This is an excellent champagne. Color is really lovely with an amber pink hue. On the nose, I get grapefruit, blood orange (lots of blood orange), yeast and a rocky chalky note as well. The palette matches the nose here, and adds in some intensely concentrated red fruits (strawberry and raspberry). Acidity is quite high, which I appreciate and dosage, while seemingly high on paper at 9/gl, is expertly judged. There’s a crispness to the wine that makes it a solid palette cleanser too. Finish is short to medium in length, which may be my only gripe here, but it’s a minor one. For the money, this is certainly over delivering.
Disgorgement: Sep 2021 Dosage: 9 g/l
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Disgorged August 24, 2009. Tight and tannic upon opening, this wine really blossomed with air, becoming progressively sweeter and more honeyed over time. Opulent notes of macerated strawberries, then strawberry jam, candied ginger, and ripe nectarines. But the most dominant note is brown sugar, which is simultaneously alluring and overpowering. This has enclosed very nicely for a 15 year wine.
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(NV H. Billiot Fils Champagne Grand Cru Brut Rosé) Light pink color with tiny bubbles; strawberry, tart cherry nose; tasty, tart cherry, tart strawberry, mineral palate; medium-plus finish
(NV H. Billiot Fils Champagne Grand Cru Brut Rosé) Light salmon pink color with steady tiny bubbles; light tart cherry, pink grapefruit nose; tasty, tart cherry, ripe pink grapefruit, mineral palate; medium-plus finish 91+ points
(NV Henri Billiot Brut Rosé) ($68.00) Same base as the NV Brut, with still red PN from ’04-’05. Deep color for rosé. Disgorged 1/11 and showing explosive fruit; Billiot rosé after a month in the weight-room, and even with 9-10g/l of RS it seems drier than earlier renditions. Plumper fruit perhaps? This has nowhere to go but up.
(NV H. Billiot Fils Champagne Grand Cru Brut Rosé) Light medium salmon color; apple, yeasty nose; tasty apple, yeasty, tart cherry palate; medium-plus finish
(NV H. Billiot Fils Champagne Grand Cru Brut Rosé) Light orange pink color; blood orange, tart strawberry nose; tart cherry, strawberry, blood orange palate with good acidity; medium-plus finish
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1/18/2024 - Bjweiss wrote: 91 Points
This is an excellent champagne. Color is really lovely with an amber pink hue. On the nose, I get grapefruit, blood orange (lots of blood orange), yeast and a rocky chalky note as well. The palette matches the nose here, and adds in some intensely concentrated red fruits (strawberry and raspberry). Acidity is quite high, which I appreciate and dosage, while seemingly high on paper at 9/gl, is expertly judged. There’s a crispness to the wine that makes it a solid palette cleanser too. Finish is short to medium in length, which may be my only gripe here, but it’s a minor one. For the money, this is certainly over delivering.
Disgorgement: Sep 2021
Dosage: 9 g/l
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12/16/2023 - Rich S Likes this wine: 92 Points
Consistent with previous bottle. Delicious rose champagne worthy of celebratory occasions.
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12/14/2023 - Charlie Carnes Likes this wine: 93 Points
These are great. Ambonnay fruit, refined, bright pink/red, strawberry, rhubarb, hard rock mineral dust, quenching.
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11/12/2023 - Paul Lin wrote: 93 Points
Disgorged August 24, 2009. Tight and tannic upon opening, this wine really blossomed with air, becoming progressively sweeter and more honeyed over time. Opulent notes of macerated strawberries, then strawberry jam, candied ginger, and ripe nectarines. But the most dominant note is brown sugar, which is simultaneously alluring and overpowering. This has enclosed very nicely for a 15 year wine.
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6/11/2023 - Rixon Likes this wine: 88 Points
På den mörkare sidan röd för en rosé. Fin syra, autolytiska toner och äpple. Bra men inte fantastiskt.
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