CHAMPAGNE

The 2006 Krug Vintage is fabulous. Here the richness breadth and texture of Pinot come through loud and clear in a Champagne that is classic Krug. Red plum coffee spice baked apple tart and lemon confit all flesh out effortlessly... Read More

Entirely Pinot Noir the 2019 Champagne Grand Cru Verzy Le Cepage is fleshy with kirsch yellow flowers and orange peel and is structured and dry with savory salinity grapefruit pith and crushed rock. This is a wine that can hold... Read More

The boldest wine in this tasting, the 2017 Champagne Grand Cru Verzy Les Epinettes is also entirely Pinot Noir from this single parcel. It jumps from the glass with bold, savory aromas, including marasca cherry, golden orchard... Read More

The NV Champagne Sous Bois Brut pours a medium yellow to deeper straw hue and the nose is warming and more generous with notes of toast red fruit of ripe raspberry spice and espresso. The palate is rounded with rich texture though... Read More

The Brut Reserve is a light fine and harmonious champagne. Its blend is made with Pinot Noir Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier from three different years sourced from the best sites in the Champagne region.

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Dried lemon grapefruit croissants and salted almonds here with a flavorful palate. Creamy bubbles. Layered and delicious NV. 40% pinot meunier 30% chardonnay and 30% pinot noir. Drink now.

Disgorged with two grams per liter dosage Billecart-Salmon's 2009 Extra Brut Vintage is more giving and demonstrative than its 2008 counterpart offering up inviting aromas of crisp stone fruit yellow apple brioche honeycomb... Read More

The 2009 Brut Rosé Cuvée Elisabeth Salmon is such a joyous Champagne. Intensely floral and effusive the 2009 is a real charmer. Kirsch sweet red cherry fruit orange peel mint chalk and white pepper are all finely woven together.... Read More

A full-bodied sparkling with sliced cooked pears and apples. Dusty chalk and some mineral and stone undertones. Full-bodied with firmness and tightness at the end. Linear and compact on the palate. Tangy finish. Drink or hold.... 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

Bollinger’s 2007 R.D. is superb but it is also a wine that reflects the nature of a unique and challenging growing season. In most vintages the R.D. is marked by the distinct creaminess and breadth of Aÿ Pinot Noir.... 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 latest installment of one of my favorite “intro-level� Champagnes the Chartogne-Taillet NV Brut Cuvee Ste.-Anne Disg. 6/2013 pushes the qualitative element even beyond what I recall under this label from two or three... Read More

The 2016 Extra-Brut Saint-Thierry captures all of the richness and gravitas of Pinot Noir in its ample expansive frame. There"s tremendous weight here. Orchard fruit graphite dried flowers and a touch of reduction give this large-scaled... Read More

The inaugural Clandestin NV Brut Nature Les Grandes Lignes is a 100% Chardonnay from a single south-facing parcel on shallow Kimmeridgian clay-limestone soils in the Aube. Entirely harvested in 2015 it was barrel fermented (in... Read More

The NV Extra Brut Oeil de Perdrix is a Meunier-based Rosé all from the 2017 harvest. Translucent and yet deceptive in its richness the Oeil de Perdrix has a lot going on. Orange peel spice rose petal and sweet red cherry... Read More

Antique pink in color and showing fine bubbles the NV Deutz Brut Rosé (Lot LA114D03414) offers a very clear and subtle bouquet of red berries candied cherries plums and pomegranate. Medium to full-bodied firm and very elegant... Read More

A driven and serious DP with aromas of chalk biscuits apricot stones a

The 2010 vintage of Dom Pérignon is a beautiful wine and rather uncharacteristically for this long-distance runner of a Tête de Cuvée the wine is quite flattering to drink out of the blocks as its customary steely structure... Read More

"Moet’s 2003 Brut Rose Dom Perignon exhibits both richness and robustness reflecting its torrid vintage yet manages to stint neither on primary juiciness nor transparency to nuance; nor does it come off as at all heavy. Lightly... Read More

The 2008 Dom Pérignon Rosé is magnificent. Rich and deep in the glass the 2008 offers up an exotic mélange of aromas and flavors. Sweet red cherry mint orange peel and rose petal all grace this beguiling beauty. Bright acids... Read More

The 2008 Dom Pérignon Rosé is magnificent. Rich and deep in the glass, the 2008 offers up an exotic mélange of aromas and flavors. Sweet red cherry, mint, orange peel and rose petal all grace this beguiling... Read More

The 2004 Dom Pérignon P2 is precise and wonderfully refined just like the first release. There’s a hint of reduction from extended time on the cork as well as a feeling of effusiveness that is so appealing. Readers will find... Read More

The 2010 Dom Ruinart is truly epic. It’s also an eye-opening wine. And I do mean wine. Because the first impression is really of wine more than Champagne. The 2010 signals a major shift in philosophy as Dom... Read More

The 2016 vintage of Clos de l’Abbaye from the Doyard family spent fully fifty-one months aging sur latte prior to its disgorgement in October of 2021. It was finished this year with a dosage of two grams per liter. The half... Read More

A spectacular wine Doyard's 2008 Extra-Brut Grand Cru Les Lumières was disgorged in November 2018 with minimal dosage. Unwinding in the glass with aromas of orange oil crisp yellow orchard fruit fresh pastry honeycomb and... Read More

The NV V.P. Vielleisement Prolongé (base 2014) is a powerful explosive wine. The combination of the base year with the extended time on the lees and low dosage yields an especially stark austere Champagne that will need a few... Read More

The NV Brut Blanc de Noirs Les Crayeres Grand Cru explodes from the glass with a range of Pinot aromas and flavors that is just breathtaking. Bright acids and beams of saline intensity offer striking contrast. Even though it has... Read More

Powerful and vinous in the glass the Boulard's NV Brut Nature Petraea shows the natural radiance of the 2012 vintage off to great effect. Dried flowers mint orchard fruit and lemon confit all infuse the Petraea with notable... Read More

The 2008 Champagne Celebris Extra Brut is 54% Chardonnay and the remainder Pinot Noir aged for over 9 years in cellar on its lees with 4.8 g/l dosage. It is rounded with ripe aromas of orange oil almond pastry and peach and is... Read More

Having retained all its youthful acidity because there was no malolactic fermentation, the Champagne is brilliantly lit. Acidity and a light texture from the Pinot Noir in the blend give the wine a crisp edge with still-young... Read More

A relatively discreet if very pretty nose reluctantly offers up notes of yeast green apple lemon peel and a hint of mandarin orange. There is a lovely texture to the distinctly tension-filled and well-delineated flavors that possess... 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

The 2008 Krug Vintage is scheduled for release in the fourth quarter of this year and it is going to be a stunning year for this iconic bottling so start making plans early. Cellar Master Julie Cavil notes that 2008 was a classical... Read More

The Krug Rosé “27ème Édition� is crafted this year from a cépages of fifty-seven percent pinot noir twenty-three percent chardonnay and twenty percent pinot meunier. It is from the base year of 2015 and includes reserve... Read More

The NV Grande Cuvée is absolutely stellar. This is one of the very best Grande Cuvées I can remember tasting. The flavors are bright focused and beautifully delineated throughout all of which make me think the wine will age... Read More

The tightness and tension of this is impressive considering the youngest wine from this is 2015 (hot and dry year) with some wines going back to 2000. Ginger and orange zest. Some creme brulee. It's medium-bodied with apple... Read More

Although this is only from 2017 it already tastes pretty mature with overripe-pear and dried-apple aromas. A bold and generous mouthful with plenty of depth at the crisp finish. Pretty long though not overly complex. From vines... Read More

The 2018 Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs Les Grandes Crayères 1er Cru is a savory, intensely mineral and driven wine. Chalk, mint, white flowers and dried herbs all grace this linear, taut Champagne. The Crayères is understated... Read More

The 2018 Extra Brut Blanc de Noirs Les Longues Voyes 1er Cru, 100% Pinot Noir, is the most engaging of the three parcellaire wines today. Aromatic, deep and exquisitely layered, the Longues Voyes is super-expressive today. Crushed... Read More

The 2018 Extra Brut Vignes d’Autrefois is a selection of 100% Meunier sourced from vines planted between 1947 and 1964. Deeply-pitched and vinous, the Autrefois fills out beautifully with a bit of time in the glass. The... Read More

The NV Extra Brut Petit Meslier is fabulous. Rich and effusive the Petit Meslier exudes tremendous aromatic intensity and depth. Yellow flowers mint spice lemon confit and marzipan are some of the many notes that soar out of the... Read More

The NV (2016) Brut Nature Intuition is another intriguing wine in this range from Alexandre Lamblot. The Intuition is maybe just a bit fleeting in its overall feel. Floral aromatics are quite attractive but it would be nice to... Read More

The 2008 Cristal is a perfect wine and Champagne simple does not get any better. This incredible wine offers a beautiful perfume of clean crisp fruits layers of complexity in its toasted spice and white flowers and an utterly... Read More

“An initially faint but distinct hint of freshly cut green but ripe apple of lemon with subtle florality a mere touch of freesia hints at more nuance to come. More time in the glass reveals a sense of still... Read More

Like the 2008 Cristal the 2008 Cristal Rosé is the finest young vintage of this cuvée that I have ever tasted. The vineyards used for this cuvée have been farmed entirely biodynamic since the 2007 vintage and the wine was finished... Read More

The 2013 Louis Roederer Cristal Rosé is composed of a blend this year of fifty-five percent pinot noir and forty-five percent chardonnay with all of the pinot hailing from the village of Aÿ and the chardonnay from Avize and... Read More

The NV Champagne Collection 243 Brut is the third release and is based on the 2018 vintage, with the addition of 30% of the perpetual reserve started in 2012 and 10% reserve wine that has been aged in oak. It is ripe and balanced,... Read More

The 2002 Cristal is one seriously big huge even Champagne and while this cuvee normally shows a seamless elegant style the 2002 vintage’s fruit profile dominates this wine. Toasted bread oak spice orchard fruits and toasted... Read More

An open and inviting nose references cream oatmeal and Amalfi lemon with the slightest edge of smoke. The palate immediately strikes with a mouthwatering lemon ripeness and a juicy mouthfilling generosity reminiscent of yellow... Read More

The 2014 Cristal Rosé sizzles with energy. Finely cut and crystalline to the core the 2014 is laced with striking vibrancy. Chalk mint white flowers cranberry and blood orange all race across the palate. Deceptively understated... Read More

An extraordinary champagne experience that you’ll never forget! Tons of white chocolate on the savory nose pulls you into this concentrated and chalky champagne with rich candied citrus and mirabelle fruit. So much oily umami... Read More

An extraordinary champagne experience that you’ll never forget! Tons of white chocolate on the savory nose pulls you into this concentrated and chalky champagne with rich candied citrus and mirabelle fruit. So much oily umami... Read More

The 2002 Cristal Rosé Vinothèque is the latest Champagne in this series of late releases from Roederer. Rich layered and expansive in feel the 2002 is opulent to the core which is to say very much in the style of the year. The... Read More

The 2002 Cristal Rosé Vinothèque is the latest Champagne in this series of late releases from Roederer. Rich layered and expansive in feel the 2002 is opulent to the core which is to say very much in the style of the year. The... Read More

This is very minerally and stony, with chalk and salt and oyster-shell undertones. It’s full-bodied and layered, yet remains intense with a lively finish. Done dry. Umami. No dosage. From biodynamically grown grapes with... 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

Sébastien Mouzon’s “L’Ascendant� bottling is a solera of previous vintages of his non-vintage “L’Atavique� cuvée with the current release being a blend of fifty percent from the 2014 base year and the other half... Read More

There are touches of both petrol and toasty yeast to the white orchard fruit citrus and soft spice wisps. The full-bodied and impressively complex flavors are shaped by a firm and generous if not especially refined effervescence... Read More

The 2008 Extra-Brut Non-Dosé Oenophile is rich creamy and beautifully textured yet maintains the brightness and focus that are such signatures of the house style. A Champagne of real depth and power the 2008 is a wine for the... Read More

Moncuit's Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Millesimé shows a different facet of its personality in this version with lower dosage vis-à-vis the Brut version. Here the flavors are brighter and more sculpted throughout.... 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

Geoffroy's 2004 Extra Brut Millésime (magnum) is 71% Chardonnay and 29% Pinot Noir from old vines in Cumières. Ample and creamy with an added hint of softness from vinification in oak the 2004 is super-expressive today.... Read More

The Savart “l’Accomplie” Vieilles Vignes bottling is composed from a cépages of eighty percent pinot noir and twenty percent chardonnay. The vins clairs are again raised in a combination of casks and tank... Read More

A blend of equal parts Chardonnay and Pinot Noir the 2004 Cuvee Louis Tarlant is fabulous. Hints of orange peel tangerine oil mint cinnamon chamomile and dried flowers all grace the 2004. There is a gorgeous sense of transparency... Read More

The Chardonnay in this mature Champagne has developed nutty characteristics allied to a creamy texture that is totally ready to drink. This is a very fine wine from a great vintage. Drink now. ROGER VOSS

Rich multidimensional highly aromatic nose of pear red berries apple honey toast and spice. Extremely rich and concentrated with its medium to full body leavened by bright citrus notes and compelling minerality. Great inner-mouth... Read More

The NV (2018) Brut Nature Chemin de Rois is a hugely promising early effort from Vincent Cuillier. Apricot pear ginger spice and light tropical accents open with time. Vinification and aging in oak adds support while creating... Read More