Sophia Griffith

9.0

Love this Bordeaux blend. The smell is awesome - lightly sweet - and I love the dryness of the wine on the palate. Still a little bit of fruit though, which I like. Great for our Bastille Day cheese board (except for the salmon eggs - it highlighted their strong salt flavor) and would buy again for a French-themed meal. — 5 years ago

Richard Alfred

9.2

From Apt. At Gastronomie, Domaine de Capelongue, Bonnieux, Provence. Avec mon amour de la vie.18.mars.2019. With agneau. — 6 years ago

Peter van den Besselaar

8.9

Vintage 2014 / Funbubble for Sunday morning breakfast with scrambled eggs and bacon. Made from #pinotnero and #ribollagialla Degorged february 2017. Very vibrant. #Friuli — 7 years ago

Brenna Jean

9.0

Very enjoyable drinkable dry red — 8 years ago

Nico J. Snyman

8.9

Slight oxidization coming through, great acidity, lemon curd, great example of a mixed style. — 8 years ago

Eri

9.3

It was my honor to become acquainted with the best Trebbiano d'Abruzzo grower. Grazie mille. — 8 years ago

Gil Castro

9.2

This merlot I feel is missing a little something but I still think it's a better merlot than some others out there. — 8 years ago

with May

Mario Vaillancourt

9.0

A typical nose of cedar and black currant yet with nice floral hints. Palate has class and elegance like a good Margaux should, the tannins are smooth and silky despite a decent structure and backbone for his medium bodied wine, very nice and fun to drink even at this infancy stage.

Nez floral avec des notes de cassis et de cèdre. La bouche a de la classe et de l’élégance comme tout bon Margaux, des tannins assez tendres et fins, tout en ayant suffisamment de structure, très bien. 89-90 — 5 years ago

Andrew Ward

9.8

"Wrong end of the horse." Loamy.

Great barnyard flavors, really well balanced. — 6 years ago

Josh Jessel

9.6

You need to buy this. Don’t like Rosê? That’s ok, because it is Rosë. Or is it... Rosē. I’m pretty sure it’s Rosę. There are so many different e’s!! — 7 years ago

Nick Demos

9.2

100% Grenache — 8 years ago

Matty Colston

10

This my shit... blurring lines. — 8 years ago

Benni Piron

9.0

Grazie mille, buma! — 8 years ago

with Patrick

Antoine Pin

Wine Buyer Kroger/QFC

9.0

Well...looks like I'm keeping this little prosecco treasure in my set. It's a wonderful bubbly with steelhead trout and creamy risoto. 90pts - Global Imports — 8 years ago

Yuma Hayashi

9.4

unlike Bordeaux i've drunk
so fresh easy to drink but not so light — 6 years ago

Yana Bromberg

9.0

Great match for Mediterranean appetizers — 6 years ago

Jean Michel Elizondo

9.0

Fruity, easy drinker, lots of taste with easy finish. Oxidizes quick so finish in one sitting — 6 years ago

Pete Cheslock

9.0

Lush and fruity. — 7 years ago

Kate Sitarz

9.6

So different! Visit??
(Had at l'impertinent) — 8 years ago

Aaron Tan

9.8

Where do I start with this wine? Perhaps what I didn't like about it. Palate seems unresolved as of now and it didn't deliver as much satisfaction as the nose, but that's just nitpicking. Also a touch too oxidative - hints of sherry notes. However, in a way, this adds complexity to what was already a rich, layered array of aromas. Tasting the Sapience, I think of a warm mille feuille, with baked apples and spices in one layer, salted caramel with nuts in another, chamomile cream with fresh mandarin pieces in the last. This had complexity of the highest order and probably the best champagne I've tasted this year.

Notes: Better to serve it in a bigger format glass. Like Bouchard and Selosse, bubbles dissipates quickly here. The ample use of oak and richness of the wine does make it somewhat table-like. Also, CJ noted that's this could have pulled off as a Selosse Millesime, which I have yet to taste. Mixed info about the wine so will list them all.

From FORCEBERRY on Cellartracker:
This is a brainchild of Benoît Marguet: the world's first "prestige cuvée" by Champagne small growers. Despite labeled under Marguet's name, this wine is not made with Marguet grapes; instead the grapes come from organic producer Georges Laval, who supplied Pienot Meunier (2/3 of the wine) and biodynamic producer David Léclapart, who supplied Chardonnay (1/3 of the wine), all grapes from minimum 1er Cru-level vineyards. The wine is vinified by Benoît Maguet and Hervé Jestin, a man best known as the cellar master of Duval-leroy. The wine is fermented and aged in old barriques for 6 months, after which the wine is bottled and left to age in Marguet's cellars for a minimum of 5 years. This wine is disgorged in September 2012 with a dosage of 3 g/l.

From Planetwine:
Sapience is a collaboration between Benoit Marguet, Benoit Lahaye, Vincent Laval, and David Leclapart. The concept is to craft a Champagne using extreme biodynamic methods. This rendition of Sapience comprises Chardonnay from David Leclapart, and Pinot Meunier from Vincent Laval. The next version will have Pinot Noir from Benoit Lahaye. The wine is made in the cellar of Benoit Marguet, who is one of the most passionate biodynamic winemakers we've encountered. The base wine spends two years aging in Bordeaux barrels before the second fermentation in bottle. More Chardy in blend.

From Pillariwine:

Benoit Marguet partnered with Herve Jestin to create this wine, the first ever certified organic prestige Champagne blended from across the region. They release the same wine with two different labels. One is Sapience/Marguet the other one is Champagne Jestin. Grapes are from the fellows of Hervé Jestin, Vincent Laval(Cumières, PN&PM, Biologic) and David Leclappart(Trépail, CH, Biodynamie). — 8 years ago

with Michelle