R de Ruinart Brut Champagne

Wei Zhang — The wine shop guy was right

8/10

Went in asking for something for our anniversary dinner and got pointed to this. Really expressive on the nose — you can smell it properly without even trying, which I liked. Paired it with some seafood pasta and it was spot on. Felt like a proper treat.

Grace Kim — Lovely stuff, great for impressing people

8/10

Brought this to a dinner party instead of flowers and the hosts were well chuffed. It smells amazing straight out of the bottle and tastes like proper grown-up Champagne — layered and interesting without being try-hard. Would buy as a gift again, the Ruinart name on the label doesn't hurt either.

Yasmine Najjar — Decent, expected a bit more though

7/10

Saw this on a restaurant menu and thought I'd splash out. It's well made and everything is balanced and clean, no complaints there. But for a Ruinart I was hoping for something that would blow me away and it was more quietly impressive than exciting. Still solid at 8/10 territory I suppose.