Delamotte, Blanc de Blancs Vintage

Uni Showdown (AMI) : A simple opener, as it was related to me, except nothing simple about this cuvee - perhaps relative to what was about to come but still a gorgeous drink. Fresh with youthful verve and electricity. Green apples, fresh apricots, straw, baked bread and chrysanthemum dominate the bouquet. Palate is zippy with depth and energy - really enjoyable today with loads of runway.

2002 vintage

super fine bead , very Vigourous bead pale lemon colour 15/15 Nose subtle aroma of flinty minerality Palate medium bodied great balance and length , slight residue sugar probably around 7g/l overall nice bubbles rich and balanced 10/11 Delamotte Blanc de Blancs age on lees enjoys a staggering four or five years before disgorgement. Ageing after disgorgement continues to perfect the finesse and elegance of this cuvée.

Super balance! This was a nice surprice, everything was singing together in harmony. Amazing qpr and a new favorit!

Lacks the character of vintage, but clean and dry. Decent price too. Well done

nice chalky crispness, acidity and brioche

Vintage Wine Club - Salon and Delamotte : Medium+ nose intensity with notes of mineral, peach, pear. High acidity.

Quaffable.

Lunch at La Trompette : Pale to middling straw. A touch of brioche. Decent mousse. Relatively rounded and gentle. Nicely creamy. Develops a warm butter character on the mid palate with air. ****

2002 vintage

Lunch at La Trompette : Pale to middling straw. A little fresher on the nose than the 02 alongside. Similarly fresher on the palate, white flowers and good line. Evolution profile similar between the two but the vintage characteristics really showing to the fore. Fresh and lovely with a lightness and cut. ****

2004 vintage

Liked it but was quit a random brut champagne in style. Maybe bottle age will add some feelings?

Great texture. Brioche notes. Lemon custard, but it’s like they also added the whole lemon instead of only the juice and zest because the aftertaste was slightly bitter.

Fine bubbles. seashell/chalk, slate mineral, apricot. Soft and elegant, with a lingering acidity on finish. Very nice.

Crisp and bready

Lemony nose, orange peel, lime Creamy, tastes a bit sweet, and blurry. Perhaps I've been drinking too much English wine recently but this made me long for a razor edged Sussex blanc de blancs. Disappointing.

Musicians’ Dinner and Paulée (Hospice de Beaune, Beaune) : Vanilla, citrus, mineral, off dry. Very good.

Very pretty wine still not showing too much age still. Very crisp with tart apple and lots of linear minerality. Great body and mouthfeel with a long clean finish. This was perfect with a lobster salad on a summer evening.

2002 vintage

Very nice champagne. Pleasant on the nose. Toast and butter. Nice on the palette. Highly acidic. Good long finish.

very cleanly made blanc de blancs! this has aged flawlessly and the sublime nature of the 02 vintage shines through.

2002 vintage

Chardonnay. Brut. 48 meses de crianza en rima. Entiendo que es un embotellado reciente, porque aunque el perfil olfativo estaba bastante pulido, la acidez en boca está por encima de lo que recordaba de otras botellas... En nariz comienza con un perfil frutal dominado por la manzana fresca y la cortezas de pomelo rosa, en segundo plano encontramos algo de bollería fina, toques de frutos secos y algún matiz tostado. En boca la entrada es buena, la burbuja bastante pequeña …

La Paulée - San Francisco Grand Tasting (One Sansome-San Francisco CA) : Walk around tasting. 2018 base with 17/16 added. Orchard fruit galore with lots of charm and balance, good+ length. Good now.

La Paulée San Francisco Grand Tasting of 2022 Burgundy (Conservatory at One Sansome, San Francisco) : Dry, crisp, and mineral. Much better than the last cuvée of this I had some 5 years ago.

Drinking better than some other 2002s lately, this was still feisty, if not especially fizzy. Solid, but not exceptional -- balanced, with just a hint of back-end bitterness. Still pale in color, these can go for a while yet

2002 vintage

Light gold color. Split two 375ml bottles between the three of us at the Waldorf in Chicago (SS/CS/KB). Very consistent with recent bottles. Fresh, lively orchard fruits, lightly toasty, biscuit, creamy texture, pear, sea air, wispy minerality. Loved it. Interestingly we had a bottle in between these two that was not right, had a burnt character to it completely different from the other two. 92+pts.

Delightful. Paired well with Koji duck confit and garlicky duck fat fried rice. Cut through the richness of the meal and was delicious during the prep work and cleanup, too!

couldn't keep my paws off it. oh well, to the store I go to get more in the new year. always a stunner QPR

The nose presents notes of lemon and citrus. The palate is characterized by a light body. The finish is short, and the texture is slightly coarse.

Step up from the Brut, almond, slight floral, good mouthfeel, med acid, yeasty but fresh with high acid, persistent finish and grows

Delicious!

Drank in honor of my retirement. Really enjoyable, with great balance of flavor, sweetness and acidity, making it a real pleasure to drink. Why pay $100?

Lemony nose, a touch grassy/ herbaceous Lovely fruit here - like sweet Sicilian lemons. Full finish, almonds croissants. This is good though not as good as I expected from the reputation. Also £60.

Musique & Vin - Dîner de Gala - XVI Edition : Magnum. Bright apple and lemon with good weight and textures, good+ balance. Charming as always.

Quite delicious, seamlessly integrated, a hint of honey, white peach, lightly toasted nuts, plenty of freshness, great depth of flavour and nice length

2002 vintage

Cabotte Fourball - 24/06/24 (Cabotte, London) : Bready, yeasty, limey with some torn croissant too. With air some hints of macadamia emerge. Palate has some charming slatey minerality and is fresh youthful and chalky. Just so poised. If served blind I would have thought a 2012. Great start to the evening.

2002 vintage

Mid straw. Fine bubbles. Taut, focused, crisp mousse. A touch of crème pat developing. Youthful early maturity. Lovely. A little more upfront than on the finish, but balanced, moderately complex, and interesting. A big step up on a couple of bottles enjoyed in 2016. Just need a bit of extra line and energy for top flight. ****

2002 vintage

Maybe a point light, correct but wasn’t exciting like my other bottle. Outshown by the 96 Moncuit.

2002 vintage

Really excellent wine in a perfect space. It has plateaued in my estimation, with notes of green to golden apple, some sliced almond, brioche, and faint nuances of candied ginger. Outstanding.

2004 vintage

rich and mature bubbles. no danger of this going anywhere. light fizz. great depth. really showing well and a definite food wine at 21 years old.

2002 vintage

To celebrate 19yrs of Poker. The crusty end of a croissant. Brown butter. Candied and fresh. This has - load more time ahead of it. Easily drink to 2035-40

2004 vintage

Some lemon, ferrous minerality, touch of ginger, some rind. Quite high dosage?

2002 vintage

Starts shy, with some yeasty-biscuity notes. Lime and ginger palate, lovely creamy mouthfeel, nice length. Delicious and mature. 90-91 pts.

2002 vintage

Super.

2002 vintage

Easter Sunday Long Lunch (Crown Wine Cellars, 18 Deep Water Bay Drive, Shouson Hill, Hong Kong) : Light hay gold colour. Very fine bead. The nose is insanely good …ozone and toasted ‘Hovis’ brown bread and close to perfect. The palate follows through and takes in to a higher level…pinpoint acidity, very high piano notes, totally refreshing, crushed oyster shell. Long and explosively resonant in the head. Absolutely beautiful between four of us over a long Easter Sunday lunch. Bought …

2002 vintage

not blind Close to his peak. Typical BdB, some toast, nuts and honey, but still fresh, not too evolved. 92-93

2002 vintage

Baked apples, faint hints of bread dough. Still a very lively mousse

2004 vintage

No signs of fading at age 20. Brioche and toast nose; full-bodied. A great way to start the year.

2002 vintage

Lovely and expressive. Toast and purity of fruit. Seems to be at its peak.

2002 vintage

SAC: 2002 Retrospective : Such a very classic style of champagne with all of the brioche and slightly buttery and lovely and delicious.

2002 vintage

Last bottle from 6 originally purchased. Lovely Champagne, carried into Sotto and drank as an appetizer with friends. Bright, citrusy, bready, minerals and chalk. Love the finish. Drink through 2026.

2002 vintage

(Disgorged in spring of 2012, 100% Chardonnay from Avize, Cramant, Le Mesnil-sur-Oger and Oger) Light yellow colour with a greenish hue and showing lovely notes of walnuts, butterscotch and cream takes over on the nose after an initial candied lemon citrus and minerals note at first and hints of freshly cut grass. Nice and creamy on the palate showing lime citrus acidity and with a butter note on the mid before walnuts and a lime zesty bitterness in a very …

2002 vintage

Pale yellow/gold colour. Lovely clean nose. More mature than colour would indicate. Quite broad/rich on the entry but then firms up. Almond, lemon, hint of oyster shell. Became richer as it opened up further with air.

2002 vintage

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