Jay Kline

9.5

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! — a month ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.7

Huge bready and yeasty nose, wow so expressive, green apple skins and so so expansive. Just a super intense nose. Spice and smoke and chardonnay stankiness. Mineral, so complex. Ethereal and so complex. Palate is super complex and juicy with such a fine mousse. So sappy and pure and wonderful silken texture and so much grip and salinity. Finish is so so long. Never ends. So fine and refined. Vinous quality. Amazing persistence and sapidity. Wow this reminds me of Batard-Montrachet with bubbles. So much grip. So fine. 9.7 sand and clay soils for this. — 2 years ago

Kevin Mullally

8.9

Like not love. Cherry/cranberry. Earthy - almost mushroom. — 3 years ago

Roger Ray

9.3

60% Pinot Noir, 20% Meunier, 20% Chardonnay. A beautiful blend resulting in an amazing Champagne. — 2 months ago

Shay A

9.2

@Delectable Wine : This is the Emilien Allouchery La Scéne champagne. I didn’t see it in the database.

New producer I’ve started hearing about, and really enjoyed it. Looking forward to opening the BdN later.

80% fermentation in oak barrels, 20% in amphora. Disgorged May ‘23. 1 g/l dosage. 100% Chardonnay.

Bright, crisp and texturally really pretty. Classically grower champagne in style with the fruit center stage…borders on tropical (in a good way)…white peach, lemon zest, sea spray aromatics. IMO, a great example of where even 1gram dosage can help balance and lengthen out a champagne of this profile. Curious if the use of amphora adds to the mid-palate texture here? After an hour, little bit of sweet toast started to poke out, but it was second fiddle to the fruit. Balanced use of oak frames this well. Finish of chalk/limestone, sea salt, lemon confit, honeyed apple crisps. Worth seeking out. — a year ago

Matt Perlman

9.3

Creamy texture, gold color, cutting acidity, candied lemon, crushed stone, cheese rind, impressive — 2 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.5

Nose: densely rich but elegant. Pleasant hint of oxidation

Palate: elegantly dense and rich. Delicious. — 4 months ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

Nose is a bit more broad and less focused, smokey and brioche and yeast and bread, so fine and very dry and mineral, also the earthiest one. So pure and so sappy. Clean and fresh. Not too complex but so well made and fine mousse, juicy and invigorating and sapid and lots of fruit skins. Classic and champagne for parties. — 2 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.3

Lovely, gorgeous and bready. Brioche. Really elegant and fine. Great beads and mousse. — 2 years ago

Andrew Schirmer

9.4

Every good home should have a few…

…yeasty buttered popcorn nose, lovely fragrance, more buttery richness on the palate tempered by acid & minerality. Lovely. — 3 years ago

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