Reviews

Champagne Suenen Champagne Grand Cru "La Cocluette" Extra Brut

Lemon and red and yellow apple flesh, with some salty yuzu and limestone to add frame and direction. Starts out with an injection of crystalline minerality, but soon becomes more voluminous. With…

Champagne Suenen Champagne Grand Cru "Les Robarts" Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut Millésime

Though it shares a similar profile to the 2013, this 2012 is a more sumptuous specimen, with ripe yellow pear, olive oil, yuzu, grilled lemon, lemon curd, coriander, orange rind, yellow apple, and…

Champagne Suenen Champagne Grand Cru C + C Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut

As before, this was "fine." Lacking a bit in the depth and profundity departments, but it carries a nice bead and drops solidly mid-palate with some lemony succulence, travertine, and honeydew…

Champagne Suenen Champagne Grand Cru "La Cocluette" Extra Brut

Ripe grilled lemon, roasted nut, lemon curd, red apple flesh, yuzu, saline, yellow pear, limestone, and olive oil. There is a well placed intensity on the front end (almost more Pinot-esque in its…

Champagne Suenen Champagne Grand Cru C + C Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut

This was originally advertised as a 2019 base, but ended up being a 2014 base when it arrived. Weak.

Champagne Suenen Champagne Grand Cru "Les Robarts" Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut Millésime

Well, this bottle was all sorts of awesome. Yellow pear, olive oil, limestone, yuzu, grilled lemon and orange, almond skin, and ripe yellow apple. In a solid drinking window with just a little bit of…