"The 2002 Brut Fleur de Champagne Cuvee Belle Epoque Rose is gorgeous in the way its layers of perfumed fruit flow effortlessly from the glass. The wine shows terrific detail and nuance all the way through to the long finish. Those qualities aren’t enough, however, to compensate for what is essentially a compact, rather lean style that delivers excellent quality." -Rated 89, Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

"Pale orange-pink. Spicy strawberry and raspberry aromas are complicated by blood orange, floral and smoky mineral qualities. Medium in weight, with firm, focused red fruit flavors joined by a juicier pear note on the back. Showing a youthfully restrained personality today; I'd give it a couple years to gain more richness. " -Rated 91, Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar

"Its distinct raspberry/strawberry infusion character gives this wine an exceptional amount of direct fruitiness that is becoming more and more evident in Champagnes of its color. There is also a youthful vitality to the wine and a bread dough yeastiness that one does not see in the older bottlings. As befits its genre, it is more obviously vinous than its lighter colored companions and has the depth, grace and length to be a terrific mate to poached salmon or crab cakes with garlic aioli." -Rated 94, Connoisseur's Guide to California Wines