Ian Hamel

9.2

2023/2/14. Mostly 2018, deg. 2021/6. A very nice rose - that distinctive combination of red fruit and bittersweet funk to go along with creamy, toasty fruit. Good body and richness, perhaps helped by not being overly dry — 2 years ago

Aminah Cherry

9.1

had the 2015 in 2021 — 4 years ago

Jordi Pazo

9.0

Experiència Verema Barcelona. Museu Marítim.
25.11.19 — 5 years ago

Kim Schott Jones Watt

9.7

Love it. Need to find it.
— 6 years ago

Ebbe Bonde Soerensen

9.0

After some champagnes with dosage like Chartogne Taillet , the wine gives you a slash back to the Real stuff no make up. Still it needs time, though I had never tasted an old V&S, but my two other bottles will be saved for later at least 3-6 month🥂 — 7 years ago

Fredrik Johansson

Winemaker Staglin Family Vineyard

9.3

V.2011 bottled July 2012 100% Meunier

Complex. Savory. Saline/Salty. Sounds bad but almost an ashtray note but in a good and interesting way. Love what Alex is doing at C-T! — 8 years ago

Manoj Parmar

10

....'nuff said....see rating....wow! — 9 years ago

Chris Opdyke

9.5

Seriously?? Ridiculous!! — 9 years ago

with Tyler, Zach and 4 others

Tom Kobylarz

9.6

2015 base and a one off of Grand Cru Avize Chardonnay and Merfy Chardonnay grapes. Outstanding in the broad and rich style Alexandre does so well with finesse and given the time for it to deepen in bottle. Outstanding and one of 2022s best bubbles for me. Thick mousse, tiny bubbles, texturally pleasing champagne with deep aroma and flavor complexity and length. — 2 years ago

Severn Goodwin

9.3

Stunningly golden in color, an amazing display in the Gabriel Glas!

Nose has toasted Italian bread, ripe yellow apple, beeswax, wet chalk and old lemon. Mature nose.

Palate has nutty wheat bread, oxidized yellow apple, dried lemon pith and risen bread dough.

A fabulous bottle, likely can see 2021-2026, in proper storage with no concerns. I really wish we bought more Jacquesson, like Bérèche & Chartogne-Taillet, they always over-deliver for the price point.

264,292 750ml, 10,250 1500ml & 304 3000ml produced, this bottle was merely the 750ml 🤷🏻‍♂️

Vinous Footnote: In 2011, Jacquesson did not bottle any lieu-dits. All the best fruit went into the 739. The blend is 57% Chardonnay, 21% Pinot Noir and 22% Pinot Meunier, with 31% reserve wines. Disgorged October, 2015. Dosage was 3.5 grams per liter. (AG) (8/2016) — 5 years ago

TJ Maxwell

9.2

2002 vintage. Rich and toasty — 6 years ago

Riccardo Arrigoni

9.4

24/02/2018 — 7 years ago

Aaron Tan

9.5

Exceptional balance. Rich, but so fresh. Pears, orange, flowers, lemon curd, cream, brioche, nut. Long, powerful palate, underlined by a driving acidity.

Some thoughts: In my eyes, RMs tend to fall into "extreme" categories e.g. Laherte - austere, Egly - rich (lees), Agrapart - rich (oak), Selosse - oxidative; but this wine doesn't fit here. NM-like, but not (I think of Chartogne-Taillet when I say this). Compare to Krug's Grand Cuvee, the Grands Vintages is definitely richer and broader (fair comparison, given how both wines are constructed).

From Chain Bridge Cellars:
As the name suggests, Eric Rodez’s Grand Vintages is a rich, powerful and very much “grand” wine in the tradition of Krug (where Eric learned his craft). This year's release is a blend of 70% Pinot Noir and 30% Chardonnay from seven great vintages going back to vintage 2000. Eric ages all of these base wines in used oak and blocks malolactic fermentation to maximize freshness and vibrancy. Then the carefully crafted blend spends 8 full years on the lees before being disgorged this October. The dosage is ultra-low - 2 or 3 g/l - so this could be labeled "Extra Brut," but there's so much richness and depth here that "Brut" seems more appropriate to Eric.

Past releases have earned plenty of critical praise, including 17.5/20 points from Jancis Robinson, 93 from Vinous, and 92 from Wine Advocate. This year’s release is explosive on the nose and palate, pumping out big notes of lemon curd, caramel, toasted nuts, baking bread, crushed chalk, and more. The flavors just balloon out to fill your entire palate and finish with layer upon layer of mouthwatering pie crust, lemon curd, hazelnut, crushed stone and salty caramel flavor. Try holding some for even more richness! — 8 years ago

Tom Kobylarz

9.4

Outstanding 100% Pinot Meunier firing on all cylinders mostly 2018 base wine. Everything you want in a PM champagne that you get from the masters Alexandre at Chartogne and Jerome Prevost at his namesake winery. I'd say this is a touch more mineral, and ready to drink now after about an hour of air. It probably won't age as long as Prevost as those wines are so dense and start to blossom 5-7 years in, but that's ok because this is $60 and is a banger right now! — 2 years ago

Jeremy Shanker

Sommelier at RN74

9.2

Powerful Blanc de noirs — 5 years ago

Tenley Phillips

9.9

Had it in Reims with mom and holly. So good! — 6 years ago

Ben Bradford

9.2

October 2014 disgorgement. Based on 2011 (80%?). Balance 2010/2009 split evenly. 50% chard 50% pn — 6 years ago

Stephanie Losee

9.1

Preserved lemons and bitty bead, yum. — 8 years ago

Larry Frierson

9.4

So savory. Racy. Tangerine zest. Less oaky than the 2012. My second favorite 100 % Meunier after Les Barres from Chartogne-Taillet. — 8 years ago

Soon Suk Kim

9.3

오!!!나 이거!!! — 9 years ago