Le Réserve Champagne Magnum

Decanter - 95

A fine straw-gold colour with great finesse of bubble flow and mousse. Joyful aromas of apple blossom and ripe pear. A full, defined palate demonstrates richness that will help to give this a long life in the cellar.

James Suckling - 95

A restrained wine with aromas of red fruit, chalk, subtle cookies and lemon peel. Medium-bodied, delicate and refined, with pinprick bubbles, zesty acidity and a tight-knit structure that’s chewy and precise. 58% reserve wines.

Cameron Douglas - Master of Wine - 95

This is a complete wine with a wonderful aroma package including soft fragrances of yellow stone fruits, citrus, strawberry and delicate spice. The autolysis lees core is focused, biscuit-like, fresh and vibrant. An expressive mousse with a fine bubble, persistent almost crunchy mouthfeel and carrying the flavours suggest by the bouquet. Elegant, complex, youthful, vibrant and delicious. A Champagne for any occasion, dry, lengthy, complex and delicious. 

James Halliday - 95

An uncommon blend of 40% pinot meunier and 30% each of pinot noir and chardonnay, with 40% reserve wines, fermented in a mix of tank and use of aged oak barrels. Deliberate choice of meunier is the key to its drink any time soon style, which combining elegance, finesse and great length. 

The Champagne Guide - 95

Wine Enthusiast - 94

DinVinGuide - 93

Frisk næse med pærenoter. Elegant velbalanceret med en flot mousse. Citrus, grønne æbler og lette gærnoter i smagen. Står yderst rank.

Vinous - 92

The NV Brut Le Réserve (base 2020) is the first edition of the former Brut Réserve in its new incarnation, with the greater focus that is such a central part of the Billecart approach these days. Pliant, creamy and seductive, Le Réserve is terrific. Dried pear, hazelnut, spice, orange peel and dried flowers all meld together in an effortless, gracious Champagne that is all class. Dosage is 3 grams per liter. Disgorged: First Quarter 2024.

- By Antonio Galloni on April 2025

Jeb Dunnuck - 92

Robert Parker - 91

Based on the 2020 vintage (the youngest vintage serves as the “base” of a bottling, even if it does not represent the majority of the blend) and incorporating 71% reserve wines—half stored as individual vintages and the other half as a perpetual reserve initiated in 2006—Billecart-Salmon’s latest NV Le Réserve is showing nicely. It offers aromas of green pear, honeysuckle, brioche and white peach. Disgorged in early 2024 with a dosage of three grams per liter, this reimagined cuvée has recently undergone a significant reduction in dosage. The sweetness that so often presents itself on the finish of NV Champagnes from Grandes Marques is no more. Medium to full-bodied, lively and charming, with a textural attack and vibrant acidity, it culminates in a long, precise finish. This reinvented cuvée replaces the Brut Réserve and, beyond the lowered dosage, sees a stricter fruit selection, an additional 20 months of aging sur lattes (now totaling 50 months) and an increased proportion of the perpetual reserve.