Lejon Champagne Cellars

Jacques Selosse

Brut Rosé Champagne Blend 2018

2018 Disgorgement is on fire tonight, intensely aromatic and simply unmistakable with its infinite layers of spiced red berry fruit, blood orange and chalky minerals that wrap around the palate, with singular texture, weight and density, giving way to a chiseled, vibrant and incredibly long finale. Just nothing like it. — 5 days ago

Jan, Paul and 5 others liked this

Louis Roederer

Cristal Brut Champagne Chardonnay Pinot Noir Blend

Good birthday dinner with outstanding wines. 2014 Cristal, 2013 marcassin chardonay, cos d’estournel 1982, figeac 1990, 2019 nuits St. George’s clos de la marechale mugnier. Cos unfortunately corked. — 18 days ago

Billy, Jan and 1 other liked this

Cédric Bouchard

Roses de Jeanne Côte de Val Vilaine Brut Blanc de Noirs Champagne Pinot Noir 2020

Now this is what I’m talking about! Best of this Bouchard haul. I wonder how much vintage played a role. Dense and intense, yet so chiselled. Aromas of pears, peaches, brioche, white flowers, spices, and even a touch of jackfruit were just bursting out of the glass. Super dense, precise, and long on the palate. Has a really interesting plummy mid-palate note, and lovely salinity. Loved it! — 25 days ago

Ceccherini, Pooneet and 8 others liked this

Krug

Brut Rosé Champagne Blend

Jeremy Shanker
9.6

Incredible. K foil bottled between 1995 and 2004. Best Krug rose I’ve ever had. Still fresh and incredibly complex, with no signs of tiring. — 4 days ago

Tom, Jay and 8 others liked this

Dom Pérignon

Brut Champagne Blend 1996

Gentle wild strawberry and limestone. Really delicate and fragrant and delicious. So pretty and poised. I’d guess this is at peak — 15 days ago

BOT Matt LichtenbergPaul Woolls
with BOT, Matt and 1 other
Tom, Jan and 11 others liked this

Krug

Brut Champagne Blend 1996

warm hints of apricot, lovely tension and depth. Mature now. Very good — 15 days ago

BOT Matt LichtenbergPaul Woolls
with BOT, Matt and 1 other
Tom, Jan and 7 others liked this

Bollinger

La Grande Année Brut Champagne Blend 1996

From magnum, the 1996 Grande Année pours a brilliant pale gold color with a persistent mousse. Initially, the wine showed more oxidative notes but it freshened up considerably with air (in fact, a tiny amount was leftover for the next morning and it remained brilliant, racy even!). On the nose, notes of almond, citrus, honey, chalky minerals and brioche. On the palate, wine is developing with absolutely brilliant acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long and zippy. The 1996 vintage is simply amazing. Here we are, 28 years past vintage and this bright and full of life! Granted, it’s a magnum, but still. Drink now with patience or enjoy through 2046+. — 11 days ago

Douglas, Billy and 8 others liked this

Charles Heidsieck

Brut Réserve Champagne Blend

David T
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.
— 19 days ago

Severn, Ira and 12 others liked this

Dom Pérignon

P2 Brut Champagne Blend 2004

Side by side with 2013 Reserve to begin at SingleThread — 12 days ago

Tom, Severn and 12 others liked this

Bollinger

R.D. Extra Brut Champagne Blend 1975

Lovely wine with bready oxidized notes but still with fruit, some mushroom. — 21 days ago

Severn, Shay and 4 others liked this