J-M Seleque Coteaux Champenois Rouge Pierry Les Gayères

Chardonnay with bubbles. It works with caviar and chips. Not sure it works by itself enough to hold attention for more than a minute or so. Lemon and effervescence. If your conversation in good company is going well, then you won’t have to think about how this Champagne is just… there. It’s a good placeholder before you have some other Champagne you are saving for the main event. No fireworks here. Drink now and over the next handful of years. …

Nice nose with quite a bit of fruit, notes of apple, lemon, salinity, white toast, and dried flowers. Good acidity on the palate with a nice richness without being too weighty, lots of minerals, more citrus, and apple flavors. Nice finish. Lovely wine that's drinking very well already.

Honeysuckle, ripe apricot, ripe papaya, ripe mango, anise and fennel fronds on the nose. Medium + intensity of aromas. The palate keeps the honeysuckle and stone fruit, adding flavors of chalk, over ripe golden apples, pie crust and toasted hazlenuts. Finishes with a whisp of bitterness. Medium + intensity of flavors. Texturally pretty linear. Medium + body, medium + acid. Developing. Definitely recommend holding this for 3-5 more years, and it could likely go longer than that as well. I …

Lemon meringue, apple, pear, creamy custard. Beautiful!!!