- Elite Level Complexity, Truly Stunning
- Nose: Wafting. Very Deep
- Candied Citrus, Ripe Pear, Black Fruits
- Hazelnuts, Fresh Grilled Bread
- Gingerbread and Wet Earth
- Terrific Aromatic Purity
- Palate: Elegant Mousse, Refined and Super Lively
- Extraordinary Balance
- Terrific Salinity
- Drinks Like High End Bubbles, Priced like Mid Tier
- Case Pricing for a Reason
- $53.99 on a 12 Bottle Case
NV Caillez-Lemaire Rose
- Large Majority of Pinot Meunièr
- Major Champagne Geek Cred
- Solera Style
- Nose: Basket of Fruits
- Clementine, Mandarin, Pink Grapefruit
- Peach, Pineapple and White Raspberry
- A Hint of Almond
- Ridiculous Fruit and Depth
- A Bed of Limestone - Razor Sharp
- Very Finesse-Driven
- Terrific Crunch
- Unbelievable Wine for Under $40 - It Has It All
Our Big Four Fass Champagnes
I believe in the category of Fass Selections super premium Champagnes we have all the angles covered. We have four, that come and go as availability on these wines can be limited.
1) The Laser: The big vintage Brice (2008/2010/2011/2012/2013 we have offered), which is always lean and minerally. A linear wine.
2) The Eternal: Bollinger RD styled Jean-Baptiste from Perseval-Farge that is old and young at the same time.
3) The Geek: The Perseval-Farge "La Pucelle" covers the 100% geek side of things with it being a Clos and 100% Pinot Noir and Brut Nature.
4) The Deep and Decadent: And the fourth Champagne on the Mt. Rushmore of super premium Champagnes at Fass Selections is today's wine (Caillez-Lemaire's Cuvee Jadis 2009), which is in the deep, bold, rich, opulent, complex and profound style (think Vilmart/Laval) .
It is the new vintage of Cuvee Jadis, the 2009 Caillez-Lemaire Cuvee Jadis which is the exceptional 2009 If you have the 2006, open one tonight, as the wine is in a great place now and similar to the 2009. The 2009, is much better. Leaner, more precise, but with the opulence and decadence that makes this such an outrageous wine. It has deep flavor impact that is hard to find at $55.99 (on 4) much less $80-$90 which is should be. Today I am offering a super special case price of $53.99 a case.
The nose, right off the bat let's you know this is an elite bottle of grower champagne. It is amazing
"young" and I can attest to that as I drank almost a whole bottle by myself. This is just packed. It unravels like the tail of a peacock. The wine is one of those wines that you can smell colors and taste smells. It's just on another level. Nose is deep toasty brioche. Very fine. Smells like a Gougere. Just awesome. Some white cherries, some other luscious fruits. Apricot, green apple. Super mineral and awesome spice. So airy and clean. Wafting. Very deep with so many different nuances developing as it interacts with air. Candied citrus develops with ripe pear, black fruits, hazelnuts, and fresh grilled bread. It is so pure aromatically in that the aromas are vivid and crystalline. Praline and honey eventually complicate things even more. Oh and gingerbread and wet earth. It is truly all there. They held it back and released it at the perfect time as the nose is just to die for. Aromatic Champagne is the best. It gains with air like and is super complex but also hedonistic like a bit kiss of Champagne. So much depth. Wafting and it keeps revealing itself yet it also has so much more to reveal even as you think it can't reveal anymore. The wine is an enigma. But in a good way. It unravels like a tightly wound up poster you unravel for the first time. There is a vividness and crystalline quality to the aromas that comes only in top vintages. But to combine that with the opulence of 09 is remarkable.
"young" and I can attest to that as I drank almost a whole bottle by myself. This is just packed. It unravels like the tail of a peacock. The wine is one of those wines that you can smell colors and taste smells. It's just on another level. Nose is deep toasty brioche. Very fine. Smells like a Gougere. Just awesome. Some white cherries, some other luscious fruits. Apricot, green apple. Super mineral and awesome spice. So airy and clean. Wafting. Very deep with so many different nuances developing as it interacts with air. Candied citrus develops with ripe pear, black fruits, hazelnuts, and fresh grilled bread. It is so pure aromatically in that the aromas are vivid and crystalline. Praline and honey eventually complicate things even more. Oh and gingerbread and wet earth. It is truly all there. They held it back and released it at the perfect time as the nose is just to die for. Aromatic Champagne is the best. It gains with air like and is super complex but also hedonistic like a bit kiss of Champagne. So much depth. Wafting and it keeps revealing itself yet it also has so much more to reveal even as you think it can't reveal anymore. The wine is an enigma. But in a good way. It unravels like a tightly wound up poster you unravel for the first time. There is a vividness and crystalline quality to the aromas that comes only in top vintages. But to combine that with the opulence of 09 is remarkable.
The Palate. But wait, it tastes just as good. Truly a wine where the palate delivers just as much as the nose. Palate is so elegant and sappy. Wow the elegance on this is something. Really elite. Most elegant Caillez I've had. Beautiful sap and purity. Amazing purity of fruit. Apples, citrus. So complex. Fine mousse. Terrific acid and a wonderful opulence to it. Real depth, power and concentration here but this is elegant as a feather. Just sick. It's still got so much more to express. Incredible salty finish that takes over your mouth The mousse is elegant, refined and super lively. The acidity is terrific and cuts the terrific opulence and richness. The texture is almost velvety and the balance between all the components, particularly the sugar/acid balance (5.4 g per liter dosage) is extraordinary. I love the juxtaposition between freshness and vinoussness in this wine. This is a very wine like Champagne.
A long, meandering finish that dissipates beautifully. Dried fruits echo on the finish. Total masterpiece. It's explosive, opulent and dense yet also light and elegant like only Champagne can be. It is just beautiful. Breathtaking. A work of art. It's rich, yet so complex, opulent, yet fresh with acids that cleanse your palate on the finish.This wine is just a knockout. It does not end. It finishes with saline and is so salty. What an amazing delicate and fine mousse as well. This wines finish doesn't finish, it just lingers. That salinity! Only way to explain it. It cannot be missed. I'll be grabbing a case of this one. It can be aged for 2-4 more years and then really go into overdrive.
It is 60% Chardonnay, 30% Pinot Noir and 10% Pinot Meunièr. 100% fermentation in barrel gives it the richness. It is aged on its fine lees, which also contributes to the opulence. The grapes come from Cumieres and Hautvillers with no malolactic fermentation no filtration (on the lees) and alcoholic fermentation is in bottles with cork closures and not sealed with crown caps. This is a trend in Champagne as they believe it is qualitatively better.
I also have the brilliant NV Caillez-Lemaire Rose for $39.99 a bottle on a 4-Pack. This is only my second Caillez-Lemaire rose offer! I've been too busy selling the other under $40 wines (which are so good it's ridiculous). There is not much Rose one would want under $40. This is a screaming mimi of an exception. It's got that unreal fruit but also that classic Caillez minerality. It's a large majority of Meunièr with Pinot Noir filling out the rest of the blend. It's also made in a small kind of solera style (not oxidized) in what they call "Reserve perpetualle" which means they don't bottle all of the blend each year. They keep some for the next year. Which I've never heard of for a NV Rose Brut before but also explains the unreal depth of this wine. Color is pink and orangey. Really stands out. The mousse is so delicate and refined.
The nose is a basket of fruits laid out on a bed of limestone. It's beautiful. It needs 35-50 minutes of aeration to become more aromatic. Clementine, citrus (mandarin, pink grapefruit), peach, pineapple and white raspberry. Also some almond notes after a while. Very complex.
On the palate, the wine has ridiculous fruit and depth. Exotic and ripe but combined with a limestone razor's edge. It's very finesse-driven, like the Brice, but more savory and feral with more exotic fruits. Fleshy and pulpy fruit that is so delicious. A wonderful citric acidity runs throughout. Terrific crunch.
2009 Caillez-Lemaire Cuvee Jadis - $57.99
($223.96 4-pack, $647.88 12 bottle Case {$53.99})
NV Caillez-Lemaire Brut Rose - $39.99 ($151.96 4-pack)
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