Champagne Gosset - Celebris Vintage 2007 Extra Brut

Bettane & Desseauve

About wine:

Very delicate, slender, and brilliantly refined, this Celebris has a tenderness of flavor that is quite unusual for this cuvée, which is renowned for its power. Delicate and deep, it is a great success!

About the estate:

Gosset remains a small house in the world of Champagne giants, selling an average of one million bottles each year. At the head of the technical team is a dynamic duo consisting of Odilon de Varine and Gabrielle Malagu, who oversee a range that remains true to its fundamentals: freshness, liveliness, and minerality. To maintain this course despite recent climate changes and the higher maturity of the grapes, the house now favors Chardonnay in its blends, with a smaller proportion of Pinot Noir in order to maintain the consistent final taste. With its consistency and assertive style, the range, which offers numerous cuvées, including some from long-aged wines, deserved to be rewarded with an additional star. The house has joined the top of our hierarchy.

Guide Hachette des vins

About the estate:

"The oldest house in Champagne" was founded in 1584, before the region's wine became sparkling, by Pierre Gosset, alderman of Aÿ and vineyard owner. At the time, the wines of this town, often red, rivaled those of Beaune at court. After Pierre Gosset, 13 generations followed. Now based in Épernay, the company has been part of the Renaud-Cointreau group since 1993. Gosset champagnes do not undergo malolactic fermentation. In 2016, Odilon de Varine, deputy director and oenologist, succeeded Jean-Pierre Mareigner. He was joined the following year by Gabrielle Malagu, to whom he entrusted joint responsibility for the cellar at the end of 2022.

Robert Parker - Wine Advocate

About wine:

The Celebris Extra Brut 2007 is the latest version of this cuvée, which cellar master Odilon de Varine describes as "not a Gosset vintage but a Gosset vintage" - meaning that it is only produced in years that are suited to the house's powerful but austere style. In the glass, aromas of lemon oil, marzipan, warm biscuits, and wet stones are revealed. It is dense, concentrated, and deep, with ripe but racy fruit and an elegant central structure based on acidity, displaying tremendous purity and precision.

About the estate:

RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France

About wine:

Célébris 2007 continues its noble evolution, with character, plenty of presence on the palate, and notes of dried fruit on the finish.

About the estate:

The oldest Champagne house, founded in 1584, has been owned by the Renaud-Cointreau group since 1994. Now under the leadership of Odilon de Varine and Gabrielle Bouby-Malagu in the cellar, it stands out for its consistent production of wines that are intense, powerful, and carried by a beautiful tension that balances them and allows them to age harmoniously.

James Suckling

About wine:

This elegant, complex, and powerful champagne is the pinnacle of the Gosset rangeand offers a multi-layered, fresh, and complex style. The palate is smooth, long, and mellow, rich with aromas of toasted almonds and grapefruit. The finish is long and succulent.