Vanessa

9.2

Cheers to top quality bubbles from the Anderson Valley of the North Coast of California!

This wine is made with a blend of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay grapes.

It’s beautifully balanced with layers of autolytic characteristics like toasted almond, pie crust, brioche, biscuit, marzipan, nougat, thanks to 5 YEARS on the lees…

It has a creamy mouthfeel maintaining freshness with notes of white peach, apple, raspberry, lemon zest, white blossom…

Mousse is fine and persistent. — 6 months ago

with Deked1

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.2

It’s Miller time. Well…actually Billecart time. I like this more than I buy it. One of good cuvées easily found in 375ml.

The body creamy, layered, nice c02, bruised golden & green apple, ripe Bosc pear, pineapple flesh, tropical melons-mango driven, lime & lemon zest, cream soda, cream, white spice-ginger, bread, yeast, brioche, soft but grainy moist chalkiness, sea spray/fossils, slightly chard sourdough toast, wet/softened alluvial, limestone, wet river stone, notes of flintiness, yellow lilies, white orchids, fruit blossoms, jasmine, rainfall acidity, excellent balanced fruit & earth, tension, structure with a juicy two-minute polished finish that falls onto beautiful minerality.

BTW, home grown tomatoes with Companion Bakery wheat sourdough, lightly toasted w/ olive oil, burrata, Tondo balsamic (stunning), olive oil & fresh basil never gets old. — 2 years ago

Matt Nason

9.4

Beautiful acidity with green apple and almond skin. — 5 years ago

Ed Chin

8.9

Tons of apple — 6 years ago

Michael Winterbottom

9.4

New world Chablis emulation but with a little more ripe fruit character and butter notes. Butter mochi, ripe green apple, cooked apples. Really tart finish with duality if fruit character. 0 new oak usage in this wine, fermented in used oak barrels and battonage for a year. Not your typical Napa chardonnay by any means but elegant and pretty. Perfumed and pretty. — 7 years ago

Bob Dylan

9.7

Dry floral funky so good — 7 years ago

Eric Vrtis

9.0

Just good enough to fall into the love category. Loads of limestone and lees with citrus blossom, tart green apple, honeydew rind. Creamy mouthfeel. — 9 years ago

Rebecca Fletcher

9.5

Pear, Apple, brioche, lemon zest, white pepper and white flowers. M+ acid, m body, citrus and minerality. Rich full body, creamy. Long finish. — 10 years ago

Jason Schulz

10

As terrific as always! Great acidity, beautiful tart apple, just delicious! — 11 years ago

Alexandre Czesnat

9.1

Very balanced. Apple, citrus, pear — 6 months ago

Mark Mannebach

9.0

Dry, pear apple with cranberry tones. — 7 months ago

Gladys Xiques

9.3

Wow. Depth with dried apple. — 9 months ago

Jared O'Connell

9.2

Good price at warehouse so I snagged one for wiener schnitzel dinner w/ cateloupe, prosciutto, radicchio &fig salad. Opened to give it a lot of air. Cream soda dum dum, Fuji apple, hint of gasoline but not a lot. Goes onto a grapefruit/citrus thing and a nice cream soda finish. Mineral and wonderfully acidic. Need to find older bottles! — 4 years ago

Brian S

9.0

Baked yellow apple brûlée, wild strawberry, more lessy, a bit of funk. — 6 years ago

Peter Marks

Master of Wine, Educator Constellation Brands

9.1

Toasted brioche and apple crumble. Gorgeous creamy and rich and definitely needs to be consumed now. — 7 years ago

with Marie and Adrienne

Peter Sultan

9.3

Dont drink the last two bottles, note to self! Another zelig of whites, so much development to go but is drinking prettily now. Still young w much snappy apple-ness, encased in a yeasty & mineral pearl. Had w mussels in saki & parsley, & simply sauteed trout. Yum — 7 years ago

with Owen

Rebecca Fletcher

9.8

Ripe yellow Apple and pear. Minerality. Honey, butter, lemon, and wet stone. M+ acid. M body. Bit bitter on the front palate. Honeycomb, m+ finish and complexity. — 9 years ago

James McFadyen

Wine Consultant and Allocation Specialist at Spec's

8.9

Just lovely, as always a beautiful example.
Bright crisp, with great crunchy Apple, lanolin, melon and Chalky minerals. — 10 years ago

A R

9.5

Fantastic value. Green apple, citrus, pear. Great nose, great finish. — 11 years ago

Ron Siegel

9.4

An older Krug Cuvee purchased in 14 showing a rich apple, pear with a toasty, honeyed, brioche, pastry dough & mineral — 6 months ago

Kari Hogan

9.3

Super fun, green apple, light and bubbly — 7 months ago

Pooneet K

9.5

One of the best bottles of champagne I’ve ever had. Annual one for Valentine’s Day - 2 left from a case we bought years ago. Getting better each year. Has a bit of a caramel apple mixed with lemon curd thing developing now. Very fine bubbles. Just fantastic. — 2 years ago

Josh Morgenthau

9.3

Very grassy. Key lime pie, green apple, and a load of primary yeast flavor. This is beautifully balanced and I think it will benefit from some time in bottle. Disgorged 2019 — 5 years ago

Mira Rodgers

9.5

Beautiful notes of honey, pear, golden apple with musky, mushroom notes. Very light style with notes of oxidation and an afterthought of carbonation. — 5 years ago

with Kamee

Pat Carroll

10

An all time fav, apple, light peach, spatlese sweetness. No petrol notes. — 7 years ago

David Price

9.1

Very good. Crisp, smooth, good amount of acidity. Fruits of pear, apricot and a hint of apple. — 7 years ago

Severn Goodwin

9.0

Only Randall could imagine this unique combination. — 8 years ago

Mike Fifer

Writer The Wine Monologues

8.9

Quite simply a crowd pleaser. Notes of peaches, apple, nectarine. Nice acidity and balance. And a great QPR. Well done Charles Smith yet again. — 9 years ago

Rob Moose

9.2

Subtly perfumey and very easy to cash — 11 years ago

Max Coane

9.0

Not corked. Apricot. Melon skin. Yellow apple. A little oxidized but not in a bad way. — 12 years ago