Linear and simple, but a fresh and clean entry that is well balanced and delineated in its lemon, white fruit, apple pulp, and white stone flavors. Not so sterile that it's instantly forgettable, but…
Pours a beautiful golden hue, with the slightest salmon tinge around the edges. Bubbles are especially delicate and fine, almost fragile in their appearance.
There is a compelling key lime pie (crust and filling) note here that does everything right to make this more than just another BdB. It's a little funky in flavor but also distinctly dialed in and…
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…
It's a little confusing, since the front of the label states this is Pinot Noir Extra Brut, but the back of the label states "cepage: meunier et chardonnay." The internet "confirms" Pinot Noir, but…
Lime and lychee powers activate! A beautiful combination of zing and flavor expansion. There is a nice fullness to the profile here that adds concentration and depth to an otherwise energetic BdB. I…
This is essentially a Pinot version of Bereche's Cramant Grand Cru, with a near identical composure and delivery of flavor. A bit more golden apple, honey, and poached pear here, with a seamless…
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…
I popped another one of these because I recently saw a batch available at a reasonable price and was considering acquiring more. Normally I'd be all over this, but the 2022 vintage definitely has a…
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…
I last had this two years ago. I feel like I should have last had this two years ago. Meaning.. Now, it's just.. two years less vibrant than it was before. Meaning.. Meh.
Some might say all bubbles are the same, and it shan't not matter where the wine doth came; but Riesling spritz, with its lemon and its lime is better when still and picked at its prime. Cuz if this…
Initially there is a shyness here that is marked by a thin veil of reduction and crème fraîche. It doesn't take long, however, for wonderful waves of salty oyster shell and iodine notes to take hold…
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…
Hey wouldn't cha know it, this lil monkey wasn't flawed at all. Lemon, wet stone, white melon rind, and lime pith all make for both an energetic and fuller bodied experience. It's slightly blocky in…
I decided to give this the at-home test to make sure I wasn't just being starry eyed given the Michelin star setting at Petra Segreta where I last had this wine. This is a crazy complex wine with a…
So, it is not wet asparagus, but there is indeed overt tarragon and wet green grass notes that swat you right in the mouth on the initial sips. It's just too much; so much so that I had to leave this…
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,…
Refreshing and fun, with a nice delineation of flavors that provide a finer-boned frame of chalk and limestone that make for keen focus with the higher riding yellow and green citrus, green apple,…
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…
Pours a neon green-yellow. A phenomenal showing, with exquisitely balanced notes of lychee, black salt rock, grilled lemon peel, lemon and lime zest, limestone, honeydew, and hints of petrol, flint,…
