Wine Advocate (87)

Offering up aromas of beeswax, pear, waxy citrus rind and macadamia nut, the 2008 Brut Vintage Cuvée Royale is medium-bodied, tangy and somewhat ephemeral, even when tasted from magnum. It's a rather meager wine that appears to antedate Joseph Perrier's recent improvements in quality.

The Joseph Perrier Cuvee Royale Vintage 2012 is an exquisite choice for connoisseurs, reflecting the timeless excellence of the esteemed Joseph Perrier Champagne House, based in Châlons-en-Champagne, France. It derives its unique profile from the house's distinctive ageing process in chalk cellars. Selectively harvested from premier cru vineyards in Montagne de Reims, the blend presents an authentic taste of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir varieties. The Chardonnay gives it a vibrant, citrusy charm while the Pinot Noir adds a structured body and rich, fruity finish.

On the palate, the Joseph Perrier Cuvee Royale Vintage 2012 greets with a beautifully balanced acidity, underpins a fragrant bouquet of blossoms and white fruits, proceeding towards an impressive finish of almond and toasted brioche notes. With its beautifully designed bottle, it's more than just a wine; it's an homage to France's centuries-old viniculture tradition.

The Joseph Perrier Cuvee Royale Vintage 2012 is an exquisite choice for connoisseurs, reflecting the timeless excellence of the esteemed Joseph Perrier Champagne House, based in Châlons-en-Champagne, France. It derives its unique profile from the house's distinctive ageing process in chalk cellars. Selectively harvested from premier cru vineyards in Montagne de Reims, the blend presents an authentic taste of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir varieties. The Chardonnay gives it a vibrant, citrusy charm while the Pinot Noir adds a structured body and rich, fruity finish.

On the palate, the Joseph Perrier Cuvee Royale Vintage 2012 greets with a beautifully balanced acidity, underpins a fragrant bouquet of blossoms and white fruits, proceeding towards an impressive finish of almond and toasted brioche notes. With its beautifully designed bottle, it's more than just a wine; it's an homage to France's centuries-old viniculture tradition.

Our curated choice is the magnificent Joseph Perrier Cuvee Royale Vintage 2013, hailing from the historic region of Champagne, France. Embodied in the glass is the rich heritage of the Joseph Perrier House, operating since 1825. The complexity and balance of this vintage rely on a delicate blend of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, exquisitely matured for seven long years in Joseph Perrier's chalk cellars.

An initial aromatic nose of honey and brioche gives way to vibrant notes of peach and pear on the palate, finished with elegant minerality. A testament to the exceptional year of 2013, it reflects the carefully preserved methods and relentless pursuit of excellence by Joseph Perrier's cellar master, Hervé Tarin.

A bottle of Joseph Perrier Cuvee Royale Vintage 2013 is more than just wine; it's an invitation to partake in an unparalleled legacy of winemaking tradition. Ideal for any occasion that requires a touch of opulence.

As the epitome of luxury, the Joseph Perrier Royale Cuvee Rose 1000 NV captivates with its blend of sophistication and elegance. This extraordinary cuvée hails from Chalons-en-Champagne, honing its taste under the mastery of Joseph Perrier, a revered traditionalist of Champagne making. Sumptuously made with a blend of 20% Chardonnay, 60% Pinot Noir and 20% Meunier, matured in the cellars for 3 to 4 years, it boasts a sublime complexity.

Vibrant notes of ripe red berries, acute savoury undertones and a lively mineral edge are enveloped within its intricate profile. This spirited wine not only emanates delicacy and finesse but also expresses a rich, full-bodied structure. A testament to the craftsmanship of the House of Joseph Perrier, the Royale Cuvee Rose 1000 NV bestows an unforgettable gastronomic journey, beautifully encapsulating the exquisite allure of true Champagne.

Vinous (89-91)

The 2019 Bourgogne Pressonnier is cohesive on the nose of blackberry, boysenberry jam and light violet aromas unfurling with time. Silky-smooth on the entry (you might well mistake this for a Vosne-Romanée), building nicely in the mouth and showing good salinity on the finish.

Wine Advocate (94)

The 2007 Charmes-Chambertin Tres Vieilles Vignes is in a class by itself for the Roty collection of this vintage, or indeed of the combined 2007 and 2008 collections. Liqueur-like rich black raspberry, cassis, and dark cherry are backed by marrowy meat stock and laced with black tea, licorice, cocoa powder, and tamarind. This positively sticks to the gums in a sumptuous yet buoyant and downright refreshing finish. Given its present generosity at nearly one year of bottle age, I expect this to put on a great show continuously over the next 12-15 years.

Vinous - Stephen Tanzer (93-96)

Bright ruby. Knockout nose combines cassis, blackberry, minerals and smoked meat. Creamy, deep and layered, combining outstanding concentration and superb inner-mouth lift. Finishes with a whiplash of black fruits and licorice, the tannins thoroughly buffered by the wine's extract. An infant today but already very subtle on the aftertaste.

Vinous - Stephen Tanzer (93-96)

Bright ruby. Knockout nose combines cassis, blackberry, minerals and smoked meat. Creamy, deep and layered, combining outstanding concentration and superb inner-mouth lift. Finishes with a whiplash of black fruits and licorice, the tannins thoroughly buffered by the wine's extract. An infant today but already very subtle on the aftertaste.

Burghound (95)

An elegant, pure and broad-ranging nose is composed of very fresh, cool and airy aromas of both red and dark currant, spice and earth scents where the wood treatment is admirably subtle if again not invisible. There is a lovely mouth feel to the attractively intense and well-concentrated flavors that coat the palate with dry extract before culminating in a refined, well-balanced and beautifully persistent finish. Like the Griotte this is an overtly robust and powerful wine that will require an even longer snooze in a cool cellar.

Jancis Robinson (18)

Sweet, spicy nose. Very intense. Great polished tannins. Super-serious and bone dry. Tastes like essence of a wood-panelled room, somehow. (And I don’t mean wood panelling with TCA as in Middle Temple.) Very much for the patient.

Wine Advocate (96)

The 2015 Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru Très Vieilles Vignes is fabulous, blossoming in the glass with a deep bouquet of wild berry fruit, cassis, coniferous forest floor, incense, rose petal and wood smoke. On the palate, the wine is multidimensional, expansive and full-bodied, with fabulous concentration and depth and wonderful sappy energy, its ripe tannins cloaked in layer after layer of fruit. A beautiful Charmes-Chambertin, from some of the oldest vines in Burgundy.

Wine Advocate (96)

The 2017 Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru Très Vieilles Vignes has turned out even better than I anticipated, unfurling in the glass with a magical bouquet of cassis, plums and blackberries mingled with dark chocolate, spices, sweet soil tones, licorice and black truffle. Full-bodied, layered and multidimensional, it's extraordinarily sumptuous and concentrated, framed by velvety tannins that caress the palate, and underpinned by lively acids, concluding with a long and expansive finish. Pierre-Jean Roty compares it to the 2012 and 2009 renditions, which readers who follow this domaine will know is high praise indeed.

Vinous (93)

The 2018 Charmes-Chambertin Très Vieilles Vignes Grand Cru offers intense black and red fruit, woodland, black truffle and dried blood notes on the nose (almost like andouillette). The palate is medium-bodied with a lot of new oak to be subsumed, which is always the way with this cuvée, but it is counterbalanced by fine acidity. Liberally sprinkled white pepper and clove toward the persistent finish. Excellent.

Vinous (93)

The 2018 Charmes-Chambertin Très Vieilles Vignes Grand Cru offers intense black and red fruit, woodland, black truffle and dried blood notes on the nose (almost like andouillette). The palate is medium-bodied with a lot of new oak to be subsumed, which is always the way with this cuvée, but it is counterbalanced by fine acidity. Liberally sprinkled white pepper and clove toward the persistent finish. Excellent.

Wine Advocate (97)

Aromas of ripe cherries and cassis mingled with notions of licorice, anise, sweet spices, dark chocolate and peonies introduce the 2019 Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru Très Vieilles Vignes, a full-bodied, layered and concentrated wine that's rich and velvety, with a broad-shouldered, textural profile and a long, resonant finish. Framed by beautifully ripe, powdery tannins, it's an especially sensual rendition of this perennially great wine.

Wine Advocate (97+)

There were only seven barrels of the superb 2020 Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru Très Vieilles Vignes, as the Roty family's ancient vines yielded a mere 18 hectoliters per hectare. Unwinding in the glass with aromas of cherries, cassis and plums mingled with licorice, sweet spices, violets and loamy soil, it's full-bodied, deep and multidimensional, with huge concentration, velvety tannins and lively acids, concluding with a long, resonant finish. This monument in the making will require a decade's patience, and prove essentially immortal thereafter.

Jasper Morris Inside Burgundy (95)

A rich and even darker purple. Very intense crushed dark strawberries, gorgeously hedonistic. Then it is. A-fresher style of strawberry, plus raspberry, on the palate, an excellent fruit acid balance with tamed tannins. Do I still get a touch of something smoky to finish, a slight intrusion of the barrel toast while the wine is young? Drink from 2030-2038.

Wine Advocate (97)

The 2022 Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru Très Vieilles Vignes is terrific, unwinding in the glass with notes of cherries and dark berries mingled with notions of licorice, violets, rose petals and spices. Full-bodied, deep and layered, it's concentrated and multidimensional, with the most body and incipient complexity of any wine in the range, concluding with a long, expansive finish.