Jenn Ingle

9.5

Wow! Delicate bubbles let the chard and Pinot noir shine through. A bit of vanilla and bright lemon and brioche. Not too dry and a lovely bright mouth feel. Fantastic! — 2 years ago

Sierra Kiner

9.2

Gold color, elegant, concentrated. Rich brioche and biscuit creaminess cut with bright underripe fruit acidity (lemon, peach). No apple notes yay. — 4 years ago

with Brennen

Adam Tope

9.3

Toast and brioche — 5 years ago

Orlando Müller

9.0

Strohgelb.
Komplexe Nase: Brioche, Butter, Quitte, Blüte. Etwas weisser Kakao. Orangenzeste.
Am Gaumen weich, gut balanciert, mittlerer Körper.
Abgang lang, leichter Rauch. Butter und Joghurt. Aprikose. — 5 years ago

Mira Rodgers

9.8

Brioche, soft cheese, raspberry, green apple, honey, and lemon. Beautiful acidity with sweetness to balance! — 6 years ago

with Kamee, Gianna and 1 other

Ron Siegel

9.4

Disgorged in 2010 with the 03, 04 & 05 vintages. Rich with citrus, green apple & pear with lots of mineral & toasted brioche. — 6 years ago

Allison Bryan

9.4

Great acid and structure, citrus, apple, peach, and a bit of brioche. — 7 years ago

Jason Hemming

9.2

Enjoyable stone fruits with brioche. Full body with lasting finish. — 10 years ago

BurgundyFan

9.4

In comparison to L'Eclapart I would say the difference here is the foam, perlage, the brioche touch, more as an aperitive — 10 years ago

Gregory Fulchiero

9.3

Wonderful champagne - ginger and brioche - more oxidative than I imagined — 10 years ago

with Jason, David and 3 others

Dave Smigielski

9.3

Buttered popcorn on the nose. Green apple lots of citrus. With buttered popcorn jelly bellies on the palate. Once this opens up it had a nice brioche nose as well. Very nice acidity as well. — 12 years ago

Ainsley

9.0

Aromas of Green apple, lemon, brioche, hay; palette is refreshing, bright and crisp with flavours of lemon zest, bread dough, tart Granny Smith apple, layered with stone fruit (peach). Not bad, not bad at all for the price! ;) — 3 years ago

Mike Lev

9.1

Brioche toastiness, almonds and slightly creamy. fine bubbles. 40% Chardonnay. Nice — 4 years ago

Ainsley

9.1

Green apple, bright citrus and brioche notes. Always a delight! — 4 years ago

Megan

9.5

Loving this! Picked this up in Oakland on my way to the California coast. The wine merchant told me this is one of the few producers who still ferments in oak. I was intrigued! Tasting it, I’m totally sold. Toasty brioche and caramel on the nose, full body, roasted pear and apple cider notes on the palate. Will definitely go out of my way to buy again! (D: 3/2018) — 5 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.2

I like to thank @Severn Goodwin for his kindness & generosity for sending this beautiful bottle of Champagne.

We shared this with friends and paired this with apple walnut vinaigrette salad last night. Complimented the salad nicely. It was a nice yin and yang balanced tug of war of food & wine.

The body is beautiful in the mouth with nice acidity. Bruised apple & pear, some apple cider, pineapple juice, lime zest & candy, white peach, easy, soft chalkiness, soft, fine, grey volcanic minerals, sea spray, brioche with spring flowers and yellow lilies. Finishes softly, elegant, nicely balanced and persists nicely.

Photos of; the house of Caillez Lemaire, bottles waiting to sold, Current 18th century family Owners - Virginie and Laurent Van Poperinghe and one of their vineyards. — 6 years ago

Brendan Baker

9.3

Rich, green apple, stone fruit, brioche 🤤 — 7 years ago

Amer S. Ahmed

9.4

When a taste of heaven hits your tongue - round, silkiness churned up with light effervescence, brioche and buttered muffin. Not superlative expression but a marvelous treat — 8 years ago

Rob Marini

9.7

Brioche. Beautiful beautiful brioche. — 10 years ago

with Taylor, Nick and 1 other

Bridget Cheslock

9.0

Rich, sourdough, brioche, and lemon curd — 10 years ago

Mason Balistreri

Sommelier, International Wine Guild; Balistreri Vineyard; Sales, Joy Wine and Spirits

9.1

A nice balance of elegance and approachability. Mild fruit and nice brioche notes in the nose. — 11 years ago

Ian Hamel

9.2

222/5/4 with sushi. L02B02. Lemon, honey, brioche, chalk - everything is here, with a bit more depth and richness than I remember it having 5-10 years ago. For me, this is THE classicist, brut blanc de blancs standard cuvée. It’s so great to have a wine like this reasonably available and reasonably priced. — 4 years ago

Steven Perlman

9.6

Toasted brioche, hay. Amazing — 4 years ago

Daniel McCullough

9.5

Birthday treat - dark hue, toastier end of toasted brioche. Almond forward with saline elements. Very vinous. — 5 years ago

Aravind A

9.3

Anniversary wine! On the nose: lovely brioche, cranberry, a touch of va lifting the red raspberry and lemon fruit. On the palate, fantastic acidity, good richness, lemon, cranberry, brioche, excellent density and mousse, soft white pepper, and a lovely finish. On another night this would have been fantastic, but the '80 Sorrel hermitage alongside was transcendent, and this paled by comparison. — 5 years ago

Severn G

9.2

On the Lawn at Tanglewood this final afternoon with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Our guest conductor Giancarlo Guerrero (Nashville Symphony director) is leading SCHOENBERG (Friede auf Erde, Opus 13 (Peace on Earth), for unaccompanied chorus) and BEETHOVEN (Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Opus 125).

The 9th by Beethoven is always bittersweet for us, as it marks the end of the official Symphony and Pops season for the BSO at their Summer home. It is a wonderful and singularly emotive moving piece, with the full force of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus at 250+ singers, conveying the message of a divine spark of joy that makes all people one.
'Freude, schöner Götterfunken!' / 'Joy, beauteous, godly spark!'

Nose of warmed pear, light toasted brioche and wet limestone.

Palate has warmed lemon curd spread on lightly toasted bread, chalky-saline mousse and honey over yellow apple. Finish is med-long, a beautiful effort.

Disgorged 7/2017, blend of '13/'14 with a 50/50 blend of Chardonnay & Pinot Noir. Noted improvement with some additional bottle age since our prior experience (same disgorgement). — 6 years ago

Noelle Harman

9.0

Full & rich. Lots of yeasty, brioche aromas and flavors, backed by apples and a hint of spice on the finish. This is a *big* Champagne. — 10 years ago

Philippe Dauguet

9.0

Noisette et brioche,
Encore très jeune — 10 years ago

Lesa Gough

8.9

Apples, lemon pith and a touch of creamy brioche. Bubbles are nice and relatively fine. Super tasty. — 10 years ago

Rachel Macalisang

Lead Sommelier - The Bazaar by José Andrés

9.3

Rich with tones of hazelnut and brioche — 11 years ago