Lovely.

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Lovely salmon pink. Hint of maturity on the nose. Palates are starting to meet with notes of orange/clementine. A touch hard.

Again, wonderfully creamy with a great lift of salinity at the end. Fruity, getting notes of orange. Touch of rind, clementin …

Dry, harder toast note. Harsh compared to the L’Intemporelle. Dried fruits starting to brown in colour.

Even there you get the heat coming off the nose. Soft buttered creamed strawberry sweets. So delicate and feminine. Lovely qu …

A slap in the face with strawberries, Sweeter, more playful.

Lovely perfumed rose. Lovely sweet palate. Great bite 2008 grips nicely on the end palate. Amazing colour – just pinky gold.

Dry, fruity. Gripping acidity on finish. Pungent. Aggressive mousse going up front on the palate.

Base Vintage:

Good bready richness. Nice.

Heady pinot noir nose. Classic Bouzy. Roundness to the red fruit. No real centre to the finish.

Base Vintage:

Mature notes. Floral again. Feels a little hollow in the mid-late palate. Bold big wine but with out the body.

Sweet perfumed nose. Floral notes. Fills the palate but a little simplistic.

Impressive grip and bracing acidity and purity.

Lovely perfume. Bright acidic notes. Clear and clean wine.

Quite restrained. Better nose. Good fruit. Dry fruit flavours at the end.

Very closed. Light fruit and bramble. Dry.

Salty, dry. Good complexity and connection. Long finish.

Perfumed but disjointed dryness. Interesting.

Saline notes with a hint of brioche. Bold, structured and powerful but with a lean end palate.

Dry, lean but a lot more interesting in style.

Lovely sweet fruity style that is controlled by the dry dosage salty. A bit unbalanced.

Coconut. Warmth, almost volatile. Very dry fleeting finish.

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Mature rose. Powerful red fruit but again tones of vinegar. Rich. For drinking now. Good autolytic notes.

Powerful dry with rose petal.

Bold mousse. Gripping and bold acidity. Very dry.

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Much more complexity. A little closed on the nose. Intense mousse. Gripping acidity. Surprising. Chablis pruning textures. A …

Light fruity rhubarb sweets. Ripe. Bold ripe front but lacking body and dry.

Light, fruity. A little lacking in structure. Surprisingly dry with high sugars.

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Marzipan, floral. Youthful fruitiness. Very pleasant. Palate follows nicely. Good fruit, ripe.

Very light and focussed but brutally acidic. This will be interesting.

Noticing even more oak. Bready with great red fruit minerality. Lead red fruit.

Oak is more punchy on the nose. Sweet in fruit, rich power with that salty edge. Banana and dried fruit.

Honey, burgundy. Rich sauterne notes with a bracing dry finish. Palate links really well together.

Apple fruit nose with citrus notes. Balance is far superior. Longing acidic finish. Complexity. Leafy. Notice oak 5-10 second …

Lovely oaky richness. Powerfully dry. Full and bright.

Ready with a 2008 base. Creaminess with red fruit notes.

Base Vintage:

Bouncing at the front but lacking body and connections.

Fruity style. Very elegant.

Evident oak. Nice richness of red fruit that hits you at the end palate. Quite restrained.

Base Vintage:

Crisp white fruit notes of chardonnay. Light elegance. Surprisingly dry. Limited finish.

Oyster shell nose. Rounded but simple PN fruit. Nice sweet balance. Bready. Quince.

Power and minerality. Bold pinot flavours. Salty (vinegar?) Huge mouthwatering.

Really bold rich nose. Green apple notes really sing the chardonnay contact. Very soft mousse again. A real wine. Lovely long …

Bolder nose. Again real finesse on the mousse. Stern acidity. Dryness.

Lovely sweet nose. Rhubarb and custard. Very fine mousse. Light floral creaminess. Vinosity. Bold mid-palate. White fruits, m …

Bold oak flavours. Beautiful length and incredible dried fruit. Something lingers on the palate for so long.

Lovely rose colour. Very restrained but the oak.

Red fruit. Very nice balance. Red fruit of steel green notes.

Nose nicely restricted. Decadent palate. Creamy, yet retrained. Stem granny smith apple. Dried fruit. Burnt.

Dog food. Winey. Hard very lean red wine.

More elegant on the nose. Dry controlled edge.

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Light fruity, red fruit. Easy lightly structured.

Green colour! Young burgundy nose. Mint. Saw from tree. The balance of oak is really complimentary. Good minerality and fines …

Lovely mousse. Good sweetness. One directional venosity. Feeling the tannins. Cassis, cherry.

Acacia. Lovely mouthfeel with a confected minerality. Very lean in style.

Acacia and white flowers. Peach and white flower. Soft, creamy. A little too soft.

Base Vintage:

Burnt notes. Onion skin colour. Soft. Folds away almost immediately . Limited length.

Nutty aromas. Notes of petals. Very restrained palate. Acidity only really hits at the end.

Fresher nose. Fruitier with a grassy finesse. Good grip to finish.

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Light, floral fruit. Good acidity. Fruity.

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Creamy, toasty nose. Very high velocity. Mousse is marked somewhat, but appears to sing red fruit with a crisp chardonnay edg …

Bolder richer nose. Quite dry and controlled palate. More rich flavours. Dried peach and longing finish.

Floral nose. Very clean, floral notes with light honey. Very light toastiness.

Base Vintage:

Lean, lightly acidic. Punchy. Powerful beautiful and toasty. Gripping on the finish.

In magnum. Quite a bit more mature than the last magnum I had. Got a cold so not picking up much. Very nice from the bits I a …

With Dave after discussing Olivia’s date with a Hedgehunter. Fruity, rich wonderful toasty notes. Sweet. Full on toffee caram …

Light, quite fresh, but a little too sweet. With Olivia at Amuse Bouche, London.

Plenty of bubbles! Wonderful toast nose. Fucking amazing. Coconut fresh bread and yeast on the back. Very sweet strawberry on …

Light and very bubbly.

At China White with Ruth. It was overpriced and that’s about it!

Light, floral. Sweet. A little uncomplex on the palate and finish.

Honeycomb. Lovely, very soft mousse. Not much on the palate, but very crisp and extremely enjoyable.

Just starting to get a bit of toast. Bright. Clean lemon and lime on the mid palate. Rich end palate. Not quite enough on the …

One of many light fresh bottles the day after Lillian dumped me. Somehow didn’t taste as good as it has done previously.

Sweeter in style. Brioche toast and layers of butter. Hot grand vintage. There is vivacity to it that I find too much.

40 year vines. More attack on the nose. Buttery banana. Good acidity. Luscious brioche and bite. Lovely.

Wonderful accessible fruit and soft toast.

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Quite young, fresh, but with a buttery smoothness.

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Soft oak notes. Creamy body. Very confused but great acidity and depth.

Lovely soft rose colour. Surprisingly bold rose notes. Still maintains its chardonnay base. Fresh.

Hard nose. Real, grassy and strong steel notes. Good length.

Green, grassy, fresh, zesty. Lean and precise.

Fruity edge to the rich extortion. Softer toastier notes, sweet, rich with a more simple end palate.

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Intense. Lovely rich intense mouth puckering sweet fruit.

Saline notes. Broader red fruit notes. Gripping intensity to the back palate. Real power.

Deep red. Hard edge. Saignee PM

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Bright, fresh nose with real depth of grapefruit. Grass and apple. Soft finish.

Lovely toasty nose. Fresh, soft, salty, crisp. Soft mouthfeel, very approachable.

Soft, easy fruit. Too little in the mid-palate. Needs time to open up.

Tiny bits of PB. Mineralogy comes. Clean, lean, white, light fruits. Crisp piercing acidity.

Harder, but lacks minerality. Red fruits.

Round fruit flavours. Sweet. Good grip, but lacks depth. Fruity. Hollow.

Strange. Overly fruity nose then real fascinating interpretation. Similar to Vilmart. 25% in oak. Very dry.

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Really notice the PN. Soft, easy style.

20% in oak. Good sweetness and mixed tones. Great acidity, but it is lost a bit at present.

Toast. Sweet. Luscious sweet. A little too 1 dimensional.

Fruity style. Light.

Lemon curd. Soft, creamy palate. Toasty grip. Lacks length but elegant.

Bready. Turkish delight. Agreeable.

Orange, pink. Finesse and crisp fruit that is really light and enjoyable.

Slightly deeper colour. Nice rich nose, after the Dom perignon feels a bit weak. Good bready and toasty notes. Very tight aci …

Notes of Pear. Slightly less exotic than previously. Seemless front end with a short mid-late palate. Quite bright. Complexit …

Bright green, straw gold. Nice green notes on the palate. Very creamy with a bit of bite, but lacking acidity. Do feel the en …

Lemon toast on the nose. Very smooth, sweet palate with a hint of bitterness on the finish. Little off on the finish. Grapey.

Good sweet balance. Goo breadiness. Good balance. Surprising.

Deep rose colour. Strongly punchy full nose. Really dry. Very surprising palate that donates an air of sweet fruit but cuttin …

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Immense nose of toasty banana bread! Again fantastic mousse with a perfect integration of sweet fruit and length. Wonderful d …

Tiny Bubbles. Lovely, slightly green, yellow. Apple, lychee lemon nose. Very smooth palate with that seamlessly opens to incr …

Greener gold. Noticing more oak coming through on the nose, pinot having been in the oak giving the red fruit. Mousse is a lo …

Pure 2009 vintage. Straw gold. Starting to get that lovely Laval toasty richness with burnt lemon skin. Dry toast. Lovely swe …

Quite deep colour for it’s young age. Tiny bubbles. Very focused acidic lemon notes. Real green grassiness. Minerality and ta …

Deep core, light colour. Light floral notes. Good acidity. Fruity, fun, easy wine. Good grip but never too tight.

Bite on the nose. Toasty sweet style. Crisp direct fruit with good grip. Good balance of sugar.

Good balance. Red fruit. Lovely fruity style. Enjoyable.

Mineral notes on the nose. Hint of cherry. Creamy, smooth, easy style.

Buttery nose. Soft, subtle fruit. Lychee. Fruity.

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Nice fruity nose. Delicate mousse. Bready. Soft, sweet palate that rolls across the mid-late palate.

Smokey, toasty. Big Barrels. Melon. Luscious and decadent. Toasty. Finesse.

Crisp lemon fruit. Light floral style. Biscuit, cream.

Crisp fruity style. Apple fruit layers of red berry.

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Floral pink. Floral, fruity, easy.

Soft red fruits. Good palate and continuity. Crisp jammy toast. Perfumed red fruit.

Bit more brace to the nose. Lovely Creamy mousse and early sweet palate. Perfumed again.

Toasty, rich nose. Saline Crispness with bite and finesse. Completely different.

Soft strawberry laces. Touch of spice.

Lovely rose gold. Toasty red fruit. Crisp, fruity.

Rusty, cheesy nose. Rich, buttery and good extraction. Decadent and pure finesse and sweetness, lifts it with good direction. …

Crisp saline nose. Crisp, light style. Light floral edge.

Wonderful smell that brings me back to my childhood. A hint of mousse. Good acidity. A touch of chocolate orange caresses bea …

Tiny bubbles. Much darker. Very closed. Sweet buttered toast. Incredible balance, so delicate. Almost perfect softness to the …

Lovely, sweet rich nose. Good fruit up front. Lovely light toast. Chrome cap with cork later. Lovely mousse. Almost one direc …

Wonderful. There is a softness against the ’98, as it was on the cork rather than cap. Great acidity and bite. Fishy, stoney …

Hint of cheeseyness on the nose. Creamy controlled wine. Good pineapple fruit direction. Very tight. Stoney mineral character …

Bready attack, good acidity. Bready mousse. Very refined. Good balance in the mouth. Slightly wanting in the mid-late palate. …

Beautiful balance. Very ripe acidity. Crisp, controlled. Good.

Good creamy texture. Still bracing acidity and bite.

Lovely fruit and pear notes. Touch of liquorice but with a disturbing flabbiness to the mid-late palate that actually lifts n …

Lovely nutty nose. Creamy. Very faded mid palate. Nice flavours. Touch of butter and cinnamon. Real brioche notes. Nice rich …

Good richness on the palate. Yeasty. Good breadth across the palate. Good acidity.

Oyster shell notes. Beautiful broad palate. So rich and crisp. Bristling mousse. Lemon notes. Saline. Intense and moreish. So …

Lovely rich palate. Surprisingly balanced. Wonderful.

Beautiful, almost rose pink colour. Acacia and rhubarb on the nose. A touch of smokeyness with a touch of raspberry nougat. S …

Absolutely superb balance on the palate. Beautiful mousse. Perfect balance and acidity. Lingering.

Very delicately placed on the palate. Quite feminine in style.

Very tight buttered brioche nose. Very soft on the palate. So delicate and longing on the mid-late. Superb mousse. great bala …

Bright red, deep flame.

Sulphur. Crisp, clean and pert.

Wet straw. Floral with a soft crispness.

Flat clay mouthfeel. Hints of lemon notes. Clean.

Bready, rich, intense with a big mouth. Good acidity. Really bready.

Good red fruit notes.

Good richness and structure. Feels great in the mouth.

Crisp apples and buttered toast. Really interesting! Flirty.

Big, sweet, powerful. Decadent and beautifully elegant.

Powerful nose, heady. Powerful with great grip and salinity. Lovely mouthfeel.

Pert apple red. Nice touch of toast. Bright, light lemon notes with a gripping end palate.

Hard toasty nose. Soft soothing palate with white chocolate and spice. Light grip.

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Light, more floral. Odd gripping. Dry softness to the finish.

Deep golden sweet liquor. Mineral white fruit flavours. A little quick on the finish.

Sweet strawberry notes on the nose. Very accessible soft fruity style and good acidity.

Lovely mousse. Sweet toast. Elegant style. Luscious white fruit.

Delicate pink. Soft fruity style. Rose petal and strawberry notes.

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Sweet citrus and tropical notes. The chardonnay really sings in this wine. There is quite a serious backbone to this. Lingers …

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Warm pinot noir nose. Rich pinot palate. Rather simple style but lovely in that.

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Soft salmon pink. Nice style as is the case in ecueil.

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Bigger on the nose with apricot and redcurrant. Good salinity. Really luscious palate. Great length.

Nice sweet nose. Creamy palate. Great orange rind mid palate. Good balance across the palate.

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A bit more faded on the nose. The bitter note is kicked into touch by the sugar creating a slightly feminine balance.

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Powerful ecueil nose. Fantastic mousse and mouthful with a bracing acidity and crisp pinot fruit. Really grips the mid palate …

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Delicate pink. Creamy palate. Hint of toast. Bit more structure on the palate.

Warm pinot nose. Not expanding much on the palate. Reasonable length.

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Warm toasty nose. Soft palate. Very delicate in its portrayal of fruit.

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Rather simple style.

Apricot, sweet and with great acidic balance. Good fruit layers.

Huge palate with sweet oak. Creamy mousse. Good length.

Powerful nose with apricot. Immense palate of apricot, vanilla and white pepper.

Lovely warm nose and palate. The pinot noir really lives on really well with balance of sugars.

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Completely different nose. Warm notes of cherry in the pithe of stone fruits pip. Opulent palate with black cherry and anothe …

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Striking fruit. A bold rose which demands some food.

Fleshy tropical fruits. Still has that salinic copper note with a lovely sweet melon and pink grapefruit hit. The structure i …

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Warm nose. Touch of toast and butter. Creamy mousse. More black forest fruits with a metallic note on the finish. The fruit f …

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Nice toast and copper notes on the nose. Bruised apple with a touch of white pepper. The balance sugars sit on the high end b …

Quite dark burnt notes with a fantastic sweet strawberry note that creeps onto the palate.

Orange tinged rose. Powerful rose that bursts onto the palate with redcurrant and blackcurrant notes. Grapefruit.

Sweet notes on the nose of grape and vanilla. Lovely creamy palate. This is at a very seductive point at present, but I worry …

Delicate mousse. Noticeable bite in sugar and also addition of crisp chardonnay.

Sweet nose. Lots of fruit on the palate with a crisp toastiness. Lingers nicely.

Touch of burnt orange. Lovely sweet buttery rose. Biscuit. Superb style. Very seductive.

Salmon pink with orange notes. Brilliant acidity with red fruit notes. Crisp.

Deep rose with a blood red core. Blood orange. A surprisingly soft palate with white pepper.

Aged in oak. Sweet vanilla on the nose. Butter and sweet tropical fruits on the palate. Rather simple. Kept together with a r …

Toasty nose with a sweet balanced palate. Lemon.

There is a split on the palate between the pinot noir and the chardonnay. The red fruit really lingers on the end.

Lovely faint salmon pink. Feminine front end with a serious red fruit and crisp apple attack at the finish. Lovely complexity …

More fleshy on the nose. Good structure with a touch of toastiness. Dry toast. Tight notes of Granny Smith apples. Mousse a b …

Nice fleshy apple notes. Touch of oxidation, lean palate. Very dry. There is a saltiness to the end palate.

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A hit of smoke and tutti fruity. Beautiful creamy palate with a mousse that fades perfectly in the mouth. Sweet toast and hin …

Bristling mousse. Quite pert and precise with citrus and forest fruits. Very warming.

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Fruity nose. Good salinity. Nice structure.

Oak from different areas, different burning. Old and new barrels. Lovely golden sweet tropical and vanilla notes. Quite opule …

Quite closed on the nose. Lovely warm pinot fruit. Crisp.

Wonderful balance on the palate. Creamy mousse with a serious ref fruit on the mid to late palate. Pressed by foot.

Lovely sweet vanilla and salt. Superb sweet fruit. A touch confected which takes away a bit of the seriousness of the wine. G …

Lovely rose flower flavours. Great length.

Hot sweet toast with a spicy perfume note. Bready / biscuity and good palate.

Toasty, good mature fruit. Lovely palate of sweet nuts. Sweet biscuit and brioche notes.

Rifined mousse. Sweet chardonnay driven fruit. Nice balance of a touch of bitter pithe note.

Lovely vegetable nose. Great mouthfeel with a delicate, sweet, crisp note.

Slightly heady. Hot, lacking depth. Mineral and acidic note. Lingering on the end palate.

Interesting candied nose.

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Sweet palate. Vegetable palate. Good length.

Lovely bready and sweet biscuit palate. Slightly hot note to it but otherwise lovely mouthful.

Warm, enveloping palate. Crisp end note. Great fruit depth.

Lovely Mouthful. Crisp with lemon and berry notes. Saline notes longer.

Very delicate uptake. Good sugar balance. Very inviting palate.

Crisp, clean, sticky.

Bready. Palate is reasonable. Good minerality and bite.

Fleshy nose. Bruised apple and pear. Fleshy depth. A touch too fleshy.

Sweet biscuit. Good palate. Very long for an 06

Fig, peach and treacle. Clean palate. Rather short.

Delicate salmon orange. Lovely fruit with that hint of orange peel just on the back. Good weight.

Crisp nose. Superb, bright fruit palate. Lovely sweet delicate forest fruits with a smacking of zesty lemonade.

Finally an NV I feel comfortable with. Good breadth of fruit. Touch of crisp minerality. Good sugar balance.

Base Vintage:

Lean style. Opulent orange fruit on the nose. Too cold.

Hugely Powerful notes of biscuit, starfruit and lime.

Creamy front end leads you into a powerful mid palate. Surprising power for a 2007.

Gooseberry and lime. Weighting more on the fruit end. Lacking length.

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Fishy on the nose. Very delicate and develop starfruit and gooseberry power on the palate. Great length and picks up a sweet …

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Biscuits on the nose. Touch of butter with a very clean crisp end palate. Lacking depth and length.

Lovely golden colour. Good sweet butter palate. Good grip on the mid to late palate.

Chardonnay with a bit of bite.

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Lovely biscuity note coming through. Wonderful mouth feel. Touch of salinity.

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Bready. Touch of dough and liquorice. Quite quiet on the palate with heat and power developing. Hot.

Base Vintage:

Lovely sweet palate. Crisp, lime notes. Good length.

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Peach fruit on the nose. Fleshy palate. More tropical with a hint of white pepper.

Warmly enveloping palate. Creamy mousse. Good minerality. Touch hot and flabby on the end palate, but I am being picky.

Lovely touch of biscuit on the nose. Warm palate. Very simple and very drinkable. Good biscuit note.

Warming palate. Grapefruit and lemon notes. Enticing palate.

Warm pinot front. Simple palate.

Bready. Very forward and fruity style. Lots of bramble and green fruits.

Sweet butter nose. Superb mineral grip on the palate. Great salinity. Superb wine.

Sweet. More stone fruits. Short. Hot.

Notes of straw on the nose. Develops powerfully on the palate. Huge acidity.

Stoney, crisp, mineral driven.

Lovely buttery palate. Tangerine and good grip. Grapefruit. Creamy chouilly.

Lovely green apple notes. Bit of biscuit. Creamy approach to the grass notes. Powerful front palate. leads to a delicate mid- …

Toasted. Lovely soft palate. Rather simplistic minerality. Dry orange rind comes through pleasantly on the mid-late palate. A …

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Lovely rich buttery nose with a good bite in acidity. Nice long finish. Star fruit. Good salinity and lemon note that wafts a …

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Fleshy white fruits on the nose. Touch burnt on the palate. Heat and fire. Limited fruit.

Instant hit of toast and sweet butter. A huge lift in mouthfeel, delicate and textured. Rich with a surprising length.

Touch floral on the nose. End palate struggles after the Rose 2008, but wonderful fleshy front-mid palate. Great minerality.

Touch darker orange rose petal with salmon pink. Great mouthfeel and texture. Awesome acidity and saline. Draws you in with e …

Chewy, biscuity nose. leap up in complexity on the palate. Pithy orange bite acidity. Mousse is fine, yet attacking.

En Magnum. Very soft salmon pink. Fruity strawberry notes. Lacking punch in the mid palate. Needs more. Great acidity, a touc …

En Magnum. Surprisingly fleshy note. Touch of toast and oak. Lemon, fresh. Coats the palate nicely. Wonderful depth.

Very closed. Textured. Limited length and fruit.

Fiery, hot winey nose. Very masculine, which leads into the palate interestingly. Hot, fleshy.

Instant hit of oak. Incredible hit of toast (oak) and saline / fruit texture. Gripping acidity.

More Voluptuous. Bright acidity. Crisp touch of salinity. Almost green apple skin notes. Peach and stone notes coming through …

Lovely depth to the mid palate. Draws you into the wine nicely. Great acidity. Fleshy, peach notes. A touch bready.

Quite tight but has an orange opulence. Falls quickly in the palate.

Touch of sweet biscuit. Doesn’t follow through on the palate. The balance feels off on this one. Chardonnay cuts across then …

Warm strawberry notes. Bitter, limited length.

Fleshy meunier palate. High sugar. Sits on the mid palate and the sugar is noticed at this point.

Fresh, fruity. White flower and great acidity. Touch of cream. Lemon zest. Touch of plum and clementine.

Much more texture with lemon and bitter apple notes. Sits on the mid-late palate nicely. Fruit salad.

Fleshy, white apple nose. Limited depth on the palate.

Richer nose. More red fruit. Good balance across the palate, but not enough fruit. Good mousse.

Sweet, fruity. Simple

Violet nose. Meunier heavy. Limited depth. Poor balance.

Fresh, surprisingly so. Rich tea. Delicate mousse, quite a delicate style. Nice touch of toast and lemon. White fruits.

Very old bottle from a French supermarket. Deep copper orange. Beautiful buttery biscuit nose. Superb palate. Rich, notes of …

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A surprising creaminess on the front to mid palate. The salinity and zesty starfruit hit at the end palate. Wow!

Base Vintage:

Mineral driven. Lovely, creamy palate. Fantastic life. Brilliant length.

Crisp saline palate. So precise and focussed. Very impressive.

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Lovely orange and rose. Ripe red fruits. Big, expansive style with a delicate strawberries and cream note. Very pleasing.

Notes of melon and green gauge. Creamy mousse with a bright minerality. Lacking length. Surprising dry end note.

Epic mouth feel. Crystal mineral notes with a faint biscuity note.

Delicate rose petal, orange. Fascinating wine. Rose petal nose. Dry. Touch of salve on the palate with dried red fruits and i …

Full of red fruits. Grape, blackberry and cream. Finishes quickly, but very drinkable.

en magnum. 44% reserve. Superb mouth feel. So precise. So delicate. Very complete.

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Aged in oak. Lovely delicacy to the palate. Good red fruit. Very good fruit.

Lovely warm pinot nose. Sweet pinot palate. Warm wine. Expansive saline note. Lacking depth, but enjoyable.

Good fruit. Clean, fruity. Good balance.

Picking up some lovely mature notes of mushroom. Sweet palate. Fruity, saline, biscuity.

Hot bready nose. The palate almost evaporates away from itself. Peculiar.

Fleshy style peach. Slightly lost on the mid-late palate. Acidity isn’t balanced.

Simple palate. White flowers and dried toast. Redcurrant. 48/12 lees

Sweet, simple red fruits with a bitter red slim note of blackcurrants. 36/12 lees

Hot pinot nose. Slightly clumsy mousse. Warm palate. Spicy, peppery.

Touch of butter on the nose. Very delicate approach on the palate, opening up to honey and white pepper.

Fruity nose. A touch too much sugar on the palate. Sweet lemon driven finish.

Grassy, lemon notes. Steely.

Lovely sweet confected palate. Very drinkable style.

Grass, some good red fruit. Good acidity but slightly lacking balance.

Lovely sweet buttered bread with strawberry and cream sweets. Superb mousse and minerality.

Sweet blackcurrants. Creamy mousse leads you onto a huge palate of blackcurrants, redcurrants and raspberries. Wow! Very dry …

Surprisingly closed on the nose. A powerful wine. More citrus and black notes.

Superb acidity and balance on the palate. Lots of tropical fruit with a pineapple and zest bite that is really attractive.

Bruised apple nose. Touch of salt. Creamy mousse. A hint of oxidation on the late palate. A disturbing fleshy end palate. Off …

Picking up mature notes of peach and toast. Not enough minerality and bite.

Lovely toasty nose. Very drinkable. Good biscuit mid-palate.

Lovely fresh nose of tropical fruit. Supremely delicate palate and mousse with a surprising bitter (pleasant) pink lemonade b …

Touch of bruised peach on the nose. Dominated by the acidity at present. Great length and red fruit develops on the palate af …

Lovely fruitiness with a linear strict note of the vintage. Crisp, wow! Old oak and uses enamel tanks.

Base Vintage:

Good maturity with a fiery acidity and lime notes.

Fruity, sweet, easy.

Melon, toast, lemon. Lacking depth in the mid-palate. Minerality and zesty palate. Ay & Chouilly

Burnt orange, pink brambley notes. Creamy palate. Surprisingly powerful.

Really driven by the story. MdR wines. MdR/CdB

Warm, toasty mineral. Good balance across the palate.

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Lively toast and notes of fig. Oxidative note. Powerful, rich, but I can’t get over the oxidative note.

Clean nose. Creamy, zesty. Lovely balance across the palate. Delicate, salty note. Good Mousse.

Notes of mango and starfruit. Overbearing mousse with a vacant opulence on the palate.

Base Vintage:

Floral nose. Touch of toast with good acidity and balance. Good sugar balance. Lovely mousse. Acidity hits a bit at the end.

Lovely sweet vanilla and tropical fruits. Great acidity and intense mouth feel. Long finish. Good balance.

Lovely, almost roasted nose. Hot and powerful.

Red fruit from PM. Soft, fruity. Sweet, yet tart starting. Very well balanced.

Very impressive. Young, fruity and long acidity. Citrus. Very fruity. Freshness.

Simple, fruity. Good grip. Lemon notes.

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Sweet, fruity.

Really fruity. Bold bracing mid-palate.

Intense, long, sweet palate. Lovely biscuity red fruits. Soft.

Lovely open nose. Bready red fruit. Gripping. Good bold palate.

Very good balance. Toast. Good acidity.

Big powerful nose. Nice sweet, toasty Palate. Nutty.

Sweet almonds. Swet structure. Good soft mousse.

Fruity, bready.

Clean, crisp, fruity.

Nice breadiness and richness. Toasty. Needs time.

Much softer. Creamy Chardonnay. Good balance throughout.

Lovely toast on the nose and palate. A touch bitter, but I like the hardness.

More body and complexity. Lovely bite to the finish.

Very soft. A little too simple at the finish.

Rich, bready, but then a direct punch.

Toasty nose. Very direct.

Light toast. Soft. Lacking body.

Touch leaner on the fruit at the end. Jammy notes coming through. Easy

Fruity. Bristling. Lacking depth in the body.

Light lemon nose. Sweet, uncomplicated. Not long. Too sweet.

Good lemon toast. Gripping on the mid-palate. Bold high-palate.

Tighter toast and more controlled. White fruits. Floral.

Very sweet and fruity. Confectional finish. Shallow. Lacking toast.

Simple. No giving and sweet. Odd finish.

Lovely orange rose. Lovely sweet rose notes. A little too soft.

Fishy, oyster shell. Metallic. Short

Heady nose. Fruity with a slightly unforgiving metallic backbone.

Lovely balanced red fruit with a crisp white flower mid-palate. Lovely.

Nice little bit of jammy toast.

Nice roasted, toasty. Good balance across the palate.

Clean, fruity. Tight finish.

Very tight and focussed. Letting out a touch of toast. Good.

Sweet, easy, fruity.

A little soapy. Lovely sweet mousse. Lacking finish.

Cutting, toasty. Good acidity and grip. Little too heady. Finishes with balance.

Soft Saignee with bitter cherry notes.

Lovely white fruits. Toasted almonds. Very soft on the finish.

Lovely, heady, toasty nose. Strong, soft Mousse.

Fruity nose. Light, floral, fruity.

Lovely, bright.

Bitter, rich toasty notes.

Much better balance and sweet acidic directness. Toasty.

Good grip and acidity. Bold, white fruit flavours. Good balance.

Sweet, fruit driven. Bready and biscuity. A touch too sweet with an end balance of bitterness and oak.

Sweet bite. Good acidity. A little off on the balance. Clean, crisp. Apple notes.

Base Vintage:

Lovely toast. Strong power to mid-palate. Good acidity. A touch hot on the end palate.

Lovely balance. Fruity.

Incredible toasty nose. Lovely sweet fruit end with a slightly fading mid-palate. Low on acidity.

Lovely smokey nose. Soft, sweet fruit. Limited depth mid-palate. Good hot grip to end. Almost a rose bitterness.

Toasty Strawberry (tart) notes. Strong and bold.

Brilliant balance. Lovely toasty notes. Good.

Smooth. Good acidity. Smooth mousse. Good grip. Apple fruit.

Light, fruity, elegant. A touch too sweet. Doesn’t linger on the finish.

Nice, easy red fruits. Creamy.

Nice toasty nose. Powerful, unbalanced palate. Mousse a little overpowering. Lemon notes. Hint of toast with more.

Interesting fruity chardonnay notes.

Burnt toast. Soft mousse. Pineapple, grapefruit; easy.

Good balance. Strong red fruit notes.

Good, crisp, toasty notes. Poor balance. Mineral-driven Pinot Noir. Odd.

Bitter nose. Sweet fruit end. Bitter finish.

Touch of breadiness on the palate. A little unbalanced.

Fruity, sweet, easy.

Soft, sweet strawberry fruit. Long and slightly bitter finish.

Very direct with focus. Hint of toast. Good but soft for 2002.

Oak fermented aged Chardonnay. Lovely balance of oak and gripping lemon acidity. Good.

Closed lemon notes. Lovely toasty sweet fruit to start with a long finish. Good body.

Has a clean palate with a hint of maturity. Too lean, no real body. Will develop in sweetness.

Lovely bready nose. Very delicate fruity notes with great acidic control.

Bright metallic notes on the nose. Steely stem with a soft finish.

Deeper colour. Rose petals. Lovely smooth red fruit notes.

Very directed strong red fruit notes. Bright with grip. 15 % Red Fruit 85% Chardonnay

Hint of toast coming on the nose. Very soft lemon. Mousse a little cumbersome. A little fallen at the finish. Good, bright ac …

Base Vintage:

Strong, stem palate with real backbone. Toasty notes and a bright finish, but lacks acidity.

Meaty, vegetable nose. Based on 2005 harvest. Hard hitting, dry. Limited fruit. Bready and acidic with medicinal notes.

Base Vintage:

Liquorice honey. Soft breadiness. Soft lemon notes. Strong acidic notes at the end. Needs time.

Fruity with good acidity. Toasty sweetness. No complexity, but interesting.

Clean, crisp, fruity.

Beautiful full nose. Toasty, rich, nutty, full. Powerful.

Rich, nutty. Full, rich and sweet.

Sweet, fruity with a toasty edge. Very sweet, limited body.

Very good attack. Very controlled and balanced.

Very fresh. Quite lean for an 08 on the finish.

Very lean and controlled fruit.

Soft rose colour. Creamy sweet palate. Acidic backbone.

Lovely toastiness. Sweet, rich palate. Wow!

Lovely sweet balanced palate. Incredible acidity.

Magnum. Tiny bubble. Cheesy nose. Smooth, easy. Soft finish.

Lovely fruity toastiness. Very smooth and open fruity mid palate. Quite lean and confectional finish.

Potent cleansing fluid nose. Lovely mousse. Slightly too sweet on the finish.