Bewertungen

• 97/100

  Decanter
  "Fantastic from the start. A colossal power of beautiful rumbling Pinot maturity. It’s like chewing on the ripest grapes from Aÿ and Verzenay. At the same time ultra stylish: unmistakable Cristal essence of peach and mango sweetness, pineapple, coconut, vanilla, sprightly acidity and citrus blossom. Many similarities with 2002 but with a clearer Pinot touch."

• 97/100

  Falstaff
  "Mittleres Gelb, Silberreflexe, feines, anhaltendes Mousseux. Rauchige Würze, reifer gelber Apfeltouch, Orangenzesten, feine Kräuternuancen im Hintergrund. Saftig, frische weiße Kernobstnuancen, lebendiger Säurebogen, zitroniger Touch, salzig-mineralischer Nachhall, gute Länge, verfügt über Reifepotenzial."

• 19/20

  Jancis Robinson
  "Very concentrated and confident with great presence, depth and length. Glows on the finish where it expands wonderfully. This dense, complex wine is special!"

• 96/100

  James Suckling
  "Deep maturing nose with plenty of ripe pear and apricot, plus a whiff of smoke. This is a big and powerful champagne with notes of spice and grapefruit alongside some red berry fruit from pinot noir. Long chalky finish that’s more vibrant than the first impression suggests. Tasted at the Cristal vertical tasting at the champagne house on July 6th, 2023. Drink or hold."

• 95/100

  The Wine Advocate
  "The 2006 Cristal shows rich and ripe (tropical) fruit on the nose along with delicate brioche notes. Round and textured on the palate, this is a generous but fresh, fine and salty Cristal with a very long and greatly finessed finish. Tasted in New York, November 2018."

• 95/100

  Wine Enthusiast
  "Although it is still young, this vintage of Cristal promises great things. There's an impressive balance between ripe fruit and crisp acidity, rich and food friendly, but also a fine apéritif. Apricot and grapefruit flavors are round and rich, but with considerable minerality as well. This is a beautiful wine that can improve with age, at least through 2030."

• 95/100

  Wine Spectator
  " This elegant version shows beautiful texture and a sense of finesse despite the underlying power of vibrant acidity and smoky minerality. The palate offers a finely layered mesh of blackberry, poached pear, almond pastry, lemon zest and pickled ginger flavors. Drink now through 2028."

• 18/20

  Weinwisser
  "Noch so ein herrlich mineralisch geprägter Duft, der volle Aufmerksamkeit erwartet: Sehr fokussiert mit Noten von Anis, Sternfrucht, geriebenen Steinen und feinsten Zitrusnoten, die sich mit Zitrusfruchtblüten vermengen. Auch am Gaumen dominiert diese mineralisch-steinige Art, sehr prägnant und vibrierend; der feinnervige, rassige Charakter unterstreicht auch hier den frischen und kompromisslosen Stil dieses ausdrucksstarken Zero-Dosage-Champagners."

• 93/100

  The Wine Cellar Insider
  "The brioche, citrus and marzipan nose is catchy. The effervescence is refined, but at the end of the day, this is light from start to finish."

• 91/100

  Burghound
  "There is an ever-so-vaguely tropical element present on the yeasty, ripe and citrus-suffused nose. I like the solid mid-palate density exhibited by the rich and relatively round medium weight flavors that possess a fine but not especially firm effervescence; indeed the mouth feel of the finish is almost soft. In sum, this stylish effort is certainly complex and classy but lacks just a bit of vibrancy for my taste."