Boris Plutov

9.2

Champagne Day — 12 days ago

"Odedi"

9.0

This is a very tasty Grand Cru Champagne.

Medium plus in body with medium plus acidity and medium plus size bubbles.

Dry on the palate and complex.

Showing limes, lemons, brioche, yeast, minerals, and green apples.

Easy drinking and good by itself or with food.

A nice sipping wine that will pair nicely with seafood.

Disgorged in 2017.

12.5% alcohol by volume.

90 points.

$70. — 2 months ago

David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.1

91-92. Blanc de Noirs NV is aged and vinified: 33% in 205-liter Champagne oak barrels, 33% in 34 hl oak tuns and 34% of reserve wine from a period of 40 different years aged and vinified in oak tuns.“

First beautiful early evening of the year to be on friends deck.

Thick, creamy body. Grapefruit, lemons chiffon, lime zest, Bartlett pear, pineapple juice, lighter tropical melons, toasted nuts, gritty chalkiness, alluvial limestone, volcanics, yeasty, brioche, white spice, yellow followers/lillies, touch of spring flowers, excellent round acidity with a balanced, nice strutured and rich, polished finish that lasts a minute. — 7 months ago

Andrew Belzer

9.2

Raspberry, dried rose petals, strawberry seed, chalk, rich with great acid. Large bubbles. — 21 days ago

Alan Snitow

9.1

‘21 disgorge — 3 months ago

Alan Weinberg

9.0

Good but didn’t really move me but was much better second day . . . doubt I’ll seek out more. — 6 months ago

John Willison

9.2

Charleston Food and Wine Classic…Champagne and caviar tasting. — a month ago

Tom Elliot

Founder Northwest Wines

10

Truly spectacular! — 2 months ago

Christian Fischer

9.1

Very young. Still somewhat unstructured and tannins that need to mellow. But good potential. — 5 months ago

Shay A

9.3

I’m at 92-93 here, but this is absolutely going to improve. I should have bought more than just a couple!

Paul Dethune champagnes are quickly becoming a favorite of mine. This cuvée is 50/50 (Pinot noir/chard), with 30% coming from their Solera dating back to the 70s.

I’ve said that I feel Petit & Bajan are the equivalent of Bollinger Special Cuvée in grower form, but I stand corrected. THIS is Bolly SC with a grower champagne vibe. Gold in the glass. Aromatics of lemon cream, lemon croissant, golden raspberries, and honeycomb. On the palate, it has the toasted Bolly profile but it’s dialed back a touch…feels more focused. Less expansive, but there’s added power here. Beautifully balanced with the sweet (the fruit, not the dosage) and savory (honey roasted cashews, sea salt). Imagine Bolly SC and a CHeidsieck Blanc de Blanc…you’ve got this. Loved it. — 8 months ago