With bottles I wanted to taste the most left behind, I was ready for Exquise, from which I had no expectations as I heard controversial thoughts on this wine. Ripe white wild cherries, cookies, candied fruits (or was it pastilla?) and yellow plums. And a bit of nuts. Fresh, round, and well-balanced. The aftertaste is long and persistent. A bit of wet cellar and Jerez in the finish. The higher sugar level is obvious, but it doesn't disturb me. Very approachable and easy to understand. It's just a well-made one-dimensional wine you hardly remember the next day.
Disgorged on 2020-01-30
??? on lees
Tasted on 2023-07-06 — 10 months ago
Whoa nelly. So glad to have found this in the back of the fridge. Oxidation folded in; an old cheese of a wine. And bright. Friend of Indian food! — 6 years ago
At addison's with Kumomoto oysters — 7 years ago
If you haven't had a chance to try these wines yet, do it! — 9 years ago
Yes and yes. — 7 months ago
Delicious: very refined but w body, smooth & good second day. Think I bought in NH — 10 months ago
Indeed early on in what will be a very long life, but oh so giving even at this stage. It is clear Fourrier, with absolute Grand Cru weight, density and intensity. Red and blue fruit, hints of winter citrus, a fine mineral infusion and fresh violets. There is exceptional delineation, finesse and seductive texture and the finish is supremely long with great precision and fine tannins. Surely many more fantastic years ahead but a joy to try at this stage and to find on the illustrious Per Se wine list. — 3 years ago
Delicious, especially with sirloin steak and Billy!
— 5 years ago
Another interesting wine from Rosenthal. 2010 vintage...Slightly oxidized, with resin and medicinal / herbal notes, but crisp and delicious — 9 years ago
While my favorite BdN remains Bout du Clos, this was one of the first “ah ha” Selosse wines for me some years ago in understanding the style. The south facing La Cote Faron is particularly “Selossien” and therefore particularly singular, with its oxidative complexity, textural richness and generous sun kissed ripe fruit expression. Like all Selosse wines, it’s multi-layered and super aromatic for Champagne, and the palate shows tremendous volume and intensity with a powerful, full bodied, satiny texture and a long, vibrant, mineral finish 😋 — 5 months ago
(Disgorged 1/19)- Always my favorite of the Lieux-Dits and without question one of the very best Blanc de Blancs Champagnes on the planet, it’s stunning tonight, rich, powerful and intense with crazy depth to its layers, unfurling in a Burgundy glass to reveal its complex core of rich orchard fruit, roasted nuts, gun smoke, old rum barrels and candied white flowers, all with seamless integration and balance. The palate is generous and detailed, with racy acids, waves of saline laced chalky Le Mesnil minerals and a finish that just keeps going. For me, the BdB benchmark. — 6 months ago
Last bottle of this once amazing Meursault found in a wine box where it shouldn’t have been. Would have been better 10 years ago, but still showing some of its more youthful complexity, good, no longer great. — 5 years ago
2014. Not the most expressive of Puffeney I've enjoyed. — 7 years ago
Nutty nose, bacon fat, caramel popcorn. Bone dry, very long finish. Good stuff. — 8 years ago
2001. Flor and raw chestnuts. — 9 years ago
More voluptuous than typical for variety — 11 years ago
Alvaro Bustillos
Thomas andre bar colette — 3 months ago