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JG 93
WS 92
AM 92
France
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Champagne
In stock, 12+ available
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List $84.00
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93+ points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): "It had been a year since I last crossed paths with a bottle of the ’06 Dhondt Vieilles Vignes, and the wine is blossoming nicely with an additional year of bottle age. All the vines for this particular cuvée were planted in 1949. The deep, complex and very refined nose wafts from the glass in a blend of pears, apple, crème patissière, complex, chalky minerality, bread dough and a topnote of orange peel. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and racy, with a rock solid core of fruit, elegant mousse, brisk acids and excellent length and grip on the still very youthful finish. The wine closes with a primary note of orange peel that suggests that even though this wine is decidedly more open than it was a year ago, this is still very early days for this fine bottling and further cellaring will definitely be rewarded. 2016-2030+. (Jul/Aug 2012)"
92 points Wine Spectator: "[$84 list] Aromatic, with fine harmony to the creamy flavors of apple pastry, glazed pear, anise, candied lemon zest and biscuit. The mineral undercurrent pushes through on the mouthwatering finish. Drink now through 2021. 500 cases made. (12/15/11)"
92 points Allen Meadows (Burghound): "A highly perfumed, yeasty and attractively complex nose of toasty citrus, dried flower and baked bread gives way to delicious, serious and highly effervescent flavors that culminate in an austere and very dry finish that delivers excellent length. For my taste, this still needs another 3 to 5 years of cellar time. Drink: 2014+. (Jan 2012)"
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IWC 88
Italy
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Piedmont
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Other
In stock, 12+ available
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88 points Stephen Tanzer (International Wine Cellar): "(disgorged in March of 2011, less than five grams per liter of residual sugar): Pale bright yellow. Pretty floral nose with a leesy complexity. Lemony and young but showing a creamy leesy quality to go with suggestions of ripe stone fruits. Sound, harmonious acidity extends the dusty finish of this youthful, cool wine. (Oct/Nov 2011)"
Producer notes: "Straw-yellow color with swift foam of tiny and persistent bubbles. Fruity notes, yeast and biscuits are perceived in the nose. Plentifulness and softness are revealed in its dry flavor."
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