Delamotte Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne 2018

93 points Yohan Castaing (Wine Advocate): "The Delamotte 2018 Blanc de Blancs is showing well today, evoking a gourmand, complex bouquet of pastry, almonds, ripe orchard fruits, spices and spring flowers. Medium to full-bodied, layered and chiseled, it’s enveloping and round with a fleshy core of fruit, though not as fleshy as the 2012, concluding with a tense and long finish. (3/29/24)"

92 points Tyson Stelzer (The Champagne Guide): "(tasted in 2023 in France; 100% chardonnay from Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, Avize, Oger, Cramant, Chouilly and Oiry; disgorged early 2023 after five years on lees (compared with the usual six, 'as 2018 was a particularly sunny vintage'); 6g/L dosage). The sunny 2018 season makes for a generous and fleshy blanc de blancs of white nectarine, ripe pear and even a hint of star fruit, freshened with lemon. The fine chalk minerality of the grand crus of the Côte des Blancs sets out a focused finish of structural freshness and good persistence... (Edition VII; 2024)"

91 points Antonio Galloni (Vinous): "The 2018 Brut Blanc de Blancs is a blend of fruit from Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, Avize, Oger, Cramant, Chouilly and Oiry, six villages in the Côte des Blancs. Crushed rocks, mint, slate, lemon peel and green pear lend notable freshness. Like most wines in this vintage, the Blanc de Blancs is airy and medium-bodied in structure, but it shows lovely tension and fine balance. There's plenty of Delamotte class, in an understated style. Dosage is 6 grams per liter. Drink: 2024-2034. (Mar 2024)"