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Antonio Galloni

Vinous

The 2008 Brut William Deutz (375ml) is powerful, rich and intense, with plenty of warm, toasty notes that lend richness to the Chardonnay. Orange peel, candied apricot, pastry and butter notes flesh out in an expressive, layered Champagne to drink now and over the next few years. This is a distinctly rich, tropically-leaning style with considerable Pinot Noir richness. Readers who like big, ample Champagnes will find much to enjoy here. The 375ml bottles will be sold as a boxed set along with the 2008 Amour de Deutz and Amour de Deutz Rosé. 11/2015

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Richard Juhlin

Richard Juhlin

Half bottle. Obviously not as grand as it will be at a later launch on regular bottle or even better on magnum, but I like the initiative to give us a pretaste of great wines with little simpler faster development curve of half bottles. Creamy and soft at the moment. When the regular bottle was released 2020 we realized that its a completely different wine. So grand and so closely related to the legendary 1996. Perhaps an inch more opulent and lower in acidity, otherwise the same type of fantastic slow developing structure and composition. 09/2024

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Stephan Reinhardt

Robert Parker/Wine Advocate

Served from the 375-milliliter bottle, the white-golden 2008 Cuvee William Deutz Brut Millésime offers a complex, concentrated and chalky bouquet; this leads to a complex, very pure and persistent palate with a lovely oxidative flavor. The finish is clear, fresh, long and very stimulating. 06/2016

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James Suckling

James Suckling

This is incredibly long and beautiful. It’s full-bodied, but comes across with so much finesse and complexity. It goes on for minutes. Compressed with very fine phenolics. One for the cellar. 07/2022