Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: 92 points

The barrel-fermented 2012 La Dame de Coeur Premier Cru Extra Brut is a 100% Chardonnay from 30-year-old vines on clay and chalky soil. It's fully ripe and deep on the nose, full-bodied, pure and elegant, with nice tannin structure and intense fruit aromas of pineapples and lemons. This Champagne has nice purity, minerality and elegance; it is round and aromatic - a beautiful Chardonnay that was disgorged in January 2016 with two grams of dosage. Very good structure and fruit expression here.

Review date: June 2016

Vinous: 94 points

The 2012 Extra Brut La Dame de Coeur, 100% Chardonnay from Le Mont des Chrétiens, is fabulous. Time in bottle on the yeast has done wonders for the 2012, which was much less generous and interesting when I saw it last year. Freshly cut flowers mint, chalk, white pepper and citrus notes abound. Precision, tension and class. It's all there, and more, in this striking Champagne from Frederic Savart. Above all else, the 2012 is a wine of pure and total pleasure. Dosage is 2 grams per liter. Disgorged December 2016.

Review date: July 2017