Shay A

9.5

94-95

A grower champagne I always enjoy, but I’ve not had their special club offering with this much age before. I’ve been missing out! A stunner!

54% Cramant, 31% Chouilly (both Grand Crus), with 15% Cuis (Premier Cru); all old vines. Disgorged July 2012; 6g/l dosage

This may be an example of hitting lightening in a bottle, but this caught me (and others I was with) totally off-guard at how youthful it was…and more importantly, how unbelievably good it was. Channeling an oxidative flair at this point in its evolution, this scratched the itch for creamy, powerful, golden champagne. Autolysis on full display (in the best way) with lemon scone, honey roasted cashews, spiced pears aromatically. Honeyed graham crackers, lemon cream, Biscotti cookie, kiss of ginger and plenty of chalky limestone grit toward the finish (but the sweet autolysis lengthens it out beautifully). For me, this tasted like this was the exact right day to catch this wine at peak.

I wish I had a case of these. — 4 months ago

Andrew Cullimore

8.9

Quite light ruby garnet , wide garnet rim . A bit funky at first on the nose , touch farmyardy , then opens up to show some cherry , dried rose , touch earthy , herbal notes . On the palate this is again slightly funky , quite edgy acidity , touches of dried cherry , slightly gritty chalky notes . This needs time in the glass to show its best and does get better , but this might not be the best bottle . However , shows it mineral , herbal and dried cherry touches on the reasonable length finish . Drink now and over the next few years . At Restaurant Les Caudalies , Arbois — 5 months ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.3

Expresidents ug — 8 months ago

Bijan Shahvali

9.0

Thought it paired really nicely with lamb dish I ordered and Zoe’s peppercorn duck dish — 9 months ago

Mario Vaillancourt

9.1

Très beau vin pour le prix, une bombe de fruits, super expressif et généreux, de belle texture, acidité moyenne avec des tannins agréables, très bien. 90-91

Very nice wine for the price, lots of generous and expressive red fruits, some soft spices, nice volume and texture, medium acidity and bodied with soft and silky approachable tannins, very very nice. — 5 years ago

E & K G

9.0

Energetic white! Need to give It some time if you the tension and energy I. The bottle. — 7 years ago

Seth Morgen Long

Broker • Arterberry Maresh / Winemaker • Morgen Long

9.3

Tighter than a..... — 8 years ago

Holly Anderson

9.5

Tangerine, less flinty than expected, prickly pear, great mineral notes, firm acid. Young Drank at Blvd — 11 years ago

Jon S.

9.2

Very primary, but awesome. Meaty, beautiful black and blue fruit, acid, tannin. — 12 years ago

Pascaline Lepeltier, MS

Master Sommelier, Wine Director Rouge Tomate New York

9.0

Very good Brut, 60% PN 40% C all from Bouzy Grand Cru - a lot of energy for 2009 — 12 years ago

John Bratincevic

9.1

Dry bitter lemon rind, smooth bubbles, super clean. — 4 months ago

Bob McDonald

9.1

Grapefruit and plenty of mineral on both nose and palate. Some austerity as you often get with Saint Aubin. As Jasper Morris MW describes the terroir - “A steep south west facing vineyard overlooking the hamlet of Gamay. It offers attractive wines but not in the First Division of St-Aubin.” The following night notes of mandarin on the palate with the ever present mineral. — 5 months ago

Jay Kline

9.3

From a 1ha parcel of vines nearing 100 years old. If memory serves me correctly, Catherine and Pierre had introduced biodynamic practices the previous year (1994).

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of an hour. The 1995 Les Perrières pours a deep garnet with a near opaque core; medium viscosity with moderate staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is vinous with notes of brambles, Poblano pepper, purple flowers, graphite, leather, a touch of horse blanket, some fine warm spices and gravelly minerals. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long, grippy and mineral laden. Delicious. I love where this wine is at today. Drink now but well stored examples will likely live well past 2035. — 6 months ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.1

Don’t let any tell you Bourgogne Aligote can’t be good. — 8 months ago

Doug Powers

9.5

Fabulous vintage Champagne, tight bubbles, moderately rich but super long finish, excellent!! — a year ago

with Jim

Rashed Chowdhury

9.0

Very good everyday sparkling wine! — 5 years ago

James Webb

9.2

02’ - not a huge aromatic nose but pristine presentation of grapefruit zest, white flowers, chalk, and a hint of smoke and spice. The palette feels a bit tired, the acid is medium, though the finish sticks around for a decent time. This seems past its prime, sadly. A lot of bottle variation in these right now I believe. — 8 years ago

Arvid Broddefalk

9.0

Very easy drinking. Nice style that goes with lots of different types of food. — 11 years ago

John B. Paterson

Wine Director Frankies Spuntino & Prime Meats

9.7

Pristine. Best of this btl i've had. — 12 years ago

Peter Marks

Master of Wine, Educator Constellation Brands

9.4

Golden delicious apple, spiced pear, incredible creaminess and bracing acidity. Thank you Jake! — 12 years ago

with Jake

Alvaro Bustillos

9.4

Omakase lalo — 4 months ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.8

Dia padre casa mazf — 4 months ago

Andrew Cullimore

9.0

Medium lemon yellow . Quite closed at first , this improves with air , actually was finished the following day . White flowers , camomile , quite chalky , a bit funky also . On the palate quite strict and direct , with quite sharp acidity , which does stick out a little bit . Quite lean on the palate On the palate there are notes of lemon , wet stone and white flowers . Quite good mineral , stony length . I can imagine this still ageing quite well , but it probably won’t improve very much . — 5 months ago

Yoly Sardinas

9.5

Love the wine and Sacháis very nice — 8 months ago

Mico Mico

9.3

ピエールコットン
ワーオ！激うまガメイ！！
ボジョレーってこんな美味しいんだ！
ベリー感、キラキラ
— 8 months ago

Jim Wagonfeld

9.2

Aged Muscadet. More complex than expected. Citrus, white fruit on a intense frame of acid and minerals. Refreshing and perfect pairing with pan sautéed halibut. — 4 years ago

with Judy

Turd Ferguson

9.2

You’re going to have to just buy a bottle yourself and taste it to find out, peasant. (ok dark cherry forest floor that shit was good. I housed the whole bottle) — 7 years ago

Michael Tobin

9.3

Very smooth — 8 years ago

Michael Washabaugh

9.3

Paired nicely with smoked quail egg that was marinated with wine.
— 11 years ago

Jeremy Shanker

Sommelier at RN74

9.1

Inaugural vintage and showing better than it did in August. Mostly old-vine Grenache from the era before the domaine began entirely destemming. This is big, burly, epic, and velvety CDP. Like hugging a fuzzy bear. — 12 years ago

with Elena