Krug 2006 is composed of 45% Pinot Noir, 35% Chardonnay and 20% Pinot Meunier and shows an impressive aromatic richness of white flowers, smoke and toasted hazelnuts. There’s both density and crystalline texture here, with... Read More

Attractive salmon color with aromas of dried strawberries and lemons, as well as hints of flowers. Full-bodied with tight tension from the fine phenolics that run through the palate. Hints of white pepper, peaches and sliced green... Read More

Attractive salmon color with aromas of dried strawberries and lemons, as well as hints of flowers. Full-bodied with tight tension from the fine phenolics that run through the palate. Hints of white pepper, peaches and sliced green... Read More

Raised entirely in barrel, the 2014 Champagne La Grande Année Brut is all about finesse and capturing the cool, mineral tension and floral notes of the vintage. Enhancing those qualities, a bit higher proportion of Chardonnay... Read More

The NV (2019) Brut Cuvée Ste.-Anne is fabulous. Rich, ample and layered, the Brut Cuvée Ste.-Anne hits all the right notes. I especially admire its vinous intensity and overall resonance. Dried pear, flowers mint,... Read More

The NV Brut Rosé (2020 base) is endowed with tons of energy and drive. In this release, the Rosé offers a good bit of tension, but there are also some savory, and at times vegetal, notes readers will have to contend... Read More

Effusive and fleshy the 2016 Champagne Millésime Brut pours a medium-golden hue and offers forward aromas of golden apple ginger and honeyed citrus. Medium to full-bodied it’s expansive on the palate with a pithy texture and... Read More

The 2009 Dom Pérignon Rosé marks a return to a richer style of Rosé following the more ethereal 2008 Rosé. Sweet red cherry blood orange spice and pomegranate all build in a creamy sensual DP Rosé that hits all the right... Read More

From Mesnil sur Oger the 2017 Champagne Côte Grand Cru pours a bright straw hue and is aromatic with notes of yellow apple and chalky stones. The palate is very long with a silky chalk texture as well as notes of lemon balm.... Read More

The 2016 Champagne Cote is bright effusive and charming right out of the gate. Apricot white flowers mint tangerine oil and marzipan are nicely pushed forward in this soft open-knit Champagne from vines in Cramant. Drink it over... Read More

Coming exclusively from other wine growers the NV Champagne Vallée Premier Cru is 70% Pinot 20% Chardonnay and 10% Meunier with 2015 as the base. It’s expressive with ripe aromas of tangerine savory broth and ripe nectarine... Read More

The ninth time the Celebris has been produced in over 400 years the 2012 Champagne Celebris is exceptional with layered complexity in its aromas of quince fresh apple blossoms and pure honey without being oxidative. Medium to... Read More

A bright straw/silver hue the 2015 Champagne Brut does a great job at retaining the fresher side of the vintage offering up notes of cherry blossom fresh nectarine and fresh almond. It’s medium to full-bodied and although it... Read More

The new release of Jacquesson “Cuvée 744” Extra Brut from the Chiquet family is from the base year of 2016 and was disgorged in January of 2021. It was finished with a micro dosage of .75 grams per liter. It is hard to believe... Read More

Based on the 2018 vintage, which was an early solar ripe vintage, the NV Champagne Cuvée 746 sees two grams per liter of dosage and is about 50% Chardonnay, the rest Pinot Noir and Meunier, and approximately 25% reserve... Read More

This iteration of Grand Siècle is almost entirely composed of two of Champagne's greatest recent vintages so expectations are high. The wine more than meets them tempering the generosity of 2012's fruit – ripe apricots... Read More

The 2016 Brut Rosé is charming. Soft and inviting the 2016 will drink beautifully right out of the gate. Readers will find a beautifully perfumed gracious Rosé. The 2016 is not the richest or most complex vintage Rosé Roederer... Read More

A collaboration between two sommelier friends and Michel Gonet the 2016 Rajat Parr & Marco Pelletier Brut Nature Blanc de Blanc Les Compères was disgorged May 2021 and derives from old vines in Mesnil sur Oger lieu-dit Les Hautes... Read More

Made from 71% Pinot Noir and the rest Chardonnay the 2014 Champagne Clos des Goisses Extra Brut takes on a very pretty and floral profile. Pouring a bright straw hue it’s lifted with the perfume of cherry blossoms... Read More

The reserve wines bring a delicious, savoury sense of sourdough richness to fresh clementine, lemon and pale stone fruit, the tension of classic chalky villages still present but rounded out into a wine of impressive persistence.... Read More