Winery - Pascal Doquet
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A light, floating style from a master of Chardonnay in a top vintage. Flavors of grapefruit, red apples and a fine, dry, tight finish balance beautifully between richness and a taut, dry character.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Crisp and dry, in the Doquet style, this fresh Champagne also has enough rich fruit to give pear, apricot and yeast flavors to go with the citrus element.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A smooth and creamy Champagne, delicious peach and apricot fruits linked by acidity into a harmonious whole. There is a great apple skin texture that gives a bite, just enough to shape the rich aftertaste.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Mesnil sur Oger is at the pinnacle of Chardonnay in the Côte des Blancs of Champagne. This complex, rich wine is full and creamy initially. Then a dry core of pure grapefruit and lime kicks in, giving a line of purity and freshness that goes right through to the lingering finish.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Very soft, creamy in the 1999 vintage style, open and warm. The Chardonnay shows richness, ripeness, with white and yellow fruit flavors, apricots and baked apples, and only the lightest hint of minerality.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
From a 6-acre parcel of grand cru vines, this blanc de blancs is still very young. Its pink grapefruit and mineral characters accent a core of lively acidity. It needs time, another five years at least, but is already an impressive wine.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Thirteen years on, this is still not remotely mature. It is a major wine, with its still-tight, vibrant acidity and wonderful piercing grapefruit flavors. The acidity of the vintage is all there, but the strength of this Champagne is that the acidity is finely balanced with minerality and fruit.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Based mainly on vines in Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, this impressive wine is superbly rich with just the merest hint of age. With its lively mousse, secondary aromas of mocha and flavors of green apples, it is a wine that should develop magnificently over the next 4–5 years.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Ripe grapefruit, green plums and other green stone fruits all show that this wine has some weight, allied with a steely interior. Still young, it fills the mouth with yeast and some toast, but more of an intense freshness.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A lively, strawberry fruit-colored wine, light, soft and creamy. There is an attractive vibrant feel to the texture, with a hint of red berries, lifted by crisp acidity.
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