Christine Havens

9.5

As stately as I expected it to be (can one really expect anything less of a wine as legendary as Cristal in one of Champagne's most celebrated vintages?) glinting pale gold, the color of a freshly-minted coin. The 2002 Champagne Cristal Brut Millésimé is imbued with soaring notes of pear and smoke, brioche and chalk. Disgorged in 2009, this is a precise wine—it has a sort of crystalline weightless density, with fruit buoyed by a fine mousse, and edgy saline-tinged minerality emerging at the close. 10 grams dosage.

"You must be as precise as a Swiss watchmaker, I tell my team," our host, M. Jean-Baptiste Lécaillon, Chef de Caves at Roederer stressed. Precision in spades. — 10 years ago

Mikhail Dushskiy

9.7

Nice pre Ny party example of R — 12 years ago

Brad Ball

Sommelier/Wine Director Social Wine Bar

9.1

Took a hot minute but it finally came around. — 13 years ago

with Christian

Jeremy Shanker

Sommelier at RN74

9.4

Sushi wine. Cofermented Chardonnay and Pinot. No Malo. Raw and angular reminding me of rhubarb stalk and pink peppercorns. Swiss chard too. Outrageously compelling wine and unlike any other Rose Champagne I've ever tasted. — 11 years ago

with Elena

Serg Mo

9.7

Another one of those ultra organic tastes like purple ones. $20 though — 12 years ago

Kevin Yen

9.6

2014/3/14@B+D wine experience Shanghai — 12 years ago

Oliver Chapoy

10

Very funky, slightly carbonic. Odd for Pinot... old lady's perfume and roses to the nose... Weird and awesome. — 11 years ago

MICHAEL COOPER DipWSET

Owner TomeVinos wine shops, WSET Level 3, Blogger www.spanishwinesandmore.com, blog.tomevinos.com

9.7

#excellent #rully #chardonnay #burgundy has nothing to envy of a #montrachet it is really that good. — 11 years ago

Jon Nofullname

9.0

Balanced acid and tannin composure. Short finish. High cherry with relation to dark fruits. Excellent everyday Malbec and great price for real Cahors. — 12 years ago

Kieren Beltrame

9.9

Met the winemaker Jean Baptiste Senat. Taken at his winery. — 13 years ago