Matt Perlman

9.6

Just spectacular. Love 100% meunier champagne. HNY everyone! — 4 days ago

Vanessa

9.4

Depth & personality abound as this wine gives a sensory voice to the left bank (‘rive gauche’, south side) of the Marne River, which meanders its way through the Vallée de la Marne region of Champagne…

It’s not very common to find a mono cru (single village) from this part of Champagne, so it was exciting to sip & explore it with intention🥂

It was made exclusively from Meunier (the king of the Marne Valley), grown on old vines (54+ years in age) in the village of Mareuil le Port, made into a blend of the ‘Maisoncelle’ & ‘La Côte aux Châtaigners’ vineyards, in particular.

As a vintage wine, it aged 36 months (disgorged by hand in November 2023), adopting quintessential autolytic notes of pastry, graham cracker pie crust, bread dough, almond paste, nougat, and toasted hazelnut.

The aromas & flavors have notably autumnal characteristics resembling apple cider, cinnamon apple crumble, red apple skin, baked pear, nutmeg, cardamom, white blossom, lemon zest, fruit cake, & cherry preserves. These are balanced by a chalky, mineral spine of wet stones, saline, & oyster shell.

Despite its confectionery qualities, this wine is totally dry; it’s extra brut with only 2 g/l of dosage (added sugar) with a mouth-watering acidity, adding lift, cutting through the creamy mousse, with a persistent & polished finish, performing a series of pirouettes before its final plié.

Cheers to wines with soul & authenticity! — 5 months ago

with Deked1

Alexandre Pagliano

9.4

Dark rubi robe, nose of cedar, dark cherries and asian spices. Medium bodied, oh so elegant tannins, notes of tobacco, berries and anise. Very long, very elegant. This is probably as good as it gets in terms of elegance and complexity in Rive Gauche Bordeaux other than first growths, and not by much. Enthusiastically recommended. — 2 days ago

with Jamie, Jose and 2 others

Carter White

9.2

Well made, fresh and vibrant, subtle fruit with minerality. — 2 years ago

Austin Hohnke

9.0

Very pretty. Harmonious. Elegant. Honeycomb, lanolin, preserved lemon, licorice root. Less acidic and more round than the 2016. Lovely. — 3 years ago

Kate Sky

9.5

Determined too gauche to ask for the bottle shot but not too gauche to perhaps be mistaken for transit Instagram activity. Oh well. Beautiful Pinot balance with a delicate floral / strawberry combo without too much dosage. 2004 is starting to be my go to 2000s and honestly for champs may prefer to 1990 garden variety at this point. — 4 years ago

Steven Richardson

9.0

Noticeable 2020 wildfire smoke flavour. Even so, enjoyable crisp flavours, French oak, pomegranate, cherry chloraseptic without the cherry or the phenolic taste, if that makes sense. — 2 months ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.1

Vintage 2022 | sweet cherries, laurel, juicy. Great effort this Bordeaux blend. Wil be better in 5+ years. — a year ago

Russ W

9.2

Bread, chalk, honeyed almonds, red fruit — 3 years ago

Remco Boer

9.1

Rive gauche 2019. Fresher than the droite, also cocoa. Very nice — 4 years ago