1911 Moët & Chandon Champagne Brut Impérial

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  5/4/2016 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 100 Points

  A private lunch (Restaurant l'Oustau de Baumanière **, Les Baux-de-Provence, France): According to the young sommelier a disgorgement of the period, the bottle having remained untouched in the restaurant's cellars ever since. Their last bottle. Level 1cm below the foil, very light depot. Perfectly bright, lively golden colour with only a hint of amber; completely fresh nose with candied fruit, hints of dried fruit, explosive aromas of fresh Paris mushrooms, white truffle and dried porcini, spices, vestiges of red fruit, whiff of vanilla caramel, no off notes, lovely depth; retains a very gentle mousse on the palate, still juicy and lively, dry but rounded and completely together, gentle bitters, subtle citrus flavours with candied lemon eventually develop a tangy, salty nuttiness; extremely long and intense finish. Remains perfectly intact over ninety minutes. Once in a lifetime. I lack the experience to really rate this, but I cannot imagine a more perfect bottle of centenarian Champagne.
  
  Note: according to sjwshiraz, who recorded his 27 August 2012 tasting note of this same wine at this same restaurant under the heading "1911 Moët & Chandon Champagne", the bottle was supplied by Moët to the restaurant in the 1970's. No doubt, he got his information from the (then) sommelier there and it seems a very plausible scenario too (in fact even more so).

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