Roberto Carli

8.9

Solid expression but falls a bit flat on acidity — 7 months ago

Willie Carter

9.2

Another beautiful champagne from the Launois family. A pale old gold color with nice perlage and intensity. Freshly baked bread and green apple aromas for days. Melons and white peaches with herbs for good measure. There’s an innate sense of lemon zest in the air that’s just magnificent.

Pure Grand Cru Chardonnay from Mesnil-sur-Oger. Four years of aging on lees gives this a resplendent and stately nature. Nice acidity and a superb mouthfeel, especially on the second day. Apples and chalk on the palate alongside vibrant citrus fruits. I struggle to think of a better value in Champagne than this. Stock up. — 8 months ago

Randall Brater

9.2

ripe raisins and stewed fruit on the nose; burst of plum and berries with just a fabulous garrigue on the palate. a great strawberry, leather finish. Delicious. — 3 years ago

Philip Dobrin

9.1

Benefited from a 90 minute decant. Lots of acidity but good dark fruit, soft tannins and minerality — 4 years ago

Daniel McCullough

9.4

Disgorged 2019 - youthful power, rose gold hue, very substantial but then a lingering zest. Gift that keeps on giving. — 5 years ago

Alex Arocha

8.9

Fresh, more of a morning champagne — 6 years ago

Katherine Kutner

10

A great light red to drink after cleaning out closets on Labor Day Weekend! Found it in an Italian grocery in Annapolis. Paired well with hatch chile mac n cheese! — 7 years ago

Amanda Thomas

9.8

Birthday magnum! What a beautiful, silky smooth, darkly fruity punch in the mouth. A little smoky, a little tart, but mostly just silky smooth. — 7 months ago

with Tim

"Odedi"

9.0

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Dark golden in color with a brownish hue.

Light nose and very dry on the palate with nice complexity.

Showing lemons, apples, spices, light over ripen citrus fruits, earth, light wood, herbs, light vegetables and white pepper.

Short finish with limes and bitter herbs.

This 28 year old is a little past its prime, but still drinkable and interesting.

I had higher expectations, but at this age, it really depends on the individual bottle. That said, I still enjoyed it.

Needed 30 minutes to open up properly.

Good by itself as a sipping wine.

100% Chardonnay grapes were aged in French oak barrels for 12 months.

13.5% alcohol by volume.

90 points.

$250. — 8 months ago

Patricia Schnitzer

9.2

Dec 11, 2021 Saturday dinner w/ Jack D celebrating J2’s good news. This champagne was such a lovely surprise. Bright, crisp, citrus. Lots of complexity, and lots of fine bubbles. Good with food or alone. Wish I had more. First bottle purchase. — 3 years ago

Daniel Leonard

9.0

Excellent entry level white burg. Balanced nose of green apple and light fruit with a touch of sea salt. Great lingering honeyed fruits and melon on the tongue. I’d love to try some 1er/grand cru from Paul pernot — 5 years ago

Pinotman /// Andreas

9.4

My COVID19 f.... the virus 🦠 mid week treat. Textbook. Anise first - tannins mostly resolved. A great wine no rusticity. Dried Raspberry mushrooms chanterelles - actually. A beautiful wine. After this drama is over I will have to stock up. It’s nice to drink alone but I am also sad I can not share some of these beauties. — 5 years ago

with Dustin, Anton and 1 other

Paco Suro

9.3

Wow. So this young fresh fruity CDP settled in nicely about 30 minutes I. And drank nicely over a couple of hours. At great value on the list. — 6 years ago

Eric

9.3

First post in a very long time after a series of personal and professional setbacks that could have ended badly. Had this beautiful GSM last night - first wine drinking in a while. It was lively with fruit, medium acidity and a long, fine finish. Hi everyone! — 8 months ago

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9.0

The NV Brut 7 Crus is a very pretty, entry-level wine in this range. Bright, mineral and intensely vibrant, the 7 Crus is all energy. All the elements are so well proportioned. A blend of 90% Chardonnay and 10% Pinot Noir, this captures all the house signatures with tons of energy and better overall balance than in some previous editions. White flowers, chalk and citrus linger. Dosage is 6 grams per liter. Disgorged: June, 2023. (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, November 2023)
— a year ago

Raun Kupiec

8.9

A favorite, punches above its weight at this price point. — 4 years ago

with Barbara

Mario Vaillancourt

9.1

Nice acidity with some width to it and a little bit of richness, a delicious finish on pears mostly. Good bottle but lacks the zip of the best Perrières.

Beau vin sans être dans la même classe que les meilleurs Perrières, belle acidité et une bouche assez ample avec un peu de richesse, belle finale sur les poires. 90-91 — 4 years ago

Greg Koslosky

9.5

A great effort one of the best special clubs I have tasted from Gimmonnet wow ! — 6 years ago

Conrad Green

9.4

Rounded with sweet edges with lemon oil and a touch of tangerine. Plush and very balanced with a polished, balanced acidity. Of a slightly riper, rounder style. Very good. — 6 years ago

with Paul, Matt and 1 other

Michael Phillips

9.5

Relatively light with nice dark berries and a hint of strawberries — 7 years ago