Ted

9.4

Wow. Lots of energy. Hints of sherry, yeast and baked apples. The sherry notes kind of dissipate and citrus skin comes into play. Must have been buried 😆 — a month ago

with Jeni

Barbara C Pitcher

9.5

Quite a hit at our Christmas Champagne tasting! — 8 years ago

Severn G

9.3

Disgorgement: March 2014
Time on Lees: 7 Years

We adore the nose on this one, just like freshly proofing bread every time. The blend is 80% Pinot Meunier, 15% Chardonnay with 5% Pinot Noir. (Lot DB050314)

As the bottle warms a cooked/toasty pear note really starts showing. On the palate there is fig, dried ginger and dried lemon zest with honeyed pear. This wine evolves tremendously as it warms, when you can't reach the slightly chilled bottle for a refill because you have a sleepy kitten on your lap. — 9 years ago

Marie Kerttu

9.9

Min favorite Champange — 10 years ago

Mike Martin @TheWineShepherd

Wine Buyer Vintry Fine Wines

9.2

2000 Francoise Bedel 'Comme Autrefois'.. 100% Pinot Meunier. 100% Bad-Ass. 100% Worth Searching Out. #Champagne — 11 years ago

Andrew McIntyre

9.3

Bursting with ripe and crisp apples. Rich and complex...beautiful Champagne — 6 months ago

Ryan Mullins

9.4

Best original yet — 7 years ago

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 — 8 years ago

with picolator and El

Benoit Duhamel

9.4

Degorgée 23 juillet 2012.
Encore une expérience wow avec Selosse ! Couleur or, beaucoup plus foncée que la majorité des champagnes. Présence qui tapisse la bouche de fruits à chair blanche. Texture crémeuse, style oxydatif, plus prononcé que Bedel bu dernièrement. Belle longueur. — 9 years ago

Josh Copeland

9.4

Sour Apple jolly ranchers, pencil shavings, lilac and honeysuckle on the nose with and butterscotch and barley on the palate. — 11 years ago

Maxence Guilluy

10

Grilled almonds, fresh — 12 years 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 — 3 years ago

Bertrand BG

9.4

Great champagne. At the same time “vineux” and delicate — 8 years ago

Nic Russell

9.3

Absolutely delicious, Rich, oxidative notes similar to some Sherry.
— 9 years ago

Jennifer V. Cole

9.3

100% Pinot Meunier champagne without bubbles. Brilliant expression of how Bedel makes wine first and foremost. — 9 years ago

Jeff Vejr

9.5

Damn. There's neoprene sleeved Champagne, then there's the real stuff. This is the real stuff. — 11 years ago

Christopher Bates

Master Sommelier, Owner/Winemaker Element Winery

9.7

Mature and ready. — 12 years ago

with Chris