Wine Enthusiast: Impérial, the best-selling Champagne brand in the world, is now the nonvintage Moët brand in the United States, replacing White Star. However, the American blend is sweeter th...

Wine Spectator: Balanced, with a rich, toasty character, bright acidity and subtle notes of lemon curd, cream, quince paste and fleur de sel. Ends with a firm, minerally finish. Drink now thr...

Wine Spectator: Firm and toasty, with hints of tropical fruit mixing with notes of quince, lemon zest, smoky mineral, ginger and white pepper. This finds a balance between its fresh, lively c...

Wine Spectator: This taut, fresh Champagne delivers a base note of apple tarte Tatin and accents of kumquat and almond skin. Linear, with a hint of mineral on the finish. Drink now through 20...

About this Wine: The goal is to produce champagne, cru by cru, respecting the terroir. Xavier separates each parcel, and all their Grand Crus are vinified in wood as well as 1/3 of their 1er C...

Wine Spectator: Floral notes mix with flavors of ripe apple, peach, grapefruit zest and biscuit in this lightly chalky, firmly structured Champagne. A hint of smoke shows on the open-knit fin...

Wine Spectator: 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 ...

Wine Spectator: Fresh, offering a lively bead, with flavors of white peach, apple, biscuit and blanched almond that show a hint of passion fruit. Shows fine texture and an open-knit, mineral-...

Wine Spectator: Refined, with a sweet, smoky undercurrent to the flavors of glazed pear, candied lemon zest and golden raisin, with a hint of marzipan. Racy acidity frames-but doesn't dominat...

Wine Spectator: A balanced Champagne, with hints of green pear, kumquat, ginger, cream and smoke. Fresh and lively, with a moderate finish. Drink now. -AN

Wine Spectator: Lithe and silvery, showing light toast, pencil shaving and grapefruit notes backed by a firm structure. It's well balanced, with moderate length. Drink now. 500 cases imported...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Light yellow. A complex bouquet displays singed orange, fresh and dried apricot, dried flowers and toffee, with a whisper of smoky lees. Fat and silky but fairly dry, with h...

About this Wine: A champagne house is judged primarily on the quality of its Brut non-vintage, which, more than any other wine reveals its art of assemblage. Powerful and complex, the Brut Yel...

Wine Spectator: The minerally undertow imparts a subtle, smoky note that blends with flavors of dried pineapple, biscuit, salted almond and white peach. A balanced version, with a fine bead a...

Wine Spectator: 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 ...

Wine Enthusiast: Lanson's Black Label is one of the most familiar Champagne brands, well known for its rich but dry style. It needs some bottle age-as has happened with this bottling-to soften...