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• Vouette et Sorbee Blanc d'Argile (R15) Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $220. 00

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  Bertrand Gautherot has been quietly working away in the hamlet of Buxières-sur-Arce, in the Aube’s Côte des Bar region of Champagne, yet his wines have not escaped the attention of the top restaurants and retailers of the world. Each year Vouette & Sorbee allocations are eagerly awaited, and these exceptionally fine wines are consistently some of the best and most unique expressions from the area.

  The vineyards here lie closer to Chablis than to Épernay, both in distance and geology, with soils dominated by the same Kimmeridgian limestone for which Chablis is famed. Gautherot’s wines take their deep and powerful personalities from these soils and the (relatively) sunnier climate of the southern Aube. His wines all come from a single harvest—noted by the “R” number on the back label—with the exception of the Fidèle cuvée, which sees a small addition of 5-10% reserve wine from a perpetual blend started in 2001. His winemaking abhors any kind of manipulation in the cellar. Gautherot uses the traditional Coquard press and the juice is transferred into oak or amphorae via gravity rather than being pumped. Primary fermentations are always carried out with natural yeasts and riddling and disgorgement are all done entirely by hand. The wines are bottled without fining or filtration and without dosage. The results are some of Champagne’s most original and delicious wines: wines of distinctive personality, energy and sense of place.

  Blanc d’Argile has been described as Grand Cru Chablis with bubbles—a comparison that, on this evidence, flatters many a Chablis producer. Within the cold, west-facing, Kimmeridgian limestone-rich lieu-dit of Biaunes, there is a small plot of Chardonnay that Gautherot planted wild (without preparing the soils) amongst the native vegetation. The Côte des Bar is overwhelmingly planted to Pinot Noir, but nevertheless he did this in 2000, with massale cuttings from Anselme Selosse’s vines (in Avize) and Vincent Dauvissat’s Valmur Grand Cru vineyard. This plot has become the base of what Antonio Galloni calls “one of the most beautiful and distinctive wines in Champagne.” Fermentation for this wine was wild and took place in 4-10 year old, 500 and 600 litre barrels, with a small a portion of fruit fermented and raised in Georgian amphora. As with the Fidele, this wine spent roughly 15-18 months in bottle on lees, before being disgorged by hand with zero dosage.

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  2014 Pascal Agrapart Mineral Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut Champagne Grand Cru

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $270. 00

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  ABV: 12%

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  The 2014 Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Minéral is a powerful, intense Champagne that captures all of the natural power of these old vines in Avize and Cramant. Aptly named, the Minéral is infused with tremendous mineral and soil inflections that give a real feeling of gravitas. Crushed rocks, slate, chalk and citrus accents are some of the many nuances that emerge with a bit of time in the glass. This release is fabulous. It is also a reticent wine, though, so at least a year or two in bottle will help soften. Dosage is 3 grams per liter. Disgorged: April, 2020.
  94 points
  Antonio Galloni - Vinous

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• 2010 Agrapart & Fils Mineral Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut Champagne Grand Cru

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $199. 99

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  ABV: 12%

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  Mineral is unsurprisingly the most salty, briny, and mineral inflected wine in the Argapart range. It is a blend of two old vine Grand Cru Chardonnay parcels on the border of Avize and Cramant, and spends 5 years on lees. Disgorged in February 2017 with a dosage of 5g/l.

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  Half of this is from Les Champs Boutons in Avize and fermented in tank, while the other half is from similar terroir in Bionnes and Buzons in Cramant, just 100 meters away, and vinified in barrel. It feels unusually concentrated and ripe for the vintage, showing a subtle richness and depth on the palate, yet it’s held within a sleekly chalky frame, its salty, briny minerality increasing in intensity on the finish. It’s a superb edition of this cuvée, warranting at least another five to six years of post-disgorgement age to allow it to show its best.
  Peter Liem - www.champagneguide.net

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  2012 Pascal Agrapart Avizoise Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut Champagne Grand Cru

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $320. 00

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  ABV: 12%

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  Disgorged March 2019. Avizoise is sourced from vines of up to 60 years old in the clay-rich (argilo-calcaire) coteaux d’Avize vineyards of Les Robarts and Les Gros Yeux. The richer soils in these two neighbouring sites give a deeper, more powerful and textured expression of Avize than the Minéral. Again, the 2012 does not disappoint although it is still tightly wound for now. Expect a super-complex wine with floral and mixed citrus fruit leading to a long, pithy and chalky close. The wine is aged entirely in 600-litre demi-muid, and the fermentation in bottle is carried out under cork rather than crown seal. Dosage is 3 g/L and the 2012 spent around 70 months on lees.

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  The 2012 Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru L’Avizoise is another riveting wine from Pascal Agrapart. Here, too, the interplay of textural richness and finesse is utterly captivating. Lemon confit, white flowers, mint and orchard fruit all develop, but it is the wine's feel and stunning balance that make it impossible to resist a second taste, and then a third. L'Avizoise emerges from old vine parcels in the Robards and Voie d'Epernay lieux-dits. In a word: exceptional! 
  96 Points
  Antonio Galloni - Vinous

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  2011 Agrapart & Fils Venus Blanc de Blancs Brut Nature Champagne Grand Cru

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $450. 00

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  ABV: 12%

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  Agrapart's 2011 Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs Vénus Grand Cru is a dream wine. Deceptively medium in body, the Vénus is all about nuance, sensuality and layers. Vibrant and finely sculpted, the 2011 exudes class. Hints of lemon peel, minerals and flowers add complexity, but it is the total package here that is most impressive. Today, the Vénus is dazzling. Vénus emerges from the La Fosse lieu-dit, a site that was first planted in 1959, and that, miraculously, has never been worked with mechanical methods. Disgorged: May 2017 and bottled with no dosage.
  95 points
  Antonio Galloni - Vinous

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• 2012 Agrapart & Fils Mineral Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut Champagne Grand Cru

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $230. 00

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  Mineral is unsurprisingly the most salty, briny, and mineral inflected wine in the Argapart range. It is a blend of two old vine Grand Cru Chardonnay parcels on the border of Avize and Cramant, and spends 5 years on lees. Disgorged in March 2019 with a dosage of 5g/l.

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  The 2012 Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Minéral is superb. Powerful and ample in the glass, the Minéral is both broad on the palate and also somehow incredibly refined in feel, an appealing combination to be sure. There is so much to admire in the 2012, including its exceptional sense of total harmony. Dried flowers, almond, mint and dried apricot are all nicely layered in the glass, but again, it is the wine's poise that is truly mesmerizing. The Minéral is a blend of old-vine fruit taken from sites in Avize (Les Champboutons) and Cramant (Les Bionnes). Dosage is 5 grams per liter. Disgorged: March 2019.
  95 Points
  Antonio Galloni - Vinous

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  2012 Agrapart & Fils Venus Blanc de Blancs Brut Nature Champagne Grand Cru

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $460. 00

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  Disgorged May 2019. This is a very special wine from a very special plot of dirt. It comes from one-third of a hectare of vines in the renowned Avize vineyard called La Fosse. The vines here were planted in 1959 so they are extremely old by Champagne standards. It’s therefore a single parcel cuvée made in tiny quantities each year. The wine is named after the Boulonnais mare, Vénus, that first ploughed the vineyard. Apart from being ploughed by horse, this 0.3-hectare section of La Fosse lies on the very chalkiest portion of the slope near the village, contrasting with the more clay-rich soils of the Avizoise cuvee. Vénus is today one of the truly great cuvées of Champagne; it always shows incredible depth and yet retains finesse and subtlety, with pillowy layers of texture and serious complexity. In a year like 2012, it is mind-blowing. As always it is non-dosé and the 2012 spent over six years on lees. It is a magic, intense wine that can really benefit from decanting when young. It will also benefit further from two or three years further ageing and demands food. Treat it like a great white wine, served at the table with proper wine glasses, and you will be greatly rewarded.

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  The 2012 Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Vénus is ethereal, elusive and eccentric. It is also mesmerizingly beautiful. The expression of fruit is a bit richer and riper than in the other 2012s, with orchard fruit and tropical overtones that give the wine a sense of inner perfume and raciness. Soft curves and striking aromatics make for a stunning Champagne, an impression that is reinforced by the super-refined mousse. Persistent, racy and over, the Vénus is simply fabulous in 2012. Old vines planted in 1959 in the La Fosse lieu-dit inform the Vénus. Non-dosé. 
  95 Points
  Antonio Galloni - Vinous

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  2011 Pascal Agrapart Avizoise Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut Champagne Grand Cru

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $299. 00

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  The 2011 Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs L'Avizoise Grand Cru has more than enough brawn and depth to fill out its frame. The richness of fruit of this clay-rich site, along with the flavor complexity that is gained through aging on the cork results in a rich, vinous Champagne built on layers of flavor and vertical structure. As good as the 2011 is today, I would prefer to drink it on the earlier side given the challenges that 2011 presented. This is a superb wine for the year and a real revelation. Old vines in the Les Robarts and La Voie d’Epernay lieu-dits inform the Avizoise. Disgorged: May 2017. Dosage is 5 grams per liter.
  94 points
  Antonio Galloni - Vinous

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• 2012 Alexandre Filaine Cuvee Sensuum Vertigo Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $230. 00

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  Hailing from Damery in the Montagne de Reims, Champagne Alexandre Filaine started out as a side project for Bollinger winemaker Fabrice Gass with production a relatively modest 4000 bottles a year. Taking cues from his time at Bollinger, the 2012 vintage cuvee Sensuum Vertigo is composed of 30% Chardonnay, 50% Pinot Noir, and 20% Pinot Meunier, and is vinified in old barrels before ageing under cork for five years. Dosage is a low 5g/L, and there were only 300 bottles produced.

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  Alexandre Filaine DMY Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $145. 00

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  ABV: 12%

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  Hailing from Damery in the Montagne de Reims, Champagne Alexandre Filaine started out as a side project for Bollinger winemaker Fabrice Gass with production a relatively modest 4000 bottles a year. Taking cues from his time at Bollinger, this blend of 50% Pinot Noir, 30% Chardonnay, 20% Pinot Meunier is fermented in old oak and matured under cork. It also sees no malolactic fermentation and receives 6g/L dosage.

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  The NV Brut DMY is based on the same blend as Gass's Cuvée Spéciale, but it sees tirage under natural cork instead of crown cap, and longer maturation sur lattes. Bursting with aromas of pear, toasted brioche, dried fruit, spices, smoke and stone fruit, it's full-bodied, pillowy and concentrated, with an elegantly muscular profile, tangy acids and a long, saline finish. Deep, complex and layered, it's lent complexity both by its longer passage sur lattes and also by the presence of reserve wines and its élevage in old Bollinger barrels, some dating back to the 1920s. Readers who appreciate rich, sapid, patinated, dry Champagnes—the so-called "goût Anglais" historically favored by the English market—will find in the Brut DMY everything they have been looking for. Drink 2021 - 2037.
  95 points
  William Kelley - Wine Advocate (Sep 2021)

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• Anne et Jean-Francois Ganevat Rot'Fall'R Pet Nat Blanc

  Alsace, FRANCE

  $74. 99

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  ABV: 12%

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  La Combe; a tiny hamlet above the village of Rotalier is home to the larger-than-life “Fan Fan” Jean-François Ganevat. Jean-François came back to run the family estate in 1998 after ten years working Burgundy and he combines his passion for the Jura terroir – here ideal for Chardonnay and Pinot Noir - with a staunch defence of Burgundian techniques; low yields and most recently biodynamic methods for which he has now gained Demeter certification.

  In addition to the ‘Estate’ wines there are, since 2013, a group of wines made from grapes purchased from around the region and in others, all are grown by their vigneron friends to their standards, so organic or bio-dynamically farmed and tended. They pay very high prices to get the quality they want

  A Pet Nat from Riesling from Alsace – methode ancestrale (bottle fermentation)

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• Armand de Brignac Blanc de Blancs Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $1399. 00

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  ABV: 12.5%

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  New technology, changing consumer values and a willingness to abandon tradition has not only multiplied the creative options available to wine label designers, but has frequently led to 'over-packaging'.

  The extravagant presentation of Armand de Brignac has given some critics pause for reflection, one commenting “...the luxuriousness of the package made me afraid I’d subconsciously find the Champagne amazing simply because of its bottle.”

  Produced by Champagne Cattier, the brand's first bottling was introduced in 2006 and is identifiable by its distinctive gold bottle with pewter Ace of Spades labels. Like Krug, the Brignac's Brut Gold is a multi-vintage style sourcing fruit from both Premier and Grand Cru vineyards. Two other cuvées, a Rosé and a Blanc de Blancs were released in 2008. An appearance in the Jay-Z music video of "Show Me What You Got" prior to the launch of the Armand de Brignac brand sparked wide discussion on sites covering hip-hop and popular culture, following Jay-Z's public fallout with the makers of Cristal Champagne. As a result, Mr. Cattier's brand received more publicity in two weeks than it had in two decades. "I would have never imagined a few months ago that we'd become part of this mysterious and exclusive rap world," he said. "Jay-Z is a remarkable man. I'd like to invite him here to visit the winery."

  Subsequent tastings by international wine critics have acknowledged Armand de Brignac as one of the world’s top Champagnes, though it comes with a price to match.

  Armand de Brignac Blanc de Blancs is pressed from an exclusive selection of white Chardonnay from famed Grand Cru villages including Cramant, Avize, and Oger. It also counts itself as one of the rarest wines in Champagne, comprising no more than 5% of their small annual production.

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  Ayala Zero Dosage Brut Nature Pinot Noir Chardonnay Pinot Meunier

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $95. 00

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  $1140.00 Dozen

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  Cellar: 2 - 3 Years (2010-2011)

  ABV: 12.5%

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  This blend is composed of 67% Pinot Noir, 26% Chardonnay and 7% Pinot Meunier.
  The base wine is made generally from the 2003 vintage, with reserve wines from 2002 added.
  Creamy white mousse with good hold. Very fine bead showing excellent persistence. Deep coloured straw base wine. Nose of lees, honeycomb and light cashew. Creamy palate. Light aftertaste of yeast lees and light lemon.
  Cellar 2-3 years (2010-2011)
  Alc/Vol: 12.5%

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  Champagne Barons de Rothschild

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $89. 99

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  Cellar: Drink now - 6 Years (2021-2027)

  ABV: 12%

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  A buoyant fluffy white mouse sits over a pale straw coloured base that has pale gold tints around the outskirts. Exceptionally fine and persistent bead. Complex and refined with aromatics of yeast lees, baked bread and pear meld into buttered brioche like notes, light citrus and cashew. Creamy yet airy, the sophisticated palate is richly flavoured with yeast lees, pear, citrus, biscuity cashew like characters and brioche. Deep and expansive it finishes dry and crisp with a long lacy aftertaste that’s all class.
  Drink over the next 5-6 years.
  Alc. 12%

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  2012 Bauchet Memoire Vintage Brut Premier Cru Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $79. 99

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  Cellar: Drink now - 5 Years (2019-2024)

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  Aged in Bauchet’s cellars for a minimum of 5 years before disgorgement, this Champagne is blended from 75% Chardonnay and 25% Pinot Noir sourced from Premier Cru vineyards.

  A fine, plentiful mousse shows ample volume over a pale straw, golden edged base that’s finely threaded by a persistent bead. Rich and expressive the nose offers up classic aromatics of baked bread, cashew and yeast lees with faint toast and honeyed almond notes also present. Rich and voluminous yet possessing a mouth watering freshness, the palate is filled with yeast lees, roasted almonds, baked bread, honeyed citrus and creamy cashew characters. Fullish with an oily like textural feel finishing dry with crisp acidity and a long aftertaste.
  Drink over the next 4-5 years.
  Alc. 12.5%

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  • Nick's Import

  2009 Bauchet Brut Premier Cru Vintage Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $52. 99

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  Cellar: 5 - 6 Years (2021-2022)

  ABV: 12.5%

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  Established in 1920 the Bauchet family estate covers 34 hectares spread out on 7 different terroirs. The vineyards are located in the Côte des Blancs, the Montagne de Reims and in the Côte des Bar.

  These two direct imports are a great alternative to the big houses of Veuve Clicquot, Moet & Chandon and the like, with their distinctive packaging, quality and this special introductory pricing making them exceptional value for Premier Cru Champagne.

  Aged in Bauchet’s cellars for a minimum of 5 years before disgorgement, this Champagne is blended from 75% Chardonnay and 25% Pinot Noir sourced from Premier Cru vineyards.

  Pours well with a frothy white mousse that shows excellent hold. Pale straw coloured base wine with an exceptionally fine and very profuse bead. The nose has a shade more intensity than its non vintage cousins and shows more classical Champagne aromatics of baked bread, cashew and yeast lees with lightly toasted brioche end notes. Rich and creamy in texture the palate has mouth filling flavours of baked bread, brioche and yeast lees over some cashew and light toast. Clean dry finish. Excellent length with a long aftertaste of yeast lees, baked bread, cashew and brioche.
  Cellar 5-6 years.
  Alc 12.5%

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  2013 Bauchet Memoire Vintage Brut Premier Cru Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $76. 99

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  Cellar: Drink now - 5 Years (2021-2026)

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  A blend of 75% Chardonnay and 25% Pinot Noir sourced from Premier Cru vineyards in the Cote des Blancs (Grauves) and the Montagne de Reims (Bisseuil), it’s aged for a minimum of 5 years before disgorgement. A fluffy mousse sits atop a light pale gold coloured base that has a fine and persistent bead coursing through it. Aromas of ripe pear, yeast lees and baked bread are married to oily toast like notes and subtle almond. Full, rich and possessing a creamy like mouthfeel the palate is filled with baked bread, oily toast like characters, yeast lees and citrus with traces of dried honey and almond on the back half. Finishes dry with crisp refreshing acidity and a long generous yet refined aftertaste.
  Drink over the next 4-5 years.
  Alc. 12.5%

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  Benoit Dehu La Rue des Noyers Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $150. 00

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  $1800.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 12%

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  Benoit Dehu's La Rue des Noyers is a 100% Pinot Meunier from a biodynamically farmed 1.7 hectare plot in Fossoy with dark limestone soils. Fermented and aged for ten months in used 228 litter barrels but with no malolactic, no racking, no filtering, no cold stabilization and no fining. 

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  The NV (2013) Extra Brut Cuvée La Rue des Noyers Non-Dosé is a rich, ample wine built on texture and layers of deep, resonant fruit. From the very first taste, the 2013 shows itself to be a Champagne of real breadth. Hints of orange peel, roasted nuts, minerals, ash, chamomile, dried flowers and spice all flesh out in the glass. A deceptively mid-weight wine, the 2013 is enveloping in feel, but also has softer contours than the more explosive 2012 tasted alongside it. This is all finesse. Disgorged: April 2016. Non-dosé.
  94 points
  Antonio Galloni - Vinous

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  2013 Bereche et Fils Le Cran Extra Brut Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $250. 00

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  $3000.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 12.5%

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  Vincent and Raphaël work with a range of Champagne terroirs, mostly in the north of the region near Reims. The quality starts with thoughtful viticulture and low yields from a high percentage of old vines many planted in the 1960s and 1970s. Since the brothers took over the operation from their father in 2004, all chemical herbicide use was stopped and returned to labour intensive manual cultivation of their vines. In the cellar they employ long, natural fermentations and extended aging on lees. Parcels are vinified separately, and three-quarters of the production spends time in 350-litre barrels, while the reserve wines are held in demi-muids of 600 litres. Unusually, bottle aging is mostly under cork for the second fermentation (tirer à liege). The brothers believe this allows slightly more oxygen to get to the wine, resulting in Champagnes with finer bubbles and seamless texture. None of the wines go through malolactic fermentation. Bottling occurs without filtration and disgorgement is still done entirely by hand.

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  The 2013 Premier Cru Le Cran is showing especially well, bursting with aromas of pear, mirabelle, crisp yellow orchard fruit and blood orange, complemented by hints of buttery pastry. Medium to full-bodied, layered and multidimensional, it's concentrated and intensely saline, concluding with a long, mineral finish. The late 2013 harvest has lent an exotic quality to the fruit tones this year that's very appealing, especially since Champagne hasn't seen to late a harvest in any of the years that have followed. This bottle was disgorged in July 2020 with three grams per liter dosage. Drink 2021 - 2035.
  95 points
  William Kelley - Wine Advocate (April 2021)

  The 2013 Le Cran is a powerful, heady Champagne. Creamy and resonant in the glass, the 2013 possesses tremendous volume that only builds with time in the glass. Apricot, dried pear, spice, cedar, chamomile and lightly honeyed notes all flesh out as this dramatic, vinous Champagne gradually reveals its many charms. It is a very typical wine from this late ripening year with both intense fruit and bright, salivating acids. Dosage is 3 grams per liter. Drink 2021 - 2030.
  95 points
  Antonio Galloni - Vinous

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  2012 Bereche et Fils Le Cran Extra Brut Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $230. 00

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  ABV: 12%

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  Vincent and Raphaël work with a range of Champagne terroirs, mostly in the north of the region near Reims. The quality starts with thoughtful viticulture and low yields from a high percentage of old vines many planted in the 1960s and 1970s. Since the brothers took over the operation from their father in 2004, all chemical herbicide use was stopped and returned to labour intensive manual cultivation of their vines. In the cellar they employ long, natural fermentations and extended aging on lees. Parcels are vinified separately, and three-quarters of the production spends time in 350-litre barrels, while the reserve wines are held in demi-muids of 600 litres. Unusually, bottle aging is mostly under cork for the second fermentation (tirer à liege). The brothers believe this allows slightly more oxygen to get to the wine, resulting in Champagnes with finer bubbles and seamless texture. None of the wines go through malolactic fermentation. Bottling occurs without filtration and disgorgement is still done entirely by hand.

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  The 2012 Premier Cru Le Cran was one of the highlights of this tasting, unwinding in the glass with aromas of ripe citrus oil, fresh peach, crisp green orchard fruit and nougat. Full-bodied, layered and enveloping, it's powerful and concentrated, its racy spine of acidity cloaked in a deep core of fruit, concluding with a saline finish. Drink 2022 - 2038.
  95+ points
  William Kelley - Wine Advocate (May 2020)

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  2015 Bereche et Fils Campania Remensis Extra Brut Rose Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $190. 00

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  $2280.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 12%

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  Vincent and Raphaël work with a range of Champagne terroirs, mostly in the north of the region near Reims. The quality starts with thoughtful viticulture and low yields from a high percentage of old vines many planted in the 1960s and 1970s. Since the brothers took over the operation from their father in 2004, all chemical herbicide use was stopped and returned to labour intensive manual cultivation of their vines. In the cellar they employ long, natural fermentations and extended aging on lees. Parcels are vinified separately, and three-quarters of the production spends time in 350-litre barrels, while the reserve wines are held in demi-muids of 600 litres. Unusually, bottle aging is mostly under cork for the second fermentation (tirer à liege). The brothers believe this allows slightly more oxygen to get to the wine, resulting in Champagnes with finer bubbles and seamless texture. None of the wines go through malolactic fermentation. Bottling occurs without filtration and disgorgement is still done entirely by hand.

  Campania Remensis is an extra brut rosé hailing predominantly from a single vineyard in Ormes with vines over 40 years old. The blend is 65% Pinot Noir, 30% Chardonnay and 5% Meunier, with the colour from an addition of 5% still Pinot Noir.

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  Disgorged in May 2019 with 4.5 grams per liter dosage, the 2015 Brut Rosé Campania Remensis is showing brilliantly. From a south-facing site characterized by sandy soils over limestone bedrock, it wafts from the glass with a beautiful bouquet of pear, red apple, fresh mint and pastry cream. On the palate, it's medium to full-bodied, pillowy and charming, with a crisp core of fruit, a delicate mousse and fine-boned structure. This is one of the finest rosé wines I've tasted from Bérêche. Drink 2020 - 2035.
  94 points
  William Kelley - Wine Advocate (May 2020)

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  2014 Bereche et Fils Campania Remensis Extra Brut Rose Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $170. 00

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  $2040.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 12%

  Closure: Cork

  Vincent and Raphaël work with a range of Champagne terroirs, mostly in the north of the region near Reims. The quality starts with thoughtful viticulture and low yields from a high percentage of old vines many planted in the 1960s and 1970s. Since the brothers took over the operation from their father in 2004, all chemical herbicide use was stopped and returned to labour intensive manual cultivation of their vines. In the cellar they employ long, natural fermentations and extended aging on lees. Parcels are vinified separately, and three-quarters of the production spends time in 350-litre barrels, while the reserve wines are held in demi-muids of 600 litres. Unusually, bottle aging is mostly under cork for the second fermentation (tirer à liege). The brothers believe this allows slightly more oxygen to get to the wine, resulting in Champagnes with finer bubbles and seamless texture. None of the wines go through malolactic fermentation. Bottling occurs without filtration and disgorgement is still done entirely by hand.

  Campania Remensis is an extra brut rosé hailing predominantly from a single vineyard in Ormes with vines over 40 years old. The blend is 65% Pinot Noir, 30% Chardonnay and 5% Meunier, with the colour from an addition of 5% still Pinot Noir.

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  The 2014 Campania Remensis offers notable tension and along with a good bit of vibrancy that livens up the red berry, tobacco and floral notes. Deceptive in its pale color, the 2014 is beautifully persistent, not to mention impeccable in its balance, with terrific underlying structure. The 2014 is wonderfully alive in the glass. I loved it. Disgorged February 2018. Dosage is 3 grams per liter.
  92 points
  Antonio Galloni - Vinous

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  2006 Billecart-Salmon Le Clos Saint-Hilaire Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $1250. 00

  Bottle

  $15000.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 12.5%

  Closure: Cork

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  Disgorged in November 2020 with two grams per liter dosage, Billecart-Salmon's newly released 2006 Brut Le Clos Saint-Hilaire is showing well, unwinding in the glass with aromas of pear, mirabelle plum, dried fruits, walnuts, bee pollen and spices. Full-bodied, layered and vinous, it's a concentrated, muscular young wine, allying maturing flavors with broad structural shoulders and racy acids and concluding with a long, resonant and slightly mordant finish. From a parcel planted in 1964 and vinified entirely in oak, this is a powerful Champagne of considerable presence that needs some more time on cork to unwind and round out. Drink 2023 - 2036.
  95+ points
  William Kelley - Wine Advocate (Sep 2022)

  Although it was disgorged in November 2020, Mathieu Roland Billecart has been keen to delay the release. The ageing post disgorgement is just as important as that before it and sometimes overlooked, he maintains. The wine has an attractive Welsh gold colour, a lively and persistent mousse, and seductive aromas of nectarine, greengage and Victoria plum. I even noted a hint of spearmint. The palate maintains a youthful nervosité; behind that generous fruit, including red fruit (cherry mainly), hints of brioche and hazelnut and then an authoritative finish. Great potential. Drink 2022 - 2036.
  93 Points
  Simon Field MW - Decanter (October 2021)

  Baked raspberries, salted yellow plums, figs, walnuts, orange zest, mahogany and some toasted vanilla on the nose. Medium-to full-bodied with beautifully integrated, very fine bubbles. Dry, with exciting and unique white-pepper and sea-salt notes. Seamless. So harmonious. Salty and spicy clove notes evolving at the end. Amazing precision. Single parcel pinot noir, 100% vinified in oak barrels. No malo. 2g/l dosage. Disgorged November 2020. 6,750 bottles. Drink or hold.
  99 Points
  JamesSuckling.com (April 2022)

  Rich nose, yeasty and so alive. The oak shows even more as the wine opens up, giving a cedar spice. Such underlying depth and richness with such a surprising mineral and acidic backbone with a verbena note, mandarin – the most citric of the lot. There is a subtler nuttiness here that is almost creamy, like a Belgian chocolate, almost oily on the finish yet with such direction. Drink 2025 – 2045.
  18.5 / 20 Points
  Alistair Cooper MW - JancisRobinson.com (October 2021)

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  Billecart-Salmon Brut Nature Champagne Magnum (1500ml)

  Champagne, FRANCE

  Reduced from $275.00

  $260. 00

  Bottle

  $3120.00 Dozen

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  Cellar: Drink now - 4 Years (2021-2025)

  ABV: 12%

  Closure: Cork

  An exuberant mousse holds well over a pale straw, pale gold tinged base that’s threaded by an ultra fine and very persistent bead. Heady baked bread and yeast lees aromas fill the nostrils with hints of citrus and pear fruits also present. Subtle oily toast and roasted almond like notes ensue. Racy yeasty baked bread and citrus flavours are both sculptured and tense. Oily toast like characters, chalky oyster shell and roasted almond characters fill out on the back half. Finishes very dry and crisp with a chiselled feel to the long aftertaste.
  Drink over the next 3-4 years.
  Alc 12%

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  A dense, layered Champagne with a full body and lots of creamy texture. Lovely cooked apple and pie crust. 40% pinot meunier, 30% chardonnay and 30% pinot noir. The base was 2015, but in total it contains 10 harvests. It was bottled at the beginning of 2016 and disgorged in March 2020. Four years on lees. Fantastic release. Drink or hold.
  94 points
  JamesSuckling.com

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  2008 Billecart-Salmon Vintage Champagne Jeroboam (3000ml)

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $999. 00

  Bottle

  $11988.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 12%

  Closure: Cork

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  A stunningly pure nose with aromas of apples, pears, grapefruit, dried flowers and fresh bread dough, all intermingled. The palate has a super fresh, sleek and vibrant feel with elegance, length and precision. The finish is so long and so precise. A stunning Champagne.
  96 points
  jamessuckling.com

  Categorically the finest Extra Brut ever conceived, this is a cuvee of laser line and immortal structure that rejoices in the lightning energy of 2008 and the exacting precision engineering that is Billecart. A glowing, medium straw hue is a dazzling prelude to its scintillating purity and drive, cut with magnificent acid line and high-tensile chalk structure. The distinguished, north-east facing slopes of Verzy and Verzenay take a delightfully fragrant and pure lead, presenting white cherry and strawberry hull that ring out in clear peals like church bells. Age has done nothing to evolve its pitch-perfect high notes, lending just the most subtle nuance of fresh almond. A cuvée to age for another 20 years at least – and it will live effortlessly for 50. In sheer, breathtaking purity, monumental chalk minerality, endless longevity – not to mention ludicrous affordability – Extra Brut 2008 is one of the champagne buys of the decade.
  97 points
  Tyson Stelzer - 2021 Champagne Guide

  A blend of 65% Pinot Noir consisting of Premier and Grand Crus from the Montagne de Reims and the Vallee de la Marne and 35% Chardonnay from the Cote des Blancs. Significantly, this has nine years ageing on its lees (longer than some Prestige Cuvees), the 2008 was first released onto the global market back in March 2019. With an Extra Brut dosage of 4g/l, this is a highly expressive, confident and convincing interpretation of the vintage. Right now, it is youthfully sharp and focused with fine salinity, depth, acidity and balance, and as such is already extremely approachable. The flavour spectrum encompasses toast, oyster shell, citrus, cream and a flinty, mineral depth. There’s supreme balance and elegance here, combined with a hidden underlying power that will continue to emerge and broaden with time. The finish is dry and long.
  97 points
  Decanter

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  2008 Billecart-Salmon Vintage Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $199. 00

  Bottle

  $2388.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 12%

  Closure: Cork

  Other Reviews....
  A stunningly pure nose with aromas of apples, pears, grapefruit, dried flowers and fresh bread dough, all intermingled. The palate has a super fresh, sleek and vibrant feel with elegance, length and precision. The finish is so long and so precise. A stunning Champagne.
  96 points
  jamessuckling.com

  Categorically the finest Extra Brut ever conceived, this is a cuvee of laser line and immortal structure that rejoices in the lightning energy of 2008 and the exacting precision engineering that is Billecart. A glowing, medium straw hue is a dazzling prelude to its scintillating purity and drive, cut with magnificent acid line and high-tensile chalk structure. The distinguished, north-east facing slopes of Verzy and Verzenay take a delightfully fragrant and pure lead, presenting white cherry and strawberry hull that ring out in clear peals like church bells. Age has done nothing to evolve its pitch-perfect high notes, lending just the most subtle nuance of fresh almond. A cuvée to age for another 20 years at least – and it will live effortlessly for 50. In sheer, breathtaking purity, monumental chalk minerality, endless longevity – not to mention ludicrous affordability – Extra Brut 2008 is one of the champagne buys of the decade.
  97 points
  Tyson Stelzer - 2021 Champagne Guide

  A blend of 65% Pinot Noir consisting of Premier and Grand Crus from the Montagne de Reims and the Vallee de la Marne and 35% Chardonnay from the Cote des Blancs. Significantly, this has nine years ageing on its lees (longer than some Prestige Cuvees), the 2008 was first released onto the global market back in March 2019. With an Extra Brut dosage of 4g/l, this is a highly expressive, confident and convincing interpretation of the vintage. Right now, it is youthfully sharp and focused with fine salinity, depth, acidity and balance, and as such is already extremely approachable. The flavour spectrum encompasses toast, oyster shell, citrus, cream and a flinty, mineral depth. There’s supreme balance and elegance here, combined with a hidden underlying power that will continue to emerge and broaden with time. The finish is dry and long.
  97 points
  Decanter

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  Billecart-Salmon Reserve Brut Champagne (Nebuchadnezzar) 15 litres

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $3150. 00

  Bottle

  $37800.00 Dozen

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  Cellar: Drink now - 4 Years (2020-2024)

  ABV: 12%

  Closure: Cork

  Billecart-Salmon’s ever reliable Reserve Brut is made from a blend of 30% Pinot Noir, 30% Chardonnay and 40% Pinot Meunier and spends 30 months ageing on its lees. 50-60% of the blend is made up of reserve wines.
  Buoyant and frothy upon pouring, the mousse fades into a pale straw coloured base that has flecks of pale gold to the edges and an extremely fine and persistent bead flowing through its core. A classic sniff of yeasty baked bread characters is followed by pear, cashew, hints of dried honey and brioche. The delicious palate has a satiny and airy like feel to it and features a flavour profile of baked bread, pear, yeast lees, subtle cashew, citrus and brioche. Dry crisp chalked tinged finish with a long and delicately creamy aftertaste.
  Drink over the next 3-4 years.
  Alc. 12%

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  An uncommon blend of 40% pinot meunier and 30% each of pinot noir and chardonnay, with 40% reserve wines, fermented in a mix of tank and use of aged oak barrels. Deliberate choice of meunier is the key to its drink any time soon style, combining elegance, finesse and great length. 
  95 points
  James Halliday - Top 100 Wines of the Year 2019

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  2002 Billecart-Salmon Cuvee Nicolas Francois Vintage Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $350. 00

  Bottle

  $4200.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 12.5%

  Closure: Cork

  Other Reviews....
  A mesmerizing, thrilling Champagne, the 2002 Cuvée Nicolas François Billecart is a great example of the vintage at its best. Silky and racy on the palate, yet a bit more restrained than many wines of the year, the Nicolas François Billecart remains vivid and remarkably nuanced. Brioche. apricot jam, wild flowers and honey are some of the many notes that blossom as the Cuvée Nicolas François Billecart shows off its voluptuous personality. The 2002 is 60% Pinot Noir and 40% Chardonnay.
  97 points
  Antonio Galloni - Vinous

  There's a buoyant, almost ethereal quality to this elegant Champagne, offering a rich range of blackberry pâte de fruit, crystallized honey, grilled nut and oyster shell flavors, set on a fine, chalky mousse. Long and mouthwatering, with a clean, citrus-infused finish. Drink now through 2027.
  95 points
  Alison Napjus - Wine Spectator

  Very impressive depth and detail here. The freshness is staggering. Citrus and grilled-hazelnut aromas lead to a palate that has a very concentrated, slightly creamy and taut feel. Super long and dense with lemon curd, white peaches and a toasty build to the finish. Superb! Drink or hold.
  98 points
  jamessuckling.com

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  2000 Billecart-Salmon Cuvee Nicolas Francois Vintage Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $175. 00

  Bottle

  $2100.00 Dozen

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  Cellar: Drink now - 5 Years (2012-2017)

  ABV: 12%

  Closure: Cork

  This exceptional cuvee has been crafted since 1964 as a tribute to Nicolas Francois Billecart, founder of the house. Chardonnay and Pinot Noir grapes are selected in the Grands Cru communes of the Cote des Blancs and Montagne de Reims, with some of the base wine fermented in traditional Piece Champenoise (205 L) barrels.

  This superb Champagne from another of our favourite houses opens with a white frothy mousse and shows excellent hold. Once dissipated, the pale gold straw coloured base wine emerges with exceptionally fine and profuse bead showing terrific persistence. The nose delivers a superb Champagne sniff with complex notes of baked bread, yeast lees, some toasty characters, a touch of citrus and some roasted almond end notes. On the palate yeast lees, toast, biscuit and a hint of citrus merge with some roasted nuttiness and a faint touch of dried honey. Creamy texture with a clean dry finish. Long aftertaste of yeast lees, baked bread, toast and roasted nuts.
  Drink over the next 4-5 years (2012-2017).
  Alc 12.0%

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  2007 Billecart-Salmon Vintage Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $150. 00

  Bottle

  $1800.00 Dozen

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  Cellar: 6 - 8 Years (2025-2027)

  ABV: 12%

  Closure: Cork

  A satiny white mousse sits well over a straw pale gold tinged base that’s finely threaded by a steady stream of delicate bubbles. Strong yeasty baked bread characters intermingle with oily toast, cashew, citrusy honey and brioche notes. Rich yet tense and tightly knit on the finish the palate features mouthwatering flavours of baked bread, citrus, oily toast like characters and yeast lees with some roasted almonds on the dry crisp finish. Long precise aftertaste that has a lingering subtle dried nut element to it. A very dry and focused Champagne that requires some patience.
  Cellar 6-8 years.
  Alc. 12%

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  Sleek acidity firms this tightly meshed 2007, a racy frame for flavors of crème de cassis, toast, ground ginger and candied lemon zest. Long and minerally on the finish. Drink now through 2027.
  93 points
  Wine Spectator

  The spicy pinot noir holds sway on the nose with an array of sous bois, flinty minerals, dried cherries and brioche. The smaller component of chardonnay (25%) delivers a crisp lemon acidity on entry, which builds weight to a cherry-pastry finish. Lots of potential here. Try from 2020.
  93 points
  JamesSuckling.com

  Billecart-Salmon's intense and vinous 2007 Vintage blends 75% Pinot Noir from the Montagne de Reims and the Grande Vallée de la Marne (Mareuil-sur-Aÿ and Aÿ) with 25% Chardonnay from the Côte des Blancs villages Avize, Cramant, Mesnil-sur-Oger, Oger, Chouilly and Vertus. Vinified in stainless steel, the bouquet indicates pure, ripe and refined fruit with delicate brioche and morel scents as well as fine chalky and super discreet marzipan and nougat notes. Full-bodied and very intense in its fruit flavors, this is a rich, persistent, pure, just ripe and refined 2007 with a finish that is remarkably fresh but not fully round. Drink 2019-2026.
  92 points
  Stephan Reinhardt – Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate

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  Boizel Brut Reserve Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $89. 99

  Bottle

  $1079.88 Dozen

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  Cellar: 3 - 4 Years (2019-2020)

  ABV: 12%

  Closure: Cork

  A blend of 55% Pinot Noir, 30% Chardonnay and 15% Pinot Meunier that includes 30% Reserve wines. Pours with a fluffy white mousse that shows good hold. Very fine and profuse bead with a pale straw/gold base colour. The nose has good intensity and complexity with aromas of yeast lees and baked bread dominate over some toast, roasted nuts and citrus. Quite full and rich in style the palate features creamy textured flavours of baked bread, toast and yeast lees followed by some citrusy dried honey characters and brioche. Clean dry finish with good refreshing acidity. Long yeasty baked bread, toast, cashew and citrus aftertaste. Tasted from a bottle disgorged in July 2015.
  Drink over the next 3-4 years.
  Alc 12%

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  1996 Boizel Joyau de France Brut Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $225. 00

  Bottle

  $2700.00 Dozen

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  Cellar: Drink now - 5 Years (2011-2016)

  ABV: 12%

  Closure: Cork

  
  A Superb Champagne from the outstanding 1996 vintage.
  A blend of Grand Crus and Premier Crus produced from 40% Chardonnay and 60% Pinot Noir partly aged in oak barrels. The wine pours with a good mousse. Pale gold straw base wine colour with very fine and persistent bead. The nose displays a complex aromatic profile of yeast lees, toast, cashew and citrus with a light hazelnut end note. Refined and sophisticated the palate displays exceptional length with flavours of yeast lees, baked bread, toast, cashew and citrus followed by a hint of hazelnut on the back palate. Creamy texture with clean dry finish. Long aftertaste of cashew, lees and hazelnut.
  Drink over the next 4-5 years (2011-2016).
  Alc 12.0%

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  Boizel Brut Rose Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $89. 99

  Bottle

  $1079.88 Dozen

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  ABV: 12%

  Closure: Cork

  A blend of 20% Chardonnay, 30% Pinot Meunier and 50% Pinot Noir, the cork on this bottle of Champagne was virtually impossible to extract and required a real He-man effort. Upon eventual extraction the wine displays a pale salmon pink base wine colour with very fine bead showing good persistence. The nose displays delicate aromas of winter strawberry, yeast lees and biscuit. Very refined palate with light flavours of yeast lees, biscuit and winter strawberry followed by a faint hint of toast. Clean dry finish with aftertaste of yeast lees and winter strawberry.
  Drink now (2011).
  Alc 12.0%

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  Bollinger PN VZ16 Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $199. 00

  Bottle

  $2388.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 12.5%

  Closure: Cork

  This is the second of the now yearly special releases from Bollinger designed to highlight specific terroir in the context of house style. While this release follows a similar formula to the inaugural release, with the village of Verzenay the focus, each year the team will determine which of their sources performed best and deserve to be singled out. Verzenay grapes constituted 47% of the final blend this time round, compared to 48% last year. The cuvée is made from three different years, with 2016 as the base wine supplemented by wine from 2015 and from reserve magnums of 2006, also from Verzenay.

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  Disgorged in January 2021, Bollinger's newly released NV Brut Blanc de Noirs PN VZ16 offers up notions of pear, apple blossom, jasmine, orange zest and fresh pastry. Medium to full-bodied, precise and elegantly vinous, it's layered and charming, with racy acids and a pretty pinpoint mousse, and it concludes with a sapid finish. It's based on the 2016 vintage, complemented by older reserve wines matured in magnum, and derives, once again, largely from the village of Verzenay. Drink 2021 - 2037.
  94 points
  William Kelley - Wine Advocate (Sep 2021)

  Soft, open-knit and wonderfully inviting PN VZ 16 is a worthy follow up to the sublime 2015 that launched this new Blanc de Noirs in the Bollinger range last year. Sweet red cherry, Mirabelle, spice, mint and dried flowers all grace this wonderfully translucent, expressive Blanc de Noirs. North-facing sites in Verzenay that confer tension and energy make up about half the blend, with wines from Aÿ, Bouzy and Louvois playing supporting roles. Vinification is done in equal parts steel and oak. This release is based on 2016 (50% of the blend), with reserve wines that go back to 2006, including 23% from reserve magnums. Readers who enjoy Blanc de Noirs will adore the PN VZ 16. I find the interplay of vibrancy and the creamier notes that are so typical of the house style to be incredibly appealing. Dosage is 6 grams per liter. Drink 2021 - 2033.
  93 points
  Antonio Galloni - Vinous

  Very deep and youthful nose with a cornucopia of candied citrus and red berries, as well as a touch of herb. Stunning depth of chalky character and fantastic mineral freshness make this really stand out. Dramatic, yet so elegant at the very long finish. 100% pinot noir, of which 50% is from Verzenay and that gives it it’s name. The reserve wines are all Verzenays from 2006, 2009 and 2015. Disgorged January 2021. Drink or hold.
  96 points
  JamesSuckling.com

  Produced exclusively from vineyards owned by Bollinger, this takes advantage of the dynamic equilibrium between the structured, robust Pinot Noir grape and a terroir that is late-ripening. Picking began on 25 September and delivered a wine with plenty of concentration and impressive freshness and balance, with expressive green apple fruit accented with notes of toast and smoke and a creamy, supple, and open texture. Dosed at 6 g/l. Disgorged in November 2020. Drinking Window 2021 - 2031.
  95 points
  Charles Curtis MW - Decanter

  Seamlessly knit and graceful, offering a lovely range of ripe cherry and nectarine fruit, with notes of slivered almond, orange blossom and fleur de sel slowly expanding on the palate via the finely detailed mousse and carried through the long, lacy finish by fine chinalike acidity. Pinot Noir. Disgorged January 2021. Drink now through 2026.
  94 points
  Alison Napjus - Wine Spectator

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  2007 Bollinger La Grande Annee Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $185. 00

  Bottle

  $2220.00 Dozen

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  Cellar: Drink now - 6 Years (2018-2024)

  ABV: 12%

  Closure: Stelvin

  An exceptional Bollinger La Grande Annee that manages a fine balance between richness, power and freshness.

  Sourced solely from Grand Cru (91%) and Premier Cru (9%) vineyards the wine was entirely fermented in small oak barrels in which oxidation can be carefully controlled. The final blend comprised of 70% Pinot Noir and 30% Chardonnay. Pours well with a frothy white mousse sitting over a straw pale coloured base. Exceptionally fine and very profuse bead. Heady aromas of yeast lees, toast, honeyed characters and roasted nuts waft out of the glass with pear and citrus notes also evident. A rich, textured core is detailed with complex flavours of yeast lees, baked bread, oily toast and dried honey flavours set over a back drop of cashews and roasted almonds. Finishes dry with some refreshing crisp, citrus infused acidity. Long creamy aftertaste of baked bread, yeast lees, toast, citrus and honey coated roasted nuts. Rich, toasty and creamy but fresh.
  Drink over the next 5-6 years.
  Alc. 12%

  Other Reviews….
  Disgorged November ’17, 70% pinot noir, 30% chardonnay. 100% barrel fermentation has long been Bollinger practice, and style trademark. The complex bouquet of multi-spice and brioche aromas drape the barrel ferment influenced structure, emphasised by over eight years on lees and a dosage of 7g/l.
  97 points
  James Halliday – Australian Wine Companion

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  2004 Bollinger RD Extra Brut Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $399. 00

  Bottle

  $4788.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 12%

  Closure: Cork

  Other Reviews....
  Fermented in oak barrels and aged under natural corks for almost 13 years, Bollinger's 2004 R. D. Extra Brut blends 66% Pinot Noir with 34% Chardonnay from 16 crus, 88% of which are classified as Grand Cru. The wine opens with a very clear, deep, rich and aromatic but also pure and mineral-fresh nose of crushed rocks, cherries, brioche, pain aux raisin, white nougat, chalk and ripe, yellow-fleshed fruits. Highly elegant and complex on the weightless yet persistent and salty palate, this is an intense, densely woven, firmly structured yet elegant, beautifully refined and refreshing "recent disgorgement" (February 2018) that reveals just a kiss of oxidative flavors that adds even more complexity. A great Champagne on its way to improve over many years in the bottle. Tasted June 2018.
  97 points
  Stephan Reinhardt - Wine Advocate #237 (Jun 2018)

  Mid gold colour. Smoky hints on the nose. Creamy texture, salty. Ripe, slightly honeyed aromas. Brioche and baked apple. Moderate intensity on the palate, but there is good persistence and a touch of savoury salinity on the finish. Lovely honeysuckle and cream on the length. Still a long way to go, but superbly open already. Seems softer in acidity than the 2002.
  18+ points
  Richard Hemming MW - jancisrobinson.com

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  Champagne, FRANCE

  $180. 00

  Bottle

  $2160.00 Dozen

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  Winery Notes….
  A blend of 72% Pinot Noir and 28% Chardonnay, of which 7% was red wine, sourced from 84% Grand Cru vineyards and 16% Premier Cru vineyards. Fermented entirely in barrels and cellar aged for more than 10 years.
  Brilliant salmon-pink colour. Subtle aromas that open with warm tobacco, chocolate, mocha and roasted coffee notes. This is followed by the fragrance of dried flowers and peony, and finally dried fruit and fruit compote notes, especially quince.
  On the palate a fullness that strengthens the density of the wine, mature aromas, fruit jellies and honey. A great deal of length on the palate and a wonderfully fresh finish with notes of blood orange and mandarin peel.

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  2008 Bollinger La Grande Annee Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $220. 00

  Bottle

  $2640.00 Dozen

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  Bollinger's 2008 La Grande Année is superb, wafting from the glass with aromas of crisp orchard fruit, ripe lemons, honeycomb, warm biscuits, dried white flowers and a delicate top note of walnuts and fino sherry. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, broad and vinous, with a beautifully refined mousse, superb concentration at the tightly wound core, incisive acids and a supremely elegant intermingling of Bollinger's oxidative stylistic signatures with fresh, vibrant fruit. The finish is long, precise and chalky. This is a Grande Année built for the cellar—the real excitement will come with a bit more bottle age—but this is already a thrilling Champagne in the making. Finished with eight grams per liter dosage, it was disgorged by hand in July 2018. This is also the first vintage of Grande Année to be bottled in Bollinger's new narrower-necked 1846 bottle, which should make for a slower evolving wine. Drink 2022-2060.
  97+ points
  William Kelley – Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate

  Bollinger's 2008 Grande Année is rich, ample and full-bodied, with all of the pedigree of the vintage on display. Dried pear, dried flowers, chamomile, red plum and mint develop as the 2008 shows the breadth and creaminess that are such signatures of the Bollinger house style. A whole range of brighter, more floral and chalky notes appear later, adding translucence and energy. The 2008 is 71% Pinot Noir and 29% Chardonnay taken across 18 crus, and it is the Pinot that very much informs the wine in both flavor and texture. More importantly, the 2008 is one of the best Grande Années I can remember tasting. Bollinger fans won't want to miss it. Disgorged November 2018. Dosage is 8 grams per liter. Drink 2020-2048.
  97 points
  Antonio Galloni – Vinous

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  2005 Bollinger La Grande Annee Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $199. 00

  Bottle

  $2388.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 12%

  Closure: Cork

  A blend of 70% Pinot Noir and 30% Chardonnay sourced from 13 different crus: mainly Aÿ and Verzenay for the Pinot Noir and Avize, Chouilly and Le Mesnil-sur-Oger for the Chardonnay. 95% Grands crus and 5% Premiers crus. Fermented entirely in barrels.

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  A powerful, structured and graceful 2005, showing deft integration of the rich, chalky underpinning, firm acidity and expansive flavors of crushed black currant, spring blossom, toasted almond, crystallized honey and preserved lemon. Offers a fine, raw silk-like mousse and a long, spiced finish. Disgorged February 2015. Drink now through 2030.
  94 points
  Wine Spectator

  
  Impressive concentration and power here. This is really assertive with ripe yellow orchard fruits and citrus within a core encased in a layer of more savory, toasty notes on both the nose and palate. There's that gentle hint of aldehyde that is the traditional stamp of the house plus savory woody notes, white mushrooms and some chalk and spices, too. The palate has a fleshy opening, filling out with peach and hazelnut flavors before a smooth ride to the finish. Approachable and complex. Drink it now through to 2020.
  94 points
  JamesSuckling.com

   

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• 2009 Bouvet Saphir Brut Vintage Magnum (1500ml)

  Saumur, Loire Valley, FRANCE

  $49. 99

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  $599.88 Dozen

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  ABV: 12.5%

  Closure: Cork

  Bouvet Ladubay is regarded by many wine lovers as the finest expression of sparkling wine from the Loire Valley. The house was founded in 1851 by Etienne Bouvet, the son of a vigneron-sommelier who encouraged the young Bouvet in the wine trade. Recognizing the Loire's terroir to be extremely well-suited to the production of sparkling wines, he settled on the bank of the Loire River just outside the town of Saumur. Ms. Ladubay, Etienne’s accountant, soon became his wife, and the firm was christened “Bouvet-Ladubay”.

  Bouvet is regarded by many wine lovers as the finest expression of sparkling wine from the Loire Valley
  The house was owned by Taittinger Champagne from 1971 until 2007 and precisely the same wine making processes as the Grand Marque itself were employed in the production of the 2006 vintage. The grapes for the Bouvet 'Blanc' methode champenoise are predominantly Chenin Blanc, a varietal which has been grown in the Loire Valley prior to the Roman conquest of France. Bouvet source their grapes from 120 properties around Saumur - spread over an area of 15 x 30 kilometres. The notion of using such a diversity of vineyard sites is to provide complexity to the base wines. Domaine Chandon in the Yarra Valley employ a similar process. These 120 micro climates each provide the wine maker with base material that when blended together will create the sensation of considerable complexity. The art of blending is critical and at Bouvet the third generation of blenders from the same family are in charge - in fact they have been creating the blend for the last 60 years. State of the art, temperature controlled stainless-steel fermentation tanks, computer-regulated 'gyropallets,' or riddling machines, highly advanced freezing and disgorging equipment and micro-wave cork heaters have brought Bouvet’s vinification facility to the technical forefront. The winery itself, however, remains an impressive monument to the region’s history with the wines spending their final maturation period within freestone cellars built by Saint Florent monks around 1040. These tunnels cover some 2.6 hectares with eight kilometres of subterranean cellars - storage capacity for some 7,000,000 bottles!

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• • 94

  Brimoncourt Brut Regence Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $74. 99

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  $899.88 Dozen

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  Cellar: Drink now - 5 Years (2016-2021)

  ABV: 12.5%

  Closure: Cork

  A Chardonnay dominate blend. Superb creamy white mousse that shows excellent hold. Once dissipated it reveals a pale straw pale gold base wine colour. The bead very profuse and exceptionally fine. Refined scents of citrus, baked bread and yeast lees greet the nose followed by hints of sherbet and baked apple. Dry and elegant with flavours of citrus and baked bread racing across the palate over a backdrop of yeast lees and subtle cashew. Dry refreshing finish with a light chalky texture and good tension from the acidity. Aftertaste of citrus, baked bread, yeast lees and cashew.
  Drink over the next 4-5 years.
  Alc 12.5%

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• • 96

  Brimoncourt Extra Brut Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $110. 00

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  $1320.00 Dozen

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  Cellar: 5 - 6 Years (2021-2022)

  ABV: 12.5%

  Closure: Cork

  This Champagne has been made exclusively from Grand Cru terroirs and dosed with only 2 grams of sugar per litre. Frothy white mousse with a pale gold base wine colour. Profuse and exceptionally fine bead. Toasty dried honey scents intermingle with pear, baked bread, almonds and yeasty aromas. The palate has a refreshing line of acidity that runs through the broadly textured flavours of baked bread, oily toast, almonds, citrus, subtle dried honey and yeast lees. Oily, almost creamy like texture with a very dry, precise finish. Long oily baked bread, toast, citrus, cashew and yeast lees aftertaste.
  Cellar 5-6 years.
  Alc 12.5%

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• • 95

  Brimoncourt Blanc de Blancs Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $89. 99

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  Cellar: Drink now - 5 Years (2016-2021)

  ABV: 12.5%

  Closure: Cork

  Pours with a creamy white mousse that holds well. Once dissipated it reveals a pale straw base wine colour with an exceptionally fine bead that shows excellent persistence. Lifted pear, baked apple and toast aromas emerge from the glass followed by baked bread and citrusy brioche notes. Rich and toasty with a creamy mid palate and refreshingly dry finish the palate features flavours of citrus and pear infused with oily toast like characters followed by baked bread, cashew and yeast lees. Excellent length with a long aftertaste of pear, oily baked bread, subtle citrus, cashew and yeast lees. A full, flavoursome style of Blanc de Blanc.
  Drink over the next 4-5 years.
  Alc 12.5%

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• • 91

  Brimoncourt Brut Rose Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $89. 99

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  Cellar: Drink now - 4 Years (2016-2020)

  ABV: 12.5%

  Closure: Cork

  Creamy, lightly pink tinged mousse with a pink, strawberry base wine colour. Very persistent fine bead. Subtle winter strawberry scents intermix with raspberry, plum, yeast lees and confectionary aromas. Refreshingly dry with creamy strawberry and raspberry flavours prevailing over some light toast and flinty mineral infusions. Finishes very dry with punchy acidity. Aftertaste of winter strawberry, raspberry, a light toastiness and flinty mineral infusions.
  Drink over the next 3-4 years.
  Alc 12.5%

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• • 92

  2017 Canella Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore DOCG Millesimato Brut

  Veneto, ITALY

  $29. 99

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  $359.88 Dozen

  Minimum 12 bottles

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  Cellar: Drink now (2020)

  ABV: 11%

  Closure: Cork

  Re-tasted on 17/01/2020
  
  A fine plentiful mousse sits over a very pale straw coloured base that has an exceptionally fine bead coursing through it. Aromas of lightly spiced red apple and baked pear are married to subtle honeysuckle and faint citrusy sherbet like notes. Delicious ripe pear and baked apple flavours meld into notions of honeysuckle and citrus. Smooth airy feel finishing dry with mouth watering acidity and a stimulating aftertaste.
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  Alc. 11%

  A lacy white mousse dissipates to reveal a very pale straw coloured base with a very fine persistent bead. Aromas of ripe red apples intermix with subtle honey, pear and sherbet. The palate has a light airy feel and plentiful fruit finishing dry with racy acidity and an aftertaste of red apples, pears, faint honeyed characters and lemon sherbet.
  Drink now.
  Alc. 11%

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• • 93

  Castello di Gussago La Santissima Franciacorta Brut

  Franciacorta, ITALY

  $49. 99

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  Minimum 12 bottles

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  Cellar: Drink now - 3 Years (2018-2021)

  ABV: 12.5%

  Closure: Cork

  A blend of 60% Chardonnay and 40% Pinot Nero matured for 30 months on lees. Showing good hold is a fluffy white mousse which sits over a pale straw coloured base that’s finely threaded by persistent, tiny bubbles. Lifted pear and citrus aromas intermix with subtle bready yeast lees notes. Dry and yeasty with a subtle creaminess the palate has a vivid freshness to the pear and citrus flavours with yeasty baked bread and subtle cashew following on. Crisp acid finish with a pear, yeast lees, baked bread, citrus and subtle toast aftertaste.
  Drink over the next 2-3 years.
  Alc. 12.5%

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  Cedric Bouchard Roses de Jeanne Cote de Bechalin Champagne (V13)

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $230. 00

  Bottle

  $2760.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 12.5%

  Closure: Cork

  Other Reviews....
  Derived from a 73-acre, southwesterly exposed site that's one of Bouchard's highest-altitude parcels, the 2013 Blanc de Noirs Côte de Béchalin wafts from the glass with a deep bouquet of citrus oil, mandarin, beeswax, white flowers, apricot and apple. Medium to full-bodied, racy and concentrated, it's vinous and tightly wound, with a bright spine and a long, chalky and aromatic finish. The 2013 is finer-boned and more incisive than its more muscular 2012 counterpart, and it displays some exotic aromatic top notes that reflect the late growing season. Bouchard recalls that he began picking on September 26, 2013, and finished in October, just before the rain set in.
  96 points
  William Kelley - Wine Advocate (Apr 2021)

  The 2013 Blanc de Noirs Côte de Bechalin La Parcelle is fabulous. Candied lemon peel, almond, mint, sage and baked apple tart are some of the many notes that open in the glass. There is a sense of energy to the 2013 that is so beguiling. Eighty months on the lees give the Parcelle quite a bit of depth, but also the freshness that develops with extended time in the cellar. Zero dosage. Disgorged: April, 2020.
  94 points
  Antonio Galloni - Vinous

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  Cedric Bouchard Roses de Jeanne Cote de Val Vilaine Champagne (V18)

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $199. 00

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  $2388.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 12.5%

  Closure: Cork

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  Bouchard's NV Blanc de Noirs Côte de Val Vilaine (2018) is fleshy and dramatic, bursting with aromas of pear, warm bread, orange oil, nutmeg and beeswax. Medium to full-bodied, textural and enveloping, it's one of the most gourmand, generous renditions of Val Vilaine to date, yet it remains beautifully precise and vibrant—even racy. It will be hard to resist young, but I suspect it will also evolve very gracefully in the cellar. As usual, while this is officially a "non-vintage" cuvée, the code "L18" on the label designates the year from which it is entirely derived.
  93 points
  William Kelley - Wine Advocate (Apr 2021)

  The NV (2018) Blanc de Noirs Val Vilaine is bright, fresh and wonderfully nuanced. Orchard fruit, citrus and floral notes give the Val Vilaine so much energy. Cédric Bouchard coaxes so much nuance from these 40 year-old vines. The Val Vilaine is always the youngest wine in the range - the current release is the 2018, which spent just 15 months on its lees - but it will give readers who aren't familiar with these wines a very good idea of the house style. Zero dosage. Disgorged: April 2020.
  92 points
  Antonio Galloni - Vinous

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