Gerbais/Pierre Extra Brut Champagne Les Grandes Côtes NV

95 points William Kelley (Wine Advocate): "The NV Extra-Brut Les Grandes Côtes derives from Pinot Noir planted in a north-facing site, matured as a perpetual reserve spanning the 2011-2018 vintages. Wafting from the glass with aromas of peach, orange oil, pear, beeswax and fresh bread, it's medium to full-bodied, deep and ample, with a fleshy core of perfumed fruit animated by a pillowy mousse, concluding with a long, aromatic finish. Drink: 2023-2033. (8/10/23)"

93 points Anne Krebiehl, MW (Vinous): "The NV Extra Brut Les Grandes Côtes is a pure Pinot Noir from Celles-sur-Ource, made from a perpetual reserve spanning the vintages 2011 to 2019. Reductive funk on the nose dissipates into yeasty lemon notions. It is on the palate that the depth of the white pepper and tart apple flesh becomes apparent. The elegant mousse underlines the nobility of Pinot Noir even more with its salty tang and reductive treatment here. This is mouth-watering, juicy, bone-dry and lasting Disgorged: April, 2023. Drink: 2024-2032. (Mar 2024)"

93 points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): "The les Grandes Côtes bottling from Champagne Gerbais is based entirely on pinot noir from this vineyard, and again, has its own perpetual cuvée of reserve wines (started in 2011) and the first release is based on the 2017 harvest. Like all of the others, it was bottled up for secondary fermentation in June of 2018, fifty percent of the blend is from the solera; the wine was disgorged in April of 2021 and finished with a dosage of three grams per liter. The bouquet is very refined out of the blocks, wafting from the glass in a mix of apple, white peach, patissière, beautiful chalky minerality, a touch of buttery oak and a topnote of dried flowers. On the palate the wine is bright, full-bodied, focused and complex, with impeccable balance, elegant mousse and lovely backend minerality and grip on the long, refined and complex finish. This is my favorite of the single vineyard bottlings today, but this could change as each of them settles in with some bottle age. Fine, fine juice. 2022-2045. (Nov/Dec 2021)"

93 points/'Le Coup de Coeur,' La Revue du Vin de France: "The same principle applies to the perpetual reserve Les Grandes Côtes, this time featuring Pinot Noir for a structured, dense, very creamy, long wine. (2024)"