Matti Jokelainen

9.3

2013 base, discorged 2015, 3g dosage. Absolutely wonderful Champagne. Golden hue. Orchad fruit, toasty notes and some butter. Quite substantial and powerfull BdB. On the palate this has some real authority following the nose. Orange, pear, minerality. Firm, lively with long lingering aftertaste of citrus notes and minerality. No hurry to drink but already in a great spot. — 7 years ago

Chris England

9.7

One of my favourite hidden gem BdB champagnes that I loved in 90 & 96 so excited to try the 02 @ £140 that was a generous gift 😍 Tied with string to hold the cork 👍

🏵 97 points

🍷 Golden yellow

👃 Butter baked brioche, cheese scone, tarte tatin, green cooking apple, citrus curd, honey, torched caramel & rock minerals

👄 Super fine bubbled med bodied mousse of citrus, caramel & sour green apple, pineapple & dry stone minerals

🎯 Med+ dry mineral citrus & honeyed fresh cut green apple w/ a burnt caramel linger — 8 years ago

Byron Hewett

9.2

Terrific BdB. Lively with honeyed notes and velvety mousse! — 9 years ago

Nico J. Snyman

9.8

A real eye opening stand-out of the Champagne trip, so amazingly expressive/balanced/pure, all GC BdB, can't get any better than that. — 9 years ago

Ebbe Bonde Soerensen

9.5

Le Cotet from Montgeuex made by Manu Lassaigne is a masterpiece in BdB, deg. 14/06/2016, very tasty and delicious, razor sharp Chardonnay dosage Extra Brut, don't mask the superior grape materiel🍾 — 9 years ago

Matt

9.1

A BdB with the volume turned up. Expressive and in your face. Vinous and immediate and hitting all the marks for great bubbles. Great value. — 10 years ago

Rebecca Hopkins

PR Folio Fine Wine Partners

9.3

Never fails to get the party started. Right in my wheelhouse of favorite BdB styles — 10 years ago

Anthony Piazza

9.0

Solid bdb, paired well with abalone, toasted kale, garlic purée with caramelized honey, and pork belly in apple chutney — 10 years ago

John Osgood

9.4

Oh yeah, killer BdB. Really love this cuveé. Great bite and cut. — 10 years ago

with Kristin

Tim O'Rourke

9.2

Really good--polar opposite style for BdB from the Taittinger CdC but held it's own considering price. — 12 years ago

with Jeremiah, Michael and 3 others

James Forsyth

9.2

The 2008 BdB Pol Roger has apples and lemon, and some Christmas stuffing characteristics too. Very open and inviting.

Bringing in the New Year quietly but happily, having spent the latter part of the day hanging art while a stew slowly cooked. Cara is 7+ months along so not really holding her own when it comes to Champagne, or any wine for that matter. Extra glasses for me... — 7 years ago

Ryan Vento

9.1

Pretty solid BdB with a heavily perfumed nose and a nice lingering finish. — 8 years ago

with Krystal

Chris England

9.6

Next to Salon this is my favourite BdB vintage drop @ £114 & it's well worth it as a treat 😍

🍷 Golden straw

👃 Toasted brioche, sticky toffee pudding, butterscotch whip, charred citrus zest & crushed rock

👄 Med bodied persistent fine mousse ooozing toffee green sour apples, minerals, lime driven subtle citrus & honey caramel biscuit in med acidity

🎯 Long slight dry minerally citrus, caramel green sweet & sour apple w/ biscuity coating — 8 years ago

Patrick Derdeyn

9.2

My first of the '12's. I think this is my favorite BDB yet, still mineral and saline but this year has a little more fruit profile to balance it. — 9 years ago

Ned Gray Creed

9.6

That's probably, quite definitely, the best domestic BdB that has ever graced these lips. Major applause. — 10 years ago

with Mark

Matt

9.3

Dominated by fresh yellow orchard fruits. Yellow apples, yellow pear, quince, orange zest, white blossoms. Elegant mineral tone of wet clay, sweet cream, light caramel, warm spices. Demonstrates BdB elegance with a touch more weight to it. Beautiful and very accessible. 7/2015 disgorgement. — 10 years ago

Adam Jesberger

9.4

Gc bdb for 35$. Drinks like a 100$ bottle. More please! — 10 years ago

with Jenelle

Hilary McCown

9.5

Maybe the best BdB I've had. Deliciously rich and toasty, with depth and complexity. — 10 years ago

Emily Ellis

9.3

Classic and sleek BdB. Lemony croissant on the palate. — 11 years ago

with Joseph, Lindsay and 1 other

Gary Westby

Champagne & Sherry buyer K&L Wines

9.5

Moncuit and truffles!!!! The huge chalky hit of this BdB was perfect with the rich egg dish! — 12 years ago

with Cleora

Andrew Whittle

Co-Owner/Director Summit Estate Wines

9.3

A great value BDB - fresh & alive! — 8 years ago

romo

9.2

05 BdB. The fizz is gone, baby. — 8 years ago

Ryan Vento

9.3

This is one fine BdB. Expressive and pure with lovely notes of citrus, honeysuckle, and pear. Vibrant, youthful, yet full of character. Nailed it. — 8 years ago

with Krystal

Gordon L

9.5

Nice start. Classic Compte. Everything you want in a BdB. Really drinking nicely. Great breadth of flavors. Perfect with the background raw goodies. — 9 years ago

Adam Gäfvert

9.0

Mkt bra BdB. Riktigt bra pigg syra, grönäpplighet och undertoner av nougat som verkligen tillför. 2008! — 9 years ago

Aaron Tan

9.0

At first I didn't realise this had no dosage. Perfectly balanced non-dosé - perhaps the partial malo helped toned down the acidity, or maybe some rs in the base/ex-tirage wine. Chalky undertones (perfect expression of terrior imo), nice autolytic characters (2 years in bottle), apple, grapefruit, lemon, honey, and a touch of stinky funk. Really quite a delicious bdb.

Note: Laherte Frères. Grower champagne from Coteaux Sud d'Épernay (slopes to the south of Épernay). Young winemaker, Aurelian Laherte, joining family estate. Biodynamically farmed, wild yeast ferments, 80% of cuvees fermented in old oak (ex-Ben Leroux and Liger-Belair). Focus on terrior. — 10 years ago

Jeremy Shanker

Sommelier at RN74

9.2

Great BdB. Thanks @Gary Westby ! — 10 years ago

with Austin

Michael Knisley

9.0

Ambonnay BdB. You know it's Chardonnay, but you also know you're in Ambonnay. — 10 years ago

Swii Yii Lim

8.9

Slightly yeasty, but otherwise a light, clean style with characteristic structure of BdB. Quite nice. — 11 years ago

Martin Bergo

9.7

Min första Salon, en -96:a. Fantastiskt små och intensiva bubblor och en fräsch chardonnayfärg; häftig nästan bitsk men med finess fylld näsa av citrus, äpplen och mineraler; enorm syrarik smak där syran är med ända till den långa eftersmaken tar slut; smaken innehåller mer komponenter än jag kan fantisera ihop och mer än alla andra BdB jag provat tidigare. Slutsatsen är att trots sina 18 år är detta vin mycket ungt, ett barn, som förmodligen kommer bli en stor personlighet om ett par decennier.
— 12 years ago