Reviews

Julien Prélat Champagne Extra Brut La Lemblee

Unripe pineapple rind, lemon, limestone, apricot, yellow pear skin, salt rock, and cardamom. The flavor-push is medium in intensity and complexity, with a bit of plainness infecting the overall…

Roses de Jeanne / Cédric Bouchard Champagne BO/R19

At Le Royal restaurant, Royal Champagne Hotel, Champillon.

Pierre Gerbais Champagne L'Originale

A perfect pairing with French Toast, the L'Originale is full of bright lemon and chalk goodness, with marked degrees of purity and freshness that hold the yellow fruit in both succulent and energetic…

Roses de Jeanne / Cédric Bouchard Champagne Blanc de Blancs La Bolorée

An extraordinary Champagne that takes a few hours of opening up before it blossoms into the bubbly phenom that it was designed to be. Unique without being an outcast, and instead a singular…

Pierre Gerbais Champagne L'Originale

Continues to be a super gulpable Champagne. Lovely yellow citrus, white melon, and white rock notes that are succulent and lively. It won't get you a Ph.D. in neuroscience, but it straddles fun…

Pierre Gerbais Champagne L'Originale

Similar to the 2014 base in profile, with lemon, quince, white stone, white flowers, and a bit of herb (Italian parsley) flavors. Approachable now with a delivery that offers up the fruit and stone…

Remy Massin & Fils Pinot Blanc Champagne "Special Club" Brut Millésime

Light and pale, with an almost translucent white hue. Medium bodied, with slightly aggressive effervescence initially that gives way to white stone fruit, light lemon pith, and chalk. Somewhat fuller…

Pierre Gerbais Champagne L'Originale

Notes from 04/18/2020 and 11/24/2019 - Duplicates posted in the NV section, though these bottles clearly show vintage specific - hence, why I'm posting these notes here in the "2014 Pierre Gerbais…

Pierre Gerbais Champagne L'Originale

I suppose I'll continue to be in somewhat of the minority here in my appreciation for this wine. A giving and texturally beautiful core of yellow citrus and subtle tropical fruit is surrounded by…

Pierre Gerbais Champagne L'Originale

Lemon juice, stone fruit, lemon seed, chalk, yellow and green apple, and pumice. A white and high-pitched yellow core, that opens up and expands nicely over time with air. Pithy on the finish;…