Diebolt Vallois, Blanc de Blancs Millesime

From 75cl, good shrunken cork, P+P, improved until final drop. Ripe green apple? Hmm. Red apple? Yeast. Fresh brioche! Good body, healthy sweetness. Super-ripe lemon. Gorgeous caressing bubbles. Long finish with umami reflexes. Best with 1 hour air and at 12C. Entering maturity, no hurry. 92P

2012 vintage

From MAG. This Champagne has really hit its stride. With a bit of air it is very complex and expressive, appropriately dry, layered aromas of citrus, herbs and earthy elements

2012 vintage

Nice tiny bubbles. On the nose ripe apple, brioche and first oxidative nodes that were a bit disjointed at start but got better integrated with more air and gave it an interesting touch. On the palate quite creamy now with still good freshness, depth and length. Was a bit surprised about the development it did compared to the bottle we had 2 years ago, still very good and above its price level, but if this bottle is representative, I would …

2012 vintage

Pronounced nose intensity with caramel, nut, honey suckle, toast, bread. High acidity. Medium finish.

2004 vintage

Very vibrant and juicy with prominent bread, and yellow fruit. Moderate bobbles and long aftertaste 92-93p

2012 vintage

Tasting dinner. From MAG, very popular with the group. Fine perlage, good density, elegant, brioche and yeast. Early drinking window.

2012 vintage

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

From 75cl. Disgorged in 2020, alas no visible date on label, 4g dosage. Same batch and exactly as noted here on 09.09.2023. 91–92P

2012 vintage

good sparkler that still has a lot of life in it. bready nose, and hazlenutty at its core, the acidity gives this excellent lift and balance. do as i say and not as i do. hold.

2012 vintage

From MAG, youthful still, lots of bubbles that need to settle but the aromas are great from this MAG. Brioche, citrus, complex.

2012 vintage

Chardonnay from Cuis (60%), Chouilly, Epernay and young vines from Cramant, dosage 3-5 g/l, 12.5% vol. Opened and enjoyed it together with a home made Quiche Lorraine. Starts with strong effervescence and mainly yeasty notes, gets more subtle after a while and showed fresh apples, a suggestion of lemon and a mineral touch, good acidity, medium body and good length with a hint of a lemony bitter note. Developed nicely within the last 2 years but still very youthful and …

2012 vintage

Chalky mineral dominates first sips. Color is a greenish tinted gold and bubbles are lively, still youthful. With some air fruits come to the fore, pear, apple, a touch of citrus. Clean and precise, a dry style with good cut and energy. Enjoyable now and the best is yet to come.

2012 vintage

Hade faktiskt högre förväntningar än vad denna flaska levererade. Hög syra och väldigt grön. Dov autolys, gav en hint av fänkål vilket kändes väldigt konstigt för mig. Kanske tunnel. Kommer inte öppna nästa flaska närmaste åren

2012 vintage

From 75cl, youthful, fresh-looking still not compacted cork. For bottling details, see my CT TN of 15.09.2020. Entering maturity, this is bigger, richer, heavier and more open than it was then (duh...) V. interesting play between distinct apple acidity and something much more lactic, I mean unpasteurized cow-milk-like, in the most appetizing way. 91P tonight, potential for further development.

2012 vintage

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

2002 vintage

Last one was corked, but this one is alive and well, plenty of pearly bubbles, citrus dominates accompanied by apples. Quite dry, high acidity. Very nice.

2004 vintage

Old cellar

2004 vintage

Piaciuto, ancora qualche nota di dolcezza da integrare ma gran bella bottiglia.

2012 vintage

Noticeably different from the last tasting 18 months ago. Rounder, a whisper of autolytic character, while retaining freshness and acidity. There was a slight bitterness on the finish, but it went away with time in the glass. With air, and coming up from cellar temperature, this got more refined and interesting.

2012 vintage

Perfection in a bottle. Good mineralogy and breadiness, very smooth and dry finish

2012 vintage

LV-13. Light olive with green-golden tinge, delicate bubbles. Nose slightly waxy, yeasty brioche, golden fruit. Palate wonderful depth and class. Golden fruit with a honeyed richness, some minerals but in a balanced way, nice depth and richness with a balancing brightness. Good value comparatively.

2012 vintage

(Disgorged in 2020, 100% Chardonnay from Cuis, Chouilly, Epernay and young vines from Cramant) Incipient maturity on the nose showing yellow apples, minerals and a touch of ginger and opens up with freshly baked bread and some lovely butter notes. Very seductive. Already opened up in a very nice and pleasant way on the palate showing smoothing yellow apples with a round and soft creaminess before the lengthy and balanced finish showing lime juicy bitterness. This has opened up a …

2012 vintage

Vibrant and truly alive. Was a bit afraid it was to young but I rather say its drinkable now already for you who cant wait. Feels like everything is in its place - citrus, brioche and hasselnuts. Fairly long length. Potential of 93-94.

2012 vintage

Less yeasty than back in december 2020, more green apples and some slight almond notes. Very good quality and continues to be quite open. This is very good for the price.

2012 vintage

Even better than my last bottle 2 years ago. Brilliant right now!

2004 vintage

Very very good.

2012 vintage

As before. Lean, light, herbal, and crisp. Very good.

2012 vintage

Chardonnay from Cuis (60%), Chouilly, Epernay and young vines from Cramant, dosage 3-5 g/l. Fresh and yeasty, rather lean in this stage with mineral notes and medium to high acidity. A bit of waste to drink this so young, I will wait a couple of years for the next bottle, potential for 91-93.

2012 vintage

Soft, supple but with underlying intensity. Color deceivingly light for its age but the ripe 2002 fruit is lush and elegant. Creamy and very well balanced so very easy to drink. Loved by all and bottles in this condition will easily go another decade.

2002 vintage

Well balanced; Lemon; Yeast; Good interest and Freshness

2012 vintage

Light straw golden with exuberant bubbles. Nose brioche, yeasty. Palate pronounced minerals, some brioche. Lemony. Very nice depth. Wonderful.

2012 vintage

Denne drikker helt supert nå! Perfekt balansert med nydelig sødmefullfrukt. Her er det bare å poppe i vei.

2006 vintage

A Tasting of Chambolle-Musigny Village Wines from the 2005 Vintage (San Francisco) : Two bottles which were identical. Hay colored. Dry, tart, herbal, chalky, and high acid. Some lemon emerges. Very good young Blanc de Blancs.

2012 vintage

notwithstanding my earlier note, this is still going strong - lovely champagne

2006 vintage

(Disgorged in 2008, 100% Chardonnay) Lovely golden yellow colour with an endless stream of very fine bubbles and a maturing nose showing cream, butter caramel and some gentle flowers as well. Still showing a very nice acidity of yellow apples and a touch of burnt sugar before a very distinct plums peel bitterness on the lengthy finish that transforms into a pleasant creaminess. Wow! This is really showing very well right now, but should keep for many years to come! …

1999 vintage

No formal notes, but it was quite good

2004 vintage

from a magnum and this was really singing tonight! - such a brilliant and persistent mousse and a lovely balance to it - excellent

2002 vintage

From 75cl, shrunken Champagne cork. This bottle not quite as stellar as the one noted on 08.05.2020, either that or two recent fabulous 94/95P whites have poshed up (or spoiled, as we used to say in my childhood) my palate. But all the descriptors (ripe green apple, ginger, vanilla) beautifully accurate. A wonderful Christmas Eve treat. 92P

2006 vintage

Similar to previous bottle, always a pleasure having this producer. On opening, this was a little astringent but with time it developed a luscious creaminess and a round texture that was more consistent with my previous experiences.

2004 vintage

Mye gjær og brød. God. Drukket for ihvertfall et halvt år siden.

2010 vintage

this bottle was much fresher and in balance - lovely wine but I feel it is coming to the end of its best drinking window

2006 vintage

this was lovely - very ready to drink - gentle bubbles and honeyed fruit - delicious! - good for few years yet

2002 vintage

Really good BdB, classic white fruits/flowers, with good juicy mid-palate, bright, cut, excellent zippy and long. Just a little youthful and tart. Give it 3 years. B-day champagne and oysters

2010 vintage

mature with the fruit now sitting in the background, it could do with a touch more acidity - this needs food - drink soonish

2006 vintage

I absolutely adore this producer having tried both their entry level and tête de cuvée, so couldn’t pass up their mid-level vintage at a good price. It has that lemon, citrus note without heaviness that typifies BdBs that i like. Excellent balance between the yeasty notes from autolysis, acidity and sweetness. The Fleur de Passion amplifies the richness and cut but less than half the price this is a wonderful drink.

2004 vintage

On the nose: Apple, brioche, hazelnut On the palate: Fine balance, apple and citrus, some vanilla Medium + finish

2006 vintage

From 75cl. Astonishing: the best white wine I have tasted in recent memory, bar none. Vanilla-creme brulée-led scent; gorgeous full-bodied palate with delectable, natural sweetness, a hint of ginger and green apple-acidic balance; tiny, digestible, non burp-inducing bubbles. Essence of high-quality, mineral, chalky Chardonnay. Very long, mouth-pickling finish. At peak now. 94P

2006 vintage

On the nose: Apple, brioche, hazelnut On the palate: Fine balance, apple and citrus, some vanilla Medium + finish

2006 vintage

Aging well and can sit another couple of years. Classical bdb, not so much on the nose but fresh lemons and minerality. Tasting fresh green apples, nice acidity lemony and dry. Long finish with grapefruits and candy sugar.

2010 vintage

From 75cl, perfect Champagne cork. Another outstanding bottle, slightly darker yellow, slightly more fleshy, but otherwise exactly as recorded on 21.04.2019. At or perhaps just past peak, but no hurry. 92-93P

2006 vintage

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