Has a kind of steely tone to it, with bitter lemon, lime rind and plenty of acidity. Finishes with a saline tone. Leaner styled here, probably not for the Brut palate but I enjoyed it.

Dsgd-10/2015, dosage-6.7 g/l, 95% C/ 5% PN. Bread dough, creamy lime, raspberry?, almond and a mineral finish.

Disgd-09/2016, dosage-7 g/l, 60% 2012 base and 40% reserve wine. Tonic water, bread dough, zingy, lemon peel, light complexity.

Have not tasted this wine for a few years, and I notice too the label has been re-designed. This showed creamy, red fruited, licorice and a bitter finishing note. Like the energy of this wine, enjoyed this.

Disgrd-10/2015, 70% C/30% PN. Lovely. Great depth. Bit of wood on the aromatic, Lemon. Love the weight, creamy lemon peel. This drinks complete and lively and for the cost, I want to look at picking up a few again for the cellar.

Dsgrd-03/2016. I have become a fan of Marguet, drinking several bottles of the 12 Shaman, which for value and what's in the bottle is a real success. Salmon colored, tight strawberry flavors that seemed even a bit sappy. Light complexity, really kind of reminds me of a still wine through the tone the bottle showed. Would like to try another soon to see if my perceptions change.

Served blind. I liked this, although it was a little bigger in tone, i.e perceived dosage. Biscuity, lemon and lime skin, some decadence but it's in balance. Delicious.

Dsrgd-01/2017, dosage-6 g/l. Served blind. Yellow apple, creamy, lime candy, citrus/orange and zesty.

Dsgrd-03/2016, made with 2012 and 2013 as the base. I am also fairly sure this is 0 g/l dosage. Served blind. I had brought this bottle to the event, having purchased 2 of them last year and this was the first time I had opened one. Interesting that this won the event across the 8 blind wines served, especially given the no dosage approach, which I don't often think appeals to the more modern bubbly palate and the dosage/expressions that are crafted for the mass markets today. This bottle tasted lean, bright, with apple and some yeasty notes. Zesty, with minerality and youthful. I simply loved the energy of this bottle. Terrific.

Dsgrd--11/2016, dosage-8 g/l, 80% 2012, 10% each 2011 and 2010. Served blind. I did not care for this, as it resembled flavors of 7-Up soda. Toast, lemon/lime sweetness. A pass for me.

Dsgrd-01/2015, dosage-6 g/l, base of 75% 2007, 21% 2006 and 4% 2005. Served blind. This was Ok, plush with green apple, spicy and a mint note.

Dsgrd-12/2016. Served blind. Has an aged quality to me, it's the mental note I made when I first tasted it. Green apple, kind of simple with some honey. I didn't get this bottle.

Dsgrd-09/2015, 70% PN/30% Chard. In the past, I have not cared for this cuvee so I stopped buying it. However, like the Grand Cellier we also had during the evening, this too showed well for me. While the dosage seems higher to me than I usually enjoy, I kept wanting to refresh my glass with this one. Zesty, red fruited with a black cherry quality and blood orange. Toasty, too. This was terrific.

Dosage-5 g/l. Served blind. This poured frothy. Lemon, yeasty, yellow apple, toasty.

I opened this at the end of grower/producer bubbly event at Frenchie's place. I was looking for heat in this and I didn't find it. Instead in the aromatic is a 5 spice/clove note, I presume from some residual wood? Lots of dark plum and spicy. This had some richness but it didn't to me come across as over the top. In a pretty good place to drink IMO.

Was the final wine I tried at the end of an evening of champagnes. So, make of my note what you like considering my palate may have been fatigued by this point. Something herbal here or light stems? Inside of this too was what I perceived to be some heat, too. Sweet cherry, vanilla, herb and a distinct, persistent sour cherry finish.