92 John Gilman - View from the Cellar

"The new release of Baron Dauvergne's 'Cuvée Privilège' Brut NV is an excellent and quite complex bottle of bubbly, delivering a deep and classy bouquet of apple, tart orange, stony minerality, bread dough, citrus peel and a gently smoky topnote. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied, complex and quite stylish, with a fine core, elegant, pinpoint bubbles and a very long, soil-driven and vibrant finish. This has the depth of Bouzy pinot noir very much in evidence in its blend of eighty percent pinot noir and twenty percent chardonnay, but stays light on its feet and very elegant at the same time. High class juice. 2013-2025." (08/13)