The California Wine Tasting Notes
Joseph Perrier
CHAMPAGNE
JOSEPH PERRIER CUVEE ROYALE BRUT
Composition
35% Chardonnay, 35% Pinot Noir, 30% Pinot Meunier
Tasting Notes
First nose discreet, fine and complex. Notes of green apple and vine peach add a fruity touch. Powerful, lively and supple attack. Nice roundness on the palate, long and refreshing finish.
Acclaim
– 91 points : James Suckling
JOSEPH PERRIER BLANC DE BLANCS
Composition
100% Chardonnay
Tasting Notes
Lively, ample and fresh attack, followed by beautiful tangy flavors of pressed citrus fruits. Then come sweet spicy flavors of cinnamon and vanilla with gourmet notes of biscuits and a delicately lemony finish.
Acclaim
– 91 points : Wine Enthusiast
JOSEPH PERRIER CUVEE ROYALE BRUT NATURE
Composition
35% Chardonnay, 35% Pinot Noir, 30% Meunier
Tasting Notes
The Cuvée Royale Brut Nature has a deep gold vermeil color, with a fine head. Delicate floral aromas of rose and peony emerge and continue with intense spicy fragrances.
JOSEPH PERRIER CUVEE ROYALE BRUT ROSE
Composition
75% Pinot Noir, 25% Chardonnay
Tasting Notes
The nose opens with red fruits. Notes of wild violet and liquorice follow. Delicious and racy attack. Lots of finesse and vigor emerge in the mouth. Small minty notes come on the finish.
JOSEPH PERRIER CUVEE ROYALE BRUT VINTAGE 2008
Composition
50% Chardonnay, 41% Pinot Noir, 9% Pinot Meunier
Tasting Notes
The intense and deep nose offers fragrances of white flowers. The palate is full and concentrated between power and delicacy.
Acclaim
– 91 points : Decant
– 93 points : James Suckling
– 93 points : Wine Enthusiast
– 94 points : Guia Melendo
JOSEPH PERRIER PARCELLAIRE BLANC DE NOIRS 2011
Composition
100% Pinot Noir
Tasting Notes
The appearance is of yellow gold straw, with amber highlights. The nose opens with tangy, delicate and captivating aromas revealing notes of freshly squeezed citrus fruits – grapefruit and mandarin. The palate is vinous and with plenty of attack, with pronounced mineral notes. The finish is long and harmonious, dominated by a zesty lemon freshness so characteristic of Joseph Perrier.
Acclaim
– 93 points : Wine Advocate
– 94 points : Guia Melendo
JOSEPH PERRIER JOSEPHINE 2008
Composition
54% Chardonnay, 46% Pinot Noir
Tasting Notes
The first nose combines a floral fragrance of garden iris with an exotic aroma of sandalwood. The attack on the palate is well established between liveliness and vinosity.
Joséphine translates into two words: Intensity and Harmony.
Acclaim
– 96 points : Decant
– 92 points : James Suckling
– 90 points : Wine Enthusiast
– 95 points : Guia Melendo