2014 | Champagne Brigitte Beaufort "Passion" Grand Cru Extra Brut | Champagne | France Alvear James Suckling scored the 2016

James Suckling scored the 2016 a 95 → first-growth Pauillac from the same vintage runs into four figures → at $114

The fruit-driven nose has notes of raspberry jam and delicious red apple with a touch of pink bubblegum on the edges

resulting in a concentrated

Hauntingly dark and floral

This is 100% Pinot Noir

2014 | Champagne Brigitte Beaufort "Passion" Grand Cru Extra Brut | Champagne | France Alvear James Suckling scored the 2016A Pinot Noir blanc de noirs from Grand Cru Bouzy vintage grower Champagne, powerful and extra brut. Champagne Brigitte Beaufort is a family grower estate founded in 2008 in Bouzy, the Grand Cru village famed for Pinot Noir. "Passion" is her vintage expression of that terroir: a powerful, complex Pinot Noir Champagne, finished extra brut, with each bottle numbered and detailing its blend, disgorgement and dosage a transparent, grower made cuve. A