Alvaro Bustillos

9.4

Cena cna ugrch — 7 days ago

Daniel veit

9.5

Aromas of medjol Dates, figs, Mint, leather, Cohiba cigar for days, beautiful structure to this wine. Picasso label and elevation to 1st Growth. Iconic. — a month ago

Stefan Dolhain

9.2

2019 vintage. — a month ago

Boris Plutov

9.0

Washington Wine Month — a month ago

Ryan

9.0

Cherry, strawberry, caramel and oak. — 12 days ago

Zack Miller

9.3

Cork fell apart for the 2nd time on the same wine Juice was great though — 3 years ago

Neal Ferry

8.9

Nice with the JJ Cubano — 21 days ago

with TwiLea

Conrad Green

9.2

Very dense and tightly packed. Lean… intense but hard to get to now. — 2 months ago

with Paul

Shay A

9.3

I compared this 2016 BdB to the 2017 Haliotide Late Disgorged BdB to get a feel for styles. Followed over two days with no change.

One of the better Ultramarine wines I’ve had, and definitely pre-funk. I feel like the last few vintages have shown a lot of bottle variation and sometimes a green/herbal profile, mostly in the BdN and BdB (never in the rosé, that’s my favorite wine in the portfolio).

The older vintages always had a distinct cream-soda aromatic to them that I loved, and this has it in spades alongside truffle Honeycomb and spiced apple. Oxidative flair but not an overly oxidative sparkler. Great depth and richness here…almonds, lemon cream, caramel-green apple. Wears the low dosage so well. Broad on the palate (in a good way). I’d be fine drinking this without food. Tasty. — a month ago

David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.2

Haven’t sipped this in quite awhile. 375ml to refresh my palate memory.

40% Pinot Noir, 40% Chardonnay and 20% Meunier. Varietals fermented separately in stainless steel vats. 5 to 10% of wine is vinified in old Burgundy oak barrels.

Texture is round and elegant. The fruits are; both peach, mango, apricots, slightly oxidative white citrus-lime hovers the edges & pineapple juice. Nougat, marzipan, toasted nuts, brioche, saline, crushed chalk, white spice that presses into the palate, notes of cheese cloth, limestone marl, moist, pulpy, grey volcanic minerals, yellow lilies with spring white flowers, jasmine blooms, round, soft acidy and a well; balanced, structured & tensioned finish that lands squarely on mid minerality and lasts 90 seconds.

Photos; Charles Heidsieck signage, Charles Heidsieck, chalky tasting area in their cellar and Cote de Blanc vineyard. — a month ago