• By Antonio Galloni
  2025 Champagne: New Releases (Updated Nov 2025) (Apr 2025), 11/1/2025, (See more on Vinous...)

  (NV Marie Courtin Extra Brut Resonance Sparkling White) Login and sign up and see review text.

• By Antonio Galloni
  Champagne: The 2024 Spring Preview and Fall Additions (Dec 2024), 11/1/2024, (See more on Vinous...)

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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
  Champagne: 2017 New Releases (Dec 2017), 12/1/2017, (See more on Vinous...)

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View From the Cellar

• By John Gilman
  May/Jun 2017, Issue #69, Summer 2017 Champagne and Sparkling Wine Report Index

  (NV Champagne Marie-Courtin “Résonance” Extra Brut NV (Polisot) Disgorged June 2016) Login and sign up and see review text.

• By Antonio Galloni
  Champagne: The Season’s New Releases (Dec 2016), 12/1/2016, (See more on Vinous...)

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• By John Gilman
  May/Jun 2016, Issue #63, The Bi-Annual Champagne Report Summer 2016

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• By Antonio Galloni
  Champagne’s Golden Age (Nov 2015), 11/1/2015, (See more on Vinous...)

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• By Antonio Galloni
  Champagne: The Season’s New Releases (Nov 2014), 11/1/2014, (See more on Vinous...)

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• By John Gilman
  May/Jun 2014, Issue #51, The Annual Champagne and Sparkling Wine Report: Augmented This Year By a Week on The Ground in Champagne

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• By Antonio Galloni
  Champagne – A Wine For All Seasons (Nov 2013), (See more on Vinous...)

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• By John Gilman
  Jul/Aug 2013, Issue #46, The Annual Champagne and Sparkling Wine Report Summer of 2013

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• By John Gilman
  Jul/Aug 2013, Issue #46, The Annual Champagne and Sparkling Wine Report Summer of 2013

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• By Josh Raynolds
  November 2012, (See more on Vinous...)

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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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Garagiste

• By Jon Rimmerman
  8/11/2009, (See more on Garagiste...)

  (NV MARIE-COURTIN Resonance Extra Brut) Champagne Dear Friends, Two pioneer-inspired offers in one day is a bit mind-numbing for me (as the author/procurer) but I can't let this winery slip past us so today is the day... Most of you know Champagne has been a passion of mine for years but I'm not very interested in the commercial houses. What intrigues me in Champagne is what interests me throughout the wine-world: young, passionate vintners who may have little funding but are never short on endless work hours and complete dedication to their cause. Usually this involves a clear, natural methodology and profit is the last driving factor in a wine's production. Cedric Bouchard fit this description when we introduced him to the US market several years ago (along with Jose Dhondt and many others) and Marie-Courtin should be next in line to grab the brass ring... This micro-winery is going to get noticed. I've seen this before (many times) and all the check-marks have aligned for this 2.5ha domaine that consists of a single, contiguous masale monopole parcel in the Aube (as opposed to the commercial norm of blending 5, 10, 15, 20 or more parcels into a cuvee). They are doing things the young modern way (i.e. back to 1920s-era production methods) and their monopole is 100% biodynamic/organic. They make very little wine, all of it non-dosage, and it is going to be expensive. It wouldn't be Garagiste unless something was just a little bit askew and the vines on this property are not the norm. While 90% of the vineyard is original root-stock Pinot Noir, the remainder is a field blend of Chardonnay and Pinot Blanc. Yes, Pinot Blanc - one of Champagne's historic varietals that has mostly gone the way of the Dodo Bird. Dominique Moreau-Polisot likes it that way and she makes sure to include the Pinot Blanc in this cuvee. Everything at her domaine, Marie-Courtin, is non-dose (no added sugar) and the Champagne can be alarming to taste for the uninitiated. The Resonance is from 2002 and 2004 stock with small additions from recent years. It is pain personified in a bottle with such incredible, pin-point persistence that an open bottle remained unchanged for over five nights in my fridge (corked with a pressure stopper of course). The color is pewter/silver/light gold and the bead changes from stripping and masculine to cashmere and feline with air. Lemon, chiffon, lemon curry, clove, spiced pear and nutmeg vie for your attention while the paint is stripped ever so lovingly from your palate. This wine is about the most biting purity that speaks to a bygone era where Champagne was not necessarily a thing of immediate pleasure. The Resonance should age for many years but it is very interesting to challenge your palate in its current state. Watch out shellfish - you have no chance against this. VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED - VERY RARE This parcel is directly from the winery cellar with perfect provenance: NV Marie-Courtin "Resonance" Extra Brut (Aube) It will ship during the Fall shipping season. Thank you, Jon Rimmerman Garagiste Seattle, WA Champ8712