92 points

2005 Charles Heidsieck Millésimé Vintage Brut

Antonio Galloni, Vinous, January 2022

“The 2005 Brut Vintage is an excellent choice for drinking now and over the next few years. Brioche, pastry, baked apple and apricot are some of the notes that flesh out in the glass. Supple, expressive and inviting, the 2005 offers lovely balance, especially for the year. Warm, toasty notes meld into the resonant, enveloping finish. This is quite lovely. Disgorged: May 6, 2014.”

93 points

2005 Charles Heidsieck Millésimé Vintage Brut

Alison Napjus, Wine Spectator, January 2022

“Apricot and black currant preserve notes are layered with racy acidity and flavors of grilled nut, pastry cream and candied lemon peel in this creamy, elegant Champagne. Rich and finely balanced, with a vibrant, smoke-tinged finish. Disgorged 2014. Drink now through 2028.”

93 points

2005 Charles Heidsieck Millésimé Vintage Brut

Nick Stock, James Suckling, January 2022

“This has terrific composure, among the fresher and better-presented of the vintage in terms of aromas. It's toasty with grilled hazelnuts, chalky and flinty. Aromas are in the pithy grapefruit and dried peach spectrum, with lemon too. The palate's seamless, powerful and quite deeply flavored. It climbs high and wide, then focuses neatly through the finish as acidity chimes in as well as some cherry flavor that steadies and balances. Great drinking now.”

91 points

2005 Charles Heidsieck Millésimé Vintage Brut

Joshua Greene, Wine & Spirits, January 2022

“Plump and rich, this fits clearly within the house style, its flavors broadened by scents of marzipan and spicebox complexity. It's potent and dense, almost gamey in its power, with a slightly green edge to the acidity that should mellow as the wine ages further.”

92 points

2005 Charles Heidsieck Millésimé Vintage Brut

Joshua Greene, Wine & Spirits, January 2022

“This transforms the sweet ripeness of the 2000 vintage into ornate flavor, matching the intensity of its white chalk minerality with broad apricot notes. It’s a round wine with the stamina to carry those complex flavors through a long finish.”

91 points

2005 Charles Heidsieck Millésimé Vintage Brut

Joshua Greene, Wine & Spirits, January 2022

“A zaftig 2000, this feels voluminous and heady with toasty scents and mature complexity. The golden color and creamy integration of the bubbles suggest enjoying it now, with foie gras.”

95 points

2005 Charles Heidsieck Millésimé Vintage Brut

Roger Voss, Wine Enthusiast, January 2022

“Still very young, this holds great potential. Rich, full-bodied and densely structured, it is a wine first, sparkling second. Ripe apple and peach flavors partner with a strongly mineral texture. It needs to age more in bottle, so drink from 2016.”

92 points

2016 Susana Balbo Signature Rosé

Patricio Tapia, Descorchados, October 2016

“Best Rosé”

93 points

2014 Susana Balbo Signature Barrel Fermented Torrontés

Luis Gutiérrez, January 2022

“The 2014 Susana Balbo Signature Torrontés Barrel Fermented comes from the Altamira zone in the Uco Valley (but outside the boundaries of the newly-defined Altamira IP, indication de procedencia), from a vineyard Susana Balbo planted in 2005 with vegetal material from Cafayate in Salta. The whole clusters are pressed after a short maceration in the press and the must is clarified to obtain a very clear juice that ferments in used oak barrels where the wine was kept in contact with the fine lees with some bâttonage. The oak is perfectly integrated, in fact the nose is very fruit and flower-driven, even a little piquant, with faint spices and lots of freshness. The palate is very intense, with penetrating flavors, great freshness and minerality, ending almost salty. The oak is really imperceptible. The first vintage of this wine was only 2012, and in its third year it is already a benchmark Torrontés. If you want to oak a Torrontés, this is the way to do it. The next step is to investigate the evolution in bottle, as I have the feeling Torrontés can develop in bottle for longer than most people think, especially if you go for a spicy, fresh and not so phenolic style. 12,000 bottles produced.”

91 points

2014 Susana Balbo Signature Barrel Fermented Torrontés

James Suckling, James Suckling, June 2015

“A fresh and bright torrontés with yogurt, dried apples and pears. Full-bodied, round and savory. Intense finish. Barrel fermented and three months in barrels with lees. Drink now. Screw cap.”