2016 Roger Coulon Extra-Brut Blanc de Blancs Chouilly Les Hauts Partas
The Wine Advocate
RP 94
Reviewed by:William Kelley
Release Price:NA
Drink Date:2023 - 2035
A tiny cuvée produced from a small parcel in the Côte de Blancs that's affected by fan leaf virus (producing smaller, more concentrated grapes as a result), the 2016 Extra-Brut Blanc de Blancs Chouilly Les Hauts Partas offers up aromas of sweet stone fruit, ripe citrus, vanilla pod and buttery pastry, followed by a medium to full-bodied, fleshy and satiny palate that's pure and concentrated, concluding with a saline finish.
2016 CVNE Imperial Gran Reserva
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RP 95
Reviewed by: Luis Gutiérrez
Release Price: $100
Drink Date: 2022 - 2035 ⇒飲み頃に入っています
The classical 2016 Imperial Gran Reserva was produced with a blend of 85% Tempranillo, 10% Graciano and 5% Mazuelo from grapes that were picked between October 10 and 25 with good ripeness, delivering a wine with 14.5% alcohol after fermenting in small oak vats followed by malolactic in concrete and two years in barrel and three in bottle. I was quite surprised, because the wine was quite closed and needed energetic swirling and time in the glass to reveal its true colors. It has more stuffing and finesse than the reserva. 2016 was a very good vintage, with freshness and balance to develop nicely in bottle. The tannins are very fine, and the wine is tasty and long. 50,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in July 2019.
Published: Jul 15, 2022