90 points Wine Spectator: "[$50 list] A hint of yeasty bread dough accents flavors of pippin apple, smoke, Meyer lemon and stony mineral. Firm and focused, with a raw almond note on the moderate finish. Drink now through 2015. (12/31/11)"

90 points Josh Raynolds (International Wine Cellar): "(50% chardonnay, 30% pinot noir and 20% pinot meunier): Pale yellow. A highly aromatic nose displays orange zest, chamomile, anise and dusty herbs. Fleshy and generous but quite dry, with a bracing quality to the lemon gelato and floral flavors complicated by chalky minerals. This penetrating, dry Champagne finishes with lingering spice and citrus notes. (Dec 2011)"