Ian Hamel

9.5

2024 spring. Always one of my favorite Champagnes. The price is creeping up and up, but still worth it relative to its peers — 3 months ago

Kyle Zeman

9.5

Rich, nutty — 5 years ago

Norman Gennaro

9.0

It was refreshing but not all that. — 5 years ago

with Ash, Amit and 1 other

Fredybeans

9.7

Jaune soutenu
Nez puissant exubérant fruit jaune épicé légère note oxydative
Bouche pleine dense miel et fruit jaune puis équilibre incroyable de fraîcheur densité et gourmandise
Finale longue crayeuse très sec
Superbe champagne — 7 years ago

with picolator and El

Alan Weinberg

9.2

So good I had to have another bottle. — 3 months ago

Willie Carter

9.3

A medium gold color in the glass with a slight touch of green flecks. The nose is restrained and standoffish at first whiff. Give it some time and it will start to show aromas of lemon custard and brioche. A good bit of smoky oak and apples. Such nice minerality happening here with wet rocks and salinity.

Coteaux Champenois is always so much fun, especially when it’s something rare like 100% Pinot Meunier. There’s plenty of vim and vigor here. This is not just a non fizzy champagne, it’s a still wine that can stand on its own. Deft and graceful throughout. Energetic and lively on the tongue. Gains depth and balance on the second day. Easily one of the most pleasant and fun wines I’ve had all year. — 5 months ago

Barbara C Pitcher

9.5

Quite a hit at our Christmas Champagne tasting! — 6 years ago

Alan Weinberg

9.3

Fabulous fruit and mid palate sweetness from that fruit. — 4 months ago

Barberry Garden

9.5

This bottle was tasted blind after a lengthy wine-tasting event. I was given two hints - it's available in Garage (Sabotage), and I haven't tasted it yet. Initially (???), my drunken mind suggested Clandestin. But after Vova asked me about the grape, I was like - shit, it's definitely Pinot Meunier. The wine is expressive, complex, aged (hehe, what an irony) and as delicious as promises of Heaven. It must be Bedel, and Jouvence is (probably) the only bottle I haven't tasted so far. Bingo!

What can I say? It's an incredible wine. Charming notes of mushrooms and wet cellar interleaved with honey, brioche, nuts, Jerez and honeysuckle. Intense, saline, perfectly balanced and prolonged. What else do you need? Authentic elixir of youth (c).

Disgorged in January 2020
72 months on lees

Tasted on 2023-07-04 — a year ago

Ryan Mullins

9.4

Best original yet — 6 years ago