Moderate lemon in the glass. Nose is oxidative - notes of roasted nuts, peach cobbler, jasmine, overripe pear. Palate is on the richer, rounder side, but has a really nice acidity to bring everything up a notch. Bubbles are soft. Finish is moderate. Good if you like richer, sweeter styles of Champagne.
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Late night at Maison Dakota. Tasted blind. Drank in Gabriel Standart. Appearance is slight cloudy, medium intensity, copper gold colour. Lots of persistent bubbly froth. Thin legs. Nose took a while to get going, medium intensity, with aromas of oxidative bruised apples, light strawberry, brioche bread. Developing. On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium- alcohol (12.5%), medium body. Medium flavour intensity, with flavours of oxidative bruised red apples, golden yellow apples and pears, light strawberry, thin chalky limestone minerality. Vinous red apple in background. Long gentle finish. Very good quality. Oxidative style. Good drinking already. A slightly different experience from the last bottle of this I tried. Might be slight bottle shock as this bottle travelled back from Japan very recently. 60% Pinot Noir, 30% Chardonnay and 10% Pinot Blanc. 80% 2019 vintage with 20% reserve perpetual.
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Surprised by all the lower scores. 3rd time I've had this in 12 months, both in Europe and the U.S. Consistent performance. This time consumed over two hours. Initially, aromas of oyster shell that evolved into light-moderate aromas of lemon and orange oil. After two hours this added quite a bit of depth with moderate+ flavors of lemon, mandarin, and marzipan; flavors of wheat toast faded into the background with time. Lots of energy. Medium body. Moderate+ complexity/finish. Definitely some upside, but quite enjoyable now with a couple hours of air.
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Spicy ginger and juicy, white-fleshed stone fruit. Racy, too. Grand vin? No, slapped up on the "comptoir" is about right given its ebullience and very tasty straightforwardness.
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A splash (🙏 Coravin) of NV Charles Dufour, Bulles de Comptoir #10 Tchin Tchin, Extra Brut (60% Pinot Noir, 30% Chardonnay, 10% Pinot Blanc, 12%, 2 g/l dosage). Do not be fooled by the cutesy label 🥰. This is a sturdy, dry, smoky, ripe apple-pear brioche bubble that is simultaneously engrossing on the eye and nose while slyly traipsing across the palate with an unexpected elegance. A marvie way to begin the early evening while contemplating my choice of victuals.
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Pale yellow gold - copper color Chamomile, toast, pickled greens, honey, pistachio, nutmeg ish notes on the nose On the palate, raspberries and pluots Wet stones and med chalky Med++ finish Pleasantly funky, fun wine !
+ much more floral 3h in, gardenia
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Maybe bottle variation, but this was much much better than my first bottle 2 months ago. Much more red fruit with softer texture (not the mouth puckering acidity I encountered on the 1st bottle). I'm not sure what the regimen is at Dufour but I'm getting the very low atmospheric pressure style that you tend to see with petnat. The flavors are not clean either, there's some lovely red fruit that is marked by a kind of kombucha/lambic tinge on the finish that now that I mentioned it you always get with petnat.
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Juicy and fresh with a great acidity but also structure to add balance. A bit early in its life and deserves a bit more time in the bottle. Slight copper/orange tint to the color.
Yellow stone fruits, citrus, some yeasty notes and toasted bread. Slight oxidation and almost what feels like unripe red berries? Super interesting champagne and really want to try more from Dufour.
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This absolutely exceeded our expectations. Somewhat unassuming at first, it won the table over with its charming balance and focus. Truly a delicious wine, and sad to only have one bottle of this.
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60% PN, 30% Ch. and 10% Pinot Blanc, 2019 (80%) + 20% réserve perpetuelle (2010-2018), dég. 5/22. Casually delicious -- is that a thing? Juicy, fresh, spicy (at one point there was ginger), yet laid back and lotsa fun instead of 'serious.' Big winner.
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Yellow-silver. Pleasantly fizzy. Aroma of lemon, bread, fruit salad. Glorious flavours of berry fruit, yeast, lemon, quince jelly and nuts. Slightly dusty and oxidative, but really mellow and integrated with the fruit flavours. Very fine. 60% Pinot Noir, 30% Chard, 10% Pinot Blanc.
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3/23/2024 - grapenomad wrote: 90 Points
Moderate lemon in the glass. Nose is oxidative - notes of roasted nuts, peach cobbler, jasmine, overripe pear. Palate is on the richer, rounder side, but has a really nice acidity to bring everything up a notch. Bubbles are soft. Finish is moderate. Good if you like richer, sweeter styles of Champagne.
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12/30/2023 - Derek Darth Taster wrote: 92 Points
Late night at Maison Dakota. Tasted blind. Drank in Gabriel Standart.
Appearance is slight cloudy, medium intensity, copper gold colour. Lots of persistent bubbly froth. Thin legs.
Nose took a while to get going, medium intensity, with aromas of oxidative bruised apples, light strawberry, brioche bread. Developing.
On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium- alcohol (12.5%), medium body. Medium flavour intensity, with flavours of oxidative bruised red apples, golden yellow apples and pears, light strawberry, thin chalky limestone minerality. Vinous red apple in background. Long gentle finish.
Very good quality. Oxidative style. Good drinking already. A slightly different experience from the last bottle of this I tried. Might be slight bottle shock as this bottle travelled back from Japan very recently.
60% Pinot Noir, 30% Chardonnay and 10% Pinot Blanc. 80% 2019 vintage with 20% reserve perpetual.
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12/29/2023 - Bathtub58 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Surprised by all the lower scores. 3rd time I've had this in 12 months, both in Europe and the U.S. Consistent performance. This time consumed over two hours. Initially, aromas of oyster shell that evolved into light-moderate aromas of lemon and orange oil. After two hours this added quite a bit of depth with moderate+ flavors of lemon, mandarin, and marzipan; flavors of wheat toast faded into the background with time. Lots of energy. Medium body. Moderate+ complexity/finish. Definitely some upside, but quite enjoyable now with a couple hours of air.
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11/18/2023 - slanum wrote:
Spicy ginger and juicy, white-fleshed stone fruit. Racy, too. Grand vin? No, slapped up on the "comptoir" is about right given its ebullience and very tasty straightforwardness.
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10/30/2023 - Nojomoschwa Likes this wine: 90 Points
Very delicious for the price (under $50) and I also happen to love the whimsical label. Kill me :)
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9/6/2023 - MadsW wrote: 92 Points
Such a great bottle that really delivers for it's price.
Chamomile, red fruits and a lovely thing of oxidization going on.
Charles Dufour always tries something new and he mostly always delivers.
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3/31/2023 - BuzzzzOff Likes this wine: 90 Points
A splash (🙏 Coravin) of NV Charles Dufour, Bulles de Comptoir #10 Tchin Tchin, Extra Brut (60% Pinot Noir, 30% Chardonnay, 10% Pinot Blanc, 12%, 2 g/l dosage). Do not be fooled by the cutesy label 🥰. This is a sturdy, dry, smoky, ripe apple-pear brioche bubble that is simultaneously engrossing on the eye and nose while slyly traipsing across the palate with an unexpected elegance. A marvie way to begin the early evening while contemplating my choice of victuals.
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3/10/2023 - chicsucre wrote:
Pale yellow gold - copper color
Chamomile, toast, pickled greens, honey, pistachio, nutmeg ish notes on the nose
On the palate, raspberries and pluots
Wet stones and med chalky
Med++ finish
Pleasantly funky, fun wine !
+ much more floral 3h in, gardenia
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3/10/2023 - mattyboy_ wrote: 88 Points
Maybe bottle variation, but this was much much better than my first bottle 2 months ago. Much more red fruit with softer texture (not the mouth puckering acidity I encountered on the 1st bottle). I'm not sure what the regimen is at Dufour but I'm getting the very low atmospheric pressure style that you tend to see with petnat. The flavors are not clean either, there's some lovely red fruit that is marked by a kind of kombucha/lambic tinge on the finish that now that I mentioned it you always get with petnat.
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3/4/2023 - Lehto Likes this wine: 90 Points
Juicy and fresh with a great acidity but also structure to add balance. A bit early in its life and deserves a bit more time in the bottle. Slight copper/orange tint to the color.
Yellow stone fruits, citrus, some yeasty notes and toasted bread. Slight oxidation and almost what feels like unripe red berries? Super interesting champagne and really want to try more from Dufour.
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1/14/2023 - lucagiupponi Likes this wine:
This absolutely exceeded our expectations. Somewhat unassuming at first, it won the table over with its charming balance and focus. Truly a delicious wine, and sad to only have one bottle of this.
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1/2/2023 - mattyboy_ Does not like this wine: 83 Points
Bruised apple. Acidic. Simple. Not much reserve wine here.
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12/31/2022 - BCJ99 wrote: 91 Points
Tasted from magnum
Ripe, rich style, with lot of yellow fruit and freshness, fresh acidity
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12/9/2022 - slanum wrote:
60% PN, 30% Ch. and 10% Pinot Blanc, 2019 (80%) + 20% réserve perpetuelle (2010-2018), dég. 5/22. Casually delicious -- is that a thing? Juicy, fresh, spicy (at one point there was ginger), yet laid back and lotsa fun instead of 'serious.' Big winner.
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7/15/2022 - MaJeKu Likes this wine: 88 Points
In der Nase recht satt gelb- und auch rotfruchtig. Dazu etwas dunkles Brot und mit Luft auch deutlich kräutrig -würzig.
Am Gaumen recht trocken, trotzdem angenehm füllig. Sehr gute Säurestruktur. Insgesamt aber etwas grobschlächtig, eben nicht besonders fein.
Wirkt recht oxidativ, ist ein spannender Einstieg in den Stil. Am Ende hätte ich von Champagner aber doch gern etwas mehr Eleganz.
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7/7/2022 - SixHedgehogs Likes this wine: 92 Points
Yellow-silver. Pleasantly fizzy. Aroma of lemon, bread, fruit salad. Glorious flavours of berry fruit, yeast, lemon, quince jelly and nuts. Slightly dusty and oxidative, but really mellow and integrated with the fruit flavours. Very fine. 60% Pinot Noir, 30% Chard, 10% Pinot Blanc.
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