95 Points Wine Spectator
This graceful Champagne offers hints of smoke and toasted brioche that transition to patisserie apple and blackberry fruit, candied ginger and mandarin orange peel notes. Seamlessly knit and mouthwatering, with a minerally underpinning and a finely detailed, dotted bead. Lush and creamy on the vibrant, lasting finish. Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Drink now through 2035.
95 Points Vinous
The 2015 La Grande Dame is bright and nicely focused. There’s good energy driving a core of Pinot Noir fruit. Pear, white flowers, mint, white pepper and lime are nicely delineated. The 2015 is not the most complex Grande Dame I have ever tasted, but it offers plenty of immediacy with no vegetal notes or hard contours that have proven so challenging elsewhere. This is an expertly made Champagne by any measure. Dosage is 6 grams per liter. Disgorged: October, 2021.
95 Points Wine Enthusiast
This fine Champagne is rich and beautifully structured. It is full with fine maturity, boasting layers of ripeness against the generous texture. Drink this impressive wine now.
Winemaker Notes
La Grande Dame 2015 is an exceptional vintage, full of tension and elegance. It showcases Pinot Noir from the house's historical Grands Crus. The beautiful, golden robe sparkles brightly, revealing a solar vintage with fresh minerality and light floral notes of jasmine and acacia on the nose, evolving into fruity notes of pear and clementine. The palate is enveloped in a delightfully subtle, silky texture. This vintage features an exclusive collaboration with master of color Paola Paronetto.
