February 2019 disgorgement. Three years ago this wine still possessed a lean quality, as did other of the 2014s from Marguet, but in the time that has passed, the wine has finally softened up. 100% Pinot Noir. Some honeyed apple has started to come through with the age, along with a warm brown spice quality that has been imparted from the oak. Where the Pinot Noir exerts flavor is in the raspberry note that has really emerged in the wine, a soft berry quality, along with some supporting lime citrus. For me, where the wine is at almost 9 years is a softened structure, with a feeling of decadence. In short, I have poured the wine now three times to refresh my glass and it's hard to stop drinking. This is in a good place and probably best over the next few years (there is sulfur in this cuvee, although some of the 2014s are sans soufre). Got 2 left, will do one bllnd for my Champagne group soon, and then do the other sometime in 2024.
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like many others i found this wine extremely difficult. A weird combo of high lemony acid but also ripe, almost sur maturite fruit. A textbook example of the problem with zero dosage champagne; this would've been so much better and more transparent if picked a little earlier with fresher fruit.
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First night on a cruise for my partner’s birthday. Of course he gets sea sick so I have the entire bottle of 2014 Marguet Les Saints Remys. Delicious wine but could age a bit more. Very fine bubbles. Ripe apple nose with green apple and lime on the palate. Saline finish. Very fine. I offered others at the table but they preferred their Pinot Gris, Gin and Tonics and Ice Tea. I have more at home.
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Hibiscus and citrus aromas with a touch of ginger. Like a really light ginger ale on the palate. Citrus acidity with good lift and length. A touch grippy. Lacking depth and interest. Very classic lines for a still wine with good energy but wanting. When I taste non dose Champagne like this I just wonder why the maker doesn't dispense with the pretense, pick later and make a still wine. A wine to be examined rather than enjoyed. I admire the idea of this wine much more than it excites me. At this price point it really needs to be sold with care.
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Very good. I find zero dosage to be sort of hit and miss asI think the dogma of zero dosage is often misguided. In this case the quality of the fruit carries it through.
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Quite tasty, but not worth the tariff, imo. I'd like to see a touch more depth and energy. We had a 2013 Marguet Bouzy alongside, and I preferred the Bouzy.
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Disgorged September 2019. Incredibly dimensional perfume, lifted and penetrating. Perfectly balanced, acidity upon seeming sweetness, amazing how a zero dosage wine carries itself with such grace. Pure fruit, white-floral honey, lychee, guava, toasty, clear. Textural finish. 94
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Some nice Burgundies (Chicago, IL): Bottled June 25, 2015 and disgorged in September 2019. 0 g/L dosage. I think I probably liked this more given that it was served to act as a palate refresher (needed after a good number of red Burgundies) and it certainly did the job. Surprisingly rich for a zero-dosage wine, this had some mushroom notes that made me think this was meunier (it's pinot noir). However, there is definitely a good amount of lemony acid here, and I think in other contexts I may not have enjoyed this as much. But tonight, it was a welcome addition to our lineup.
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My first time having this wine and I gather that it is 100% Pinot Noir. While it wasn't round and vinous in the way that Collin Champagnes can be, it wasn't lean or hard. Maybe lacked a bit of overall seamlessness to make a bigger impression but I was also cooking and not giving it all my attention. I have one other bottle that I'll try in a couple of years.
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This crossed the line for me regarding edginess. There's not much fruit showing at this point which makes it a little difficult to just relax and enjoy. I'm not afraid of strong acidic wines but there needs to be a little more under the covers. This will probably aged for 50 years but I would be worried about the fruit component.
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Wines Done Blind: Disgorged February 2019, 100% Pinot Noir, no dosage. Some debate about this wine at the table. Some called it lean, and while I do find it structured and powerful, I don't think of it as lean. Some berry notes (some did not get these but I did, especially as the wine warms up) of black cherry and raspberry, crisp apple and a lot of salinity in this bottle. With Marguet, you're not going to find big textures or expansive palate impressions. For me, and this wine is no different for Benoit's style, I find the wine more linear, more racy--I enjoy this style. Of note, the 2014 range is just a more wound up vintage for Marguet, and I have found this to be true in mostly the entire range. My advice on this vintage is to let the wines breathe in the glass, and also to not serve them too cold. The beauty of these is then allowed to come through.
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A couple months back I opened my first one of these and I thought it was on the narrow side, meaning the breadth was absent. I decided to open another one, to see if my experience would change. Same disgorgement as the previous bottle--February 2019. I also plan to track this bottle over at least 2 days, probably 3 total, to give me a better evolution of the wine with air. So, for night 1, I opened this about 30m mins ago and poured a taste. The temp was a bit warmer than I usually like but I thought a little warmer could put a different lens to see the wine, at closer to 67f, then say 60f. I gotta say the breadth on this pour is really good, nothing like the February bottle. There is depth to the palate, and some flesh to the fruit, which tastes great. It's kind of a savory, meets a flesh of apple, meets berry. Nothing here seems especially dialed up or dominant, just kind of all working together but let's have some air.....Day 2 of the wine finds the wine's energy, it emanates from a core of citrusy acidity. It's got a pounded rock aroma, steely. Yellow and green apple, tangy plum and cherry, orange and the savory, salinity of the finish. This is chocked with structure and energy, a bottle to trace over many years as the wine softens up, although I love the intensity now and it tastes terrific.
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Looks like I am first again into the CT pool. Oh goodie. Only 2400 bottles made, and I ended up with 6 of them due to a snafu with my order so my hope was that I would enjoy this cuvee, what I believe was the first vintage for it by Benoit Marguet. 100% Pinot Noir, disgorged February 2019, zero dosage and also a tirage date of June 2015. This plot, at least of the single site wines from the range, sits well up the slope above the village which differs from the rest of the range that is more closely arrayed around the village. I opened this last night and thought the wine was a bit austere, which for me has been the case with some of the 2014 Marguet, like Crayeres and Le Parc, which both seemed to be helped by air time. This is no different, as the air helped it unwrap but I have to add that this vintage overall to me seems more coiled than say 2012 as a comparators. The wine is showing a distinct saline note, with some green apple and lime and not a lot of breadth. My belief is that the wine is shut down, at least for my palate. Worth noting I am drinking the wine singly, with the space to study it and alongside some cheese and crackers--in sum, a pretty dialed in setting. So, take my note here for what it's worth. I may open another in 3 months to check in again so we'll see. Next up I'll do the 2014 Ambonnay Rose and see if that has the same structure as some of the other single plot cuvees.
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bright young champagne color, immediately on opening a rich nose of baked bread, white flowers and orchard fruits, on the palate full bodied with great depth- where Blanc de Noir champagnes sometimes have a good assertive and persistent flavor but are a bit lean, this has a rich full body to complement the flavor profile, with time on the palate a light raspberry note develops along with rich layers of pastry and fruit, fine mousse starting to emerge, long lemony acid driven finish, debut vintage for this cuvee, sensationally good and with great potential.
(****)+, 2025-2045
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10/16/2023 - Charlie Carnes Does not like this wine: 81 Points
These are quite tight, not offering a lot. I could not get excited about it. Nor did I finish the bottle.
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8/6/2023 - Vas19 wrote: 92 Points
A nice balance between grower and more traditional styles, shows some oak and richness but not too sweet and has a crisp finish. Solid bottle.
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7/31/2023 - Frank Murray III wrote:
February 2019 disgorgement. Three years ago this wine still possessed a lean quality, as did other of the 2014s from Marguet, but in the time that has passed, the wine has finally softened up. 100% Pinot Noir. Some honeyed apple has started to come through with the age, along with a warm brown spice quality that has been imparted from the oak. Where the Pinot Noir exerts flavor is in the raspberry note that has really emerged in the wine, a soft berry quality, along with some supporting lime citrus. For me, where the wine is at almost 9 years is a softened structure, with a feeling of decadence. In short, I have poured the wine now three times to refresh my glass and it's hard to stop drinking. This is in a good place and probably best over the next few years (there is sulfur in this cuvee, although some of the 2014s are sans soufre). Got 2 left, will do one bllnd for my Champagne group soon, and then do the other sometime in 2024.
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6/5/2023 - blank blank wrote: 86 Points
like many others i found this wine extremely difficult. A weird combo of high lemony acid but also ripe, almost sur maturite fruit. A textbook example of the problem with zero dosage champagne; this would've been so much better and more transparent if picked a little earlier with fresher fruit.
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4/29/2023 - cartime Likes this wine: 94 Points
Powerful, with good fruit. A sense of sweetness despite the 0g dosage. Great minerality. Drinking very nicely now.
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2/24/2023 - Barsacpinci Likes this wine:
First night on a cruise for my partner’s birthday. Of course he gets sea sick so I have the entire bottle of 2014 Marguet Les Saints Remys. Delicious wine but could age a bit more. Very fine bubbles. Ripe apple nose with green apple and lime on the palate. Saline finish. Very fine. I offered others at the table but they preferred their Pinot Gris, Gin and Tonics and Ice Tea. I have more at home.
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11/26/2022 - WetRock wrote:
Hibiscus and citrus aromas with a touch of ginger. Like a really light ginger ale on the palate. Citrus acidity with good lift and length. A touch grippy. Lacking depth and interest. Very classic lines for a still wine with good energy but wanting. When I taste non dose Champagne like this I just wonder why the maker doesn't dispense with the pretense, pick later and make a still wine. A wine to be examined rather than enjoyed. I admire the idea of this wine much more than it excites me. At this price point it really needs to be sold with care.
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8/7/2022 - dhp. Likes this wine:
Very good. I find zero dosage to be sort of hit and miss asI think the dogma of zero dosage is often misguided. In this case the quality of the fruit carries it through.
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7/17/2022 - grafstrb wrote:
Quite tasty, but not worth the tariff, imo. I'd like to see a touch more depth and energy. We had a 2013 Marguet Bouzy alongside, and I preferred the Bouzy.
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4/14/2022 - hprphf wrote: 94 Points
Disgorged September 2019. Incredibly dimensional perfume, lifted and penetrating. Perfectly balanced, acidity upon seeming sweetness, amazing how a zero dosage wine carries itself with such grace. Pure fruit, white-floral honey, lychee, guava, toasty, clear. Textural finish. 94
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3/5/2022 - acyso wrote: 90 Points
Some nice Burgundies (Chicago, IL): Bottled June 25, 2015 and disgorged in September 2019. 0 g/L dosage. I think I probably liked this more given that it was served to act as a palate refresher (needed after a good number of red Burgundies) and it certainly did the job. Surprisingly rich for a zero-dosage wine, this had some mushroom notes that made me think this was meunier (it's pinot noir). However, there is definitely a good amount of lemony acid here, and I think in other contexts I may not have enjoyed this as much. But tonight, it was a welcome addition to our lineup.
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4/23/2021 - Bob H wrote:
Brig’s TN had me worried, but I actually enjoyed this. 100% Pinot Noir, zero dosage, disgorged in May of 2019.
I get a little brioche on the nose, and this was a nice pairing with sushi. Good persistence on the finish.
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3/21/2021 - Charlie Carnes Likes this wine:
I promise it was good. Drank a month ago and lost my note.
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12/13/2020 - R.H. Likes this wine:
Don’t find this quite as lean/bracing as other reviewers. It’s certainly got an edgy character but there’s good breadth on the palate. I loved it
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11/15/2020 - vulgar little monkey wrote: 92 Points
My first time having this wine and I gather that it is 100% Pinot Noir. While it wasn't round and vinous in the way that Collin Champagnes can be, it wasn't lean or hard. Maybe lacked a bit of overall seamlessness to make a bigger impression but I was also cooking and not giving it all my attention. I have one other bottle that I'll try in a couple of years.
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6/15/2020 - brigcampbell wrote:
Blind: thought this was a Blanc de Blanc.
This crossed the line for me regarding edginess. There's not much fruit showing at this point which makes it a little difficult to just relax and enjoy. I'm not afraid of strong acidic wines but there needs to be a little more under the covers. This will probably aged for 50 years but I would be worried about the fruit component.
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6/15/2020 - Frank Murray III wrote:
Wines Done Blind: Disgorged February 2019, 100% Pinot Noir, no dosage. Some debate about this wine at the table. Some called it lean, and while I do find it structured and powerful, I don't think of it as lean. Some berry notes (some did not get these but I did, especially as the wine warms up) of black cherry and raspberry, crisp apple and a lot of salinity in this bottle. With Marguet, you're not going to find big textures or expansive palate impressions. For me, and this wine is no different for Benoit's style, I find the wine more linear, more racy--I enjoy this style. Of note, the 2014 range is just a more wound up vintage for Marguet, and I have found this to be true in mostly the entire range. My advice on this vintage is to let the wines breathe in the glass, and also to not serve them too cold. The beauty of these is then allowed to come through.
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4/18/2020 - Frank Murray III wrote:
A couple months back I opened my first one of these and I thought it was on the narrow side, meaning the breadth was absent. I decided to open another one, to see if my experience would change. Same disgorgement as the previous bottle--February 2019. I also plan to track this bottle over at least 2 days, probably 3 total, to give me a better evolution of the wine with air. So, for night 1, I opened this about 30m mins ago and poured a taste. The temp was a bit warmer than I usually like but I thought a little warmer could put a different lens to see the wine, at closer to 67f, then say 60f. I gotta say the breadth on this pour is really good, nothing like the February bottle. There is depth to the palate, and some flesh to the fruit, which tastes great. It's kind of a savory, meets a flesh of apple, meets berry. Nothing here seems especially dialed up or dominant, just kind of all working together but let's have some air.....Day 2 of the wine finds the wine's energy, it emanates from a core of citrusy acidity. It's got a pounded rock aroma, steely. Yellow and green apple, tangy plum and cherry, orange and the savory, salinity of the finish. This is chocked with structure and energy, a bottle to trace over many years as the wine softens up, although I love the intensity now and it tastes terrific.
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2/3/2020 - Frank Murray III wrote:
Looks like I am first again into the CT pool. Oh goodie. Only 2400 bottles made, and I ended up with 6 of them due to a snafu with my order so my hope was that I would enjoy this cuvee, what I believe was the first vintage for it by Benoit Marguet. 100% Pinot Noir, disgorged February 2019, zero dosage and also a tirage date of June 2015. This plot, at least of the single site wines from the range, sits well up the slope above the village which differs from the rest of the range that is more closely arrayed around the village. I opened this last night and thought the wine was a bit austere, which for me has been the case with some of the 2014 Marguet, like Crayeres and Le Parc, which both seemed to be helped by air time. This is no different, as the air helped it unwrap but I have to add that this vintage overall to me seems more coiled than say 2012 as a comparators. The wine is showing a distinct saline note, with some green apple and lime and not a lot of breadth. My belief is that the wine is shut down, at least for my palate. Worth noting I am drinking the wine singly, with the space to study it and alongside some cheese and crackers--in sum, a pretty dialed in setting. So, take my note here for what it's worth. I may open another in 3 months to check in again so we'll see. Next up I'll do the 2014 Ambonnay Rose and see if that has the same structure as some of the other single plot cuvees.
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12/23/2019 - Elpaninaro Likes this wine:
bright young champagne color, immediately on opening a rich nose of baked bread, white flowers and orchard fruits, on the palate full bodied with great depth- where Blanc de Noir champagnes sometimes have a good assertive and persistent flavor but are a bit lean, this has a rich full body to complement the flavor profile, with time on the palate a light raspberry note develops along with rich layers of pastry and fruit, fine mousse starting to emerge, long lemony acid driven finish, debut vintage for this cuvee, sensationally good and with great potential.
(****)+, 2025-2045
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