Champagne For Thought
Billecart-Salmon ~ Champagne France ~ NV Brut Rosé
Robert Parker: 94 - A delicate pink color is accompanied by gorgeous sweet cherry, strawberry, and mineral-like scents, assertive medium-bodied flavors, a delicate, crisp personality, and surprising depth as well as persistence. A beautiful berry character in the finish adds to this impeccable rose’s captivating style.
Veuve Clicquot ~ Champagne France ~ NV Brut
Wine Spectator: 84 - Appealing, with modest honey, baking bread and apple flavors followed by a tart finish.
Louis Roederer ‘Cristal’ ~ Champagne France ~ 1997 Brut
Wine Spectator: 88 - Tightly wound, with tobacco, ginger and green tea flavors underscored by a citrusy acidity. Firm, tactile finish.
Krug ~ Champagne France ~ 1990 Brut
Wine Spectator: 97 - An aristocrat. Big-boned and intense, yet with finesse and complex flavors of coconut, whole-grain bread, ginger, citrus and honey. Waves of flavor saturate the palate and the long finish picks up a mineral and smoke note. Very harmonious from start to finish.
Billecart-Salmon ~ Champagne France ~ 1996 Brut Blanc de Blancs
Larmandier-Bernier ~ Champagne France ~ NV Brut Blanc de Blancs
Wine Spectator: 88 - There's a mineral element evident in this blanc de blancs, along with peach, citrus and bread dough flavors. Lightweight, with enough richness to offset the tingly acidity.
Egly-Ouriet ~ Champagne France ~ NV Brut
Moet & Chandon ~ Champagne France ~ NV Imperial Brut
Wine Spectator: 89 - Rich and creamy, this seems easy, yet has plenty of honey, candied fruit and apple notes filling out its medium-bodied frame. It's soft, with enough acidity to keep it focused.
Piper-Heidsiek ~ Champagne France ~ NV Brut
Wine Spectator: 91 - This is creamy, enticing and bursting with honey, vanilla, hints of coffee and candied berry flavors, all matched to a rich texture and firm structure. Fine length and harmony, with time to give.
Jean Milan ~ Champagne France ~ NV Brut Blanc de Blancs
Wine Spectator: 87 - Ripe, this is lightly effervescent and lightweight despite candied peach and berry flavors. This seems atypical and lacks harmony, though it's soft and open.
Taittinger ~ Champagne France ~ NV Brut
Wine Spectator: 88 – A round version, showing honey and mineral notes matched to an open, soft structure. It freshens up on the finish. Good as an aperitif.
Comte de Gascogne ~ France ~ NV Brut Blanc de Blancs
Refreshingly light, crisp and balanced.
Pol Blanc ~ Loire Valley France ~ NV Brut Blanc de Blancs
Refreshingly light, crisp and balanced.
Rene Geoffroy ~ Champagne France ~ Brut Rosé
Vilmart & Cie ~ Champagne France ~ NV Brut Cuvee Rubis
Robert Parker: 94 - A delicate pink color is accompanied by gorgeous sweet cherry, strawberry, and mineral-like scents, assertive medium-bodied flavors, a delicate, crisp personality, and surprising depth as well as persistence. A beautiful berry character in the finish adds to this impeccable rose’s captivating style.
Veuve Clicquot ~ Champagne France ~ NV Brut
Wine Spectator: 84 - Appealing, with modest honey, baking bread and apple flavors followed by a tart finish.
Louis Roederer ‘Cristal’ ~ Champagne France ~ 1997 Brut
Wine Spectator: 88 - Tightly wound, with tobacco, ginger and green tea flavors underscored by a citrusy acidity. Firm, tactile finish.
Krug ~ Champagne France ~ 1990 Brut
Wine Spectator: 97 - An aristocrat. Big-boned and intense, yet with finesse and complex flavors of coconut, whole-grain bread, ginger, citrus and honey. Waves of flavor saturate the palate and the long finish picks up a mineral and smoke note. Very harmonious from start to finish.
Billecart-Salmon ~ Champagne France ~ 1996 Brut Blanc de Blancs
Larmandier-Bernier ~ Champagne France ~ NV Brut Blanc de Blancs
Wine Spectator: 88 - There's a mineral element evident in this blanc de blancs, along with peach, citrus and bread dough flavors. Lightweight, with enough richness to offset the tingly acidity.
Egly-Ouriet ~ Champagne France ~ NV Brut
Moet & Chandon ~ Champagne France ~ NV Imperial Brut
Wine Spectator: 89 - Rich and creamy, this seems easy, yet has plenty of honey, candied fruit and apple notes filling out its medium-bodied frame. It's soft, with enough acidity to keep it focused.
Piper-Heidsiek ~ Champagne France ~ NV Brut
Wine Spectator: 91 - This is creamy, enticing and bursting with honey, vanilla, hints of coffee and candied berry flavors, all matched to a rich texture and firm structure. Fine length and harmony, with time to give.
Jean Milan ~ Champagne France ~ NV Brut Blanc de Blancs
Wine Spectator: 87 - Ripe, this is lightly effervescent and lightweight despite candied peach and berry flavors. This seems atypical and lacks harmony, though it's soft and open.
Taittinger ~ Champagne France ~ NV Brut
Wine Spectator: 88 – A round version, showing honey and mineral notes matched to an open, soft structure. It freshens up on the finish. Good as an aperitif.
Comte de Gascogne ~ France ~ NV Brut Blanc de Blancs
Refreshingly light, crisp and balanced.
Pol Blanc ~ Loire Valley France ~ NV Brut Blanc de Blancs
Refreshingly light, crisp and balanced.
Rene Geoffroy ~ Champagne France ~ Brut Rosé
Vilmart & Cie ~ Champagne France ~ NV Brut Cuvee Rubis
posted by WineShopGirl at 6:35 PM
