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• • 96

  • Nick's Import

  Hugues Godme Reserve Champagne Premier Cru Magnum (1500ml)

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $160. 00

  Bottle

  $1920.00 Dozen

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  Cellar: Drink now - 5 Years (2017-2022)

  ABV: 12%

  Closure: Cork

  Why buy the Non Vintage Cuvees of the big Champagne houses when you can drink this Superb Grower Champagne for the same price.

  The Reserve is a blend of 60% Chardonnay, 30% Pinot Meunier and 10% Pinot Noir. A creamy white mousse evaporates into a pale straw gold tinged base colour that has a very fine bead showing excellent persistence. Rich, bready yeast lees aromatics tinged with a hint of dried honey rise from the glass followed by oily toast like characters and faint hints of dried nuts. Rich and full with a creamy like texture, the mouth is filled with baked bread, oily toast like characters, citrus and yeast lees with an assortment of dried nuts on the long dry finish. Excellent fresh acidity with a lengthy aftertaste of baked bread, oily toast like characters, yeast lees, citrus and dried nuts. A fuller style with outstanding richness and complexity.
  Drink over the next 4-5 years.
  Alc 12%

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• • 96

  • Nick's Import

  Hugues Godme Reserve Champagne Premier Cru

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $64. 99

  Bottle

  $779.88 Dozen

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  Cellar: Drink now - 5 Years (2017-2022)

  ABV: 12%

  Closure: Cork

  Over the course of a year we're fortunate to taste numerous Champagnes from both large houses and small grower producers, and they're often very good. And yet every so often a producer presents a collection of wines that not only get our attention, they command it, and it's hard not to get excited by them. The wines of Hugues Godmé have appeared in Australia before while under the Godme Pere et Fils label, but following recent disagreements over wine making philosophy with his sister, Hugues is going it alone and the results to date are exceptional.
  Based in the grand cru village of Verzenay, Hugues Godmé now tends 40 plots of vines totalling 7.6 hectares in Verzenay and Verzy (grand cru), and Villers Marmery and Villedommange (premier cru). Wine making ticks all the boxes of the new wave of Champagne producers, being certified biodynamic (since 2014), using only native yeasts, no fining or filtration, vinification in wood and ageing on lees, parcel selections, low sulfur, and low dosage levels.
  With all the extra care and attention that comes with being organic and biodynamic, the resultant wines are extremely well defined examples that express a unique sense of place. Each wine is intense in flavour, but they're best described as being tightly coiled rather than austere, and will age very well. The non-vintage wines also have a remarkable depth and complexity owing to the unusually high percentage of reserve wines in the blend, often between 40-70%, including up to six vintages in the final wine.

  Why buy the Non Vintage Cuvees of the big Champagne houses when you can drink this Superb Grower Champagne for the same price.

  The Reserve is a blend of 60% Chardonnay, 30% Pinot Meunier and 10% Pinot Noir. A creamy white mousse evaporates into a pale straw gold tinged base colour that has a very fine bead showing excellent persistence. Rich, bready yeast lees aromatics tinged with a hint of dried honey rise from the glass followed by oily toast like characters and faint hints of dried nuts. Rich and full with a creamy like texture, the mouth is filled with baked bread, oily toast like characters, citrus and yeast lees with an assortment of dried nuts on the long dry finish. Excellent fresh acidity with a lengthy aftertaste of baked bread, oily toast like characters, yeast lees, citrus and dried nuts. A fuller style with outstanding richness and complexity.
  Drink over the next 4-5 years.
  Alc. 12%

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• • 96

  • Nick's Import

  Hugues Godme Extra Brut Champagne Premier Cru

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $69. 99

  Bottle

  $839.88 Dozen

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  Cellar: 5 - 6 Years (2022-2023)

  ABV: 12%

  Closure: Cork

  The Extra Brut is a drier style with a dosage of 3.5g produced from 60% Chardonnay, 30% Pinot Meunier and 10% Pinot Noir. After 5 years on lees it was disgorged in January 2016. The frothy mousse shows good buoyancy revealing a pale gold straw colour and fine very persistent bead. Excellent aromatics, very similar to the Reserve with yeasty baked bread and oily toast like characters dominate over some cashew. Full, rich and toasty but very dry with a slight oiliness to the mouthfeel, the palate dishes up baked bread, yeast lees, citrus and toast flavours over some roasted almonds. Vibrant, dry chalky finish with a long baked bread, yeast lees, toast and almond aftertaste.
  Cellar 5-6 years.
  Alc 12%

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  Hugues Godme Fins Bois Extra Brut Champagne Grand Cru

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $84. 99

  Bottle

  $1019.88 Dozen

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  ABV: 12%

  Closure: Cork

  A blend of 60% Pinot Noir and 40% Chardonnay from Grand Cru vineyards in Verzy and Verzenay. Hugues Godme describes this wine as combining “the body of pinot noir and the length of chardonnay,” and as with all his wines it is very expressive of the complexity of the terroir. Maturation of the base wine takes place 50% in 225L oak barrels, and 50% in enamelled stainless steel.

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• • 95

  • Nick's Import

  Hugues Godme Blanc de Noirs Champagne Grand Cru

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $74. 99

  Bottle

  $899.88 Dozen

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  Cellar: 5 - 6 Years (2022-2023)

  ABV: 12%

  Closure: Cork

  Latest disgorgement September 2020.

  Original tasting note January 2017:
  A 100% Pinot Noir Cuvee disgorged in January 2016 with 6 years on lees. Pours with a very fine lacy mousse that possesses excellent staying power. Pale straw colour with pale gold edges and an exceptionally fine bead that shows good persistence. Beautiful fresh aromatics of yeast lees and baked bread rise to the top over hints of strawberry, light toast and cashew. Very refined yet rich the palate has well meshed flavours of yeast lees, toast and citrus within a light airy mouthfeel over some oily cashew nuances on the dry stimulating finish. Long yeast lees, toast, citrus and oily cashew aftertaste.
  Cellar 5-6 years.
  Alc 12%

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• • 94

  • Nick's Import

  Hugues Godme Rose Champagne Grand Cru

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $79. 99

  Bottle

  $959.88 Dozen

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  Cellar: 5 - 6 Years (2022-2023)

  ABV: 12%

  Closure: Cork

  Disgorged in May 2016 after 5 years on lees Hugues Godme Rose Champagne pours nicely with a frothy mousse that dissipates to reveal a light salmon pink coloured base wine that has a steady stream of delicate bubbles. Gentle winter strawberry and raspberry scents intermix with toast and yeast lees followed by subtle brioche end notes. Combining finesse and vibrancy the palate has flavours of winter strawberries and red cherries which are overlaid by toasty characters with yeast lees following up the rear. Dry finish with refreshing acidity. Aftertaste of delicate winter strawberries, red cherries, toast and yeast lees.
  Cellar 5-6 years.
  Alc 12%

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• • 96

  • Nick's Import

  Hugues Godme Blanc de Blancs Premier Cru Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $74. 99

  Bottle

  $899.88 Dozen

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  Cellar: 4 - 5 Years (2021-2022)

  ABV: 12%

  Closure: Cork

  Produced from 100% Chardonnay and disgorged in January 2016 this excellent Blanc de Blancs pours very well with a lacy white mousse that shows great hold. Pale straw, pale gold edged base wine colour with an exceptionally fine and profuse stream of tiny bubbles flowing through it. The very refined nose shows excellent intensity with delightful yeast lees, citrus and brioche aromas jumping out of the glass followed by some toastiness and cashew notes. Light across the palate and very refreshing yet concentrated in its flavours with a subtle creaminess to the mouthfeel. Enlivening baked bread, citrus and yeast lees characters fill the mouth underpinned by roasted almonds with another burst of citrus on the crisp dry finish. Long aftertaste of citrus, baked bread, yeast lees, almonds and light toast.
  Cellar 4-5 years.
  Alc 12%

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  2008 Hugues Godme Les Champs Saint Martin Champagne Grand Cru

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $140. 00

  Bottle

  $1680.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 12%

  Closure: Cork

  Champagne Hugues Godmé are based in the Grand Cru village of Verzenay in the northern Montagne de Reims, where they farm a total of 7.6 hectares of vines spread across four villages. Their Pinot Noir is sourced from the Grand Cru village pair of Verzenay and Verzy, while much of their Chardonnay is in Villers Marmery, and the Pinot Meunier a touch west in Ville-Dommange. Hugues has long been concerned with the health of his vineyards (along with himself), and made the transition to organic farming in 2006 with certification coming in 2013, followed a year later with biodynamic certification in 2014. Each parcel is vinified separately and dependant on the terroir will have fermentation occur in neutral oak or enamel lined cement tanks, all using native yeasts. Across the range dosage is kept very low, with many wines now bottled as brut nature (zero dosage). As to be expected with wines from Verzenay and Verzy, these Champagnes are sleek and structured, tightly coiled in their youth but with fantastic concentration of fruit.

  A bottling of 100% Pinot Noir from the lieu-dit Les Champs St. Martin near the base of the slope in Verzenay. The single vineyard 1.09ha parcel consists of 30 year-old vines planted on a chalky base soil. Maturation of the base wine takes place 100% in 225L oak barrels, and has no dosage added.

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• • 97

  • Nick's Import

  2008 Hugues Godme Grand Cru Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $79. 99

  Bottle

  $959.88 Dozen

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  Cellar: 5 - 6 Years (2022-2023)

  ABV: 12%

  Closure: Cork

  A blend of 60% Chardonnay and 40% Pinot Noir. Excellent creamy white mousse that holds well to eventually reveal a pale straw golden edged base wine. Exceptionally fine bead showing great persistence. The nose sings, displaying a complex aromatic profile of baked bread, yeast lees and cashew with subtle underlying nuances of dried honey, citrus and toast. The palate shows great finesse, vibrancy and freshness and should fill out wonderfully with further bottle age. Possessing richness but without a feeling of fullness, flavours of citrus toast, yeast lees and bready characters are interspersed across the palate with subtle dried honey and cashew also making an appearance. Finishes very dry with crisp acidity and a long distinguished aftertaste of citrus, bready characters, yeast lees, oily toast and cashew. Cellaring is a must – give it 5-6 years.
  Alc 12%

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• • 95

  Hure Freres Invitation Brut Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $69. 99

  Bottle

  $839.88 Dozen

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  Cellar: 4 - 5 Years (2018-2019)

  ABV: 12%

  Closure: Cork

  The exceptional quality of growers Champagne is often reason enough to celebrate by popping a cork! Hure Freres (Hure brothers) are located in Ludes, a Premier Cru village from the Montagne de Reims where Pinot is king. When Francois Hure and his brother Matthieu took over the estate in 2005, they brought with them a wealth of knowledge acquired working with the who’s who of Terroir wines in estates such as Domaine de Montille and Chapoutier but also here in Australia, where Francois spent time at Coldstream Hills under the watch of James Halliday.

  The Invitation, as the name suggests, is where one should start to discover their wide range of Champagnes. The blend is composed of 50% Pinot Meunier, 35% Pinot Noir and 15% Chardonnay sourced exclusively from family vineyards located in the Montagne de Reims , Vallee de l’Ardre and Vitry le Francois, where they have complete control over grape growing.

  It is often said Champagne is made at the press and Hure Freres still use a traditional vertical basket press to obtain the best juice to turn into the base wines ready for the Champagnisation (Methode Champenoise). The Invitation will spend a minimum of 24 months and sometimes up to 36 months on lees after tirage, to gain and enhance complexity. Released as brut with a dosage at 9g/l, lower than the big negoce houses, the results of their careful approach to detail, can certainly be tasted in the Invitation, with a very well defined and precise style , balancing power and elegance with a very fine bead, which is probably the trademark of the brothers as this is a consistent trait throughout their range of strikingly good wines.

  Pours well with a creamy white mousse and a pale straw base wine colour. Exceptionally fine and very persistent bead. Nosing reveals aromas of baked bread and yeast lees over some citrus and light toast. Light and lively across the palate but with plenty of richness the palate features flavours of brioche, yeast lees and citrus followed by a hint of grapefruit and subtle cashew. Clean crisp dry finish. Excellent length with a long yeast lees, brioche and citrus aftertaste.
  Drink over the next 4-5 years.
  Alc 12%

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• • 91

  2017 Isola Augusta Prosecco Millesimato Brut

  Veneto, ITALY

  $26. 99

  Bottle

  $323.88 Dozen

  Minimum 12 bottles

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  Cellar: Drink now (2020)

  ABV: 11.5%

  Closure: Cork

  A nicely balanced mousse dissipates to reveal a pale straw coloured base which is finely threaded by a persistent bead. Lifted aromas of ripe peach and tropical fruits mix with baked apple and subtle spicy quince like notes. Soft, mildly creamy feel with fresh peach and juicy apple fruits filling the mouth over a back drop of quince and light baked characters. Crisp dry finish with a pillowy, medium length aftertaste.
  Drink now.
  Alc. 11.5%

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• • 91

  J.Lassalle Preference Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $79. 99

  Bottle

  $959.88 Dozen

  Minimum 12 bottles

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  Cellar: 2 - 3 Years (2016-2017)

  ABV: 12%

  Closure: Cork

  Pours with a white creamy mousse that dissipates relatively quickly to reveal a pale straw base wine colour. Very fine and persistent bead. Delicate scents of pear, baked bread, subtle yeast lees and light toast. On the palate flavours of fresh pears merge with some baked apple and bready characters. Clean dry finish with fresh acidity. Aftertaste of pear, baked apple and bready lees characters.
  Drink over the next 2-3 years.
  Alc 12%

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• • Reduced

  Jacob's Creek Sparkling Chardonnay Pinot Noir - Clearance

  AUSTRALIA

  Reduced from $12.99

  $7. 99

  Bottle

  $95.88 Dozen

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  ABV: 11.5%

  Closure: Cork

  This bottle-fermented sparkling wine, made from Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, represents a premium expression of Australian sparkling wine. It offers a lovely bouquet of lemon, citrus, and red apple, with hints of bread and nougat. Light and elegant on the palate, it showcases lemon and citrus flavors with a touch of biscuit and finishes with refreshing acidity. Perfectly paired with soft white cheese on a cool summer night.
  Alc. 11.5%

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• 2014 Jacques Lassaigne Millesime Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $270. 00

  Bottle

  $3240.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 12%

  Closure: Cork

  Emmanuel Lassaigne is one of Champagne's most thoughtful and exciting grower producers, working with the chalky south and southeast-facing sloped vineyards of Montgueux in the Aube department. Lassaigne's extraordinary Champagnes are pushing the qualitative boundaries not just of the Aube but of the entire region. Farming in his vineyards is organic with cultivated soils and harvesting at full maturity. In the cellar, the wines ferment in wood and stainless steel, and they're disgorged by hand without dosage. The style is powerful and vinous but also racy and electric.

  Lassaigne's vintage Blanc de Blancs is perhaps the sweet spot in the range. As a cuvee of 100% Chardonnay from the Le Cotet (35%) and Les Paluets (65%) vineyards, the wine was raised in tank before 8 years in bottle and disgorgement in late 2021. Given the extended lees contact this wine shows an enormous level of depth and complexity.

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  2013 Jacques Lassaigne Millesime Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $240. 00

  Bottle

  $2880.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 12%

  Closure: Cork

  Emmanuel Lassaigne is one of Champagne's most thoughtful and exciting grower producers, working with the chalky south and southeast-facing sloped vineyards of Montgueux in the Aube department. Lassaigne's extraordinary Champagnes are pushing the qualitative boundaries not just of the Aube but of the entire region. Farming in his vineyards is organic with cultivated soils and harvesting at full maturity. In the cellar, the wines ferment in wood and stainless steel, and they're disgorged by hand without dosage. The style is powerful and vinous but also racy and electric.

  Lassaigne's vintage Blanc de Blancs is perhaps the sweet spot in the range. As a cuvee of 100% Chardonnay from the Le Cotet (35%) and Les Paluets (65%) vineyards, the wine was raised in tank before 8 years in bottle and disgorgement in late 2021. Given the extended lees contact this wine shows an enormous level of depth and complexity.

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  This compellingly beautiful wine opens with aromas that include a piercing, lemony fruit, salty minerality, chalk, smoke and spice. On the palate, there is a beautiful tension, but also enough substance to give the wine breadth and a lovely, impressive length. It is structured and very crisp, yet still approachable and easy to drink. It was produced from a blend of the lieux-dits Le Cotet and Les Paluets, exclusively fermented in tank. There is immense ageing potential here and you’ll be rewarded for keeping it. Drink 2022 - 2045.
  97 points
  Charles Curtis MW - Decanter

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  • Organic

  2014 Jacques Lassaigne Clos Sainte-Sophie Blanc de Blancs Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $340. 00

  Bottle

  $4080.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 12%

  Closure: Cork

  Emmanuel Lassaigne is one of Champagne's most thoughtful and exciting grower producers, working with the chalky south and southeast-facing sloped vineyards of Montgueux in the Aube department. Lassaigne's extraordinary Champagnes are pushing the qualitative boundaries not just of the Aube but of the entire region. Farming in his vineyards is organic with cultivated soils and harvesting at full maturity. In the cellar, the wines ferment in wood and stainless steel, and they're disgorged by hand without dosage. The style is powerful and vinous but also racy and electric.

  Clos Saint-Sophie was owned by Marcel Dupont, a friend of the French botanist Charles Baltet, author of an important 19th-century treatise on grafting, and Baltet used the Clos for experiments. Rather than having any kind of ecclesiastical origin, the vineyard in fact takes its name from Dupont's wife. In 1876, Emperor Meiji of Japan sent two Japanese to Montgueux to study viticulture at the Clos Saint-Sophie, and in 1877, they imported 100 vines to Japan. Thus, the first plantings in history of vitas vinifera in Japan—on Mount Fuji—are inextricably linked with this small corner of the Aube. Today, the Clos is owned by the Valton family—better known as the proprietor of children’s' clothing brand Petit Batteau—and Lassaigne makes the wine. When most of Montgueux's vineyards were been abandoned after the War, the Clos was one of the few to remain in cultivation, so it represents a living link with the village's past. Clos Sainte-Sophie Blanc de Blancs Brut Nature is from 40+ year-old vines in a 0.4-hectare plot in the centre of the Montgueux and is aged in used barrels from Burgundy and Cognac and a Savagnin ouillé barrel from Ganevat (Jura).

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• 2012 Jacques Lassaigne Millesime Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $230. 00

  Bottle

  $2760.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 12%

  Closure: Cork

  Emmanuel Lassaigne is one of Champagne's most thoughtful and exciting grower producers, working with the chalky south and southeast-facing sloped vineyards of Montgueux in the Aube department. Lassaigne's extraordinary Champagnes are pushing the qualitative boundaries not just of the Aube but of the entire region. Farming in his vineyards is organic with cultivated soils and harvesting at full maturity. In the cellar, the wines ferment in wood and stainless steel, and they're disgorged by hand without dosage. The style is powerful and vinous but also racy and electric.

  Lassaigne's vintage Blanc de Blancs is perhaps the sweet spot in the range. As a cuvee of 100% Chardonnay from the Le Cotet (35%) and Les Paluets (65%) vineyards, the wine was raised in tank before 8 years in bottle and disgorgement in November 2020. Given the extended lees contact this wine shows an enormous level of depth and complexity.

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• 2013 Jacques Lassaigne Clos Sainte-Sophie Blanc de Blancs Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $299. 00

  Bottle

  $3588.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 12%

  Closure: Cork

  Emmanuel Lassaigne is one of Champagne's most thoughtful and exciting grower producers, working with the chalky south and southeast-facing sloped vineyards of Montgueux in the Aube department. Lassaigne's extraordinary Champagnes are pushing the qualitative boundaries not just of the Aube but of the entire region. Farming in his vineyards is organic with cultivated soils and harvesting at full maturity. In the cellar, the wines ferment in wood and stainless steel, and they're disgorged by hand without dosage. The style is powerful and vinous but also racy and electric.

  Clos Saint-Sophie was owned by Marcel Dupont, a friend of the French botanist Charles Baltet, author of an important 19th-century treatise on grafting, and Baltet used the Clos for experiments. Rather than having any kind of ecclesiastical origin, the vineyard in fact takes its name from Dupont's wife. In 1876, Emperor Meiji of Japan sent two Japanese to Montgueux to study viticulture at the Clos Saint-Sophie, and in 1877, they imported 100 vines to Japan. Thus, the first plantings in history of vitas vinifera in Japan—on Mount Fuji—are inextricably linked with this small corner of the Aube. Today, the Clos is owned by the Valton family—better known as the proprietor of children’s' clothing brand Petit Batteau—and Lassaigne makes the wine. When most of Montgueux's vineyards were been abandoned after the War, the Clos was one of the few to remain in cultivation, so it represents a living link with the village's past. Clos Sainte-Sophie Blanc de Blancs Brut Nature is from 40+ year-old vines in a 0.4-hectare plot in the centre of the Montgueux and is aged in used barrels from Burgundy and Cognac and a Savagnin ouillé barrel from Ganevat (Jura).

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  2012 Jacques Lassaigne Clos Sainte-Sophie Blanc de Blancs Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $299. 00

  Bottle

  $3588.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 12%

  Closure: Cork

  Emmanuel Lassaigne is one of Champagne's most thoughtful and exciting grower producers, working with the chalky south and southeast-facing sloped vineyards of Montgueux in the Aube department. Lassaigne's extraordinary Champagnes are pushing the qualitative boundaries not just of the Aube but of the entire region. Farming in his vineyards is organic with cultivated soils and harvesting at full maturity. In the cellar, the wines ferment in wood and stainless steel, and they're disgorged by hand without dosage. The style is powerful and vinous but also racy and electric.

  Clos Saint-Sophie was owned by Marcel Dupont, a friend of the French botanist Charles Baltet, author of an important 19th-century treatise on grafting, and Baltet used the Clos for experiments. Rather than having any kind of ecclesiastical origin, the vineyard in fact takes its name from Dupont's wife. In 1876, Emperor Meiji of Japan sent two Japanese to Montgueux to study viticulture at the Clos Saint-Sophie, and in 1877, they imported 100 vines to Japan. Thus, the first plantings in history of vitas vinifera in Japan—on Mount Fuji—are inextricably linked with this small corner of the Aube. Today, the Clos is owned by the Valton family—better known as the proprietor of children’s' clothing brand Petit Batteau—and Lassaigne makes the wine. When most of Montgueux's vineyards were been abandoned after the War, the Clos was one of the few to remain in cultivation, so it represents a living link with the village's past. Clos Sainte-Sophie Blanc de Blancs Brut Nature is from 40+ year-old vines in a 0.4-hectare plot in the centre of the Montgueux and is aged in used barrels from Burgundy and Cognac and a Savagnin ouillé barrel from Ganevat (Jura).

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  Notes of citrus oil and crisp yellow orchard fruit mingle with nuances of saffron, anise, dried white flowers and warm bread in a complex bouquet, introducing Lassaigne's 2012 Brut Nature Blanc de Blancs Clos Sainte-Sophie, a full-bodied, layered and concentrated wine that's deep and muscular, with racy acids and a finish that's simultaneously intensely saline and searingly chalky. The 2012 was raised in the same Burgundy, Cognac and the Jura that produced the inaugural 2010 rendition.
  96 points
  William Kelley - Wine Advocate (Aug 2019)

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  Jacques Lassaigne Les Vignes de Montgueux Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $160. 00

  Bottle

  $1920.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 12%

  Closure: Cork

  Emmanuel Lassaigne is one of Champagne's most thoughtful and exciting grower producers, working with the chalky south and southeast-facing sloped vineyards of Montgueux in the Aube department. Lassaigne's extraordinary Champagnes are pushing the qualitative boundaries not just of the Aube but of the entire region. Farming in his vineyards is organic with cultivated soils and harvesting at full maturity. In the cellar, the wines ferment in wood and stainless steel, and they're disgorged by hand without dosage. The style is powerful and vinous but also racy and electric.

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  The new disgorgement of Lassaigne's emblematic NV Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs Les Vignes de Montgueux is a blend of the 2020, 2019 and 2018 vintages, from vines that range between 45 and 70 years old growing on the slopes of Montgueux. Offering up aromas of pear, crushed mint, bread dough and white flowers, it's medium to full-bodied, vinous and incisive, with a satiny attack that segues into a taut, racy mid-palate, concluding with a pungently saline finish. It's an especially strong rendition. Drink 2023 - 2032.
  92+ points
  William Kelley - Wine Advocate (Aug 11, 2023)

  The nose of this blanc de blancs is appealingly ripe but not overly so, with a pleasant balance of apple, lemon peel and apricot touched with a gentle note of autolysis. The texture of the mousse is creamy, and the feel is supple and silky without any heaviness. The base wines are one-third each from 2017, 2018 and 2019. Grapes are blended from sources throughout the village and aged on the lees in tank and barrel for more than a year before tirage. Delicious. Drink 2022 - 2030.
  93 points
  Charles Curtis MW - Decanter

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  2007 Jacquesson Dizy Corne Bautray Blanc de Blancs Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $400. 00

  Bottle

  $4800.00 Dozen

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  Closure: Cork

  Other Reviews....
  The 2007 Dizy-Corne Bautray is soft, silky and quite open. Lemon peel, mint, white flowers and white pepper are some of the notes that give the 2007 its distinctive brightness and energy. Equally polished on the palate, the 2007 is exceptionally silky and finessed in its tactile impression. A wine of classiness and total understatement, the 2007 should drink well for at least another 5-10 years, perhaps more. There is good brightness in the glass, but the wine’s structure is very much medium in body. One of the things that stands out most is the silkiness and nearly imperceptible feel of the bubbles, especially as the wine opens up in the glass. Disgorged January, 2016. No Dosage. Drink 2017 - 2027.
  93 points
  Antonio Galloni - Vinous
  
  From a plot of chardonnay planted in 1960, this has very impressive focus, power and concentration. Smells of chalk, stones and an array of citrus in the lemon/lime/grapefruit zone. Very fresh. The palate's fleshy, pristine, focused and really lithe with juicy lemon citrus flavours in addition to impressive depth and drive. Love the stony, mineral and toasted-almond finish. Brilliant Champagne. Drink now and through to 2022 and beyond.
  96 points
  JamesSuckling.com

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  Jacquesson Cuvee No. 737 Degorgement Tardif Champagne Extra Brut

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $250. 00

  Bottle

  $3000.00 Dozen

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  Closure: Cork

  Other Reviews....
  Disgorged in November 2017 with 1.5 grams per liter dosage, the NV Extra Brut Cuvée No. 737 Dégorgement Tardif, based on the 2009 vintage, is showing beautifully, bursting with aromas of ripe apples, white flowers, Meyer lemon, clear honey, walnuts and warm biscuits. On the palate, it's medium to full-bodied, ample and complex, with a fleshy and textural core, lively acids and chalky dry extract. Drink 2019 - 2033.
  93 points
  William Kelley - Wine Advocate (Aug 2019)
  
  The late-disgorged 737 has praline and creme-brulee aromas with a thread of bread and white stones. The palate is nicely compressed and delivered in a smoothly rendered array of red berries and creamy peach and almond flavors. Drink now.
  94 points
  JamesSuckling.com

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  2008 Jacquesson Avize Champ Cain Blanc de Blancs Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $499. 00

  Bottle

  $5988.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 12.5%

  Closure: Cork

  Other Reviews....
  Disgorged in April 2018 with 2.5 grams per liter dosage, Jacquesson's 2008 Extra Brut Grand Cru Avize - Champ Caïn is showing brilliantly, soaring from the glass with a lively bouquet of waxy lemon rind, green apple, walnuts, marzipan and subtle hints of drawn butter and honey. On the palate, it's full-bodied, layered and multidimensional, with terrific concentration, mid-palate volume and structural tension, with a deeper, broader profile than the 2008 Core Bautray tasted alongside. The finish is long, saline and chalky. While Hervé Chiquet observes that Jacquesson has made considerable progress—especially in the vineyards—in the last decade that the 2008 necessarily doesn't reflect, this is nonetheless a brilliant Champagne. Drink 2020 - 2040.
  97 points
  William Kelley - Wine Advocate (Aug 2019)

  The 2008 Extra-Brut Avize Champ Gain is rich, ample and creamy. Graphite, dried herbs, hazelnut and tropical notes fill out the wine’s ample frame effortlessly. Textural richness and vibrancy melded together make the Champ Gain absolutely compelling. Tropical overtones add shades of nuance to a Champagne that shows all of the resonance and breadth that are such Avize signatures. Dosage is 2.5 grams per liter. Disgorged: April, 2018. Drink Antonio Galloni.
  95 points
  Antonio Galloni - Vinous

  There’s complexity here that delivers a wealth of grilled-almond and background chalky notes with a punchy, fleshy lemon and peach-kernel core. Bracing, mineral finish. I’d actually lay this down. Try from 2022.
  96 points
  Nick Stock - JamesSuckling.com

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  2008 Jacquesson Dizy Corne Bautray Blanc de Blancs Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $450. 00

  Bottle

  $5400.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 12.5%

  Closure: Cork

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  The 2008 Extra Brut Premier Cru Dizy - Corne Bautray is showing brilliantly, unwinding in the glass with a youthful bouquet of citrus oil, clear honey, preserved rhubarb and subtle hints of fresh pastry. On the palate, it's full-bodied, layered and multidimensional, with an incisive spine of acidity, considerable concentration and a long, reverberating finish. This is an unusually tensile, racy rendition of this cuvée, and Jean-Hervé Chiquet observes that, in the 2008 vintage, this typically rich wine has embraced its Chardonnay origins more wholeheartedly than usual. It's a terrific wine that will delight Champagne purists. All 5,488 bottles and 304 magnums were disgorged without dosage in April 2018. As readers may know, the Corne Bautray is a southwest-facing parcel planted in 1960 that's characterized by gravel and marl soils over a base of Campanian chalk. Drink 2020 - 2038.
  95 points
  William Kelley - Wine Advocate (Aug 2019)

  The 2008 Extra-Brut Corne Bautray, 100% Chardonnay, is a wine of real class and sophistication. Lemon confit, white pepper, chalk and floral notes all open up in the glass, but more than anything else, the Corne Bautray is a wine of total harmony. The finesse of the mousse alone is truly remarkable. Beautifully textured and vinous, with terrific freshness, the 2008 is a regal, impeccably balanced Champagne with tons of pure personality. No dosage. Disgorged: April, 2018. Drink 2019 - 2029.
  95 points
  Antonio Galloni - Vinous

  This is a phenomenal Champagne of such purity. It delivers immense power with such refinement. There’s a very precise feel with a super fine, sliced-brioche nose and white-peach, fine-lemon and chalky-mineral notes. So fresh. There’s such intensity, focus and delicacy to the palate. So focused and so detailed with seamless, fluid, ripe-chardonnay flavor and layers of savory baked biscuits, building on the finish. Wonderfully complete structure and texture. The power here is considerable and the acidity drive is simply wild. Wow! Drink or hold.
  100 points
  Nick Stock - JamesSuckling.com

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  Jacquesson Cuvee No. 742 Champagne Extra Brut

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $95. 00

  Bottle

  $1140.00 Dozen

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  Cellar: Drink now - 5 Years (2020-2025)

  ABV: 12.5%

  Closure: Cork

  A fluffy white mousse rises to the top of the glass slowly dissipating to reveal a pale gold coloured base that has a fine persistent bead coursing through it. Intense baked bread, oily toast like scents and yeast lees aromatics flow out of the glass complexed by roasted almonds, brioche and hints of ginger. A rich full palate is backed by nervy, crisp acidity that gives the wine an energetic feel. Mouthfilling flavours of baked bread, yeast lees and oily cashews meld into citrus and roasted almond characters. Dry sculptured finish with a long aftertaste that’s oily yet stimulating and has a lingering dried nut character to it.
  Drink over the next 4-5 years.
  Alc. 12.5%

  Other Reviews….
  The NV Extra-Brut Cuvée No. 742 (2014 base) has really opened up since I last tasted it about a year ago. The Pinot is so expressive in the No. 742, a Champagne built on texture and resonance. Dried pear, dried flowers, plum and spice fill out the wine's frame effortlessly, but the 742 truly shines with a bit of air, which seems to accent its freshness. Readers looking for a fine grower Champagne to drink now will find much to like. The blend is 59% Pinot Noir (from Aÿ, Dizy and Hautvillers) and 41% Chardonnay (from Avize and Oiry). Disgorged January 2019. Dosage is 1.5 grams per liter. Drink 2020-2030.
  94 Points
  Antonio Galloni – Vinous

  A creamy and harmonious version, with a fragrant skein of spice that unwinds through flavors of raspberry tart, lemon pastry cream, lime blossom and candied ginger. Lightly mouthwatering on the lingering, spiced finish. Disgorged July 2018. Drink now through 2024.
  93 points
  Wine Spectator

  Based on the 2014 vintage and disgorged with 1.5 grams per liter dosage in July 2018, Jacquesson's NV Extra Brut Cuvée No. 742 continues the house's pioneering series of cuvées that employ reserve wines not in pursuit of a constant "house style" but merely with the aim of complementing each base vintage to maximize its potential. Wafting from the glass with a complex bouquet of walnut oil, dried white flowers, saffron, citrus oil and crisp orchard fruit, along with a delicate top note of fino sherry, it's medium to full-bodied, sapid and incisive, with superb concentration, racy acids and a long, resonant finish. I found it irresistible. Drink 2019-2029.
  93+ points
  William Kelley – Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate
  

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  Jacquesson Cuvee No. 739 Champagne Extra Brut

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $79. 99

  Bottle

  $959.88 Dozen

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  Cellar: 3 - 4 Years (2019-2020)

  ABV: 12%

  Closure: Cork

  Produced from predominantly the 2011 harvest with 31% reserve wines included, Cuvee No. 739 is a blend of 57% Chardonnay, 21% Pinot Noir and 22% Pinot Meunier. It pours with a creamy white mousse and a pale straw pale gold base colour. Very fine and profuse bead. Intense aromas of baked bread, yeast lees and a hint of toast are followed by some citrus and subtle cashew. Rich and toasty the palate features a complex flavour profile of baked bread, roasted almonds, yeast lees, delicate toasted dried honey characters and citrus. Finishes dry and crisp with a lingering cashew nuttiness. Long aftertaste of pear, toasted dried honey, yeast lees and nutty cashew.
  Drink over the next 3-4 years.
  Alc 12%

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  Very fine perfume incorporating warm bread aromas, citrus pith and mixed candied citrus peel, dried apple, wet slate-mineral-like wafts. It’s got velocity in the palate, chalky, edgy, crystalline, more ‘mineral-like’ flavour and feel, set within the frisky tang of fruit and whoosh of firm bubbles. Really easy to drink, has a succulence in all the mix of things. Great.
  94 points
  Mike Bennie - The Wine Front

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  Jacquesson Cuvee No. 740 Champagne Extra Brut

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $89. 99

  Bottle

  $1079.88 Dozen

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  Cellar: Drink now - 6 Years (2017-2023)

  ABV: 12%

  Closure: Cork

  Disgorged in September 2016 and produced with the 2012 vintage as the base blended with some reserve wines. Pours with a heady frothy white mousse that shows good hold. Pale straw, light pale gold base colour threaded by a very persistent stream of exceptionally fine bubbles. Powerful nose featuring complex aromatics of baked bread and subtle citrusy honeyed pear notes married to oily toast characters, yeast lees and cashew. Rich mouthfilling flavours of toasty yeast lees, citrus and lightly honeyed baked bread fill the concentrated and creamy textured palate. Also evident are nuances of roasted almonds and brioche. Finishes dry and crisp with great refinement and finesse. Long aftertaste of yeast lees, baked bread, oily toast, citrus and delicately roasted almonds.
  Drink over the next 5-6 years.
  Alc. 12%

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  From the 2012 harvest and five locations in Champagne. The farming is now biological/organic, the winemaking decidedly low intervention. Indeed, the wines sit on lees in barrel for their life outside bottle, unfined and unfiltered. Sulphur addition would be on the very lower side for Champagne at 20ppm added and less than 40ppm total. Effectively, as natural-leaning as Champagne gets these days. All the info is on the label too. This is a super-dooper release too.
  It’s a marriage of toasty-richness and bristling freshness here. Compact in the palate with undertones of brioche, marzipan, ginger biscuit, with a coursing vein of green apply, tangy fruit character and lively oyster-shell-like minerality. The bouquet is attractive, a mesh of patisserie, honey and apple/citrus character. It pulses through the mouth with refreshment factor and light, palate sticking fruit-yeast sweetness. It’s gulpable and yet fine. It’s stunning stuff. Drink 2017-2023.
  94 points
  Mike Bennie – The Wine Front

  NV in name, vintage in body (80% base wine) with a micro-dosage of 1.8g/l. A blend of 43% chardonnay, 30% pinot meunier and 27% pinot noir, it is tight and firm on release, with a citrus sherbet under gently sweet fruit, balance its saviour now, and in full flower in five years hence.
  94 points
  James Halliday – Australian Wine Companion

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  2018 Jansz Vintage Cuvee

  Tasmania, AUSTRALIA

  $49. 99

  Bottle

  $599.88 Dozen

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  Cellar: Drink now - 6 Years (2022-2028)

  ABV: 12.5%

  Closure: Cork

  A blend of 62% Chardonnay and 38% Pinot Noir aged for a minimum of 3 years on lees. A buoyant lacy white mousse slowly recedes to reveal a pale straw coloured base that’s finely threaded by a very persistent stream of bubbles. Pronounced oily baked bread, citrus, pear and yeast lees aromas fill the nostrils followed by some delicate roasted almond notes. Vividly sculptured by crisp acidity flavours of pear, baked bread and citrus overlay yeast lees and faint almond characters. Dry nervy finish.
  Drink over the next 5-6 years.
  Alc. 12.5%

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  2007 Jansz Premium Vintage

  Tasmania, AUSTRALIA

  $39. 99

  Bottle

  $479.88 Dozen

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  Cellar: 4 - 5 Years (2016-2017)

  ABV: 12%

  Closure: Cork

  This excellent Tassie sparkling pours with a white creamy mousse that shows good hold. Very pale gold base wine colour with very fine profuse bead. The nose displays full rich aromas of baked bread, yeast lees, some toasty characters, a touch of citrus and a hint of roasted almonds as an end note. The palate is reflective of the nose possessing a rich flavour profile of yeast lees, brioche and toasty characters followed by some lingering roasted almond end notes. Clean dry finish. Long roasted almond, yeast lees and toast aftertaste. An excellent fuller styled sparkling.
  Drink over the next 4-5 years.
  Alc 12%

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• Jerome Prevost La Closerie Esperluette (&) (LC21) Champagne Extra Brut

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $260. 00

  Bottle

  $3120.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 12.5%

  Closure: Cork

  This is the third release of Prévost’s négociant-manipulant cuvée, which was born during the frost-ravaged 2017 season. Where the first two releases were 100% Pinot Meunier sourced from Prévost’s neighbours in Gueux, 2021 was sourced from a number of vineyards in the Côte des Blancs, including a good share from the Cramant Grand Cru. Readers will be aware that when Prévost does work with purchased fruit, he only works with growers that emphasise cultivated soils, low yields and full ripeness. He always works in close collaboration with them, i.e. both harvest date and sorting of the grapes are in Jérôme’s hands.

  The winemaking for this label remains exactly the same as the estate label, using indigenous yeasts and fermenting and raising in a mix of used barrels of all sizes from 225 to 600 litres. He neither racks, filters nor stabilises the wine. He uses 23 g/L for the secondary fermentation, then gives the wine up to 18 months of bottle age before disgorging by hand, with around 2 g/L. Please note that Jérôme told us that in 2022, this label will return to its original sourcing. So there you have it, another Prévost collector’s item!

  - notes sourced from the importer

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  Jerome Prevost La Closerie Les Beguines (LC20) Champagne Extra Brut

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $399. 00

  Bottle

  $4788.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 12.5%

  Closure: Cork

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  Denser and more compact than its 2019 counterpart, the NV Extra Brut Les Béguines LC 20 reveals inviting aromas of pear, confit citrus, mirabelle plum and spices, followed by a medium to full-bodied, layered and concentrated palate that's vinous and sapid, built around chalky structure and concluding with a penetrating finish. While it can be approached now, a few years' patience will pay dividends. Drink 2023-2040.
  96 points
  William Kelley - Wine Advocate (Dec 15, 2023)

  The NV Extra Brut Les Beguines is spicy, savory and full of Meunier character. All it needs is time to soften and fully come together, as it has just been disgorged. Today, it is the raw energy that impresses most. Dried pear, ginger, spice, dried herbs, anise and chamomile open gradually. Time in the glass fills out the mid-palate and finish nicely, giving a good idea of what is to come. This looks to be a medium-bodied, distinctly savory, vintage for Les Beguines. This release is based on 2020, with 20% reserve wines from 2019. Dosage is 2.5 grams per liter. Disgorged: October, 2022. Drink 2024-2032.
  93 points
  Antonio Galloni - Vinous

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  Jerome Prevost La Closerie Les Beguines (LC18) Champagne Extra Brut

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $350. 00

  Bottle

  $4200.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 12.5%

  Closure: Cork

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  The NV Extra Brut Les Béguines LC 18 is a wine of immense charm and generosity of spirit. Mingling aromas of walnuts, fenugreek, pear, yellow orchard fruit, licorice, white flowers and buttery pastry with evocations of peach and apricot, it's full-bodied, fleshy and voluptuous, with a broad and textural attack that segues into an ample, enveloping core, concluding with a sapid finish. "These were the nicest grapes I've ever seen when assessed simply as fruit," Prévost remarks, contrasting the 2018 crop with the smaller berries and thicker skins of, for instance, 2015 "which were great grapes from which to make wine."
  95 points
  William Kelley - Wine Advocate (Apr 2021)

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  Jerome Prevost La Closerie Les Beguines (LC16) Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $185. 00

  Bottle

  $2220.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 12.5%

  Closure: Cork

  Prévost’s 2.2 hectare vineyard, Les Béguines, is in Gueux, 10km west of Reims in the north of the region. Inherited from Jérôme’s grandmother, the site was planted in the 1960s with an old, slow growing, rootstock that descends deeply. Les Béguines is close to 100% Pinot Meunier, although there is a small amount of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Pinot Blanc, that was planted about a decade ago. The soil of Les Béguines is a layer cake of calcareous sand (Thanetian sand), and clay. The vineyard management is of course organic, with the soils cultivated and yields kept at balanced levels. Nothing is forced. The fruit is picked ripe and the wine is vinified without any additions in large format, used barrels for ten months. Bottled unfiltered, Prévost disgorges the wine after roughly 17 months on lees and adds approximately 2g/L dosage, (so extra brut). These are wines that always show better after time in bottle, five + years is ideal, but even a year or two makes a great difference. Frustrating but true. That’s not to say these wines won’t give pleasure when young and the striking 2016 is a case in point!
  - Notes sourced from the importer

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  The NV (2016) Extra-Brut Les Beguines is endowed with all the tension, energy and resonance readers have come to expect from these highly singular Champagnes. Lemon confit, mint, white flowers and crushed rocks all race out of the glass in an explosive, beautifully expressive Champagne that dazzles from the very first taste. In fact, 2016 is a rare vintage where I prefer the Blanc to the Rosé. In 2016, Jérôme Prévost blended in 10-15% reserve wines from 2015 along with drops of still red Meunier. More importantly, the 2016 is a Champagne readers will not want to miss, as it is absolutely compelling.
  95 points
  Antonio Galloni - Vinous

  
  

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  Jerome Prevost La Closerie Les Beguines (LC17) Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $210. 00

  Bottle

  $2520.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 12.5%

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  Prévost’s 2.2-hectare vineyard, Les Béguines, is in Gueux, 10km west of Reims in the north of the region. Inherited from Jérôme’s grandmother, the site was planted in the 1960s with an old, slow-growing, rootstock that descends deeply. Les Béguines is close to 100% Pinot Meunier, although there is now a small amount of 10-year-old Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Blanc that has been planted next to the Pinot Meunier parcel. As these vines are still young, they are currently blended into the Les Béguines cuvée, representing roughly 6% of the blend. With time they may produce a stand-alone wine. The soil of Les Béguines is a layer cake of calcareous (Thanetian) sand over clay over calcareous sand. The vineyard management is of course organic, with the soils cultivated and yields kept at balanced levels.

  To recover some of the volumes lost to the frost of 2017 (some 80%!) Prévost sourced fruit from a neighbour’s vineyard in Les Béguines. This makes 2017 the first vintage of this wine to be bottled under the Domaine’s new Négociant Manipulant (NM) status.

  As always the wine was vinified without any additions in large-format, used barrels for ten months and bottled unfiltered. Prévost disgorged the wine after 17 months on lees and added approximately 2g/L dosage, so the wine is Extra Brut.

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  Prévost's NV Extra Brut Les Béguines LC 17 is showing even better than it did a year ago, wafting from the glass with a lovely bouquet of honeycomb, walnuts, confit lemon, spices and warm bread. Full-bodied, deep and concentrated, it's racy and incisive, with a deep and sapid core, bright acids and chalky structuring extract. While it is drinking very well young, it will evidently only go from strength to strength over the next decade.
  95 Points
  William Kelley - The Wine Advocate (Sept 2020)

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  Jip Jip Rocks Sparkling Shiraz

  South Eastern Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $17. 99

  Bottle

  $215.88 Dozen

  Minimum 12 bottles

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  ABV: 13%

  Closure: Cork

  This sparkling pours with a good creamy purple mousse showing good hold. Very fine bead showing excellent persistence with dark red base wine colour. Aromas of ripe blackberry and liquorice dominate the nose followed by some dark plum and dark chocolate. Medium bodied the palate delivers flavours of dark plum and dark chocolate followed by a touch of liquorice and vanilla. Aftertaste of dark chocolate, blackberry and dark plum.
  Drink now (2012).
  Alc 13.0%

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  Jip Jip Rocks Sparkling Cuvee

  Padthaway, South Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $16. 99

  Bottle

  $203.88 Dozen

  Minimum 12 bottles

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  Cellar: Drink now - 2 Years (2012-2014)

  ABV: 12.5%

  Closure: Cork

  Good white creamy mousse showing good hold followed by a very fine and persistent bead with a pale straw base wine colour. Yeasty top notes are followed by some baked bread, citrus and light sherbet end notes. The palate delivers flavours of citrus, yeast lees and baked bread followed by a touch of cashew showing good length. Clean crisp dry finish. Almost creamy like texture. Medium to long aftertaste of yeast lees, biscuit and cashew.
  Drink over the next 1-2 years (2012-2014).
  Alc 12.5%

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  2008 Juve Y Camps Reserva de la Familia Brut Nature Gran Reserva

  Cava, SPAIN

  $54. 99

  Bottle

  $659.88 Dozen

  Minimum 12 bottles

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  Cellar: 3 - 4 Years (2017-2018)

  ABV: 12%

  Closure: Cork

  This top end Cava pours well featuring a white frothy mousse that shows good hold. Pale straw base wine colour with an exceptionally fine bead that possesses very good persistence. The nose displays ripe pear and baked apple top notes followed by some rich yeast lees and citrus notes. Clean and dry with flavours of pear and baked apple followed by yeast lees and baked bread finishing with some lingering hazelnut characters. Good fresh acidity with an aftertaste of baked apple, lees and hazelnut.
  Drink over the next 3-4 years.
  Alc 12%

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  Killawarra Brut

  Multi District Blend, AUSTRALIA

  $9. 99

  Bottle

  $119.88 Dozen

  Minimum 6 bottles

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  Bright pale straw colour. Delicate fine bead. Aroma of lemon and toasted pear end note. Creamy texture, with pear and citrus flavours. Short. Soft acid finish. Citrus, pear aftertaste. A commercial sparkling wine. Drink.

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  Knappstein Sparkling Shiraz

  Clare Valley, South Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $19. 99

  Bottle

  $239.88 Dozen

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  Cellar: Drink now - 3 Years (2011-2014)

  ABV: 14%

  Closure: Cork

  Excellent creamy purple coloured mousse that shows good hold. Very fine bead showing excellent persistence. Black dark red base wine colour. Aromas of blackberry, liquorice and spice are followed by some earthy notes. Full bodied the palate displays ripe blackberry, liquorice and spice flavours with an earthy overlay but lacking some depth. Dry finish with aftertaste of blackberry, liquorice and earthy spice.
  Drink over the next 2-3 years (2011-2014).
  Alc 14.0%

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  2007 Kreglinger Vintage Brut

  Tasmania, AUSTRALIA

  $44. 99

  Bottle

  $539.88 Dozen

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  Cellar: Drink now - 4 Years (2016-2020)

  ABV: 12.5%

  Closure: Cork

  This rich, toasty sparkling has a frothy white mousse that slowly dissipates to reveal a pale straw coloured base wine with golden edges and a very fine bead that shows excellent persistence. Rich aromatics drift from the glass with baked bread, honey and toast merging into some yeast lees characters followed by roasted almond like end notes. The palate reflects the nose, quite full and richly flavoured, yet still fresh and vibrant. Mouthfilling baked bread, oily toast like characters and yeast lees overlay roasted almonds with a burst of fresh citrus on the crisp dry finish. Creamy like texture with a long, rich conclusion of baked bread, oily toast like characters, citrus, yeast lees and roasted almonds.
  Drink over the next 3-4 years.
  Alc 12.5%
  
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  Hand-picked in the early morning, whole-bunch pressed, cool-fermented in tank and barrel, then in traditional method in bottle. It is cruising along peacefully, its crisp acidity underpinning the richness developed during 9 years on yeast lees prior to disgorgement. Spice, dried and fresh fruits provide texture and flavour.
  95 points
  James Halliday - Australian Wine Companion

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  2005 Kreglinger Brut Rose

  Tasmania, AUSTRALIA

  $49. 99

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  $599.88 Dozen

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  Cellar: Drink now - 6 Years (2016-2022)

  ABV: 12.5%

  Closure: Cork

  Pours well with a frothy mousse that shows good buoyancy. Salmon pink colour with an exceptionally fine and profuse bead. Aromas of winter strawberries and raspberries intermingle with yeast lees, light toast and cashew. Still bright and fresh, flavours of winter strawberries and subtle raspberries laced with some complexing toast and yeast lees characters drift across the palate with a pinch of pear on the dry cleansing finish. Aftertaste of winter strawberries, pear, yeast lees and subtle toast.
  Drink over the next 5-6 years.
  Alc 12.5%

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  2004 Kreglinger Brut de Blancs Sparkling

  Tasmania, AUSTRALIA

  $49. 99

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  $599.88 Dozen

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  Cellar: 3 - 4 Years (2019-2020)

  ABV: 12.5%

  Closure: Cork

  Aged for 3 years on yeast lees in the bottle before disgorgement. Good creamy white mousse with a pale straw/gold base wine colour. The bead is very fine and shows excellent persistence. Possessing good intensity and richness the nose tosses up aromas of baked bread and dried honey which overlay some oily toast like characters, yeast lees and roasted almonds. Rich with an oily creamy like textural feel and fresh finish the palate is filled with citrus, baked bread and toasty dried honey flavours which prevail over some roasted almonds and yeast lees. Crisp dry finish with an aftertaste of citrus, baked bread, toasty dried honey, almonds and yeast lees.
  Cellar 3-4 years.
  Alc 12.5%

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  Krug Grande Cuvee 171eme Edition Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  Reduced from $525.00

  $425. 00

  Bottle

  $5100.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 12.5%

  Closure: Cork

  Since their inception in 1843, Krug Grande Cuvée has been their signature wine, and the most important wine they produce each year. Crafting Grande Cuvée only once a year, Krug now distinguish each release numerically, and provide great insight into the detailed composition via their Krug iD site. While these Edition wines are non-vintage, Krug prefers to call them multi-vintage given they use a large proportion of reserve wines in the blend, normally over 120 base wines spanning 10+ vintages. The 171eme Edition is a staggering blend of 131 wines from 12 vintages back to 2000, with the base wine hailing from the excellent 2015 vintage. The varietal mix of the base wine is 45% Pinot Noir, 37% Chardonnay and 18% Pinot Meunier, and comprises 58% of the blend, while 42% of reserve wines are used from 11 older vintages stretching back to 2000.

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  Non vintage? Technically so, but in fact there is a new edition every year, this the 171st, based on 131 wines from 12 vintages dating back to 2000. It is composed of 45/37/18% pinot noir, chardonnay and pinot meunier. Krug’s power is an iron fist in a velvet glove, and it’s my favourite champagne.
  99 points
  James Halliday's Top 100 Wines 2023

  The NV Grande Cuvée 171ème Édition, (2015 base vintage) is bright and focused in the glass, showing notable tension and tons of class. Citrus peel, white flowers, mint and white pepper all lend remarkable brightness to a Grande Cuvée that is built more on linear cut rather than volume. Krug is always among the first houses to pick. The 171 clearly shows that style. The blend is 45% Pinot Noir, 37% Chardonnay and 18% Meunier, vintages 2015 through 2000. Disgorged: Winter 2021-2022. Krug ID: 122003
  95 Points
  Antonio Galloni - Vinous

  The tightness and tension of this is impressive considering the youngest wine from this is 2015 (hot and dry year), with some wines going back to 2000. Ginger and orange zest. Some creme brulee. It's medium-bodied with apple, pie crust and floral character. It's salty and zesty yet, at the same time, complex and gorgeous. Chamomile and other floral teas highlight everything. Turns rich and flavorful at the finish. Terrific release. Really takes off at the end. Drink or hold.
  99 Points
  JamesSuckling.com

  The NV Grande Cuvée 171ème Edition is a delightful blend of 45% Pinot Noir, 37% Chardonnay and 18% Pinot Meunier and boasts an attractive and captivating aroma of dried fruits, pastry, lemon oil, marzipan, spring flowers and ginger, with hints of almond and vanilla notes that become more pronounced over time. This medium to full-bodied wine is precise and well-structured, with a fleshy core of fruit and a sapid, incisive finish. Crafted around the 2015 vintage, the blend comprises 131 reserve wines from as far back as 2000 (42% of the total blend) and is expected to age beautifully over the next decade. Drink 2023 - 2040.
  94 Points
  Yohan Castaing - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

  A vivid Champagne, with chiseled acidity and a fine, vivacious mousse creating a buoyant frame for layered flavors of crushed black raspberry, grilled nuts, pink grapefruit sorbet and coffee liqueur, plus fragrant accents of ground ginger and anise, graphite and lime blossoms. Long and expressive on the finish, crackling with a lingering fleur de sel note. Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Meunier. Disgorged winter 2022 to 2021. Drink now through 2033.
  96 Points
  Alison Napjus - Wine Spectator

  Such a complete wine. It pushes flavour to the corners of the mouth. Complex and detailed. It’s a wholesome experience. Fine gentle mousse but firm enough to keep your palate energised. It smells of salted shortbread, quince and croissant with almond cream. Then nougat and razor-sharp acidity. Crème brûlée and salt flakes. Crunchy almonds and limey acidity. Oyster shell with lemon, the mineral note. Complete balance. And it’s long and delightful. I forgot about sparkling Shiraz for a moment. On that balmy winter day in Sydney. Drink 2023 - 2033+
  96 Points
  Kasia Sobiesiak - The Wine Front

  Deliciously balanced, this Champagne is impressive. The iconic wine is in its 171st blend, meaning it combines vintages for the best result for each bottling, not a specific vintage. The 171st essence is dry, while also having fine textured fruit. This is a magnificent wine and worth aging for another year.
  97 Points
  Roger Voss - Wine Enthusiast Magazine

  Spanning from 1998 through the 2015 vintage, the NV Champagne Grande Cuvée 171 is lush with a kaleidoscope of aromas including orange marmalade, toasted brioche, almond, and ripe peaches. Full-bodied and rounded, it has a hint of warmth on the finish, but it’s highly attractive, balanced, and long, with outstanding depth and richness. This fantastic expression of the Grand Cuvée is gorgeous right out of the gate and will be a great addition for collectors to enjoy over the coming two decades. Drink 2023-2043.
  94 Points
  Audrey Frick - Jeb Dunnuck

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  Krug 25eme Edition Rose Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  Reduced from $799.00

  $750. 00

  Bottle

  $9000.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 12%

  Closure: Cork

  While Krug's Rose Edition wines are non-vintage, Krug prefers to call them multi-vintage given they use a large proportion of reserve wines in the blend. This 25eme Edition Rose is a blend of 28 wines from 5 vintages back to 2008, with the base wine hailing from the 2013 vintage. The base wine comprises 50% of the blend, while 50% of reserve wines are used from 4 older vintages stretching back to 2008.

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  A mouthwatering rosé that wraps a racy spine of acidity in the plushly creamy, cashmere-like mousse, offering a fine frame for the rich and finely meshed range of flavors, with baked raspberry, passion fruit and Mandarin orange peel fruit accented by chopped hazelnut, fleur de sel, candied ginger and lime blossom notes that echo for days on the vivid finish. Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier. Disgorged autumn 2019. Drink now through 2030.
  96 Points
  Alison Napjus - Wine Spectator

  An intense clarity of fresh red berries from the start, which builds anticipation on the magnificent and magnifying nose. On the palate there’s counter-balancing mature buttery fruit crumble and a savoury note here, delicious and grown-up – the result of a high contribution of 50% reserve wines in the blend perhaps? There’s a smidgen of grippy texture at the end like drinking a light red wine and it does not detract. Less strikingly obvious and glamorous than the 26th edition. This will keep well and develop. Main harvest: 2013. 50% reserves. Aged for five and a half years on lees. 11% red wine used in the blend. Disgorged: Late 2019. Drink 2022 - 2035.
  97 Points
  Tim Hall - Decanter

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  1989 Krug Collection Vintage Champagne Magnum (1500ml)

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $4999. 00

  Bottle

  $59988.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 12%

  Closure: Cork

  Vintage Krug holds a special place among the landscape of prestige cuvée Champagne, over the years having produced some of the most mesmerising and memorable wines of the region. Appearing only when conditions allow, and never at the sacrifice of their number one wine Grande Cuvée, Vintage Krug is cherished and chased by collectors the world over. Knowing that Champagne displays a range of experiences as bottles evolve over time, Krug also holds back a small amount of these vintage wines to be released as they reach a new peak of expression, naming them Krug Collection. These impossibly rare releases of Krug Collection are kept in ideal conditions in the House’s cellars, and after regular tasting and appraisal are finally disgorged to reveal their new personality.

  Krug Collection 1989 is part of Krug’s trilogy of three exceptional years (1988, 1989, 1990) with completely different conditions that resulted in Champagnes that are unique. Comprised of 47% Pinot Noir, 29% Chardonnay, 24% Pinot Meunier, Krug Collection 1989 was kept on lees for 25 years before finally receiving its cork in spring 2014. This 1989 magnum was then allowed to rest further before release.

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  Krug’s 1989 Brut Krug Collection represents their most recent in a long-running series of late-releases that feature a vintage they have decided is especially expressive after entering what they refer to as its “second life.” In theory, if you have ideal cellar conditions and bought Krug’s initial disgorgement of the 1989 vintage when it came on the market around a decade ago, then you have essentially the same wine today, though I have never been lucky enough to make the relevant direct comparison. Given the relative infrequency with which a vintage is “declared” by Krug, their “Collection” bottlings represent the remnants of an already elite band. But this 1989 represents the first re-release from the only series of three consecutive vintage bottlings – 1988-1990 – in Krug’s history. The mingling of saline, nutty, and caramelized notes in the nose – adumbrating this wine’s entire performance – is gorgeous. Butter-toasted hazelnuts, dried wild mushrooms, kelp, and cocoa mingle in a silken, mouthwateringly saline and savory matrix reminiscent of oyster liquor laced with fresh lemon juice (because, there is still a youthfully citric store of energy here). This finishes with correspondingly pronounced umami and with tangy vibrancy of citrus and salt. After a day open, the nutty elements become more piquant and walnut-like, but the smoky hints of oxidation remain balanced by citric and mineral elements and positively integrated into a mysteriously diverse show. The palate becomes plusher (perhaps in part due to diminishing mousse) and creamy in an almost whipped-cream fashion, yet the long finish continues to offer uncanny refreshment. Certainly this can be safely held for at least a few more years and perhaps in an ideal cellar will “plateau” (or continue to).
  96 points
  David Schildknecht - Wine Advocate (Nov 2013)

  It’s Friday, and that can only mean one thing. Champagne. This bottle of the 1989 Krug Collection is one of the very best I have had. The 1989 Collection is variable in quality, and quite a few examples have been on the mature side. Not this bottle. Its flavors are bright, focused and fresh for a Champagne of this age, with the classic super-fine Krug texture that invites a second glass and then a third as we look over the menu.
  96 points
  Antonio Galloni - Vinous (April 2015)

  Shows a lovely interplay between the creamy bead and rich notes of almond financier, apricot preserves, treacle and cardamom, with finely cut, persistent acidity and flavors of pastis, raspberry puree, fennel seed and fleur de sel. Offers a refined, lasting finish, with a push of saline-tinged minerality. Drink now through 2029.
  96 points
  Alison Napjus - Wine Spectator (Nov 2013)

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  1998 Krug Vintage Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $799. 00

  Bottle

  $9588.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 12%

  Other reviews….
  Krug's 1998 Brut Vintage is an excellent choice for drinking today, as the classic Krug style is rich, alive and totally vivid. Honey, almonds, smoke, graphite and dried apricots are some of the many aromas and flavors found in this rich, enveloping Champagne. A wine of texture and depth, the 1998 impresses for its vinous personality and terrific balance. Lively veins of underlying acidity suggest the 1998 will drink well for many years to follow. This is one of the best bottles of the 1998 I have ever tasted. Anticipated maturity: 2012-2038.
  95 points
  Antonio Galloni – Vinous

  This harmonious Champagne offers luxurious texture and powerful, focused acidity, showing aromatic accents of spring blossom, crushed thyme and chai, with rich notes of lemon meringue, hazelnut, black currant and fresh porcini mushroom. The full package. Impressive. Drink now through 2028.
  98 points
  Alison Napjus – Wine Spectator

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  1995 Krug Vintage Champagne Magnum (1500ml)

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $1999. 00

  Bottle

  $23988.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 12%

  Closure: Cork

  Note: Product has come from a private collection and as such has some minor scuffing/scratches/handling marks. Actual product pictured.

  Magnum release cellared at Krug until 2017.

  Other reviews….
  The 1995 Krug is gorgeous. I chose it because one of my guests loves Krug and I thought the 1995 would have the right amount of complexity to pair beautifully with the smokiness in Saison’s caviar. Although the 1995 Krug is not a truly epic wine, it is in a sweet spot right now. Drink 2018-2023.
  94 points
  Antonio Galloni – Vinous

  A very youthful '95. Delicate. Intense aromas of ginger, citrus, candied berry and multigrain bread turn to honey, roasted almonds and graphite on the palate. It's all underscored by a precise structure and creamy texture. Its structure keeps it persistent through the long finish. A picture of precision and intensity. Drink now through 2025.
  98 points
  Bruce Sanderson – Wine Spectator

  (from magnum) The grand finale to Olivier Krug’s awe-inspiring masterclass was the fabulous 1995 vintage, poured from magnum. It is one of four Krug vintages from the 1990s and it was one of the last wines which Olivier tasted with his father and grandfather. Today it is still going strong, with a primary and savoury nose of apricot and toast. On the palate this remains vigorous but mature, with oxidative notes of walnut oil, nougat and umami, as well as gingerbread, cappuccino, toast and candied fruits. There's lots of finesse and freshness and great length – a joy to drink now and for another 15 years at least. Drink 2017 - 2034.
  96 points
  John Stimpfig – Decanter

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  Krug Grande Cuvee 170eme Edition Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $385. 00

  Bottle

  $4620.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 12.5%

  Closure: Cork

  Since their inception in 1843, Krug Grande Cuvée has been their signature wine, and the most important wine they produce each year. Crafting Grande Cuvée only once a year, Krug now distinguish each release numerically, and provide great insight into the detailed composition via their Krug iD site. While these Edition wines are non-vintage, Krug prefers to call them multi-vintage given they use a large proportion of reserve wines in the blend, normally over 120 base wines spanning 10+ vintages. The 170eme Edition is a staggering blend of 195 wines from 12 vintages back to 1998, with the base wine hailing from the excellent 2014 vintage. The varietal mix of the base wine is 51% Pinot Noir, 38% Chardonnay and 11% Pinot Meunier, and comprises 55% of the blend, while 45% of reserve wines are used from 11 older vintages stretching back to 1998.
  Graceful and satiny the mousse slowly recedes into a pale straw coloured base that has pale gold tinged edges. An exceptional fine bead flowing through to the top of the glass with ample persistence. Sophisticated aromatics of citrus, roasted almonds and yeast lees meld into some oily toast like notes and cashew. Vivid and sculptured yet airy and also relatively open, well meshed flavours of citrus, oily toast characters, yeast lees, almond and subtle ginger evolve across the palate into a dry tense finish. There’s a subtle creaminess to the mouthfeel. Mouth watering acidity with a racy, tightly wound aftertaste.
  Alc. 12.5%

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  Wonderful precision and depth right away on the nose, with dried pineapple, light apricot and hints of flint and slate. Medium-bodied palate that’s firm, bright and linear. Vivid,driven acidity adds focus and perfection. Dried lemon and a wonderful, creamy texture with a mineral undertone. Extremely long, almost endless. Sophistication here. Drink or hold.
  96 Points
  JamesSuckling.com (July 2022)

  Krug's NV Grande Cuvée 170ème Édition is based on the 2014 vintage, complemented by some 45% reserve wines dating back to 1998, with the house drawing on, among many others, 2013 for structure and 2012 and 2003 for generosity. Opening in the glass with aromas of pastry cream, dried fruits, pear, warm spices, freshly baked bread and vanilla pod, it's medium to full-bodied, pillowy and fine-boned, with excellent concentration, racy acids and a precise, chiseled profile. But if the latter adjective could be applied to the 2013-base 169ème édition equally felicitously, the 2014-base 170ème is more giving and less tightly wound out of the gates and will offer more demonstrative drinking young. Drink 2021 - 2041.
  95 Points
  William Kelley - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate (July 2022)

  A lovely ferny nose and breezy seaside raciness. Bright yellow fruit on entry, a flicker of preserved lemon and cooked quince adding vibrancy. Then comes the Krug richness which spreads over the palate. The balance hovers tantalisingly between tactile precision and soft warm fruit and the finish reveals layers of cinnamon-tinctured blancmange, and the creaminess goes on. Rich but light on its feet. A definite buy and a keeper. The 2014 base harvest was hit by sour rot and mildew in mid-summer. Intense selection meant Krug had to reduce the amount of Meunier to half its Grande Cuvée average, and reserve wines (representing 45% of the final wine) back to 1998 buttress the balance and complexity; a triumph of blending. It also relies heavily on 2013 to add life and structure. Main harvest: 2014. 45% reserves. Aged for six years on lees. Disgorged: Spring 2021. Drink 2023 - 2040.
  96 Points
  Tim Hall - Decanter (April 2022)

  Lots of acidity! Extremely lively and brisk. But it’s actually readier than most young Grandes Cuvées I have tasted at this relatively early stage with sumptuous texture actually. Very clean and fresh. Bone dry but broachable and quite charming within the Krug ethos. Really quite friendly. One of my favourites of this line-up! Drink 2022 – 2036.
  18 / 20 Points
  Jancis Robinson MW (April 2022)

  From vintages spanning from 1998 to 2014, the NV Champagne Grande Cuvee 170eme Edition is decadent and nuanced, with a rounded perfume of toasted brioche, lemon curd, and honeydew melon. Ripe yellow orchard fruits fill the palate with nectarine, fresh grapefruit pith, and a core of acidity. This is showing wonderfully now, although it still has the tension to go for the next 20 years. Drink 2022-2042.
  95+ points
  Audrey Frick - JebDunnuck.com

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