Larmandier-Bernier Extra Brut Rosé de Saignee NV

94 points/'Rosé Brut (Single Terroir) Champagne of the Year 2022,' Tom Hewson (TimAtkin.com): "15% Pinot Gris, 85% Pinot Noir from Vertus in 2019, from a single co-planted plot. This is a standout saignée, bursting with dried strawberry, cherry and bitter herbs, fragrant with baking spices and peppery, sweet savoury touches. Super invigorating, juicy and joyous, this is irresistible. (Dec 2022)"

94 points Antonio Galloni (Vinous): "The NV (2019) Extra Brut Rosé de Saignée is beautifully cut and chiseled in this release. There's plenty of saignée Pinot intensity, but tons of energy and drive too. Crushed red berry fruit, cinnamon, blood orange, pomegranate and dried flowers flesh out over time, but it is the wine's vibrancy that I find most captivating. The 2019 is 100% Pinot Noir from 45+-year-old vines in Vertus. Dosage is 2 grams per liter. Disgorged: February, 2022. Drink: 2022-2028. (May 2022)"

94 points William Kelley (Wine Advocate): "The NV Extra Brut Rosé de Saignée (2018 base) will soon be disgorged, and readers will be able to identify it by its deeper, unusually saturated hue without looking at the small print. Bursting with aromas of pear, plums, orange rind and sweet berries, it's medium to full-bodied, round and enveloping, with a ripe core of fruit and the most phenolic presence I've tasted in this perennially superb cuvée. That makes this 2018 base a more vinous, gastronomic wine, which will offer interesting possibilities at the table. (Mar 2021)"

93 points James Suckling: "A blend of pinot noir with 10-15% pinot gris, co-planted ten years ago, in amongst 45-year-old vines. The nose is very floral with papaya and pink grapefruit, some praline and fresh, rose-like florals. The palate has the same hit of fragrant roses with plenty of peaches and a silky, smoothly textural palate. The entire parcel is macerated for between three and four days, for texture more than color. Very unique. Drink now. (9/2/19)"

92 points Josh Raynolds (International Wine Cellar): "($78 list; 100% pinot noir): Dark pink. A deeply pitched, intensely fragrant bouquet evokes dried red berries, cherry pit, allspice and floral oils, with a bright note of blood orange adding vibrancy. Shows a darker character on the palate, offering sappy blackberry and bitter cherry flavors enlivened by a mineral quality. This precise, fine-grained Champagne finishes with excellent clarity and cut and toasty persistence. (Dec 2013)"

91 points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): "The bottling of Pierre Moncuit non-vintage Brut Rosé is composed of its customary blend of seventy-five percent chardonnay from Mesnil and twenty-five percent still wine pinot noir from Ambonnay. The wine was disgorged in December of 2017 and was finished with a dosage of eight grams per liter. The bouquet wafts from the glass in a fine blend of strawberries, cherries, chalky soil tones, fresh-baked bread and a gently smoky topnote. On the palate the wine is crisp, full-bodied and focused, with a fine core, lovely balance, pinpoint bubbles and a long, vibrant and complex finish. Like all of the recent Moncuit Brut Rosé bottlings I have tasted in the last several years, this wine is drinking nicely already, but will be even better with a few years in the cellar. 2018-2033. (Sep/Oct 2018)"