Perfect bottle for dim sum, and for drinking out of a rocks glass.
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Where did you pick this up? Love love this rose but ran out of the bottles I picked up from Envoyer last year and can’t find it anywhere.
Envoyer.
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We have this in 375, 750 and mag - one of the only champagnes we buy in all 3 of these formats. I think I liked it a little more before the label change (not due to the label change, that’s just when I mark the difference), but it is still such a lip-smacking rose, and everyone seems to love it.
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Funny, I had the opposite experience, where I felt the new label was slightly better. But I haven’t done a head to head.
2016 Roses de Jeanne / Cédric Bouchard Champagne Millésimé Blanc de Noirs Les Ursules - France, Champagne (2/8/2026)
Tons of yeasty dough and dried apple rings…very sour tart with lemon and ginger…not as vinously rich as other bottles…showing very subtle and kind of mellow…some nice salted cherry pits, little apricot marmalade…the mousse is mouth coating with almond liqueur…pretty white flower florals…the bubbles seem to be partying a little too hard…not in the perfect “harmony, elegance, and balance” as last bottle 4 yrs ago…maybe in a grumpy phase right now…still pleasing, but not up to CB level here. (93 points)
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I’ve just had my second bottle in two days of Vilmart & Cie Champagne Premier Cru Grand Cellier Œnothèque T14. It starts off just tasting of acid and salt, but grows into a complex, mature, but surprisingly fruity delight. I would have bought more, but it’s all been snapped up from my dealer.
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2008 Pierre Moncuit Champagne Grand Cru Cuvée Nicole Moncuit Vieille Vigne
Opened by Powell when he came to town. Disgorged July 2025. 3g/l dosage. Sourced from 100 year old vines in the Chétillons lieu-dit in Mesnil. Served a little warm or I would have scored this higher. Medium yellow color. This had a very nice depth and structure to it. The bead was aggressive at first. Of the six 2008 Moncuit wines I have had, this was my 2nd favorite after the 2008 Chetillons. Creamy profile with brioche and almond paste. Full mouth feel. 94 points.
VM
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Elise Dechannes L’Alpha & L’Omega
Brut Nature Blanc de Noirs (100% Pinot Noir) made using the solera method (incorporating wine going back to 2008). It’s rich and complex. There’s red fruit, red apple skin, and a strong mineral streak that keeps going. This is really good.
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Shmebulock!
Gotta agree with you. Those wines aren’t that well known but they are delicious.
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Drank Francois and Pierre Hure Insouciance Rose today for lunch. So light on its feet. The 4 g/L dose disappears. So well integrated. Fresh strawberry, tangerine, such a long pleasant finish. The bottle didn’t last. Disgorged Jan. 2025.
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Question for the esteemed constituents of this thread… which Champagnes in the $150-$200 range are head and shoulders above anything you can get in the $100 range?
Comtes, Charles Heidsieck Blanc de Millenaires, Bouchard Val Vilaine, Rare, Egly Ouriet Rose, Vilmart Coeur de Cuvee,
To name a few. Plenty more out there
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Bollinger LGA Rose, assuming it’s not north of $200 now.
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Delamotte Millesime. Basically baby Salon.
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I think that’s the sweetest spot out thre for champagne, whether you like big house or grower. To those aleady mentioned, I’ll add Piper-Heidsieck Rare and Egly VP.
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I bought four of these for about $160 all in from Last Bubbles based on praise you’d given in the past. After opening one in August I should have bought more.
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On some things, you can trust me. 
I was just thinking the 2 cases I’ve got left aren’t enough.
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