Vintage Champagne

Pinot Meunier 20%, Pinot Noir 40%, Chardonnay 40%. This cuvée was first created to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the founding of the estate, and named after the founder, Edmond Barnaut. The...(read more)

A relatively low dosage vintage Blanc de Blancs Champagne from Grand Cru vineyards in the Cote des Blancs, aged for 4 years before degorgement. Clean, brisk Blanc de Blancs structure with fresh a...(read more)

Gosset's 2006 Grand Millésime Brut is still on the market, and the wine is very open and expressive by the house's standards, bursting from the glass with notes of crisp but sun-kissed yellow orc...(read more)

Legras' top vintage cuvée is the sublime Saint Vincent from Grand Cru vineyards in Chouilly. Crunchingly dry with brisk Blanc de Blancs acidity, but overlayed with rich brioche, yeast, and baked...(read more)

The 2009 Pol Roger bears all the hallmarks of this lovely, rich vintage. The fine mousse and generous ripe fruit mean this is already a joy to taste. Perhaps it doesn't quite have the tension, pu...(read more)

60% Le Mesnil, 40% Ambonnay. Suberb rich nose. Palate is bright, but a waxier, more appley sort of flavour profile than the 2009 rosé, with lots and lots of autolytic briochy flavours - just gorgeous. &quo...(read more)

12 years 'sur lattes' for this cuvée. Very fine and elegant nose is followed by richness in the mouth - lemon and lemon zest - which seem to to be the signature flavours from le Mesnil. Only 2.5g...(read more)

The Vintage Champagne from the iconic Ambonnay House of Egly Ouriet. 70% Pinot Noir + 30% Chardonnay from 50+ year old vines; barrel-fermented and aged on lees for 8 years before degorgement. Onl...(read more)

The 2008 Dom Pérignon is fabulous, but quite remarkably, it was even more open when I tasted it a year ago. Bright, focused and crystalline in its precision, the 2008 is going to need a number of...(read more)

Let's start describing the 2008 Cristal technically first. It is a 60/40 blend of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from 36 plots in seven grands crus: Verzy, Verzenay, Beaumont and Aÿ for the Pinot Noir and Mesnil, Avize and Cramant for...(read more)