Willie Carter

9.3

These Pierre Gimonnet champagnes are always of the highest quality from the Côte des Blancs and with terrific prices. An original member of the Club Trésors de Champagne, the Special Club, and an easy buy, each and every time.

The color of starlight on a cloudless night. A surplus of tiny bubbles and persistent perlage throughout. A very clean and focused nose showcasing lemon peel, pears, and sea salt. Vanilla custard and pronounced smoke. Hazelnuts and freshly baked dough with a nice dose of spice. Apples of the green and red varieties.

Some love has to be shown to the labels. Classy metal front label and an ultra informative back label. Pure Chardonnay from the Grand Crus of Cramant (59%) and Chouilly (25%) with the rest coming from the Premier Cru terroir of Cuis. The acidity here is outrageous and highly focused, really beautiful. Very pure and creamy. Disgorged in December of 2019 with an Extra Brut dosage of 4 g/l.

Everything carries over to the palate. A very complex and harmonious champagne. Fresh and bold with more apples and spice. Strong minerality and yeast here. Long, enduring finish. This definitely lives up to the standards of Gimonnet and the Special Club. Don’t sleep on these 14’s, they’re alive and kicking. — 4 years ago

Tor Kenward

9.4

2007 Grenache. I’m a believer occasionally when these G blends work like this. Wish more had this pure G magic. This has it. — 7 years ago

Craig Williams

9.3

Quite youthful and yeasty; a full-throttled Blanc de Blancs with 5 g/l dosage. — 8 years ago

Kelly Frey

9.0

May long weekend date night — 9 years ago

Dock Hooks

9.2

One of my absolute favorite new beverages this year - a Brut, from Normandy, made from apples. The nose comes across like the inner peel of a Honey Crisp but goes brilliantly and seductively dry on first kiss, then wet on your lips going deep and French as it lingers and meanders around your mouth with its electric effervescence bringing you to a more attentive state, while romancing you into its full embrace, as you beg it not to stop, and, at only 5% alcohol, you will break a slightly sideways smile, lick your lips, lay back and go all the f.....g way... "Roll another one, just like the other one..." 😎 It's cool, it's Christmas🎄 Check it out! — 10 years ago

Henrik Poulsen

8.9

45% Pinot Meunier, 25% Pinot Noir, 25% Chardonnay and 5% of three rarely seen indigenous varieties Arbanne, Petit Meslier and Fromenteau (Pinot Gris).
Dosage around 2-3 g/l.
Disgorged 9/2013. — 10 years ago

Alex Alan

Wine Director Hotel Delmano

9.5

Lean, full of flavor, elegant, delicate, and finessed. 2009. Disgorged Nov 2012. Dosage 2 g/l. — 11 years ago

Gary Westby

Champagne & Sherry buyer K&L Wines

10

This 2009 has not yet been released and is daringly dry at only 2.5 g/l of dosage. Composed of 1/3 each Meunier, Chardonnay & Pinot Noir from vines of around 25 years old. The ripeness of the 2009 vintage is front and center, with great Meunier fruit on the nose. Bright and driven on the finish! — 11 years ago

with Cleora

Brad Vecchiolla

9.7

French white wine. Dry with sweet afternotes. — 12 years ago

Willie Carter

9.1

A light golden shade with a profusion of tiny bubbles. Green apples, pears, and grapefruit up front on the fun, fruity, and fresh nose. The citrus aromas take over with a little orange rind and peach. Tea biscuits and just the barest hint of red cherries make an appearance. This is honestly one of those champagnes you never want to stop smelling.

All Grand Cru Chardonnay from Le Mesnil sur Oger in the Côte des Blancs. Six years on lees with 8 g/l dosage. This is really nice with a sturdy, acidic backbone and just the right amount of floral attributes. Classy is the word I would use to describe this beauty. It most certainly over delivers for the price. And I have to mention the bottle, it’s spectacular.

The palate displays roasted nuts and more toast. Beautifully pure fruit here with lemon rinds, grapefruit, and tangerine. A splash of strawberry and cherry goes a long way here. The stone minerality takes the cake. Medium long finish with spice and more yeast. This is magnificent now but can wait a few more years. — 5 years ago

Andrew Chen

9.5

Blend: 65% 2013 / 35% Reserve wines
Disgorged: Summer 2018
Dosage: 5 g/l
Lot: 18-02-210 — 6 years ago

Henrik Poulsen

9.1

61% Chardonnay, 21% Pinot Meunière, 18% Pinot Noir.
Dosage 2.5 g/l
Disgorged 4/2015. — 8 years ago

Sarah Rumph

10

Wine from trip to France — 9 years ago

Gerald Montoya

8.9

Smooth and easy. Minerals and herbs with subtle grapefruit notes. Delicious and quaffable. — 10 years ago

James Lechner

9.0

2011 base -- 3 g/l. Watercress '11 note, but fresh, lively, nice length — 10 years ago

Alex Alan

Wine Director Hotel Delmano

9.2

Base 2010 vintage with a mix of 2005-2009 reserve wine. 7 g/l dosage. Pretty and well balanced. Creamy, toasty, fine and precise. — 11 years ago

Scot Hasselman

9.5

June 2014 degorgement. Dosage is 3 g/l. Very dry and delicious. — 11 years ago

Pavel Shvedov

9.6

Купили в Эгле — 12 years ago

Will Stanley

9.0

Perk of the job: a table left a couple of glasses in this Jean Durup 2006 G. Cru Chablis so that was my reward for their service! Very soft, presumably due to the age, and lacking in any acidity whatsoever which made it very pleasant, though I do prefer a little acidity in a wine. Notes of pear and apple were therefore prevalent. At £60 a bottle I'd rather opt for a Montrachet, but nonetheless pleasant. — 12 years ago

web bond

8.9

Better with apricot, peach, or stone fruit pie, but strawberries will do. Primarily, if not exclusively, Sporen Grand Cru fruit. 100+ g/l RS. — 5 years ago

Byron Hewett

9.2

Disgorged in 2017. Big and delicious. 2.5 g/L dosage. — 5 years ago

Henrik Poulsen

9.3

Disgorged 1/2017
Dosage 7 g/l — 8 years ago

with Kenneth and Acumen

Rob Brobst III

9.2

Good but not Schramsberg Good! @jesus g — 8 years ago

Brian Feist

9.2

Had at Bethony w G — 10 years ago

Francis Huicq

9.3

100% CH of which 80% is a variant calked Chardonnay Musque from the Savoie, planted in 1947. 109% oaked fermented. 7 years spent on lees. Low dosage (3-4 g/L). What a lovely wine...full, generous and fresh. Everything is here already but needs to takes its place. Promising future. Melting fruit and texture on the palate. Good energy throughout. — 10 years ago

web bond

9.2

Riesling(100% Shoenenbourg) Vendange Tardive 2001....Sugar Harvest at 261 G/L and RS at 63 G/L. Splendid with homemade Tarte de Quetsch! — 10 years ago

Fabrizio Gallanti

9.0

Pure delight, even so young. — 11 years ago

Brian Feist

9.5

I think we bought this at USQ nice mineral loved it G wants a case.. — 11 years ago

with Debbie

Kaite M

10

Omg delishhhh!!! — 12 years ago

Juha Loponen

9.6

Very dry, only 2 g/l dosage. Served as an aperitive. Performed close to excellence! — 13 years ago