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DICK’S PICKS from |
A large turnout of Ann Arbor Tasters Guild members and guests enjoyed a wonderful brunch buffet and an opportunity to sample from a collection of 85 champagnes and other sparkling wines. Dick Scheer, Ann Arbor Tasters Guild director and Village Corner proprietor, favored the following 52 selections, listed in alphabetical order. |
| s1219-02. ALFRED GRATIEN BLANC DE BLANCS BRUT CHAMPAGNE |
| Good measure of bottle bouquet. One ample blanc de blancs./ Quite the high brut cuvee. Toasty. Well balanced. Full for blanc de blancs; that’s the Gratien style. Good juice. 92/100. |
| How Many: 54.95 each |
| s1219-03. BARNAUT BOUZY GRAND CRU BLANC DE NOIRS BRUT CHAMPAGNE |
| Really red-fruit driven. Rich. Very fine mousse./ Typical of this cuvee. Maybe even a little fruitier than usual. I wonder what formed the foundation vintage. Very fine results. 93/100. |
| How Many: 52.95 each |
| s1219-04. 08 BENI DI BATASIOLO BOSC DLA REI MOSCATO D’ASTI |
| FAVORITE MOSCATO (TIE). Lovely, delicate, elegant melange of flowers, peach-apricot, and orange. Great finesse and varietal definition./ Sweet and fragrant in the mouth. What Moscato d’Asti is all about. Huge appeal. Only a sour-puss would turn this one down. 92/100. |
| How Many: 15.99 each |
| s1219-05. CA MONTINI ROYAL CUVEE EXTRA DRY PROSECCO |
| Apple and blossom. Fine fragrance. Very fine mousse./ Yes, flavorful, true to varietal, delicate, smooth. Well crafted. 90/100. |
| How Many: 19.99 each |
| s1219-06. 07 CAPPUCCINI CONVENTO BRACHETTO D’ACQUI |
| Holding fresh. Intense blackberry and black raspberry aromas./ Sweet and flavorful. Berry pastille clarity and richness. Soft and easy. 91/100. |
| How Many: 23.99 each |
| s1219-07. CHAMPALOU BRUT VOUVRAY |
| Good bottle bouquet plus a chenin fruit aura and a chalky base. All the right input./ Very well crafted. That appley, chalky Vouvray chenin stuff. Just enough bottle bouquet. Mainly fruit and terroir driven. Defines its genre. Best it’s tasted. 91/100. |
| How Many: 22.99 each |
| s1219-08. CODORNIU PINOT NOIR BRUT CAVA |
| Boy, is this full of red fruit. Strawberry, cherry, sandalwood, and singed meringue./ Yes, full bodied and rich in pinot. Bottle bouquet too. The full weight of cava. And full volume. No aperitif. Take it to the dinner table. 90/100. |
| How Many: 14.99 each |
| s1219-09. 07 COL VETORAZ PROSECCO DI VALDOBBIADENE |
| FAVORITE PROSECCO. Very fine, moussy, green apple aroma. Class act. / Very fine mousse indeed. And fresh, delicate, classy prosecco flavors. One of the best. So well composed. 91/100. |
| How Many: 19.99 each |
| s1219-10. CRISTALINO BRUT CAVA |
| Sweetly fruity, lightly toasty, clear headed, and well fashioned. You can see the popularity../ Fine mousse. Just the right combo of doughy bottle bouquet and original fruit. Impressive work for the price. 90/100. |
| How Many: 7.99 each |
| s1219-11. 05 CRISTALINO NATURE BRUT CAVA |
| FAVORITE CAVA. Yes, indeed, Krug-esque! Lots of grain./ On the taste too. A sensational value. Serve with a meal. 92/100. |
| How Many: 10.99 each |
| s1219-12. CRISTALINO ROSE BRUT CAVA |
| Sweet red fruit and toasty bottle bouquet. They’ve done it again!/ Fullness of red fruit basis and good bottle bouquet toastiness confirmed. Well balanced, complex, flavorful. What a bargain! 90/100. |
| How Many: 7.99 each |
| s1219-13. DE BORTOLI EMERI SAUVIGNON BLANC SE AUSTRALIA |
| I was skeptical, but this works! It reads sauvignon blanc but doesn’t scream it. It’s not shrill./ A little sweet and soft as sauvignons go. After all, it is Aussie. But dry enough for refreshment. Very well crafted. My compliments. 90/100. |
| How Many: 11.99 each |
| s1219-14. DE BORTOLI EMERI SHIRAZ SE AUSTRALIA |
| Dry, plummy, red fruit nose./ Very tasty, forthcoming. Red fruit grip and light tannin assuaged by mild sweetness. Lots of berries and briar. Very useful at the table with hamburger and red meat cuts. This is my new go-to sparkling shiraz. 90/100. |
| How Many: 11.99 each |
| s1219-15. DELAMOTTE BRUT CHAMPAGNE |
| Chardonnay oriented. Elegant, crisp. Nice and fluffy too. Has buoyancy./ Good, rich fruit foundation too. Classy bottle in tune with the series. 93/100. |
| How Many: 39.99 each |
| s1219-16. DEUTZ CLASSIC BRUT CHAMPAGNE |
| Red-fruit oriented. Rich. Meunier apple and brioche./ Well aged. Doughy. Nicely crafted. A little on the sweet side of brut. 92/100. |
| How Many: 42.99 each |
| s1219-17. FRANCIS COPPOLA SOFIA BLANC DE BLANCS MONTEREY |
| Sweetly fruity. Apple, pear, melon, apricot. Not flowery like moscato./ Fruity and flavorful. Soft and near dry. Little bottle bouquet; fruit driven. Sekt like. Well crafted. 90/100. |
| How Many: 16.99 each |
| s1219-18. GASTON CHIQUET DIZY 1ER CRU CARTE VERTE TRADITION BRUT CHAMPAGNE |
| Very yeasty-doughy. Lots of bottle bouquet./ Smooth, flavorful, well balanced. Everything falls into place here. Lots of compliments this afternoon. 93/100. |
| How Many: 49.99 each |
| s1219-19. GLORIA FERRER BRUT SONOMA |
| Pinot noir and chardonnay. Sweet, fluffy, doughy, moussy as usual./ Drier than the nose suggests. True brut, with good acidity. Attractive measure of bottle bouquet doughiness. 91/100. |
| How Many: 19.99 each |
| s1219-20. GREG NORMAN CHARDONNAY-PINOT NOIR SE AUSTRALIA |
| FAVORITE AUSSIE SPARKLER. 61% pinot noir, 39% chardonnay. Lots of toasty bottle bouquet. Well crafted./ Good measure of bottle development. In the sweeter Aussie style. Well done. 90/100. |
| How Many: 16.99 each |
| s1219-21. HENRIOT SOUVERAIN BRUT CHAMPAGNE |
| A heavy. Lots of red fruit. Lots of toast./ Loaded with extract. Even some peels astringency. Richly textured. Fine mousse. Clearly well aged en tirage. Outstanding. Mealtime champagne, for sure. 94/100. |
| How Many: 42.99 each |
| s1219-22. IL FOLLO EXTRA DRY PROSECCO TREVEGIANI |
| Abundant, rich, ripe apple nose./ And taste. Stands as a fruit filled extra dry prosecco of high order. 90/100. |
| How Many: 14.99 each |
| s1219-23. JACOB’S CREEK BRUT SE AUSTRALIA |
| 80% chardonnay, 20% pinot noir. Plenty of yeasty-doughy bottle bouquet. Not overly fruity./ On the soft and sweet Aussie side. Pleasantly fruity. Good bottle bouquet flavor. Well done. 90/100. |
| How Many: 10.99 each |
| s1219-24. JACOB’S CREEK ROSE SE AUSTRALIA |
| 80% chardonnay, 20% pinot noir. Fine, delicate red berry aroma and very nicely doughy bottle bouquet./ Yes, the red fruit and the dough. Enticing. Good acidity and dryness. Well crafted. 90/100. |
| How Many: 10.99 each |
| s1219-25. JACQUESSON NO 733 BRUT CHAMPAGNE |
| FAVORITE CHAMPAGNE (TIE). Exclusively from Grands and Premiers Cru vineyards of the Vallee de la Marne and Cote des Blancs. 52% chardonnay, 24% each pinot noir and meunier. Lots of finesse. We’re going to like this 05 Champagne vintage upon which this is based./ A lot of build here. The balance we found in 02. Concentrated, if not as huge and grainy as 96. Fuller than the cuvee based on 02. Not as pretty, but showing more material, more structure. Wonderfully doughy, grainy. Beautiful composition, poise, texture. What a class act! 95/100. |
| How Many: 54.95 each |
| s1219-26. JAILLANCE CUVEE DE L’ABBAYE BRUT CREMANT DE BORDEAUX |
| Very accomplished. Best it’s tasted. Based on semillon, but no earthiness. Nice light doughiness./ Fine mousse. Element of bottle bouquet. Nice and clean vinosity. A tasty tad. 91/100. |
| How Many: 16.99 each |
| s1219-27. JEAN LAURENT BLANC DE BLANCS BRUT CHAMPAGNE |
| Quite the heavyweight blanc de blancs. Aube speaking./ Big, mealy stuff. Reminds me of Drappier. Very rich and full bodied for blanc de blancs. 94/100. |
| How Many: 54.95 each |
| s1219-28. JOEL FALMET TRADITION BRUT CHAMPAGNE |
| Not as atypically fruity as last year’s cuvee. Certainly red-fruit oriented./ Some meunier here. Tasty, balanced, and right down the middle, stylistically. Good drink. 92/100. |
| How Many: 37.99 each |
| s1219-29. 05 KORBEL NATURAL RUSSIAN RIVER VALLEY |
| 70% pinot noir, 30% chardonnay. Gently toasty. Warm brioche. Dry and attractive bottle bouquet./ Marked by bottle bouquet sophistication over fruit. Clearly well aged on its lees. One of the best ever. Dry but not stark. 91/100. |
| How Many: 16.99 each |
| s1219-30. KORBEL CHARDONNAY CALIFORNIA |
| Lovely California style of chardonnay. Apple and creamy citrus. Fine mousse. Delicate, understated, vinous. Light bottle bouquet. A consistent winner. 90/100. |
| How Many: 11.99 each |
| s1219-31. KORBEL SWEET ROSE CALIFORNIA |
| Well, this is gently sweet and smelling of a strawberry milk shake./ Fine mousse, delicious degree of sweetness, and fine and delicate flavor complex. All it should be. 90/100. |
| How Many: 11.99 each |
| s1219-32. LAURENT-PERRIER BRUT CHAMPAGNE |
| The usual firm, discreet style. Never blowsy./ Beautiful on the palate. Dry and lemony as always. Never varies! Old reliable. 92/100. |
| How Many: 42.99 each |
| s1219-33. LEGRAS & HAAS TRADITION BLANC DE BLANCS BRUT CHAMPAGNE |
| Very rich nose. Full of aromatics. Full of personality. The original fruit: pinot noir for sure, likely some meunier. And the bottle bouquet: the dough, the grain./ Rich and well balanced. Not too brut. Lots of flavor and texture appeal. Really sings today. Better even than last year. 94/100. |
| How Many: 42.99 each |
| s1219-34. LOUIS ROEDERER PREMIER BRUT CHAMPAGNE |
| Just as grand as always. Consistency personified. Sweet black fruit, fine mousse, fine bottle bouquet./ Like the Jacquesson, harmony is a key element. Perfectly composed. 94/100. |
| How Many: 42.99 each |
| s1219-35. MIONETTO BRUT PROSECCO DI VALDOBBIADENE |
| Beautiful combo of baked apple and pie crust. Apple peels too./ Gently brut. Flavorful. Good value. 91/100. |
| How Many: 12.99 each |
| s1219-36. MUMM NAPA ROSE BRUT NAPA VALLEY |
| California fruity. Red fruit and hint of cedar./ Genuinely brut. Dry and rich. Well balanced, with light bottle bouquet. Pleasant if understated in flavor intensity. The feel is right, even classy. 90/100. |
| How Many: 19.99 each |
| s1219-37. NINO FRANCO RUSTICO PROSECCO DI VALDOBBIADENE |
| I can see the popularity. Very aromatic, outspoken. Not perfumed, just very intense in that prosecco apple thing. Peels and pie apples./ Rich and creamy, not too gassy. Lots of flavor and texture. Really is rustic, in the best sense. 90/100. |
| How Many: 16.99 each |
| s1219-38. 06 OLIVINI METHODO CLASSICO BRUT LUGANA |
| Really quite a toasty bottle bouquet./ The flavor is fresher, fruitier, and brighter. Right. The maturity is bottle earned, on the lees. Very fine mousse. Smooth and delicious, well crafted cuvee. 91/100. |
| How Many: 18.99 each |
| s1219-39. OPERA PRIMA MOSCATO CHARMAT ESPAGNOL |
| Extremely perfumed. Bouquet of summer flowers and orange, and a nectarous richness./ Not as sticky sweet as the nose suggested. Just right. Full flavored. An easy dessert bargain for fruit and/or chocolate. 90/100. |
| How Many: 7.99 each |
| s1219-40. PAUL ZINCK BRUT CREMANT D’ALSACE |
| Pinot noir, chardonnay, pinot blanc. Nose quite full. Peels, pinot blanc, some red fruit. Good bottle bouquet../ Delicious, sweet, ripe red fruit flavor. High brut residual sweetness, or lower acidity than the champagnes. Dash of bottle bouquet. All around good guy. 91/100. |
| How Many: 18.99 each |
| s1219-41. PIERRE BONIFACE LES ROCAILLES BRUT SAVOIE |
| FAVORITE FRENCH SPARKLER. A bit of a comedown right after tasting the champagne range. Not the age, the intensity, the bouquet intricacies. But, gosh, it’s a perfectly agreeable sparkling wine. Unfortunate to taste it in this position./ Well, now, the palate really pulls it up. Lots of fruit. Elegance too. And bottle bouquet. A mature sparkling wine experience with delicacy and finesse. Very well crafted. Bravo! 92/100. |
| How Many: 18.99 each |
| s1219-42. PIERRE MONCUIT LE MESNIL GRAND CRU BLANC DE BLANCS BRUT CHAMPAGNE |
| FAVORITE CHAMPAGNE (TIE). Big Le Mesnil style of blanc de blancs. Well aged. Lots of dough, brioche./ Oh! Such fine mousse! Sooo smoooth. Terrific bottle bouquet. Flavorful, lingering, clinging. 95/100. |
| How Many: 49.99 each |
| s1219-43. PIERRE SPARR ROSE BRUT CREMANT D’ALSACE |
| Delicately sweet wood strawberry aroma with cedar highlight./ Gently brut. Light strawberry flavor. Bottle bouquet foundation. Good rose. 90/100. |
| How Many: 21.99 each |
| s1219-44. PIPER-HEIDSIECK BRUT CHAMPAGNE |
| Rich in red fruit. Pinot noir and meunier emphasis. Lovely balance and richness. Continues its admirable exploits. A beauty./ Lovely palate. Lots of dough, grain, meal. 94/100. |
| How Many: 38.99 each |
| s1219-45. R. H. COUTIER AMBONNAY GRAND CRU BLANC DE BLANCS BRUT CHAMPAGNE |
| Full, pungent appley nose. A Montagne de Reims take on blanc de blancs./ Full in the mouth too. Very appley. Including peels. Some doughiness, but mostly the fruit talking. And terroir. 92/100. |
| How Many: 47.99 each |
| s1219-46. ROLAND CHAMPION CHOUILLY GRAND CRU BLANC DE BLANCS BRUT CHAMPAGNE |
| Doughy, pastry nose. Well aged on its bottle lees./ Plenty of dough, brioche. Wonderful palate, really; even more impressive than the nose. I prefer this to last year’s cuvee. 93/100. |
| How Many: 54.95 each |
| s1219-47. 03 ROTARI RISERVA TRENTO |
| Splendid, doughy bottle bouquet./ Boy, they’ve got that methode champenoise flavor down! Wonderful brioche flavor intensity. Outstanding value. 92/100. |
| How Many: 16.99 each |
| s1219-48. 06 SCHRAMSBERG BLANC DE BLANCS NORTH COAST |
| FAVORITE U.S. SPARKLER. All chardonnay. Lovely, enticing blanc de blancs nose with some California tenderness, but, really convincingly Champagne like for its fine apple and brioche scents./ The acidity is bright and crisp, the bottle bouquet full and toasty. I could be fooled by this easily in a Champagne tasting. Bravo! 92/100. |
| How Many: 37.99 each |
| s1219-49. SEGURA VIUDAS RESERVA BRUT CAVA |
| Old reliable. Full bottle bouquet and typical cava full weight. A standard./ Again, the toast, the dark fruit, the full delivery and length. Will serve well at the table in so many ways. 91/100. |
| How Many: 8.49 each |
| s1219-50. TAITTINGER LA FRANCAISE BRUT CHAMPAGNE |
| Dark and black-fruit oriented as usual./ Yes, rich and dark fruited. Almost a peels sensation. Bottle bouquet in the background. Consistent in style and performance. 92/100. |
| How Many: 42.99 each |
| s1219-51. VEUVE AMBAL BLANC DE BLANCS BRUT BOURGOGNE |
| Slightly doughy nose. Slow to yield up its aromatics./ Much more flavor than aroma. Apple and pear fruit. An appealing bottle bouquet. The palate shows the stuff it’s made of. 90/100. |
| How Many: 12.99 each |
| s1219-52. 07 VIDA FAMILIA ZUCCARDI ORGANICA CHARDONNAY BRUT MENDOZA |
| Good apple and blossom sparkling chardonnay nose. Fruity./ Full and fine apple flavor with light doughy bottle bouquet. Fresh and balanced, soft and delicious. Fine mousse. 90/100. |
| How Many: 12.99 each |
| s1219-53. 08 VIETTI MOSCATO D’ASTI |
| FAVORITE MOSCATO (TIE). Sweet, nectarous aromas of tangerine, orange, and orange blossom. So comfortable./ / Yes, sweet and flavorful. Really upbeat. Juicy, elegant, succulent. Irresistible. 92/100. |
| How Many: 14.99 each |
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