Mark Mannebach

9.0

Dry, pear apple with cranberry tones. — 2 years ago

Joe Fischer

8.9

A bit of tartness. Lemon, apple, pear, stonefuit, and petrol. — 5 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 — 7 years ago

Spencer Sievers

10

Super bright, light and fresh yeast. Green apple and lemon curd. My lovely daughter immediately made a mimosa with hers. So cute. — 7 years ago

Shay A

9.3

Day 4 in Napa in the books! Running a day behind on notes...Napa time runs slow AND fast!

Another year, another insane meet up with @jesus g ! We had the pleasure of hanging out with him twice this time, once at the Davies tasting room and a second time when he gave us an awesome private, VIP like experience at the Schramsberg caves!

This ‘09 JSchram, which is their more Blanc de Blanc style, is young bit delicious. Lemon bar, apple crisp, cashew, meringue and and just beginning to show some honeycomb/honeyed melon notes. I decided I like the JSchram with more age and enjoy the Reserve at a younger age. — 8 years ago

with jesus

Celia Katherine Ehrle

9.5

Peach, light floral notes, green apple. YUMMY — 10 years ago

John Sheehan

9.1

Tropical with pineapple on the nose; crisp green apple with a hint of lemon on the palate. Great with the chicken paillard we had with it. — 10 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. — 11 years ago

Rob Moose

9.2

Subtly perfumey and very easy to cash — 12 years ago

Red Wine Lovers

9.1

Toasted brioche. Toasted brioche. Toasted brioche. And a little bit of green apple, wool and chamomile — 13 years ago

with Max and Max

Conrad Green

9.7

Today notes, some sour apple, a sweetness of orchard fruit. Lovely balance, complexity and acidity.. delicious — 3 years ago

with Jean-Francois, Tony and 2 others

Mike Saviage

8.9

Medium gold. Oxidative nose. Notes of caramel apple, toffee, some lemon and some white stone. Lots of fruit in the mouth, but no backbone and lacking in acidity. I wouldn’t call this premox; the wine just comes off as being old and likely is reflective of the vintage. — 6 years ago

Matt Nason

9.4

Beautiful acidity with green apple and almond skin. — 7 years ago

Ed Chin

8.9

Tons of apple — 7 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. — 8 years ago

Bob Dylan

9.7

Dry floral funky so good — 9 years ago

Chris England

9.3

😎 £34 bargain Grand Cru from my fav Chablis producer 😍that's fab now in ☀️ but will go on for many years 👍

🍷 Light straw yellow

👃 A refreshing citrus waterfall crashing over mineral rocks splashing green apple skins & white flowers at ya 💥

👄 Med creamy, but not syrup, punchy zingy zesty zap injection to the saliva glands invoking a mineral monster mash in med+ acidity w/ grapefruit tiny tickle

🎯 Long citric w/ touch green apple & grapefruit mineral dribble 💦

Drink slightly warmer to release 💥 — 10 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. — 11 years ago

Stan W

9.2

Petrol nose. Great acidity. Green apple. Honeydew — 12 years ago

A R

9.5

Fantastic value. Green apple, citrus, pear. Great nose, great finish. — 12 years ago

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. — 3 years ago

Ming L

9.3

Opulent and complex. Green apple, peach, a bit pipe apple, brioche, fresh bread dough, chalk, sea shells, and hint of toasted nuts. Savory and crisp at the same time. Splendid acidity. Super energetic mousse, though lacking a bit refinement.
Base wine is 2011, disgorged 2018. This and the Bollinger Special Cuvée are two of my favorite NV Champaign from larger houses. With 40% reserved wine averaged 10 year old, the CH Brut Reserve no doubt is a better value. — 6 years ago

Scott MacDonnell

9.5

Light, crisp green apple. Nice wine on a hot night in Marco Island, FL. Michael - knew that this one would be a winner. — 7 years ago

with Michael and Michele

Pat Carroll

10

An all time fav, apple, light peach, spatlese sweetness. No petrol notes. — 8 years ago

Mike Saviage

9.2

From a restaurant list. Medium gold, heavy in the glass. The nose grabs your attention right away. Apricot, some peach, some stones, and a bit of honey. Rich in the mouth and with air the acidity powers up over a couple of hours. Some bruised apple and warm apricot notes developed. Overall, nice showing. — 8 years ago

Andrea Myers

9.6

Crisp and off-dry. A delicious blend of the three fruits which deliver a great balance. Subtle bubbles providing a little play for the tongue. — 10 years ago

Martin Redmond

8.9

Very pale green color with buttered toast, green apple, lemon, lime and wet stone aromas. On the palate it's approaches medium-bodied and is very fresh with green apple, mixed citrus and a hint of white peach flavors and an appealing minerality with a lingering finish. — 10 years ago

Elaine Koh

9.1

Haven't had this tasty drop for a while. Fuller on the nose than palate - I can only think of a golden red creamy apple. The palate is light brioche & lingering. Delicious! — 11 years ago

Sean Nelson

9.1

Tart, green apple flavors with racy acidity. — 12 years ago

Max Coane

9.0

Not corked. Apricot. Melon skin. Yellow apple. A little oxidized but not in a bad way. — 13 years ago