Paul Dugar

9.0

Dark black red in appearance. Long legs. Spice, petrol blackberries on the nose. Smokey dark berries on the palate. Great wine to go with a big char grilled steak. — 8 years ago

Patrick Kelly

9.2

MUCH different from the Duval in that this is heavy, big and chewy. Delicious — 9 years ago

Robert Platt

9.3

Delicious. — 9 years ago

Graham

9.0

From Magnum at Cynthia's ceremony. — 9 years ago

Trevor Maskell

9.3

Old vine Barossa Grenache from the master. 250 cases made. Deep and lush without over blown or hyped. Sensational red fruits, earth and spice. Just such complexity for this. So good to drink. — 10 years ago

Jeanne Monast

8.9

Having this at Duval in Sarasota after a too sweet Cosmo. Pretty good — 10 years ago

with William

Christopher Barnes

9.3

From Apalta, Chile but with the touch of John Duval - rich, textured — 10 years ago

Bengt Lindberg

9.6

Wunderbar! — 11 years ago

Sybaritewino C.Lawrence

9.2

cliche but mineral driven with notes of savory salted butter scone. — 11 years ago

David Tabor

9.9

Christmas celebration — 12 years ago

Omar Jalil

10

Great Champagne that Vish brought to celebrate Evan's birthday! — 13 years ago

Christina Legendre

9.5

Very nice, refreshing rose, with acidic notes. Super nice for the apéritif in this hot weather, at the swimming pool. — 8 years ago

Aaron Tan

9.8

Where do I start with this wine? Perhaps what I didn't like about it. Palate seems unresolved as of now and it didn't deliver as much satisfaction as the nose, but that's just nitpicking. Also a touch too oxidative - hints of sherry notes. However, in a way, this adds complexity to what was already a rich, layered array of aromas. Tasting the Sapience, I think of a warm mille feuille, with baked apples and spices in one layer, salted caramel with nuts in another, chamomile cream with fresh mandarin pieces in the last. This had complexity of the highest order and probably the best champagne I've tasted this year.

Notes: Better to serve it in a bigger format glass. Like Bouchard and Selosse, bubbles dissipates quickly here. The ample use of oak and richness of the wine does make it somewhat table-like. Also, CJ noted that's this could have pulled off as a Selosse Millesime, which I have yet to taste. Mixed info about the wine so will list them all.

From FORCEBERRY on Cellartracker:
This is a brainchild of Benoît Marguet: the world's first "prestige cuvée" by Champagne small growers. Despite labeled under Marguet's name, this wine is not made with Marguet grapes; instead the grapes come from organic producer Georges Laval, who supplied Pienot Meunier (2/3 of the wine) and biodynamic producer David Léclapart, who supplied Chardonnay (1/3 of the wine), all grapes from minimum 1er Cru-level vineyards. The wine is vinified by Benoît Maguet and Hervé Jestin, a man best known as the cellar master of Duval-leroy. The wine is fermented and aged in old barriques for 6 months, after which the wine is bottled and left to age in Marguet's cellars for a minimum of 5 years. This wine is disgorged in September 2012 with a dosage of 3 g/l.

From Planetwine:
Sapience is a collaboration between Benoit Marguet, Benoit Lahaye, Vincent Laval, and David Leclapart. The concept is to craft a Champagne using extreme biodynamic methods. This rendition of Sapience comprises Chardonnay from David Leclapart, and Pinot Meunier from Vincent Laval. The next version will have Pinot Noir from Benoit Lahaye. The wine is made in the cellar of Benoit Marguet, who is one of the most passionate biodynamic winemakers we've encountered. The base wine spends two years aging in Bordeaux barrels before the second fermentation in bottle. More Chardy in blend.

From Pillariwine:

Benoit Marguet partnered with Herve Jestin to create this wine, the first ever certified organic prestige Champagne blended from across the region. They release the same wine with two different labels. One is Sapience/Marguet the other one is Champagne Jestin. Grapes are from the fellows of Hervé Jestin, Vincent Laval(Cumières, PN&PM, Biologic) and David Leclappart(Trépail, CH, Biodynamie). — 9 years ago

with Michelle

Christopher Bates

Master Sommelier, Owner/Winemaker Element Winery

9.4

Fantastic bottle! I love the creamy ripe autalitic character of this! What is this wine? — 10 years ago

Ruth Culham

10

Absolutely divine.
— 10 years ago

Jay Varty

9.2

Mellow Merlot with a good flavor of red fruit soft on palatte, a touch of tannin on the lingering smooth finish. Seems ready to be quaffed . — 10 years ago

Sybaritewino C.Lawrence

9.2

lemon-curd on toast with electric bubbles — 11 years ago

E & K G

8.9

Great starting champagne. Nice and crisp. — 11 years ago

with Kenji

Paul Masson

8.9

Single vineyard 100% Chardonnay, 2005 vintage — 12 years ago

Leon Moore

10

Best wine of the night if you ask me...2005 Syrah blind tasting wines — 13 years ago

Martin G Rivard

9.8

We tasted a beautiful trifecta of wines tonight with our new awesome friends Tom & Lori Duval. Lori is our new interior decorator. Thanks David for the awesome introduction!!
2012 Beau Vigne Estate, 2012 Carter Cellars To Kalon & 2014 Fair Main. The Beau Vigne Estate was definitely the WOTN. Incredibly lush., well rounded and an opulent finish that went on forever. Damn that stuff is good!!!!!!! Everything that I love in a Cabernet! Beautiful example of a premiere Napa cab which has an awesome QPR!!! 👍😍😍👍💯.
Ed Snider is at the top of his game. Bravo my friend!!! @Ed snider — 8 years ago

with Christine

Amanda

10

Perfectly matched with Will Studd selected Duval — 9 years ago

Matt Burke

9.5

Insane for the price. Morning juice. — 9 years ago

Sybaritewino C.Lawrence

9.4

Such a lovely BdB. — 9 years ago

Mark Seeber

9.0

Vegetarian night...roasted spaghetti squash, orange bell peppers, broccoli, leeks, mushrooms with maple syrup & olive oil. Topped with toasted walnuts. Cider is quite nice, dry with a touch of funk. — 10 years ago

John Lenart

9.4

Bordeaux from Australia ahead of its time. "Its not too ripe for me" -John Duval — 10 years ago

Navin Budhwani

9.0

2005 vintage — 11 years ago

with Rajiv, Panlaj and 2 others

Ben Eason

10

Harry Teasley gave us this bottle. Great stuff nutty flavor subtlrc — 11 years ago

Aaron Pott

9.5

Like "Candy" by Cameo! — 12 years ago

Gabriella Macari

9.0

Ventisquero | Chile | Cab Sauv -- Felipe Tosso + John Duval, first vintage, choc cherries — 13 years ago