Philippe Lancelot Champagne Grand Cru Le Fond Du Bateau Chouilly
Tasted 9 November 2024
Champagne · Grand Cru
This presents as a beautiful and delineated Champagne, with baskets of white flowers and fresh herbs swirling around the brisk yellow citrus, lemon pith, sea spray, and salt flake notes. White rock and yuzu add to the…
Less of a stellar showing from this bottle. It needed an hour or so before it stopped being a one-note white fruit catawampus sourpuss. Even with air and time, it was fairly disjointed and never…
Lemon, quince, and chalk drive the attack, with a medium-bodied delivery of balanced fruit-to-white rock. The finish lacks a little persistence, but it rounds-out nicely nonetheless. Pure, clean, and…
