Delicious sparkling wine, dry, crisp and elegant. The bubbles are really tiny, giving the wine a silky mouthfeel, while the flavors are forward in raspberries and cherries, with a yeasty tang. As dry as the wine is, it shows a rich vein of honey on the finish. Drink now through 2010.——S.H.(10/1/2007)—— 94

An hommage to the winery’s late, great winemaker, Guy Devaux, Mumm’s vintage-dated DVX is their tete de cuvee, a selection of the finest lots of grapes which are then given white glove treatment. The 2000 is a worthy successor to its predecessors, rich, smooth and dramatic. It has the silky finesse of great Champagne, with charming lime, raspberry, vanilla and smoky dough flavors. Should age well. Drink now–2010.——S.H.(12/31/2007)—— 94