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The May 2021 Auction: Part 2
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"In our tasting of tête de cuvées from the ’90, ’85 and ’82 vintages, the Comtes de Champagne was remarkably consistent and always amongst the one or two best bottles to be found from the vintage. Much like the 1985 and 1990, the 1982 Comtes de Champagne is both drinking brilliantly and beautifully balanced and promising plenty of life still ahead of it. The magnificent and à point bouquet offers up notes of apples, pears, almond paste, bread dough, chalky soil tones and a lovely bit of white chocolate. On the palate the wine is full-bodied, deep and refined, with a fine core of fruit, pinpoint and still quite vigorous bubbles, bright acidity, and a very, very long, and still quite crisp finish. A beautiful wine with years and years of great drinking still ahead of it."
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"In our tasting of tête de cuvées from the ’90, ’85 and ’82 vintages, the Comtes de Champagne was remarkably consistent and always amongst the one or two best bottles to be found from the vintage. Much like the 1985 and 1990, the 1982 Comtes de Champagne is both drinking brilliantly and beautifully balanced and promising plenty of life still ahead of it. The magnificent and à point bouquet offers up notes of apples, pears, almond paste, bread dough, chalky soil tones and a lovely bit of white chocolate. On the palate the wine is full-bodied, deep and refined, with a fine core of fruit, pinpoint and still quite vigorous bubbles, bright acidity, and a very, very long, and still quite crisp finish. A beautiful wine with years and years of great drinking still ahead of it."
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The world's most influential fine-wine producer and the benchmark for Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne and the Rhone. Its appellation (AOC) system codifies geography, grape and method, and its wines set the global standard for age-worthiness and terroir expression.
The northerly region that gives its name to the world's most celebrated sparkling wine, made by secondary fermentation in bottle from Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier. Chalky soils and a cool climate yield wines of finesse and longevity.
The sole appellation for true Champagne, producing sparkling wines of finesse and complexity by traditional method from Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier.
The world's most versatile white grape, producing everything from steely Chablis to rich, oaked whites. Its neutrality makes it a mirror of terroir and winemaking, and the foundation of white Burgundy and Champagne.
A key Champagne grape lending fruitiness, roundness and approachability to blends alongside Chardonnay and Pinot Noir.
A thin-skinned, terroir-sensitive red producing perfumed, silky and elegant wines of red-berry fruit and earthy complexity. It reaches its apogee in Burgundy.