Champagne Gosset - Grande Réserve Brut

Bettane & Desseauve

About the domain :

Gosset remains a small house in the world of Champagne giants, with an average of one million bottles sold each year. At the head of the technical team is a dynamic duo, Odilon de Varine and Gabrielle Malagu, for a range that remains true to its fundamentals: freshness, liveliness and minerality. To stay on course despite recent climate changes and higher grape ripeness, the house now favors Chardonnay in its blends, with a smaller share of Pinot Noir to keep the final taste consistent. With its homogeneity and assertive style, the range, which offers numerous cuvées, including some from long-aged wines, deserved to be rewarded with an extra star. The house is back at the top of our hierarchy.

Guide Hachette des vins

About the domain :

The "oldest house in Champagne" was founded in 1584 by Pierre Gosset, an alderman and vineyard owner from Aÿ, before the region's wines began to take off. At the time, the town's wines, 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, assistant manager and oenologist Odilon de Varine took over from Jean-Pierre Mareigner. He was joined the following year by Gabrielle Malagu, to whom he entrusted joint responsibility for the winery at the end of 2022.

Guide des Vins Gault & Millau

About the wine:

Freshness, tenderness and fruity aromas: everything we love is in place. The acidity dominates in a classic material in the good sense of the word, pleasant and carried to the finish by a salivating bitterness. Just what you'd expect from a BSA: to make you want to drink it again.

Robert Parker - Wine Advocate

About the domain :

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

About the wine:

A beautiful color, the nose is open with a palette marked by pinots. The fruit is ripe, with a hint of stone and mirabelle plum. The wine is full-bodied, with a delicious body and creamy mousse. The juice is serious, with a dosage that patinates the contours without excess.

About the domain :

Champagne's oldest wine 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 the regular production of intense, powerful wines with a fine tension that balances them and enables them to age harmoniously.

Jancis Robinson

About the wine:

Maturation is more evident on the nose of this wine than that of Petite Douceur Rosé, which spent more than twice as long in the cellar on its lees! The foam and acidity are slightly aggressive, but this is certainly a stimulating wine with a clear future. Fine elderflower aromas, good balance and composition. Quite persistent. Not the most expensive champagne on the market.

James Suckling

About the wine:

Seductive aromas of apricot, pastry, raspberry, fresh walnut and pear, with a hint of white pepper and ginger. Elegant mousse, fine and supple, with medium body and creamy layers of fresh fruit and pastry. Dry and clean. Dosage 7g/L. Drink now.

Jeb Dunnuck

About the wine:

With a 2018 base, Champagne Grande Réserve Brut NV presents itself in a brilliant straw hue and rises from the glass with pure, inviting aromas of white peach, fresh flowers and wet stone. Medium-bodied, with a fresh mouthfeel, a fresh, mellow mousse and a delicate saline finish, it's a wonderful calling card for the freshness of the house style. Drink between 2023 and 2030.