Willie Carter

9.3

Well they’ve done it again. Who is they? Why Cédric Moussé and the Club Trésors de Champagne of course. Another superstar bottle from them.

A muted pale lemon color with an effusive stream of tiny bubbles. Aromas of honeyed almonds, peaches, and crushed herbs. Fresh cherries and apricots sparkle here. Toasty brioche bread and chalky minerality show after some time with green apples being quite dominant after receiving some air.

The Master of Meunier and here it shows. 100% Pinot Meunier from the village of Cuisles located in the Vallee de la Marne. This Special Club offering is from one plot of land, giving it its name, Les Fortes Terres. Disgorged on 10/21/19 with a dosage of 1 g/l, this is refreshingly stark with beautifully racy acidity.

Full bodied and bold on palate, the complexity and purity of the Meunier shines through. Butterscotch and apples start the party off with more cherries and citrus playing along. A nice long, dry finish. Vibrant and captivating. Moussé and Special Club champagnes never disappoint. — 3 years ago

Peter Keohan

9.4

Lovely soft mousse great balance and length beautiful bottle — 4 years ago

John Bloomfield

9.1

What can I say. If you like white wine you will like this wine. — 5 years ago

Brandon Boesch

8.9

Funky! Obviously cab franc with pepper and dried fruits. Not as good as I remember the first bottle. — 6 years ago

Ivan London

9.1

#anvil #pètnat @Matthew Roesch — 7 years ago

Vinny Eng

9.5

Obsessed with inflorescence. — 9 years ago

with Sally

Jonatan Montpetit

9.5

Swiss wine does exist. Beautifully crafted late harvest fendant. They harvest in December after the grappes have been frozen at least three Times. — 11 years ago

Jordan Yu

9.5

Third rating for this: started at 10 degrees , and warmed up to around 15-18 in a warm 29 degrees tropical Singapore. Was fresh, crisp, lemon-like at first, followed by zesty mandarin orange flavours that finally matured to mellow honey apricots. Best of all coloured like the upcoming Chinese New Year - perfect gold. — 3 years ago

Shay A

9.2

Though not the same as it was pre-COVID -19, a handful of us were able to gather (while keeping our distance) to celebrate being back together and opened some fun wines to share. Wine is always better with good company.

One of two champagnes for the evening (the other being a Cédric Bouchard Val Villane, which I posted about a few weeks ago). A producer I’m semi familiar with. Rich and dense aromatics in that oxidative style, but it’s more fruit driven than I expected. Some yeast, good bit of chalk and limestone. Bruised pear, caramel dipped golden delicious apple and apple strudel too. Acidity was mellow and it toed the line of champagne and still wine. A champagne I’d like to try again. Thanks @Weston Eidson — 4 years ago

with Dan, Weston and 2 others

Raun Kupiec

9.0

Really nice. So much character and complex flavours. — 5 years ago

with Barbara

E & K G

9.3

Powerful but not overpowering. Layers of apples, apricot and some sweeter notes of honey as well. Good acidity and a long finish. Opened the bottle and enjoyed throughout our lunch. Paired it with the the fish dishes to start and even the two tomato sauce based pastas. Stands up fine to the bigger dishes. — 5 years ago

Jeff J

9.0

Red fruit, mixed with wet stone and tiny hint of leather. Crisp and focus however lack of finish at the end. — 7 years ago

Drew Summers

Sales Northampton Wines

9.2

Micro-Vigneron with several hectares of Chenin, Grolleau, Cabernet Franc & Cabernet Sauvignon outside Beaulieu-sur-Layon. As natural as winemaking gets... — 8 years ago

Chris Blacklidge

9.2

2010. Tight/taut. Disgorged April 2012. — 10 years ago

Raun Kupiec

8.9

Has a harder edge than some of the other petite arvines I have been trying. More minerality, and more oak. But no prominent vanilla and less rounded mouthfeel but still dense. I like it, seems more serious. — 3 years ago

Oliver Seaman

9.4

Strawberries. Bit of an overwhelming acid note on opening but that seemed to go away after the first pour. Very easy drinking. — 3 years ago

Matthew Steilen

8.9

Perfect with sheet pan chicken. — 5 years ago

David Lown

9.4

This is awesome, maybe better. Dark red, floral, great year, savory aroma, gonna be better in 2 decade Cote rotie. Brune. Yay — 5 years ago

Neil Cornish

9.3

Finesse, power and driving clean acid. Just the beginning of secondary development. — 6 years ago

with Jon and Michael

Raun Kupiec

9.0

Interesting, very rich and rounded, a lot of vine, garrigue, earth. Nicely balanced with fine tannins. — 7 years ago

with Barbara

Renegade Wines

9.2

Biggest surprise of the tasting afternoon. — 9 years ago

Mildred Lee

9.6

From Andres wine cellar — 11 years ago