This dense red is saturated with blackberry, blueberry and pomegranate flavors. Balanced, picking up a graphite edge on the palate-staining finish. Drink now through 2024.

A top note of mint augments the cherry, strawberry, eucalyptus and tar flavors in this austere red. Assertive tannins gird the finish, yet this remains long and finds equilibrium in the end. Best from 2023 through 2035.

Polished and precise, with floral yeast roll and fresh ginger aromas accented by sleek lemon and lime flavors. Drink now.

Rich and silky, with a core of supple fruit, offering apple, strawberry and nutty brioche flavors that build on a long, lingering finish. Drink now through 2019.

Delicately rich, with a hint of maturity, offering plush notes of roasted nut, Asian pear, cinnamon brioche and spice. Drink now.

Distinctive aromas of toasted nut and wood-smoke give this full-bodied wine an exotic start, while baked apple, browned walnut and crisp cherry flavors continue the theme. Made from 82% Pinot Noir and 18% Chardonnay, it offers layers of spice, smoke and mild, savory mushroom and tea flavors, surrounded by a plush, creamy texture and light acidity to keep it fresh. Best aft

Quite complex and subtly spicy, this elegant wine gives a full array of flavors, a crisp but polished texture and a wonderful lingering finish. It has a light-copper-gold color, aromas like ginger cookies and freshly baked bread and flavors of peaches and delicate rose petals accented by light baking spices.

A crisp texture and rather full body carry subtle spice and lean dry fruit flavors in this nicely reserved and complex wine. Apple skin, lemon zest and hints of toasted almond carry the palate and linger on the finish.

A creamy texture, buttery aromas and subtle ginger flavor make this wine from Schramsberg generous, complex and easy to love. Bosc pear, white peach, powdered ginger and cinnamon all combine for good complexity and concentration. Chardonnay leads the blend 68% to 32% Pinot Noir.

This elegant and well-balanced wine has a brilliant copper color, tangy cherry and apple-skin flavors and a mouth-filling mousse. It tastes nicely dry and a bit lean and nervy in character.

Tiny bubbles keep rising long after this dry and crisp wine made from 100% Chardonnay is poured. It has a lemony flavor with almost salty, nutty accents and vivid acidity to keep it clean and balanced.

Forest floor, dried rose petal, new leather, star anise and menthol aromas align with a potpourri of dark cooking spice. The full-bodied yet linear palate delivers juicy Marasca cherry, crushed strawberry, licorice and aromatic herb set against taut, elegant tannins. Vibrant acidity lends balance, tension and an ageworthy structure.

Woodland berry, blue flower, forest floor, truffle and menthol aromas take center stage on this polished red. It's full bodied and inviting, offering Marasca cherry, pomegranate, white pepper and star anise set against fresh acidity and refined tannins. It's already almost approachable but will also offer years of pleasure.

A hint of Mirabelle plum plays on the nose before becoming fully fledged on the medium-sweet palate. This flows with a stone fruit flavor that is always tempered by lemon freshness. It's smooth, rounded and fruit-driven, with a medium-sweet finish.

The Gosset NV Brut Excellence is an assemblage of Pinot Noir (45%), Chardonnay (30%) and Pinot Meunier (25%) sourced in Aÿ, Chigny-les-Roses, Courmas and Cumières. Pure and fresh on the nose, with bright, partly dried fruit aromas, this citrus-colored fizz is light, elegant and fresh but well structured, in short: a terrific effort at this level and a delicious aperitif.

Sourced in Avize, Chouilly, Cramant, Villers-Marmery and Trépail and filled into white bottles, the bright, citrus-colored NV Grand Blanc de Blancs Brut is pure, fresh and precise on the nose that is reminiscent of a noble perfume, with citrus notes over crushed rocks and rising dough. Highly finessed and elegant on the palate, this is a full-bodied yet light and...

The Gosset NV Grand Rosé Brut has an intense salmon-pink color and opens with a very delicate and fresh bouquet of red berries intertwined with refreshing lemon and grapefruit, perhaps even kiwi notes. Pure, fresh and elegant on the palate, this blended rosé (50/50 Chardonnay/Pinot Noir with 8% of red wine) is light and finessed but well-structured and salty on...

The citrus-colored NV Grande Réserve Brut—a blend of Chardonnay (45%), Pinot Noir (45%) and Pinot Meunier (10%)—shows an intense, ripe and aromatic yet vinous bouquet with white and delicate red fruit, floral, brioche and nutty expressions. Full-bodied, dry and very fresh, this is a firm, complex, finessed, fruity, round and stimulating cuvée with a good, tight...

Gosset's 2007 Celebris Rosé Extra-Brut is a blended rosé made from 59% Chardonnay (from Avize, Chouilly, Cramant and Vertus) and 41% Pinot Noir (Aÿ, Bouzy and Ambonnay) of which 7% is red wine. This precise and focused wine displays an apricot color and opens with a super precise and chalky bouquet of oyster shells and iodine intertwined with fine red berry...

The 2004 Celebris Vintage Extra-Brut blends 55% Chardonnay from Chouilly, Cramant and Le Mesnil-sur-Oger with 45% Pinot Noir from Aÿ, Bouzy and Verzy. Intensely golden-yellow in color, the reductive yet dense and immensely aromatic bouquet reveals herbal/floral and mineral rather than fruity aromas. There are flavors from ancient, very small pear varieties from the...