Champagne Gosset - Grande Réserve Brut

Bettane & Desseauve

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.

Guide des Vins Gault & Millau

About wine:

Composed mainly of Pinot Noir, this cuvée naturally plays on red fruit notes. There are also hints of tea, laurel, and eucalyptus, followed by subtle notes of sweet spices. On the palate, with notes of jujube and stone fruit, it is elegant, firm, deep, and tight. A wine with depth and structure that will need to be decanted to give it volume.

Robert Parker - Wine Advocate

About the estate:

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

About wine:

A beautiful color, the nose is open with a palette marked by Pinot grapes. The fruit is ripe with hints of stone fruit and mirabelle plum. The wine is full-bodied with a savory texture and creamy mousse. The juice is serious with a dosage that smooths the edges without excess.

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:

A fragrant nose with bright red floral notes. Rosé, musky, and fragrant, it offers great freshness and a very subtle complexity reminiscent of biscuit. The palate is assertive and well-structured, really blossoming as it develops, delivering aromas of bright red fruits, ripe peach, and nectarine. The finish is slightly spicy. An expressive style to drink now.

Jeb Dunnuck

About wine:

Champagne Grande Réserve Brut NV has a bright straw color and rises from the glass with pure, inviting aromas of white peach, fresh flowers, and wet stone. Medium-bodied, with a fresh palate, fresh and mellow mousse, and a delicate salty finish, it is a wonderful showcase for the freshness of the house style. Drink between 2023 and 2030.