NOSE: lemon cream, minerals - I’d call it typical.
TASTE: unripe pineapple, lemon, saline, a little green herb - nice acidity. Clean and dry - nice small bubbles. Simple but pleasing - none of the apple juicy taste I associate with inexpensive sparklers. Best of the three-Cremants-box I got at Costco. 89.
— 24 days ago
NOSE: smells a little over the hill. Stewed fruit, shellac, old perfume (mild and natural), cherry cough syrup, elderberry.
TASTE: Chocolate covered cherries … meh. Seems quality but I don’t love it. 86. — a month ago
Pop and pour through a decanter, let the glass sit about 30 minutes.
NOSE: black cherry … a little chocolate. Not much else.
TASTE: chocolate cherries, wood ash. It’s fine, but I disagree with the Wine Enthusiast score. 86. — 17 days ago
NOSE: mild vinegar, cooked meat … a touch of chili powder.
TASTE: it’s fine - mild cherry and elderberry, kind of dried/stewed. 82. — a month ago
NOSE: Cassis, wood ash, lye (?), cedar, oregano?
TASTE: solid - cedar, pine, cherry pitts, bitter herbs - fruit muted, but still cassis, maybe a little cherry. A little thin - but still good and balanced. 90. — a month ago
Pop and pour through an aerator …
NOSE: distinct cherry … chocolate covered cherries….and nuts.
TASTE: middle-weight bordeaux without any overt flaws. Dry leaves and cherries, bitter chocolate and baking spices. Nuts - almonds, walnuts, etc. Great for the $13 I paid. 90. — 24 days ago
NOSE: clean, green apple, lemon, a little butter.
TASTE: meh - a little too white-grape juiceboxy for me. Some tropical fruit and tangerine too. Tastes a lot more like Prosecco than cremant. 84. — a month ago
Not as good as the previous vintage(s?) I’ve had. Fine. 87. — a month ago
NOSE: barely there…tiniest whiff of red fruit….dried cherry?
TASTE: light bodied, dried cherry and currant, a little clay … nice acidity …. elegant, but a little simple. I like it - but no way worth what I paid. 89. — 2 months ago
John Bratincevic
NOSE: cooked meat, tree bark, elderberry, tobacco.
TASTE: cassis, espresso, bitter wood. It’s simple Bordeaux without overt flaws. Could use age - but amazing deal for the $7 I paid. I think … barely 90. — 3 days ago