'Rive Gauche-Rive Droite' Grand Cru Brut

Score

95

"With a delicate, elegant bouquet of spices, walnuts, white fruits and spring flowers, the 2016 Extra-Brut Grand Cru Rive Gauche " Rive Droite is medium to full-bodied and layered, with a deep core of fruit and a vinous, fresh texture, concluding with a long, ethereal finish. Crafted from equal parts Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, it was vinified and matured in barrels with no filtration and was disgorged with a dosage of three grams per liter."

Score

95+

"More complex and spicier than its 2016 counterpart, the 2018 Extra-Brut Grand Cru Rive Gauche " Rive Droite offers up aromas of spices, toast, baked bread, white flowers and spring flowers. Medium to full-bodied, dense and rich, with a delicately layered core of fruit, it's well-balanced and concludes with bright acids and a pinpoint mousse. Kudos! A blend of equal parts Pinot Noir from A and Chardonnay from the Côte des Blancs, it was disgorged with a dosage of three grams per liter."

Score

94

Score

94

Score

94

Score

94

"A bright yellow hue, the 2016 Champagne Grand Cru Rive Gauche-Rive Droite Brut is equal parts Pinot Noir and Chardonnay and offers expressive notes of toast, graham cracker, orange peel, and white peach. Leaning toward full-bodied, it expands through the palate with richness as well as fully dry purity. It has a crystalline feel while its oak also adds a more yellow floral note of chamomile and savory broth which should amplify as it ages. Drink over the coming 10-15 years. Disgorged February 2021."

Score

93

Score

93

"The 2015 Extra Brut Rive Gauche/Rive Droit is half Pinot Meunier, half Chardonnay, half from the Vallée de la Marne, and half from the Côte des Blancs, including parcels in A , Avize, Chouilly and Oiry, all are massal selections of mature vines with low yields. The wines were fermented spontaneously in oak. Salty, buttery short crust on the nose continues seamlessly on a medium body, imbued equally with mellow apple fruit and salty yeast. This is clean-cut, structured, precise and speaks more of Pinot than Chardonnay, but the latter's brightness shine nonetheless in this tricky vintage. Disgorged: April 21, 2022. - Anne Krebiehl MW"

Score

92

"The 2016 Brut Rive Gauche-Rive Droite Grand Cru is a blend of equal parts Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from parcels in A , Avize, Chouilly and Oiry. Airy and perfumed in the glass, the 2016 is a Champagne of understated elegance more than anything else. White flowers, pear, mint, chamomile and crushed rocks are beautifully lifted. Dosage is 4 grams per liter. Disgorged: October 18, 2022."

Score

17.5

"Peach blossom, and just gorgeous. Plump, succulent, nutty, almond butter and almond caramel. Smart and beautifully woven and quite seductive, but telescoped into elegance by super-fine bead and acidity. This has remarkable purity and intention. Whistle clean and spine-tinglingly fresh into a long, long, walnut and hazelnut finish. Superb. (TC)"