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The April 2024 Auction: Part 2
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Lot 359
Estimate: $950
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100JG
"Like the 2008 Cristal, the 2008 Cristal RosĂ© is the finest young vintage of this cuvĂ©e that I have ever tasted. The vineyards used for this cuvĂ©e have been farmed entirely biodynamic since the 2007 vintage and the wine was finished with a dosage in â08 of 7.5 grams per liter. This is simply a brilliant young vintage of Cristal RosĂ©, offering up a stunningly pure and precise bouquet of fraises du bois, tangerine, complex, chalky minerality, white flowers and a touch of caraway seed in the upper register. On the palate the wine is deep, refined and full-bodied, with a flawless, completely seamless structural chassis, great depth at the core, elegant mousse and superb complexity and grip on the perfectly balanced, refined and laser-like finish. The 2008 Cristal RosĂ© is still a baby and will need at least another seven to ten years to start to truly blossom, but its magic is already very easy to behold. RosĂ© Champagne simply does not get any better than the brilliant 2008 Cristal!"
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"Like the 2008 Cristal, the 2008 Cristal RosĂ© is the finest young vintage of this cuvĂ©e that I have ever tasted. The vineyards used for this cuvĂ©e have been farmed entirely biodynamic since the 2007 vintage and the wine was finished with a dosage in â08 of 7.5 grams per liter. This is simply a brilliant young vintage of Cristal RosĂ©, offering up a stunningly pure and precise bouquet of fraises du bois, tangerine, complex, chalky minerality, white flowers and a touch of caraway seed in the upper register. On the palate the wine is deep, refined and full-bodied, with a flawless, completely seamless structural chassis, great depth at the core, elegant mousse and superb complexity and grip on the perfectly balanced, refined and laser-like finish. The 2008 Cristal RosĂ© is still a baby and will need at least another seven to ten years to start to truly blossom, but its magic is already very easy to behold. RosĂ© Champagne simply does not get any better than the brilliant 2008 Cristal!"
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