1990 Bollinger, Grande Année, Champagne, France

Very nice to taste this Champagne again. It’s exactly how I remember it. Bold in style, with plenty of dark bread notes, sherry and mature apples. Nice complexity and a classic long Bollinger finish. (94)

(Tasted January - 2006)

1988 Salon, Champagne, France

Peanuts, lemon and fine dark bread – just a hint of it and best of all it’s so pure, rich and complex. Taste has everything you could hope for with hints of caramel and nutty tones. Best showing of the 1988 Salon ever (97)

(Tasted 1st of April 2005 - Era Ora)

1988 Pol Roger, Cuvee Sir Winston Churchill, Champagne, France

Decanted) As this Champagne was decanted, there were not many bobbles in my glass rising from the glass. But it didn’t matter one bit as this is a serious nice sibling. Nose is super classic – oxidized notes all over with dark bread and overall dark fruits. But the best thing about it – hiding in these dark fruits is a refreshing note of flowers, and it’s a perfect balance factor and what gives this champagne its character. It will provide many years of superb drinking pleasure. (95)

(Tasted January 2006)

1985 Krug Clos du Mesnil, Champagne, France

When I tasted this Champagne I wasn't writing tasting notes. So this is a rewind six years later. But it's easy to write this tasting note as I remember it so well. It started my interest and it's today the best Champagne I have ever tasted. So defined, so elegant, so concentrated and one of the purest and most complex things I have ever tasted. Time stood still. I hope to return someday.

(Tasted Spring 2002)

1988 Krug Vintage, Champagne, France

I have looked so much forward to taste this Champagne. The nose is very elegant. With honney, melon, Vanilla, flowers and other wonderfull stuff. Where similar to a white bourgundy. The taste is nice, but somehow a bit to short at the end. I think it will come..the nose is brilliant (95)

(Tasted Jul 2004)

1985 Salon, Champagne, France

The wine was a bit blurry in the glass as you can see from this picture The first thing that comes into mind even before tasting it was that Dennis might have brought a 1975 Champagne for starters. I guess it would be called an event guess, but clearly not the case here. The nose has elderly signs of sherry/Madera and it’s slightly alcohol disturbing. Plenty of oxidised notes with old apples, and liquorice/anis. The taste is elegant with melted butter on toast and in the finale there is a nice fresh citrus tickle. The mousse is soft and building up nicely in the mouth, but dropping a bit short on the back palate. Defiantly very charming Champagne, but lacking in definition and nerve. (93)

(Tasted November 2005)

1977 Moet Chandon, Silver Jubilee, Champagne, France

WOW! I was so afraid that this baby was dead as I was about to dig in to my first real old champagne experience. It had a beautiful golden dark yellow colour. The nose offering huge complexity with notes of: subtle dark bread, anise, prunes raisins, peach and mango. Also sherry tones, and so delicate with the mouse extremely fine and subtle. The taste is oily in the mouth and the mousse is perfectly intact and during the one hour the bottle was open it was fresh all the time. The finish is very long - simply great stuff. (95)



(Tasted 11 of March 2005. Glass Juhlin)