Ranked #84 of 148 N/V Chardonnay Pinot Noir Pinot Meunier from Champagne
93/100
4.5 Stars
Huon Hooke
Full brassy yellow colour. Very mellow, toasty bread, candied-fruit and roasted nut aromas, nice maturity of bouquet. Still shows good fruit characters. Rich palate, loads of flavour and softness, a clean dry finish after a touch of mid-palate liqueur. Very good wine, complex and benefitting from a little cork age, I suspect.
Tasted: 01/11/2011
Drink: 2011 to 2011
91 Points Robert Parker
The Delamotte NV Brut blends approximately 55% Chardonnay with 35% Pinot Noir and 10% Pinot Meunier. It is clear, round and spicy on the predominantly fruity and vinous nose with its delicate chalk and hazelnut flavors. On the palate this is a lithe, finessed, fresh and elegant Brut with good structure and a pure, salty-mineral and cleansing finish. The mousse is highly delicate, the whole performance almost filigreed yet well structured. This is a delicious Brut. My sample is based on the 2013 vintage that was disgorged in July 2016 with a dosage of eight grams per liter. Tasted November 2017.
Source: Robert Parker (Robert Parker Wine Advocate) by Stephan Reinhardt. November, 2017
91 Points Tyson Stelzer
The 2008 base is now a nutty, spicy, preserved lemon and red berry style, showing reductive complexity in toasted bread notes; 2009 is fresher and more lively, with crisp, clean fruit focus; 2010 is challenged by a tricky vintage, coarse, bitter and phenolic, with dry, dusty extract and mushroomy notes rendering it austere. Candied dosage is apparent in all three.
Source: Tyson Stelzer.