This discovery was the highlight of our Advent calendar in 2024, and a year later, it continues to improve! A little rounder, more approachable, and also more layered and expressive. This wine was exclusively made for the Benjamin Bridge wine club, and only 40 bottles remain - saved for Carl's Wine Club members! The quality to price ratio is outstanding.
Every time I taste a wine from Benjamin Bridge, I get very excited… no joke, I’m like a kid in a candy store! I want to taste them all. This small batch NV “Reserve” is another GEM made by Jean-Benoit Deslauriers and his team. I define this wine as sophisticated, energetic, layered, complex and sublimely unique! It's also only available here and for select wine club members...a very rare bottle. (Carl Boucher, tasted December 2024 and given 92+pts, re-tasted October 2, 2025 and given 93pts).
Interesting note from the winery:
The perpetual reserve system not only enables greater control over the wine’s style but also grants Benjamin Bridge a higher degree of precision in balancing its signature elements—acidity, minerality, and elegance—through blending. The reserve wines’ nuances harmonize seamlessly with the six-year lees aging process, fostering a wine with both a vibrant backbone and a sophisticated maturity. This dual process—the freshness of a multi-vintage blend with the depth of prolonged lees aging—ensures the NV Reserve stands apart as a sparkling wine of remarkable dimension, complexity, and enduring character.
