Renoir's 2018 Extra-Brut Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Les Montants has turned out very well bursting with aromas of pear white flowers verbena buttery pastry and hazelnuts. Full-bodied broad and muscular its textural attack segues... Read More

The NV (2017) Cuvée La Rue des Noyers is a gorgeous wine especially for the year. The 2017 bristles with energy and complexity as it opens with aeration. Apricot tangerine peel spice ginger lemon confit and a touch of oak all... Read More

The NV (2017) Cuvée L’Orme is another impressive Champagne from Benoît Déhu. Aromatic and light on its feet L'Orme shows the more delicate nuanced side of Pinot Noir off to great effect. Kirsch wild flowers mint spice... Read More

Crisp and well-knit this minerally Champagne would serve well as an aperitif or with light fare offering flavors of ripe McIntosh apple slivered almond brine and lemon curd.

The 2018 Champagne Cuvée Ephemère Extra Brut is entirely Chardonnay coming from the Grand Cru villages of Oger Avize and Cramant. Pouring a bright straw hue it’s pure with aromas of fresh pear wet stone fresh flowers and lemon... 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

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

Aromas of crisp yellow orchard fruit and mirabelle plum mingle with notions of freshly baked bread almond paste and white flowers in an inviting bouquet that introduces Dhondt's NV Extra-Brut Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Cramant... Read More

The NV Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs Premier Cru Les Terres Fines offers a striking expression of Chardonnay from Cuis. Smoke slate crushed rocks white pepper and lemon confit are all vivid in this striking wonderfully nuanced Champagne.... Read More

The 2016 Champagne CĂ´te Grand Cru pours a youthful straw hue and opens to aromas of fresh flowers yellow pear and Meyer lemon. Focused and more linear in its profile it has a refined and creamy mousse and a stony chalky texture.... Read More

From Mesnil sur Oger the 2017 Champagne CĂ´te 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 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

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

One of the very finest wines produced in this less heralded vintage is Egly's 2014 Brut Grand Cru Millésime a strikingly vinous and enveloping Champagne that wafts from the glass with aromas of pear mirabelle plum freshly... Read More

Just being released now, the 2008 Brut Millésime Grand Cru is quite possibly the most elegant, most refined Champagne I have ever tasted at Egly-Ouriet. Francis Egly captures the freshness and verve of 2008 as expressed... 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 2018 “les Hauts Chèvres” Blanc de Noirs from Vincent Lavel is a brilliant young wine. Since the 2012 vintage this wine has been based on old vine pinot meunier as the pinot noir vines in this vineyard which Vincent previously... Read More

Based on the generous 2018 vintage the 746 fills the glass with a pale pink nuclear explosion of fine bubbles forming columns of visible freshness. A blend of 60% Chardonnay 30% Pinot Noir and 10% Pinot Meunier it is perfumed... Read More

The 2012 Brut Nature Blanc de Blancs MSNL Chétillons et Mussettes Grand Cru was picked in the eponymous parcels in Le Mesnil-sur-Oger and vinified in stainless steel. Honey and salted roasted cashew appear alongside exquisite... Read More

Based on the 2018 vintage complemented by 20% reserve wines drawn from a solera the NV Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs Quintette exhibits aromas of fresh bread green apple dried white flowers and almond paste followed by a medium to... Read More

The NV Brut Nature Solessence is creamy textured and super-expressive. Based on 2017 plus 50% reserve wines the blend works so well here in adding flavor and textural complexity. Dried pear spice chamomile apricot and dried rose... 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

Coming from the 2020 vintage and made from 93% Chardonnay with 7% Pinot Noir vinified as red wine from the Côte des Bars the pale salmon-colored NV Champagne Extra Brut Rosé is fresh and attractive with a floral and stony perfume... Read More

A 100% Brut-Zero Chardonnay disgorged in April 2023. This has a gorgeous nutty nose with brioche and toasted almond aromas - smells nicely mature with soft buttery and floral notes. Crisp and dry on the palate clean and lively... 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

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

Savart's NV Bulle de Rosé is quite pretty. Delicate floral aromatics meld into bright red berries and crushed flowers all supported by expressive chalky veins of minerality. The finish is pretty but is also marked by... Read More