94 Poäng

A blend of 80% Chardonnay and 20% Pinot Noir, the 2015 Brut La Perle evokes a delicate, fresh bouquet of baked biscuits, pastry, ripe orchard fruits and spices. Medium to full-bodied, seamless and vinous, it's broad with a sappy attack, a pinpoint mousse and a delicate, gastronomic bitterness in the finish. This elegant Champagne, perfectly representative of the vintage, matured eight years in bottle on the lees before being disgorged with a dosage of five grams per liter.

96 Poäng

None of the famed leafy aromas often observed in the 2015 vintage but a complex palate of lemon tree, eucalyptus and jasmine with chalky minerality, citrus peel and vibrant depth. Medium-bodied, this has pinprick bubbles, amazing length and bright apples. Long, tingling acidity supported by a savory white-chocolate finish. Drink or hold.

93 Poäng

The 2015 Extra-Brut Perle is a very pretty Champagne. It offers up hints of baked apple, dried flowers, sage and mint, all softened by the lightly creamy, gently oxidative style that is typical of Champagnes aged on cork. The blend is 80% Chardonnay and 20% Pinot Noir, bottled with 5 grams per liter of dosage. It's an approach that works quite well here. Disgorged: May 2023.

93 Poäng

93P+: The 2015 Champagne Millesime Perle Extra Brut is the 13th Perle cuvée, aged under cork for a minimum of eight years through manual riddling, then disgorged by hand. It is composed of 80% Chardonnay and the rest Pinot Noir, sourced exclusively from Grand Cru villages, with a dosage of 5 grams per liter. Bright straw-hued, notes of smoky toast and wet stones emerge from the glass, with honey, candied citrus, poached pear, white peach, and fresh almond. Medium-bodied, it has a more savory, flourishing, frothy mousse and delicate, bitter citrus and white mushroom notes unfolding on the finish. It feels like it would benefit from another year or more, though, as it was rather shy at this tasting.