96 points. - Wine Enthusiast
95 points. - Richard Juhlin
95 points. - The Wine Independent
95 points. - Wine Spectator
94 points. - James Suckling
93 points. - Antonio Galloni

"The 2012 La Grande Dame has started to relax a little post-disgorgement, with some malted bread, honey and toasty complexity building over what is still an impressively precise release for such a Pinot Noir-heavy blend, more focused on delicate red fruits than the broader orange/yellow of the 2015. Sweet red apple, nut oil and lemon marmalade flavours ride a persistent snap of citrussy acidity, the texture softening now but still promising a drawn-out and rewarding unwinding of flavour for those that can wait. 90% Pinot Noir from Äy, Verzenay, Verzy, Ambonnay and Bouzy, 10% Chardonnay from Avize and Le Mesnil-sur-Oger. Dosage 6 g/L."

96 points. - Decanter

"The 2012 vintage of La Grande Dame is composed from a pinot noir-rich cépages of fully ninety percent pinot noir and only ten percent chardonnay. The pinot came from such fine Grand Cru villages as Aÿ, Bouzy, Ambonnay, Verzenay and Verzy. The chardonnay’s pedigree is equally impressive, hailing from the villages of Mesnil-sur-Oger and Avize. The wine was finished with a dosage of six grams per liter this year. It offers up a superb bouquet of apple, white peach, fresh-baked bread, chalky minerality, hazelnut, dried flowers and plenty of upper register smokiness. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and rock solid at the core, with superb mineral undertow, fine focus and grip, refined mousse, bright acids and a long, complex and superbly balanced finish. This is tasty today, but has decades of life ahead of it and is still in climbing mode, so I might be inclined to let it enjoy another decade in the cellar and really let the wine blossom into its peak level of maturity. Fine, fine juice. (Drink between 2023-2065)."

95 points. - John Gilman