The OG before the label change. Just stunning and so toasty. Brioche, saline and super elegant. Such fine bubbles. So so good. Likely the first vintage I ever sold.
The OG before the label change. Just stunning and so toasty. Brioche, saline and super elegant. Such fine bubbles. So so good. Likely the first vintage I ever sold.
Jun 20th, 2025
Popped and poured; enjoyed over two days. Maybe slightly better on Day 2 under a muzzle. The “Le Pucelles” pours a straw color with a persistent mousse. On the nose, the wine is developing with powerful notes of ripe and tart fruit: green apple, wild strawberry, raspberry, Meyer lemon, and minerals. On the palate, the wine is dry and the acid is high. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long. Looking back at my previous notes for this wine from the same disgorgement, the fruit set has shifted a little but I’m no less impressed. The quality of the fruit is tremendous and the minerals dazzle. A dense Champagne and yet it never feels heavy. The cut and precision is undeniable. Drink now through 2036. Disgorged in October of 2022. Thank you @Lyle Fass for the assist!
Popped and poured; enjoyed over two days. Maybe slightly better on Day 2 under a muzzle. The “Le Pucelles” pours a straw color with a persistent mousse. On the nose, the wine is developing with powerful notes of ripe and tart fruit: green apple, wild strawberry, raspberry, Meyer lemon, and minerals. On the palate, the wine is dry and the acid is high. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long. Looking back at my previous notes for this wine from the same disgorgement, the fruit set has shifted a little but I’m no less impressed. The quality of the fruit is tremendous and the minerals dazzle. A dense Champagne and yet it never feels heavy. The cut and precision is undeniable. Drink now through 2036. Disgorged in October of 2022. Thank you @Lyle Fass for the assist!
Apr 2nd, 2025I cannot stop drinking this Champagne.
I cannot stop drinking this Champagne.
Aug 11th, 2023Fine and sappy. Red cherries, red berries, so expansive and silky and refined. So aromatic. So juicy and lots of brioche and so so fine. So seamless and perfect. Gorgeous purity and so so balanced between bubbles, vinous quality and salinity, amazing wine. 9.9 what a showing. Concentrated beyond belief and so much fruit and mineral. Almost perfect. Unreal. Maybe a 10.0 Finish is endless and seamless. This is clear like nothing else.
Fine and sappy. Red cherries, red berries, so expansive and silky and refined. So aromatic. So juicy and lots of brioche and so so fine. So seamless and perfect. Gorgeous purity and so so balanced between bubbles, vinous quality and salinity, amazing wine. 9.9 what a showing. Concentrated beyond belief and so much fruit and mineral. Almost perfect. Unreal. Maybe a 10.0 Finish is endless and seamless. This is clear like nothing else.
Jul 26th, 2023Damn! This never dissaponints. Heaven.
Damn! This never dissaponints. Heaven.
Mar 12th, 2023Stunning as usual. Perfect harmony. Such vivid cherry. Out of this world aromas.
Stunning as usual. Perfect harmony. Such vivid cherry. Out of this world aromas.
Feb 12th, 2022Consistently awesome. Needs a bit of air. Sappy, electric and long. FEB 2019 disgorgement.
Consistently awesome. Needs a bit of air. Sappy, electric and long. FEB 2019 disgorgement.
Oct 8th, 2020Just a brilliant bottle. Deep, bracing and full of that great zero dosage fruit. Brioche, mineral nose. Superb elegance. Sappy. Red fruited. A drop dead bottle. No formal notes just enjoyed the hell out of this bottle with some friends.
Just a brilliant bottle. Deep, bracing and full of that great zero dosage fruit. Brioche, mineral nose. Superb elegance. Sappy. Red fruited. A drop dead bottle. No formal notes just enjoyed the hell out of this bottle with some friends.
Jun 14th, 2020Gorgeous. Slamming. The top.
Gorgeous. Slamming. The top.
Aug 4th, 2019No formal notes. Perfect. Best bottle I’ve ever had.
No formal notes. Perfect. Best bottle I’ve ever had.
Jul 15th, 2018
Chamery, Montagne de Reims, Champagne, France
