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Community Tasting Notes (114) Avg Score: 91.6 points

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    4/29/2023 - wrote: 94 Points

    It was difficult to identify individual aspects of this wine, as everything was just right. It wasn’t a case of “I get apple and brioche” (I didn’t) - it was “this is excellent “.

    Disgorged June 14, 2022

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    11/10/2022 - wrote: 94 Points

    Kanonvin i ful flaska. Komplex doft med inslag av röda äpplen och lätt oxidation.balancerad syra,kraft och djup. Väldigt personligt och charmigt. Supergott till ostron.

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    8/24/2022 - Likes this wine: 93 Points

    My type of champagne. Brioche, slightly oxidative, a little sweet for a Brut, but that doesn't bother me. Fleshy, commanding presence. Converted some non-champagne drinkers in the group. Great persistence of flavour. Seems like age (8 years) has really improved this. Sadly, my last bottle. Hope someone eventually imports this in Manila.

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    2/6/2022 - Likes this wine: 92 Points

    Medel plus till hög syra. Gröna äpplen, men den dominerande aromen är autolytiskt - brioche och jäst. Gillar man stilen är den utmärkt. Väntar med spänning på vad som händer med lite mognad.

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    9/4/2021 - wrote: 90 Points

    Party at YB's Pine Close. Tasted blind. Drank in Gabriel Standart.
    Appearance is clear, medium intensity, gold colour. Fine fast fading bubbles. Thin legs.
    Nose medium+ intensity, with aromas of oxidative notes, funky mushroom earth, citrus lemon, tangerines, some brioche. Developed.
    On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium- alcohol (12.5%), medium+ body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of oxidative caramel, deep vinous baked golden apples, red apples, tangerines, citreus lemon, earthy mushroomy elements. Medium+ finish.
    Good quality. Quite opulent vinous, so I guessed Pinot dominant and rather aged champagne. Time to drink up.

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  • By Antonio Galloni
    Champagne: 2023 New Releases (Nov 2023), 5/1/2023, (See more on Vinous...)

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  • By Antonio Galloni
    The 2022 Champagne New Releases (May 2022), 5/1/2022, (See more on Vinous...)

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  • By Antonio Galloni
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  • By Antonio Galloni
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    Champagne – The Season’s New Releases (Nov 2018), 11/1/2018, (See more on Vinous...)

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Champagne Warrior

  • By Brad Baker
    February 2017, Issue #21

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Vinous

  • By Antonio Galloni
    Champagne: The Season’s New Releases (Dec 2016), 11/1/2016, (See more on Vinous...)

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  • By Antonio Galloni
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  • By Antonio Galloni
    Champagne: So Much More Than a Celebration Wine (Oct 2012), (See more on Vinous...)

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  • By Antonio Galloni
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  • By Antonio Galloni
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  • By Josh Raynolds
    December 2009, (See more on Vinous...)

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    Champagne: The Last Frontier (Dec 2009), (See more on Vinous...)

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  • By Antonio Galloni
    New Releases from Champagne (Dec 2008), (See more on Vinous...)

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    November 2008, (See more on Vinous...)

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  • By Josh Raynolds
    November/December 2006, IWC Issue #129, (See more on Vinous...)

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  • By Stephen Tanzer
    November/December 2003, IWC Issue #111, (See more on Vinous...)

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  • By Richard Jennings
    10/17/2016, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 91 points

    (NV H. Billiot Fils Champagne Grand Cru Cuvée Laetitia Brut) Very light yellow color with abundant, steady, tiny bubbles; chalk, almond nose; creamy textured, almond, vanilla, pear palate; medium-plus finish (60% Chardonnay, 40% Pinot Noir) 91+ points

  • By Richard Jennings
    2/13/2013, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 88 points

    (NV H. Billiot Fils Champagne Grand Cru Cuvée Laetitia Brut) Light yellow color with lots of tiny bubbles; oxidative, apple, Amontillado sherry nose; oxidative, oxidized apple, lightly nutty, Amontillado sherry, mineral palate with medium acidity; medium-plus finish

  • By Richard Jennings
    10/15/2012, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 87 points

    (NV H. Billiot Fils Champagne Grand Cru Cuvée Laetitia Brut) Light yellow color with abundant mousse; oxidized, tart apple, citrus nose; oxidized, tart apple, citrus palate; long finish

  • By Richard Jennings
    10/18/2011, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 91 points

    (NV H. Billiot Fils Champagne Grand Cru Cuvée Laetitia Brut) Light yellow color with few, smallish bubbles; intense, tart peach, orange nose; tasty, complex, tart peach, tart orange, mineral palate; medium-plus finish

Terry Theise Estate Selections

  • By Terry Theise
    2011 Champagne Catalog, 6/1/2011, (See more on Terry Theise Estate Selections...)

    (NV Henri Billiot "Cuvée Laetitia") ($110.00) It tells you something when you consider that a 3,750-case estate produces two Têtes de Cuvée; says there’s a wine-freak at the helm who never had a marketing-thought in his life. Though it has always been majority-Chardonnay, Billiot has increased the proportions lately. Old bottlings of Laetitia (which I dearly wish I’d kept, damn it) were fathomless and sometimes inscrutable. Leviathans of vinosity, but you had to tuck in and live with a bottle for an hour or so. Not any more. What I tasted was entirely open and forthright, with clear intensity and more Chardonnay hawthorne. It’s nowhere near “modern” but it is more up-to-date; there’s more greengage and spiciness, more scallop and saffron, and less of the funky temperament we knew (and yes, loved). This stacks up against any Champagne you’ll ever find; a true Tête de Cuvée. Wow, this is the best Laetitia I’ve yet tasted; it extends the silky transparency of the ’04 into even more raciness and incisiveness. Really by now and in the last few years this wine swings between outstanding and stellar according to time on the cork, but this 1/10 disgorgement is stunningly good, with fine measured power and high fluting brilliance. Now contains every “vintage” between 1983-2005

Rockss and Fruit

  • By Lyle Fass
    1/23/2008, (See more on Rockss and Fruit...)

    (NV Henri Billiot Cuvee Laetitia) This was fantastic stuff. I have never had this cuvee before but have heard so many good things about it that I had to try it. The nose is deep and layered right off the bat with lovely almond brioche complexity and minerals. The palate was just amazing. Deep, opulent and very refined. There was lovely rich almond-tinged fruit and great purity. The acid was very nice but not quite up to my zippy standards. Teh finish was long and detailed. This was great and performed above my expectations.

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