Nathalie Falmet Brut Champagne NV

92 points Antonio Galloni (Vinous): "The NV Brut is 80% Pinot Noir and 20% Chardonnay from the Cote des Bar. This intriguing Champagne reveals tons of brilliance in a focused, powerful style. The wine needs to be opened in advance in order to show the full breadth of its expression, and will be even better in a few months' time once it has fully recovered from its relatively recent disgorgement. Hazelnuts, pears and minerals linger on the close."

91 points Stephan Reinhardt (Wine Advocate): "The NV Brut is made of 50% Pinot Noir, 30% Chardonnay (both 2011) and 20% Reserve (from a Soléra started in 2009). Its refined aromas of bright fruits migrate to a very light and delicate first palate. This champagne is dry (dosage: seven grams per liter) and firmly structured, but really fine and elegant, and provided with a good length and subtle mineral flavors."

91 points Wine Spectator: "Sweet smoke and spice notes waft through this floral and aromatic Champagne, along with bright, citrusy acidity and layers of tea rose, biscuit, vanilla and candied orange peel. Very charming. Drink now through 2018. 100 cases imported."

90+ points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): "This was a new estate to me and I was very impressed by the quality of the wines, but like many Grower-Récoltants, this wine is released at a fairly young age and a few years bottle age would really work wonders here in taming the fine structure of the wine a bit. The nose is deep and almost exotic (as if a bit of a grape such as Arbane was included in the cépage), as it offers up a musky, complex nose of green apple, quince, bread dough, stony minerality and citrus zest. On the palate the wine is medium-full, focused and wound tight, with a very good core of fruit, frothy mousse, lovely balance and a very long, piercing and almost tensile finish. This is a very promising wine, but I would definitely give the wine a good year or two of cellaring to allow it to relax a bit on the palate."