Essi Avellan: Deep lemon color. Sweet toasty nose, with bright fruit, toast, and burned match. A delicate palate, with fine mousse and a medium intensity of fine-tuned fruit. Fresh, vibrant, and drinking well now. 17
Michael Edwards: The first bottle had an odd nose—some cork taint? The second bottle was slightly better and quite clean on the nose, with good linear fruit and definition. 15
Tom Stevenson: Some niggles about this wine; opinion is reserved, but I have scored the wine as is. (Two bottles, some TCA on both, more on the first bottle, especially since it was colder and should, therefore, have revealed less TCA.) 13
Details
Wine expert | Michael Edwards Essi Avellan Tom Stevenson |
Tastings year | 2010 |
Region | Champagne |
Appellation | Champagne AOC |