Kurt Schuster

9.3

Bright acid, citrus, waxy star fruit, tart persimmons, underripe stone fruit. Slight yeasty to be chewy but no bread or biscuit strong presence. Clear and pale straw yellow. Delicious with sardines and fresh bread and Italian butter. — 21 hours ago

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John Howard

Harvest production at Hirsch and Cobb Wineries

9.3

Great as always. — 4 months ago

Damian

9.2

Medium golden color. Right after opening, a honeycrisp apple, citrus, grapefruit and mineral notes on the nose and palate are evident. After some breathing, wine shows plenty of oxidative notes. It has a medium rich, creamy mouthfeel. First vintage to go through malo — 4 months ago

Greg Koslosky

9.5

This bottle was smoking incredible richness complexity and length. Impressive! — 5 months ago

Mary H

9.3

Magnum pour decanted was my favorite. Really hits with a punch of acid off the bat - pomelo, green citrus, hint of mushroom. Very fine bubbles, cinnamon roll glaze creaminess. Non-decanted version was more bitter, more grapefruit zest and pith. 70% pinot noir, 30% chardonnay - though the color was quite light and leaned straw with just a hint of pink. — 6 months ago

Joe Fischer

9.1

Crisp sour apple and yeast components. Very nice! — 10 months ago

Joe Flo

9.7

Very nice follow up to 4th of July. — 15 days ago

Jamie Amann

8.9

Had a golden yellow color. Smelled of citrus fruit, specifically lemon. Tasted like lemon, lime, and had a hint of sweetness. — 3 months ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.0

NV. Not too shabby for domestic bubbles and the price. Could do worse. 3.11.26. — 4 months ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.2

NV | the Sunday breakfast sparkling with scrambled eggs — 5 months ago

John Van Trijp

9.9

Weekend with Friends and average wines…😎 — 6 months ago

Billy L.

9.3

245 Collection 🍾🥂👍🏻👏🏻 — 7 months ago

Some Dude

9.2

Lip-smacking and delicious! We had this with some shrimp summer rolls, some salmon, and some Wagyu, and it was wonderful with all of them. We also had a 2012 Roederer and a 2016 Brunello and it wasn’t outclassed. There is a tension in this wine: the freshness of the fruit and the tannins and the acidity and the earthy depth all came through with focused clarity. This was a wine with a dynamic sense of place and personality. Thank you Greg Brewer! — 2 years ago

Jelle Lars Heijmans

9.9

Magnum 99+ — 4 days ago

Billy L.

9.6

31st Anniversary Champagne 🍾 @ Mauna Kea Beach Resort Hotel; 2016 Blanc De Blancs very nice! Cheers!🥂 — a month ago

Manj Gunawardane

9.4

Nose is racy, deep citrus, orange zest, hint of Tang! Dusty pastry and frosting with cinnamon sprinkles. What a nose, showing better on day 2! Rich and deep, great balance, but still a little tight. Pleasant bitterness and grip that pushes this into serious rosé territory. — 4 months ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.0

Founded in 1982, Roederer Estate adds oak-aged reserve wines to all their blends to create complex, dry and harmonious sparkling wines. First Brut California sparkling produced by Champagne Louis Roederer. Pale lemon straw, nice mousse and bubbles for this 60% Chardonnay & 40% Pinot Noir blend. Flavors of crisp Apples with creamy mineral tones, nice balance with acidity. Long finish ending with oak, lemon and nutty characteristics. Consistent. Very nice! — 5 months ago

Damian

9.2

Light gold color, more citrusy character with bready notes, lighter in body than Bolli, with more pronounced toast notes — 7 months ago

Ed Chin

9.1

Great acidity but like the 2016 it doesn’t compare to the 245 at this time — 10 months ago

Shay A

9.3

@Delectable Wine : This is Domaine Les Monts Fournois’s Vallée 75 Mois de Cave - Premier Cru NV de Luxe. I didn’t see it in the database.

From winemaker Juliette Alips (Louis Latour, GD Vajra, Louis Roederer), cousin of the Bereche brothers (who are helping consult).

I love any and all things by Bereche, so when this new producer became available to try, I bought this as well as the vintage Grand Cru Cramant (which I posted a month or two ago).

As the name suggests, this receives 75 months on the lees. Base 2015, disgorged Sept ‘22. Blend of Pinot Noir (70%), Chardonnay (20%), and Pinot Meunier (10%). What I enjoyed about this over the Cramant was how Bereche-like it was. Powerful, beautifully ripe, textural as expected from the extended lees contact. Spiced golden apple, Mirabelle, layers of ripe and exotic yellow fruit before channeling the darker red berry fruit. Kiss of toast and sea spray at the finish. Wears its 5.5g/l dosage really well. I enjoyed this quite a bit. 93+ — 3 years ago