On first pop, this is a powerful and almost brutish showing, with an angularity and pushy posture that makes that extra 1% of alcohol (listed at 13.5%) seem like a shot of Wild Turkey. Fear not…
Smells like the Pillsbury Doughboy got caught in a powdered sugar snow storm and was buried under a mound of maple confection. On the palate, the delivery is unsurprisingly sweet and slightly…
Well, well, well. This performed exceptionally well, with its flawless combination of power, acidity, profundity, depth, energy, and layered flavor profile. This bottle really did everything right…
A wine like this makes me wonder why I bother trying to hunt for all these other different Champagne. Variety is the spice of life and all that, but this right here is such a solid operator every…
After having this a few times now, I ultimately think this is just too round and doughy for me. The balance and delivery are sound, as is the body, but the core fruit is masked by what seems to be…
Hard to find fault here. Continues to improve each year. The 2013 vintage base has made for a stellar Champagne that simply has wonderful intensity, a complex and ever evolving menagerie of flavors,…
A contemplative and dimensional wine, trading some of its would-be vibrancy for more serious bass tones. Poetry (Robert Frost.or rather Edgar Allan Poe) in a bottle vs. a Pitbull party in a bottle.…
I thought this was a fantastic showing. I initially wondered if my score was slightly inflated, but this bottle was truly a standout and deserves recognition. Green and yellow apple notes intermingle…
2020 base. 50%/42%/8% Chardonnay/Pinot Noir/Pinot Meunier. 4g/L dosage. "Perpetual reserve" (NV) from a project that started in 2018. Vineyards from "Northern California. Sonoma, Napa, Mendocino,…
Superficial and high riding watermelon and white rock notes. Depth is missing here, though it does provide some satisfactory pick-me-up freshness that would at least compliment certain fare (for…
I didn't catch the disgorgement date, but it was very recent, perhaps painfully so. This is steely and pretty angular. It carries nice zip and is a refreshing enough aperitif type of sipper, but it…
A consistently solid Rose from Ultramarine that I've reviewed a number of times now, it spits out red raspberry, Aperol, watermelon, strawberry, and river rock notes that offer waves of fruit flavor,…
I'm a huge fan of this P2's ability to energize the palate with a singular and focused thrust of fruit and mineral elements with such precision. The freshness and exactitude of its flavor expansion…
With some time to dive deeper with another at-home test on this wine, I'm finding I very much appreciate Dom in racier and more focused vintages, to which I believe the long and cooler growing season…
My notes on this read, "Bright, linear, and higher register than the other non-Rose Champagnes in the lineup. Notably less complex, with a straight shot of strawberry water and chalk on the slightly…
