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Nothing quite matches the sparkle and sensation of fine bubbles dancing across the tongue. However, not everyone can drink Champagne on a regular basis. That's why we also stock affordable, quality Loire Valley sparklings, Prosecco, Sparkling reds and more, tasting hundreds of examples each year to bring you the best at any given price point.

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2010 Stefano Lubiana Grande Vintage Brut

Tasmania, AUSTRALIA
$64. 99
Bottle
$779.88 Dozen

ABV: 12.5%

Closure: Cork

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A moreish delight from Stefano Lubiana’s soon to be biodynamic vineyard in the Derwent Valley, the latest Grand Vintage has spent 9 years on its lees with some extra time under cork as well. This has resulted in a glorious peachy brioche, baked apple, toasty and nutty sparkling wine.
At only 4 g/l dosage, all those warm and plumptious flavours are kept tight with taut acidity and allow the fuller flavour to emerge without becoming cloying or flabby. An indulgent wine for indulgent moments, gather your people when you can and open this, just because you can. Drink 2021 - 2025.
93 Points
Curly Haslam-Coates - The Wine Front (June 2021)

70/30% chardonnay/pinot noir from an estate vineyard in the Derwent Valley, in conversion to biodynamic. Lubiana's vintage is a showpiece for the style of Southern Tasmanian sparkling, with greater intensity of flavour and structure than the north, yet with all the tension, energy and integrity to live long. 2010 follows the outstanding '08 and '09. Chardonnay's yellow fruits define a core of racy grapefruit, succulent white peach and crunchy Beurre Bosc pear, set to the spice of pinot. Nine years on lees has blessed it with a creamy silkiness and subtle roasted nut and butter complexity. Fine phenolic grip is well enveloped into its creamy folds, perfectly judged dosage and lingering, focused, cool acid line. Drink by 2025.
93 Points
Tyson Stelzer - James Halliday's Wine Companion (December 2020)

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Stefano Lubiana Brut Reserve Method Traditionelle

Tasmania, AUSTRALIA
$37. 99
Bottle
$455.88 Dozen

Cellar: Drink now - 5 Years (2019-2024)

ABV: 12.5%

Closure: Cork

Made from a blend of 65% Chardonnay and 35% Pinot Noir. A very frothy mousse sits over a pale straw coloured base that’s finely threaded by a very persistent stream of tiny bubbles. Rich yet refined, the nose offers up yeasty baked bread, pear and citrus aromas with hints of honeyed cashew and light biscuit also present. The finely detailed palate features baked bread and yeast lees flavours over citrus and biscuity characters with a dry chalk tinged finish. There’s good tension on the racy, tightly knit aftertaste.
Drink over the next 4-5 years.
Alc. 12.5%

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Stewart & Prentice Paradise Garage Brut Methode Champenoise

AUSTRALIA
$24. 99
Bottle
$299.88 Dozen

Cellar: Drink now - 3 Years (2016-2019)

ABV: 11.5%

Closure: Diam Cork

Made from a blend of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir & Pinot Meunier. It pours with a frothy white mousse that shows good hold. Pale straw apricot tinged colour with a profuse fine bead. The nose displays aromas of pear intermixed with baked bread and hints of strawberry underpinned by some sherbet and subtle lees characters. Light and vibrant the palate has flavours of pears, lemon sherbet and hints of strawberries. Crisp acidity with a dry finish. Aftertaste of pears, lemon sherbet and faint yeast lees characters.
Drink over the next 2-3 years.
Alc 11.5%

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Storm Ridge Pinot Noir Chardonnay

Yarra Valley, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
$21. 99
Bottle
$263.88 Dozen

Minimum 12 bottles

Cellar: 3 - 4 Years (2010-2011)

ABV: 12%

Closure: Cork

This sparkling blend displays a delightful pink tache. The mousse has moderate persistence and delivers a fine bead. Delicate top note with winter strawberry emerging followed by a hint of yeast lees. On the palate light sherbet and yeast lees flavours are followed by a touch of citrus. Clean finish.
Cellar 3-4 years (2010-2011)
Alc/Vol: 12%

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Strelley Farm Estate Pinot Noir Chardonnay

Tasmania, AUSTRALIA
$24. 99
Bottle
$299.88 Dozen

Minimum 12 bottles

ABV: 12%

Closure: Cork

A fluffy white mousse dissipates to reveal a very pale straw coloured base that has a very fine and nibble stream of bubbles flowing through it. Pear and citrus aromas are to the fore with some apple, light baked bread and sherbet notes also present. Refreshing pear, apple and citrus fruits overlay a subtle yeast lees and sherbet back drop. Airy mouthfeel finishing crisp and dry with a fruit driven aftertaste.
Alc. 12%

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Strelley Farm Estate Rose Sparkling

Tasmania, AUSTRALIA
$24. 99
Bottle
$299.88 Dozen

Minimum 12 bottles

ABV: 12%

Closure: Cork

A fluffy mousse shows good staying power over a salmon pink tinged base that’s finely threaded by a steady stream of tiny bubbles. Aromas of peach and strawberries mix with yeast lees and subtle lemon sherbet like notes. Flavours of peach, strawberry and pomegranate drive the refreshing palate with some lingering yeast lees and sherbet characters also present. Crisp acidity with a flavoursome finish.
Alc. 12%

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2015 Suenen La Cocluette Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Champagne

Champagne, FRANCE
$310. 00
Bottle
$3720.00 Dozen

ABV: 12.5%

Closure: Cork

The most northerly of Suenen’s Oiry parcels, La Cocluette is also home to the domaine’s oldest vines (planted in 1925), a site where the ancient roots bury deep into the dense Campanian chalk (the younger plantings from this site go into the Oiry Blanc de Blancs). Vines of this age are as rare as hens’ teeth in Champagne, and they gift tiny yields of concentrated berries. The land here is largely flat with a somewhat northerly exposure. Here the base wine was naturally fermented and aged for 10 months in one 700-litre concrete egg and one 600-litre Stockinger (the same barrel is used each year). It was then aged sur lies for 60 months in bottle until disgorgement in July 2021, and dosed with two grams per litre.
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From a parcel planted in 1925, Suenen's 2015 Extra-Brut Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Oiry La Cocluette unwinds in the glass with aromas of citrus zest, freshly baked bread, dried white flowers and wet stones. Medium to full-bodied, ample and pillowy, with racy acids and a long, precise finish, it has turned out very well. Drink 2022 - 2035.
93 Points
William Kelley - Wine Advocate (Sep 2022)

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2015 Suenen Les Robarts Cramant Blanc de Blancs Champagne

Champagne, FRANCE
$399. 00
Bottle
$4788.00 Dozen

ABV: 12.5%

Closure: Cork

Champagne nerds might recognise this lieu-dit as one of the sources of Pascal Agrapart’s renowned Avizoise cuvée. Suenen’s vines lie just across the border in the Cramant section of this vineyard, at the top of a small hill. Originally planted in 1952, with further plantings in 1978 and 1984, the average age of Suenen’s vines is now almost 40 years. The planting contains a large portion of massale selection vines.
The 2015 was aged in a single Rousseau 20-hl foudre for 10 months before bottling. As with all the single-site wines, this spent a minimum of five years on lees until disgorgement (with two grams per litre in this case) in July 2021.
Suenen describes this terroir—30 cm of silty clay over degraded, upper Campanian chalk—as combining the tension and salinity of Oiry with the concentration of Chouilly. It is often the most textural of Suenen’s four lieux-dits releases and also, arguably the most complex.
Other Reviews....
The 2015 Extra-Brut Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Cramant Les Robarts is brilliant, delivering complex aromas of orange oil, crisp orchard fruit and peach mingled with freshly baked bread, iodine and dried white flowers. Medium to full-bodied, satiny and layered, it's ample and seamless, with a deep, multidimensional core of fruit and a long, saline finish. Drink 2022 - 2035.
94 points
William Kelley - Wine Advocate (Sep 2022)
The 2015 Champagne Cramant Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Les Robarts Extra Brut is a pale straw color and is pure and inviting, with ripe green apple, quince, and crushed stone. It is crystalline on the palate, with pinpoint mousse, and although it is ripe and concentrated, it retains freshness and a fantastically pure nature. The energy that is captured from this site is outstanding. Drink 2023-2040.
96 points
Audrey Frick - jebdunnuck.com

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2015 Suenen La Grande Vigne Pinot Meunier Champagne

Champagne, FRANCE
$260. 00
Bottle
$3120.00 Dozen

ABV: 12.5%

Closure: Cork

When Aurélien Suenen took the keys to his family domaine, it owned two hectares in the far north of the region in a village called Montigny-sur-Vesle, positioned northwest of Reims in a subzone that is sometimes called Massif de Saint-Thierry (but might equally be called Vallée de la Vesle). Early in the piece Aurélien sold off most of this land (which he felt was too far away from his base in Cramant). He realised that he could not maintain the same standard of work in vines so far away. That said, he kept hold of this tiny parcel in La Grande Vigne, which speaks volumes to his respect of these particular vines.
La Grande Vigne is a 0.21-hectare plot of ungrafted Pinot Meunier in a stunning terroir (ungrafted vines in Europe are obviously extremely rare, another feature that makes this wine so unique). The vines here are now 50 years old, planted in the deep, sandy Thanetian-era soils of the area. The terrain is flat, with a slight north-western tilt. This fascinating and complex terroir elevates this unique, unfiltered Champagne to the top of the Meunier pile.
Raised in a single 500-litre demi-muid (Stockinger) for 10 months, the 2015 spent 66 months on lees until disgorgement, with three grams per litre, in January 2021.
Other Reviews....
From some 0.20 hectares of ungrafted Pinot Meunier growing in sand, the 2015 Extra-Brut Montigny-sur-Vesle La Grande Vigne wafts from the glass with aromas of red berries, freshly baked bread, buttery pastry and nutmeg. Medium to full-bodied, ample and satiny, with racy acids and a pillowy mousse, it's a charming, intensely flavored Champagne that has turned out beautifully this year. Drink 2022 - 2035.
94 points
William Kelley - Wine Advocate (Sep 2022)

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2014 Suenen La Grande Vigne Pinot Meunier Champagne

Champagne, FRANCE
$260. 00
Bottle
$3120.00 Dozen

ABV: 12.5%

Closure: Cork

When Aurélien Suenen took the keys at his family Domaine, it owned two hectares in the far north of the region in a village called Montigny-sur-Vesle, positioned northwest of Reims in the Massif de Saint-Thierry subzone. Early in the piece Aurélian sold off most of this land (which was removed from his base in Cramant), as he realised he could not maintain this quality of vines, so far away, to the standards he was setting himself. That he kept hold of this tiny parcel in La Grande Vigne speaks volumes to the quality and rarity of this type of site in Champagne.

La Grande Vigne is a 0.21-hectare plot of ungrafted Meunier in a stunning terroir in Montigny-sur-Vesle (ungrafted vines in Europe are obviously extremely rare, another feature that makes this wine so unique). The vines here are now 50 years old, and are planted in the deep, sandy Thanetian era soils of the area. The terrain is flat, with a slight north-western tilt. It’s a fascinating and complex terroir that elevates this unique, unfiltered Champagne to the top of the Meunier pile. Raised in a single 500-litre demi-muid (Stockinger) for 10 months, the 2014 spent 60 months on lees until disgorgement, with one gram per litre, in July 2020.

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Disgorged in July 2020 with one gram per liter dosage, the 2014 Extra-Brut Montigny-sur-Vesle La Grande Vigne wafts from the glass with notes of smoky orchard fruit, clear honey, buttery pastry and white flowers. Medium to full-bodied, racy and tensile, it's taut and precise, with hidden depth of concentration and texture waiting in the wings to take a more prominent role after some time on cork. Drink 2022 - 2038.
93+ points
William Kelley - Wine Advocate (Apr 2021)

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2014 Suenen Les Robarts Cramant Blanc de Blancs Champagne

Champagne, FRANCE
$399. 00
Bottle
$4788.00 Dozen

ABV: 12.5%

Closure: Cork

Champagne nerds might recognise this lieu-dit as one of the sources of Pascal Agrapart’s stunning Avizoise cuvée. Suenen’s vines lie across the border in the Cramant section of this vineyard, at the top of a small hill. Originally planted in 1952, then further in 1978 and 1984, the average age of Suenen’s vines is 37 years old with a large portion of massale selection vines. Suenen describes this terroir—30 cm of silty clay over degraded, upper Campanian chalk—as combining the tension and salinity of Oiry with the concentration of Chouilly. It is the most textural of Suenen’s four lieux-dits releases and also, arguably the most complex. Depth and concentration yet with great freshness and drive—it’s impossible to describe neatly but it’s superb.
The 2014 was aged in a single Rousseau 20-hl foudre for 10 months before bottling. As with all the single-site wines in 2014, this spent five years on lees until disgorgement, with two grams per litre in this case, in June 2020.
Other Reviews....
Disgorged in July 2020 with two grams per liter dosage, the 2014 Extra-Brut Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Cramant Les Robarts is showing very well indeed, offering up aromas of peach, pear, clear honey, citrus oil, white flowers and praline. Medium to full-bodied, saline and layered, it's fleshy but precise, with a long, penetrating finish. Sapid and intense, I can't wait to revisit it after some more time on cork. Drink 2022 - 2040.
95+ points
William Kelley - Wine Advocate (Apr 2021)

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2014 Suenen La Cocluette Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Champagne

Champagne, FRANCE
$320. 00
Bottle
$3840.00 Dozen

ABV: 12.5%

Closure: Cork

The most northerly of Suenen’s Oiry parcels, La Cocluette is also home to the Domaine’s oldest vines, planted in 1925 (the younger plantings from this site go into the Oiry Blanc de Blancs). Vines of this age are as rare as hen’s teeth in Champagne and they gift tiny yields of concentrated berries. The land here is largely flat with a somewhat northerly exposure and the ancient roots bury deeply into the dense, Campanian chalk. Put simply, this is a more intense and complex expression of Oiry’s ‘naked chalk’ terroir than the NV Oiry bottling. It’s a superb, dense, tightly coiled and super-mineral Blanc de Blancs, with a long, rocky close. Here the base wine was naturally fermented and aged for 10 months in one 700-litre concrete egg and one 600-litre Stockinger (the same barrel is used each year). It was then aged sur lies for 60 months in bottle until disgorgement in July 2020, dosed with two grams per litre.
Other Reviews....
The 2014 Extra-Brut Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Oiry La Cocluette is also very promising, delivering aromas of crisp orchard fruit, white flowers, fresh pastry and wet stones. Medium to full-bodied, precise and mineral, it's tightly wound and vibrant, with a racy spine of acidity and a long, intensely saline finish. Drink 2022 - 2038.
94 points
William Kelley - Wine Advocate (Apr 2021)
The 2014 Champagne Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs La Cocluette Extra Brut is taught and coiled on opening, with pure aromas of chalk and limestone, as well as pithy citrus and smoky incense. The palate is more approachable at this stage and is highly refreshing, with almost candied lime and saline. As it opens, more warming characteristics unfold, with nectarine and almond. This is a fantastic wine to drink over the next 20 years.
94 points
Audrey Frick - jebdunnuck.com

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Suenen C + C Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Champagne

Champagne, FRANCE
$199. 00
Bottle
$2388.00 Dozen

ABV: 12%

Closure: Cork

The C + C Blanc de Blancs is blended from nine parcels from both north and south-facing hillsides in Cramant and Chouilly. Here the soils are deeper, with silty clay overlying the chalk. This, with a good dose of southern exposure, makes for a much more hedonistic wine. The blend is split between Cramant (70%) and Chouilly (30%). Although tempted to bottle each village on its own, Suenen has found that the two villages work even better as a blend; the textural finesse of Cramant marrying perfectly with the opulence of Chouilly. This is a layered yet tightly wound Champagne, with more seductive flesh than the Oiry. It’s a stunning expression of the northern Côtes des Blancs that evolves with every sip.

The wine was aged, on lees, for 9 months in enameled tank (65%) and in six year-old Burgundian French oak barrels (35%). It was then aged for 26 months in bottle with no fining, no filtration, no cold stabilisation. Disgorged after 26 months with 3 g/L.

Please note: Disgorgement dates can vary. Please contact the store if you would like to check which disgorgement is currently available.

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From Suenen's holdings Cramant and Chouilly, where the soils are deeper than in Oiry, the NV Extra-Brut Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru C + C is based on the 2016 vintage and was disgorged in June 2019 with three grams per liters dosage. Unwinding in the glass with scents of sweet pastry, yellow apples, spices, white flowers and almonds, it's medium-bodied, precise and racy, with tangy acids and an attractively fleshy core of fruit, concluding with a saline finish.
93 points
William Kelley - Wine Advocate (Apr 2021)

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2013 Suenen La Cocluette Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Champagne

Champagne, FRANCE
$299. 00
Bottle
$3588.00 Dozen

ABV: 12%

Closure: Cork

The most northerly of Suenen’s Oiry parcels, La Cocluette is also home to the Domaine’s oldest vines, planted in 1925 (the younger plantings from this site go into the Oiry Blanc de Blancs). Vines of this age are as rare as hen’s teeth in Champagne and they gift tiny yields of concentrated berries. The land here is largely flat with a somewhat northerly exposure and the ancient roots bury deeply into the dense, Campanian chalk. Put simply, this is a more intense and complex expression of Oiry’s ‘naked chalk’ terroir than the NV Oiry bottling. It’s a superb, dense, tightly coiled and super-mineral Blanc de Blancs, with a long, rocky close. Here the base wine was naturally fermented and aged for 10 months in one 700 litre concrete egg and one 500 litre neutral French oak barrel. It was then aged sur lies for 60 months in bottle until disgorgement in June 2019, dosed with 2 g/L.

Other Reviews....
Disgorged in June 2019 with two grams per liter dosage, the 2013 Extra-Brut Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Oiry La Cocluette derives from a parcel planted in 1925. Mingling scents of crisp yellow orchard fruit with nuances of nougat, fresh pastry, white flowers, smoke and citrus zest, it's medium to full-bodied, chiseled and weightless, with racy acids and a long, saline and delicately phenolic finish. Some 60% was vinified in concrete, the rest in used oak barrels.
94 points
William Kelley - Wine Advocate (Apr 2021)

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Suenen Oiry Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Champagne

Champagne, FRANCE
$165. 00
Bottle
$1980.00 Dozen

ABV: 12%

Closure: Cork

Aurélien’s Oiry Blanc de Blancs is drawn from just 1.5 hectares split between five separate parcels. The vines are all planted in Oiry’s compact, white Campanian chalk soils, and together with Suenen’s single-vineyard offering, represent the only pure Oiry on the market. From Le Champ Braux planted in 1955 to La Cocluette planted in 1987 and 1999, the average age of the vines is now 44 years. These vineyards lie at the base of the slope where only a little topsoil sits above the hard, chalky bedrock. The combination of this chalk’s austere, mineral impact and Suenen’s low-yield/ripe fruit philosophy produces a scintillatingly tense, coiled and stony wine. “Tonic” is the word Suenen uses to refer to this wine’s unique personality.

The base wine was naturally fermented and aged for nine months in the same vessels—enameled tank (65%) and six-year-old Burgundian French oak barrels (35%). No fining, no filtration, no cold stabilisation, the wine was disgorged after 26 months on lees, with 2 g/L. This is a unique opportunity to taste Oiry's distinctive, rocky terroir.

Please note: Disgorgement dates can vary. Please contact the store if you would like to check which disgorgement is currently available.

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Based on the 2016 vintage, complemented by 50% reserve wines, and disgorged in January 2020 with two grams per liter dosage, the NV Extra-Brut Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Oiry (2016) is Suenen's latest release. It mingles aromas of citrus oil, yellow apples, nougat, English walnuts and white flowers. Medium to full-bodied, pillowy and chiseled, it's elegantly vinous, with a charming core of fruit and a long, saline finish. Vinified 50% in tank, 50% in barrels, this cuvée represents half the estate's total surface area.
92 points
William Kelley - Wine Advocate (Apr 2021)

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2013 Suenen La Grande Vigne Pinot Meunier Champagne

Champagne, FRANCE
$250. 00
Bottle
$3000.00 Dozen

ABV: 12%

Closure: Cork

When Aurélien Suenen took the keys at his family Domaine, it owned two hectares in the far north of the region in a village called Montigny-sur-Vesle, positioned northwest of Reims in the Massif de Saint-Thierry subzone. Early in the piece Aurélian sold off most of this land (which was removed from his base in Cramant), as he realised he could not maintain this quality of vines, so far away, to the standards he was setting himself. That he kept hold of this tiny parcel in La Grande Vigne speaks volumes to the quality and rarity of this type of site in Champagne.

La Grande Vigne is a 0.21-hectare plot of ungrafted Meunier in a stunning terroir in Montigny-sur-Vesle (ungrafted vines in Europe are obviously extremely rare, another feature that makes this wine so unique). The vines here are now 50 years old, and are planted in the deep, sandy Thanetian era soils of the area. The terrain is flat, with a slight north-western tilt. It’s a fascinating and complex terroir that elevates this unique, unfiltered Champagne to the top of the Meunier pile. Raised in a single 500-litre demi-muid for 10 months, the 2013 spent 60 months on lees until disgorgement, with 1 g/L, in June 2019.

Other Reviews....
Disgorged in October 2019 after tirage under cork, the 2013 Extra-Brut Montigny-sur-Vesle La Grande Vigne is a small cuvée, produced from the same parcel of ungrafted vines in the same lieu-dit and fermented in the same 500-liter barrel every year. Offering up aromas of crisp green apple and pear complemented by hints of honeycomb, toast and white flowers, it's medium to full-bodied, fleshy and vinous, with chalky structuring extract, racy acids and a delicately vanillin-inflected finish.
94 points
William Kelley - Wine Advocate (Apr 2021)

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2013 Suenen Les Robarts Cramant Blanc de Blancs Champagne

Champagne, FRANCE
$350. 00
Bottle
$4200.00 Dozen

ABV: 12%

Closure: Cork

Champagne nerds might recognise this lieu-dit as one of the sources of Pascal Agrapart’s stunning Avizoise cuvée. Suenen’s vines lie across the border in the Cramant section of this vineyard, at the top of a small hill. Originally planted in 1952, then further in 1978 and 1984, the average age of Suenen’s vines is 37 years old with a large portion of massale selection vines. Suenen describes this terroir—30 cm of silty clay over degraded, upper Campanian chalk—as combining the tension and salinity of Oiry with the concentration of Chouilly. It is the most textural of Suenen’s four lieux-dits releases and also, arguably the most complex. Depth and concentration yet with great freshness and drive—it’s impossible to describe neatly but it’s superb.

The 2013 was aged in a single Stockinger 20-hl foudre for 10 months before bottling in July 2014. As with all the single-site wines in 2013, this spent five years on lees until disgorgement, with 2 g/L, in June 2019.

Other Reviews....
Disgorged in October 2019 with four grams per liter dosage, Suenen's 2013 Extra-Brut Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Cramant Les Robarts is brilliant, unwinding in the glass with scents of fresh pastry, crisp stone fruit, smoke, green apple and orange oil. Full-bodied, layered and concentrated, it's vinous and textural, with more mid-palate volume than any other cuvée in the range—excepting, that is Le Mont-Aigu. Penetrating and intensely mineral, it's serious and complete.
95 points
William Kelley - Wine Advocate (Apr 2021)

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Syn Rouge Sparkling Shiraz

Coonawarra, South Australia, AUSTRALIA
$16. 99
Bottle
$203.88 Dozen

Minimum 12 bottles

Cellar: Drink now - 3 Years (2010-2013)

ABV: 13.5%

Closure: Screw Cap

Excellent creamy purple mousse that shows good persistence. Deep purple crimson red base wines colour with very fine bead showing good persistence. Aromas of freshly crushed blackberries and dark plums with a dark chocolate overtone. Youthful palate flavours of dark plum, blackberry and spice. Clean dry finish with aftertaste of ripe plum, blackberry and spice.
Drink over the next 2-3 years (2010-2013).
Alc 13.5%

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2012 Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs

Champagne, FRANCE
$465. 00
Bottle
$5580.00 Dozen

ABV: 12.5%

Closure: Cork

Other Reviews....
This is a fantastic and refined Blanc de Blancs. So layered and complex, with lemon curd, chalk, hazelnuts, pastries, baked apples and almond croissants. Structured and tightly wound, with almost imperceptible bubbles. Delicious salty notes at the end. Beautiful. Drink or hold.
99 Points
JamesSuckling.com
The 2012 Brut Blanc de Blancs Comtes de Champagne is showing beautifully out of the gates, offering up demonstrative aromas of sweet golden orchard fruit, buttery croissants, peach and hazelnuts. Medium to full-bodied, pillowy and enveloping, it's a rich, textural, vinous Comtes somewhat reminiscent of the brilliant 2002. If it gains in tension and cut (as the 2002 did and as I suspect the 2012 will) with more time on cork, it will make this initial rating seem conservative. Drink 2024 - 2055.
95+ Points
William Kelley - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
A gorgeous blond bombshell of a Champagne, fragrant with roasted hazelnut, vanilla and smoke notes that waft through layers of poached pear and quince, pastry cream, pain d'épices and candied ginger. This is sculpted by a vibrant acidity that's seamlessly knit to the plush, silky mousse and chalky underpinning. Drink now through 2033. 1,500 cases imported.
96 Points
Alison Napjus - Wine Spectator
From the very first whiff, this expresses energy, depth and complexity. Aeration reinforces this impression, while also revealing scents of orchard fruit, like apricot, but also exotic fruit, as well as hazelnut and delicate autolytic notes - pastry in particular. On the palate, it is rich and full-bodied, with satisfying sapidity on the long finish. Five to eight years of further cellaring would be ideal, and even more for aficionados of Champagne with marked bottle maturity. Drink 2023 - 2040.
95 Points
Yohan Castaing - Decanter

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2009 Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Rose

Champagne, FRANCE
$599. 00
Bottle
$7188.00 Dozen

Closure: Cork

Other Reviews....
The 2009 Brut Comtes de Champagne Rosé is a rich, gourmand rendition of this cuvée, bursting with aromas of sweet red plums, buttery pastry, tangerine and baking spices. Full-bodied, ample and fleshy, with a broad attack and a layered, enveloping mid-palate that's girdled by ripe acids, it already offers demonstrative drinking. This has turned out brilliantly. Drink 2022-2040.
96 points
William Kelley - Wine Advocate (Oct 07, 2022)
The 2009 Rosé Comtes de Champagne is one of the very finest recent editions I can recall. The intensity of both the Pinot and the vintage comes through loud and clear in a vinous, resonant Comtes Rosé that is engaging right out of the gate. Dark red berry fruit, spice, crushed flowers and blood orange are some of the many notes that meld together seamlessly. The 2009 is a truly special Champagne, but it is also very much on the exuberant side of things. All that said, I absolutely loved it. Drink 2022-2037.
97 points
Antonio Galloni - Vinous
A beautiful color of bronze and orange with some pink at the end. Aromas of dried strawberry and orange peel with orange blossom and other flowers. Medium to full body with a round, creamy texture, very fine bubbles and a lovely, long finish. Plenty of subtle pie-crust and biscuit flavors at the end. Yet it remains so complex. Very vinous. Drink or hold.
99 points
James Suckling
With its compelling notes of black cherry, citrus including grapefruit, spice and pastry, this has an alluring, even bewitching bouquet of striking complexity. The mouthfeel is just as captivating with its seductive, fleshy texture sustained by a dense yet perfectly balanced structure. The saline finish is sumptuous. This is a rosé Champagne that should age beautifully. Drink 2023-2035.
96 points
Yohan Castaing - Decanter

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2008 Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Rose

Champagne, FRANCE
$530. 00
Bottle
$6360.00 Dozen

ABV: 12.5%

Closure: Cork

Other Reviews....
Taittinger's 2008 Brut Comtes de Champagne Rosé, which arrives on the market this year, has unwound considerably since I last tasted it. Offering up inviting aromas of red berries, plums, sweet spices, orange rind and freshly baked bread, it's medium to full-bodied, pillowy and vinous, with an ample core of fruit, lively acids and an elegant pinpoint mousse. As I wrote in 2019, Taittinger is using more Pinot Noir and opting for longer sur lattes maturation for this bottling, and the result is that Comtes Rosé is becoming a more gastronomic Champagne. Deceptively charming as this 2008 is today, I suspect it will tighten up with a little age on cork. Drink 2021 - 2035.
96 points
William Kelley - Wine Advocate (Oct 2021)
The proportion of Pinot Noir in Comtes de Champagne Rosé has tended to increase in recent years, as evidenced by this 2008 vintage, which is almost 70% Pinot Noir. There is 15% red wine, and the rest is Chardonnay. With notes of spices, black cherry, morello cherry and black fruit, the bouquet is impressively complex and delicious. On the palate, the vinous texture, fine bubbles, depth and complexity allow for a long, chalky, chiselled finish. This is a gastronomic Champagne rosé with great ageing potential. Drinking Window 2021 - 2040.
97 points
Yohan Castaing - Decanter

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Taittinger Prelude Grand Cru Champagne

Champagne, FRANCE
$145. 00
Bottle
$1740.00 Dozen

ABV: 12.5%

Closure: Cork

Other Reviews....
The nose is shy and subtle, though notions of red apple, peppery rye crumb, stone and lemon emerge with more air. Tightly coiled, the palate suggests spicy riches with its insinuations of white pepper and tangerine peel. A lovely interplay of Pinot richness and Chardonnay slinkiness, showing depth, svelteness and elegance. It justs needs air to breathe. Gorgeous. Drink: 2020 - 2030.
96 Points
Anne Krebiehl MW - Decanter.com
(a 50/50 blend of Avize and Mesnil-sur-Oger Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from Mailly, Bouzy and Ambonnay; around 10 g/l dosage; L33830X01300): Pale gold. Vibrant, mineral-laced citrus and orchard fruit aromas are complemented by suggestions of buttered toast and honey. Toasty orange and pear flavors are braced by juicy acidity, picking up a suggestion of chamomile with air. Finishes dry and precise, with repeating mineral and toast notes.
91 Points
Josh Raynolds - Antonio Galloni's Vinous (January 2015)
A tighter and firmer dry Champagne with a compact, minerally palate. Lovely, fine and creamy bead. Soft, round mid-palate with lemon, lemon-curd and green-apple flavors. Fresh finish. Linear. Made from one year. All from grand-cru vineyards. 50% chardonnay and 50% pinot noir. Drink now.
93 Points
JamesSuckling.com (January 2022)
The latest release of Taittinger's NV Brut Prélude Grands Crus is showing nicely, offering up aromas of pear, crisp stone fruit, warm biscuits and marzipan. Medium to full-bodied, fleshy and precise, with tangy acids and fine depth at the core, this is still a little reserved after what I suspect is quite a recent disgorgement, and it will merit a little patience. Drink 2022 - 2037.
93 Points
William Kelley - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate (September 2021)
Breaking my usual rule here of not reviewing any NV that doesn’t have a batch number/disgorge date/cuvee or similar, and I believe Taittinger are opposed to including any sort of batch identification too. Shame. Well, anyway, it’s Christmas and I really like this wine, but make no guarantee that you’ll be supping the same batch. Made only from Grand Cru vineyards and held on lees for five years.
Toasty with plenty of bready complexity and powerful lemon and mixed nut flavour. Intense acidity and focus–strong and firm—then a long briny/mineral finish. Muscular but graceful. So much fizz packed into one bottle, though it’s still easy to drink. Terrific.
94 Points
Gary Walsh - The Wine Front (December 2012)
A blend of equal Chardonnay and Pinot Noir exclusively from Grand Cru vineyards. It is a rich wine, tightly textured with citrus and tangy acidity. There is a tense core of crispness, with intense fruit and a dry aftertaste. This is a fine bottling that should age further, so drink from 2018.
93 Points
Roger Voss - Wine Enthusiast (December 2017)
There's a pleasing viscosity to this elegant Champagne, with sleek acidity creating a mouthwatering frame for the flavors of wild cherry, toast point, preserved lemon and honeycomb. Offers a lingering, creamy finish. Drink now through 2023.
92 Points
Alison Napjus - The Wine Spectator (November 2019)
This really has the creamy signature of Taittinger. Quite rich but precise and with some finesse too. Orange peel. Then quite chewy after the crème pâtissière mid palate. Drink 2020 – 2026.
16.5 / 20 Points
JancisRobinson.com (June 2019)

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2014 Taittinger Brut Millesime Champagne

Champagne, FRANCE
$150. 00
Bottle
$1800.00 Dozen

ABV: 12.5%

Closure: Cork

Other Reviews....
Sweet tobacco leaf on the nose with seductive honeysuckle undertones, lemongrass and fallen apples nuances. Approachable in the mouth with a firm pull of acidity. Drink 2021 - 2026.
94 Points
Simon Field MW - Decanter (October 2021)
Lots of apple and lemon with biscuit and pie-crust character. Rich nose. Full-bodied with a big palate, showing lots of apple and vanilla. Round and layered texture. Flamboyant. Drink or hold.
94 Points
JamesSuckling.com (January 2022)
The newly released 2014 Brut Millésimé from Taittinger is showing very well, offering up aromas of white peach, green apple, nougat and freshly baked bread. Medium to full-bodied, bright and incisive, with a charming core of fruit and a delicate mousse, this is a pretty, expressive vintage for Taittinger. Sufficiently open and fruit-driven to be enjoyed, toasty complexity with come with a few years on cork. Drink 2021 - 2035.
92 Points
William Kelley - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate (September 2020)
A blend of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from Grand and Premier Cru vineyards, this Champagne is impressively rich. Still young, its taut texture and minerality are imbued with elegance as well as freshness. This is a style of wine that can age for many years so, although it could be drunk now, it will improve at least until 2025.
94 Points
Roger Voss - Wine Enthusiast
A vivacious Champagne, mouthwatering with tangy, citrus peel acidity and showing flavors of crunchy white peach, plum, toast and candied ginger riding the lively bead. Drink now through 2027.
92 Points
Alison Napjus - The Wine Spectator (December 2020)
Impressive autolysis on the nose. A lot of lemony froth and then a clean, flattering, crisp, well put together palate. I’d guess the dosage is very slightly higher than average nowadays (yes, it’s 9 g/l apparently) but the balance is good. A sort of mini Comtes? Drink 2020 – 2025.
16 + / 20 Points
JancisRobinson.com (October 2021)

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2008 Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs

Champagne, FRANCE
$450. 00
Bottle
$5400.00 Dozen

ABV: 12.5%

Closure: Cork

Other Reviews....
Taittinger's 2008 Brut Blanc de Blancs Comtes de Champagne is being released this year, and it will be worth a special effort to track down. I wrote in August 2019 that this is the finest Comtes de Champagne since the brilliant 2002, and this tasting confirmed that. Offering up a deep and complex bouquet of citrus oil, crisp orchard fruit, warm brioche, crushed chalk, blanched almonds and smoke, it's full-bodied and incisive, with excellent concentration, racy acids and a long, searingly chalky finish. While this is already immensely impressive out of the gates, this 2008 is clearly built for the long haul, and three decades' longevity won't be a challenge.
98 points
William Kelley - Wine Advocate (Sep 2020)

Taittinger’s 2008 Blanc de Blancs Comtes de Champagne is simply breathtaking. I have tasted it many times over the years in various trial disgorgements and it has never been anything less than compelling. The final, finished wine captures all of that potential. Bright, focused and wonderfully deep, Comtes is a fabulous example of a vintage that expresses so much energy but with real fruit intensity, the signatures that distinguish it from other vintages (1996 comes to mind) that were similarly taut, but more austere in the early going. Although the 2008 impresses right out of the gate, it only really starts to open up with several hours of air. The 2008 Comtes represents the purest essence of the Côtes des Blancs in a great, historic vintage. Readers who can find the 2008 should not hesitate, as it is a truly brilliant epic Champagne that no one who loves the very best in Champagne will want to be without.
98+ points
Antonio Galloni - Vinous

The perfect blanc de blancs. Full-bodied with a lovely framework of acidity and dry fruit, such as apples, pears and peaches. Opulent. Dense and muscular. Yet, it’s balanced and harmonious. Line of acidity at the end. Totally in tune. Superb. Deep and complete. Has everything. One for the cellar. It is the greatest Comte ever. It has everything. A perfect upgrade from two years ago.
100 points
James Suckling

Coming entirely from Grand Cru vineyards in the Côte des Blancs, the new release of this famous Champagne is from a top vintage year. The wine is at perfect maturity, poised between crisp, taut minerality and wonderful toastiness. It is intense, beautifully clear and limpid, a great Champagne. It is ready to drink now and for many years to come.
97 points
Roger Voss - Wine Enthusiast

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2014 Terra Felix Prosecco

King Valley, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
$21. 99
Bottle
$263.88 Dozen

Minimum 12 bottles

Cellar: Drink now (2015)

ABV: 11.5%

Closure: Cork

A relatively short lived white creamy mousse is followed by a straw base colour. Exceptionally fine bead shows excellent persistence. Fruity aromas of ripe apples and pears are followed by some honeyed toast like characters. The palate is quite full and broad in style for Prosecco with flavours of baked apples dominate over some toasted characters, ripe pears and dried honey. Clean dry finish. Aftertaste of baked apple, toasty honey like characters and traces of nuttiness.
Drink now.
Alc 11.5%

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Champagne Thienot Brut

Champagne, FRANCE
$79. 99
Bottle
$959.88 Dozen

Minimum 12 bottles

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

ABV: 12.5%

Closure: Cork

Excellent pour displaying a creamy white mousse which dissipates to reveal a pale straw coloured base wine with pale gold edges. Exceptionally fine bead shows great persistence. Classical yeasty baked bread Champagne aromas with notes of citrus, toast and brioche following on. Possessing good richness the palate has flavours of yeast lees pitted against oily toast like characters, baked bread, citrus and cashew. Clean dry finish with a creamy like mouthfeel and lively acidity. Excellent length with a long yeast lees, baked bread, oily toast and cashew aftertaste.
Drink over the next 3-4 years.
Alc 12.5%

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Timothee Stroebel Triptyque 14-16-17 Brut Nature Champagne

Champagne, FRANCE
$199. 00
Bottle
$2388.00 Dozen

ABV: 12%

Closure: Cork

Timothée Stroebel is a bright star among the new guard breathing life into Champagne. Following his wine study and a winemaking stint in Burgundy, Timothée set about rejuvenating his families holding of vines in the small Montagne de Reims village of Villers Allerand. After 10 years of diligent work he achieved his goal of organic certification in 2014. Winemaking is very intuitive, and he is as likely to make a still Coteaux Champenois as he is Champagne. In the cellar there are no additives used except for a very low amount of sulphur when needed. Alcoholic and malolactic fermentation happens naturally in barrel, and the wines are neither filtered of cold stabilised before bottling with zero dosage.
Triptyque is a blend of approximately 55% Pinot Meunier, 35% Pinot Noir, and 10% Chardonnay, from three plots of varying soil type, and three vintages.

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2019 Torre Blanca Brut Cava

Cava, SPAIN
$34. 99
Bottle
$419.88 Dozen

Cellar: Drink now - 4 Years (2021-2025)

ABV: 11.5%

Closure: Cork

Made from a blend of 35% Macabeo, 25% Xarel.lo and 40% Parellada grapes aged for 19 months on yeast lees. Pours with great exuberance, the mousse almost overflowing the sides of the glass. Pale straw coloured base with a very fine bead flowing through it with exceptional persistence. Aromas of pear and apple are married to bready yeast lees like notes with some citrus also evident. The nibble palate carries pear, apple and yeast lees flavours over some baked bread characters. Airy in its feel it finishes dry with a citrusy edge to the crisp acidity and a faintly creamed, mouth watering aftertaste.
Drink now to 4 years.
Alc. 11.5%

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Trentham Mount Macedon Pinot Noir Chardonnay Brut

Mount Macedon, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
$23. 99
Bottle
$287.88 Dozen

Minimum 12 bottles

Cellar: Drink now - 2 Years (2009-2011)

ABV: 12%

Closure: Cork

Creamy white mousse with fine persistent bead. Pale straw colour base wine. Aromas of biscuit, grapefruit and yeast lees followed by some toast end notes. The palate displays flavours of baked bread, winter strawberries, yeast lees and cashew followed by a touch of toast. Creamy palate texture with clean crisp dry finish. Aftertaste of baked bread, yeast lees and cashew.
Drink now or cellar 1-2 years (2009-2011)
Alc/Vol: 12%

First Tasted 11th July, 2008;
Short, A fine example of Sparkling made by Tony Murphy from Mount Macedon fruit. Excellent creamy white mousse, with fine persistent bead. The base wine is straw coloured with hints of green. The nose displays light biscuit and yeast autolysis notes. Creamy palate texture. Soft acid finish. Strawberry cream aftertaste. An elegant fuller style.
Cellar 2-3 years (2010-2011)
93 Points

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N/V Twin Islands Chardonnay Pinot Noir Brut - Clearance

Marlborough, NEW ZEALAND
Reduced from $19.99
$14. 99
Bottle
$179.88 Dozen

Cellar: 1 - 2 Years (2015-2016)

ABV: 12%

Closure: Cork

Good white frothy mousse showing reasonable hold to reveal a very pale straw base colour with a profuse very fine bead. The nose displays some pear top notes followed by some citrus and yeast lees with a touch of sherbet as an end note. Light and refreshing flavours of pear and citrus on the palate are followed by some bready lees characters. Clean crisp dry finish with aftertaste of pear, citrus and bready lees.
Drink over the next 1-2 years.
Alc 12%

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2014 Two Hands Brilliant Disguise Moscato 500ml

Barossa Valley, South Australia, AUSTRALIA
$16. 99
Bottle
$203.88 Dozen

ABV: 8%

Closure: Stelvin

Notes sourced from winery.
The fruit comes from 30 to 50 year old white Frontignac vines grown in the Barossa Valley. The essence of the Moscato style is in maintaining freshness; it is pressed, fermented, filtered and bottled in quick succession. Very pale straw colour. Aromatic notes of sherbet, green apple, fresh flowers and cotton candy. The palate has lovely fine tropical fruits with background notes of cut flower and honeysuckle. Fine mousse gives lift and carry to the intense flavours whilst acid provides great foil to the sweetness. Drink now.
Alc 8%

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Tyrrell’s Chardonnay Pinot Noir Brut

Hunter Valley, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
$27. 99
Bottle
$335.88 Dozen

Cellar: Drink now (2022)

ABV: 12%

Closure: Cork

An exuberantly frothy mousse holds well over a pale straw coloured base that’s finely threaded by an exceptionally persistent stream of tiny bubbles. Lifted pear and brioche aromas have a light toasty back drop with some yeast lees and citrus notes also evident. Generous and creamy in the mouth, the palate features pear and citrus fruits over yeast lees, toast and almond characters. Finishes dry and fresh with a vividly refreshing aftertaste.
Alc. 12%

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Ulysse Collin Les Maillons (L16) Blanc de Noirs Extra Brut Champagne

Champagne, FRANCE
$220. 00
Bottle
$2640.00 Dozen

ABV: 12.5%

Closure: Cork

Olivier Collin is based in the village of Congy, and while he comes from a family of vine growers, this was not his path early on. Olivier studied law, and it was not until a visit to Burgundy during his early days of university that he caught the bug, and he began to wonder if the idea of terroir so heavily relied on in Burgundy could be exploited further in Champagne. Using his legal nouse, Olivier began the process of reclaiming the family vineyards from long held contracts with a large Champagne house, and started his journey with 4.5 hectares of Chardonnay vines in his home town of Congy. A further parcel of Pinot Noir from the Les Maillons vineyard near the town of Sezanne in the Coteaux du Sezannais followed, and has been added to with the vineyards of Les Roises and Les Enfers, two neighboring parcels of Chardonnay with different expositions in his village of Congy.

Collin’s vineyards are ploughed, and yields are controlled when required. Grass is allowed to grow naturally during the winter, no herbicides or pesticides are used and strict sorting occurs at harvest. In the Congy cellar, the grapes are pressed in a traditional 1950s Coquard press, and the juice is vinified in a growing collection of large-format casks with no added yeasts. Collin neither fines nor filters, and he ages each pressing in old barrels of varying sizes after which they are blended and bottled in July. The wines are disgorged with a tiny dosage between one and three grams per litre.

The current release is based on 2016 with 60% reserve wine from 2015, disgorged in March 2020. This beautifully textured and perfumed Blanc de Noirs comes from a site in Barbonne-Fayel in the Côte de Sézanne. Les Maillons is six hectares of iron-rich clay, of which Collin farms almost half (he is the only grower to work the soil here). The Ulysse-Collin parcel was originally planted with massale vines in 1971. The commute by tractor takes a good two hours to the cellar in Congy, but the wine is worth it! As mentioned above, it’s superb Pinot terroir and can ripen the grapes north of 12% potential alcohol easily—something very rare in Champagne. Despite the power, the location of the site also helps to conserve acidity and freshness thanks to its ventilated, east-facing exposure.

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The NV Extra-Brut Blanc de Noirs Les Maillons (2016 base) is effusive in its aromatics and also wonderfully deep, while also remaining light on its feet. This is an eccentric, heady style that really emphasizes the breadth of Pinot in its perfumed, fruit and structural feel. I would give the Maillons a bit more time in bottle to fully come together. Bright saline notes cut through a core of sweet red cherry, kirsch, dried flowers and spice. I loved it.
94 points
Antonio Galloni - Vinous

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Ulysse Collin Les Maillons (L16) Rose de Saignee Extra Brut Champagne

Champagne, FRANCE
$280. 00
Bottle
$3360.00 Dozen

ABV: 12.5%

Closure: Cork

Olivier Collin is based in the village of Congy, and while he comes from a family of vine growers, this was not his path early on. Olivier studied law, and it was not until a visit to Burgundy during his early days of university that he caught the bug, and he began to wonder if the idea of terroir so heavily relied on in Burgundy could be exploited further in Champagne. Using his legal nouse, Olivier began the process of reclaiming the family vineyards from long held contracts with a large Champagne house, and started his journey with 4.5 hectares of Chardonnay vines in his home town of Congy. A further parcel of Pinot Noir from the Les Maillons vineyard near the town of Sezanne in the Coteaux du Sezannais followed, and has been added to with the vineyards of Les Roises and Les Enfers, two neighboring parcels of Chardonnay with different expositions in his village of Congy.

Collin’s vineyards are ploughed, and yields are controlled when required. Grass is allowed to grow naturally during the winter, no herbicides or pesticides are used and strict sorting occurs at harvest. In the Congy cellar, the grapes are pressed in a traditional 1950s Coquard press, and the juice is vinified in a growing collection of large-format casks with no added yeasts. Collin neither fines nor filters, and he ages each pressing in old barrels of varying sizes after which they are blended and bottled in July. The wines are disgorged with a tiny dosage between one and three grams per litre.

Base 2016, disgorged in March 2020, Collin’s single-vintage saignée rosé, first made in the 2011 vintage, comes from a parcel of Pinot Noir in Les Maillons which is cropped at less than 50 hl/ha. Oliver has regularly stated how difficult it is to make this style of wine, yet the wine in the glass always makes it look so easy. The fruit is typically macerated for 24-36 hours depending on phenolic maturity, and aged in barrel for one year. Olivier keeps 20% of the stems, which are layered in the ferment. Dosage is 2.4 g/L.

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The NV Extra Brut Rosé de Saignée Les Maillons (2016 base) is fabulous. Rich and expansive, with soaring aromatics, the Maillons is a drop-dead gorgeous beauty. The purity and intensity of the Pinot is so striking. Rich and dense, yet also wonderfully gracious, the Maillons is a total knock-out. It is a wine with tremendous personality and character. I loved it.
96 points
Antonio Galloni - Vinous

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Ulysse Collin Les Enfers (L15) Blanc De Blancs Extra Brut Champagne

Champagne, FRANCE
$320. 00
Bottle
$3840.00 Dozen

ABV: 12.5%

Closure: Cork

Olivier Collin is based in the village of Congy, and while he comes from a family of vine growers, this was not his path early on. Olivier studied law, and it was not until a visit to Burgundy during his early days of university that he caught the bug, and he began to wonder if the idea of terroir so heavily relied on in Burgundy could be exploited further in Champagne. Using his legal nouse, Olivier began the process of reclaiming the family vineyards from long held contracts with a large Champagne house, and started his journey with 4.5 hectares of Chardonnay vines in his home town of Congy. A further parcel of Pinot Noir from the Les Maillons vineyard near the town of Sezanne in the Coteaux du Sezannais followed, and has been added to with the vineyards of Les Roises and Les Enfers, two neighboring parcels of Chardonnay with different expositions in his village of Congy.

Collin’s vineyards are ploughed, and yields are controlled when required. Grass is allowed to grow naturally during the winter, no herbicides or pesticides are used and strict sorting occurs at harvest. In the Congy cellar, the grapes are pressed in a traditional 1950s Coquard press, and the juice is vinified in a growing collection of large-format casks with no added yeasts. Collin neither fines nor filters, and he ages each pressing in old barrels of varying sizes after which they are blended and bottled in July. The wines are disgorged with a tiny dosage between one and three grams per litre.

2015 base with 10% reserve wine (2014), disgorged in March 2020. Les Enfers is 100% Chardonnay from a 0.6-hectare, 40-year-old vineyard in Congy, also in the Côteaux du Petit Morin. Les Enfers and Les Roises are neighbouring parcels, with the former exposed east and the latter exposed south. The soils for both parcels are clay and chalk with flint, although Les Enfers has much less clay. This terroir often makes for a sleeker, more textural expression of Congy and the longer aging is now providing even more depth and complexity. Les Enfers is the historic name and probably refers to the reddish colour of the clay. The 2015 offered today was aged in Olivier’s cellar for 48 months on lees and disgorged with 2.4 grams dosage. It’s a deep and powerful Blanc de Blancs of tremendous class and beauty.

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The NV Extra-Brut Blanc de Blancs Les Enfers (2015 base) is a gorgeous wine. Rich and resonant, the 2015 possesses terrific depth, that richness accentuated by the 48 months this edition spent on its lees. Varietal Chardonnay aromas and flavors build in an ample, vinous Champagne. Time in the glass brings out pretty floral, mineral and graphite accents to round things out. The Enfers conveys tremendous richness and yet retains so much transparency. Its a remarkable Champagne that beautifully encapsulates Olivier Collin's style.
94 points
Antonio Galloni - Vinous

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Ulysse Collin Les Pierrieres (L16) Blanc De Blancs Extra Brut Champagne

Champagne, FRANCE
$240. 00
Bottle
$2880.00 Dozen

ABV: 12.5%

Closure: Cork

Olivier Collin is based in the village of Congy, and while he comes from a family of vine growers, this was not his path early on. Olivier studied law, and it was not until a visit to Burgundy during his early days of university that he caught the bug, and he began to wonder if the idea of terroir so heavily relied on in Burgundy could be exploited further in Champagne. Using his legal nouse, Olivier began the process of reclaiming the family vineyards from long held contracts with a large Champagne house, and started his journey with 4.5 hectares of Chardonnay vines in his home town of Congy. A further parcel of Pinot Noir from the Les Maillons vineyard near the town of Sezanne in the Coteaux du Sezannais followed, and has been added to with the vineyards of Les Roises and Les Enfers, two neighboring parcels of Chardonnay with different expositions in his village of Congy.

Collin’s vineyards are ploughed, and yields are controlled when required. Grass is allowed to grow naturally during the winter, no herbicides or pesticides are used and strict sorting occurs at harvest. In the Congy cellar, the grapes are pressed in a traditional 1950s Coquard press, and the juice is vinified in a growing collection of large-format casks with no added yeasts. Collin neither fines nor filters, and he ages each pressing in old barrels of varying sizes after which they are blended and bottled in July. The wines are disgorged with a tiny dosage between one and three grams per litre.

Les Pierrieres is a 1.3-hectare parcel west of Congy in the Coteaux du Petit Morin, very near the southern tip of the Cotes des Blancs. It’s an east-sloping site with chalky soil containing large chunks of black silex (or onyx), something very rare in Champagne. This soil might well be responsible for the smoky hint in the wine’s profile. There is only 10-40 cm of topsoil before the vines hit the soft chalk and silex of the bedrock. The vines are now 35 years old. This is one of the historic wines from Olivier Collin, first produced in 2004, while the current release is based on 2016 with 60% reserve wine from 2015. Naturally fermented in neutral oak casks, the wine was put to bottle after 11 months and then disgorged in March 2020, after 36 months on lees (with only 1.7 grams dosage added). It was neither fined nor filtered.

Other Reviews....
The NV Extra-Brut Blanc de Blancs Les Pierrières (2016 base) is the wine that, to me, really shows Olivier Collin's style off to its greatest effect. Finely cut and chiseled, with striking energy, the Pierrières offers a taut expression of Chardonnay that provides a lovely contrast to the more supple Les Roises. Crushed rocks, lemon confit, almond, dried flowers. The purity and saline-infused energy of the flavors is just brilliant.
95 points
Antonio Galloni - Vinous

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Ulysse Collin Les Roises Blanc De Blancs Extra Brut Champagne

Champagne, FRANCE
$250. 00
Bottle
$3000.00 Dozen

ABV: 13.5%

Closure: Cork

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Collin’s 2014 Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs Les Roises is a wonderfully inviting, nuanced Champagne that captures the interplay of richness and freshness that this south-facing site is capable of. Apricot, melon, mint and exotic white flowers meld together in a dense, textured Champagne loaded with class and personality. This release is mostly 2014, with just 10% reserve wines from 2013. Most importantly, Les Roises is all class. Dosage is 2.4 grams per liter.
94 Points
Antonio Galloni - Vinous

The NV Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs Les Roises (2014) is based on the 2014 vintage, supplemented by 10% of reserve wines from 2013, and it was disgorged with 2.4 grams per liter dosage in March 2019 after 48 months sur lattes. It's already quite open and expressive, in keeping with Collin's other 2014-based releases, bursting from the glass with aromas of crisp Anjou pear, waxy citrus rind, green mango, blanched almonds and pastry cream. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, broad and enveloping, with ripe but racy acids, a deep and crisply fleshy core of fruit and a long, saline finish. This is quite a textural, gourmand and charming rendition of Les Roises, and it's exquisitely elegant.
95 Points
William Kelley - The Wine Advocate

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Ulysse Collin Les Maillons Rose de Saignee Extra Brut Champagne

Champagne, FRANCE
$230. 00
Bottle
$2760.00 Dozen

ABV: 12.5%

Closure: Cork

Other Reviews....
The 2014 Extra Brut Rosé de Saignée Les Maillons is dense, rich and super-expressive, especially in its aromatics. On the palate, the 2014 is much less forthcoming, so a bit of cellaring is probably a good idea to help the wine come together. This is an especially pungent version of the Rosé, with slightly angular contours. I would give the 2014 a year or two to come together, but I would not wait too long after that, as extended cellaring will almost certainly cause the some of the wine’s more rustic elements to be more prominent. Dosage is 2.4 grams per liter
92 points
Antonio Galloni - Vinous

(please note base vintage can vary between shipments)

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Ulysse Collin Les Pierrieres Blanc De Blancs Extra Brut Champagne

Champagne, FRANCE
$210. 00
Bottle
$2520.00 Dozen

ABV: 12.5%

Closure: Cork

Other Reviews....
The 2015 Extra-Brut Blanc de Blanc Les Pierrières is tense, vibrant and wonderfully focused. In this release, the Les Pierrières is 40% 2015 and 60% 2014 [if it is based 2015 why is there more 2014 %] juice that spent two years in oak, with the reserve wines no doubt contributing freshness and overall energy. Crushed rocks, citrus, white flowers and slate add striking layers of nuance. A slight touch of reduction adds character, but with less of an imprint than in some previous editions. Olivier Collin told me that he lowered the SO2 prior to bottling, which explains why this edition of the Pierrières is not as reduced as some of its predecessors have been. Dosage is 1.7 grams per liter.
94 points
Antonio Galloni - Vinous

(please note base vintage can vary between shipments)

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Ulysse Collin Les Maillons Blanc de Noirs Extra Brut Champagne

Champagne, FRANCE
$195. 00
Bottle
$2340.00 Dozen

ABV: 12.5%

Closure: Cork

Other Reviews....
The 2015 Extra-Brut Blanc de Noirs Les Maillons is ample, creamy and also incredibly inviting. More than anything else, the 2015 stands out for its textural sophistication and total class. Here too, the significant presence of 2014 reserve wines (60%) works beautifully in capturing an attractive interplay of fruit richness, savory complexity and layers of texture. Gorgeous Pinot aromatics and flavors meld together in this striking, effortless Champagne from Olivier Collin. Dosage is 2.4 grams per liter.
95 points
Antonio Galloni - Vinous

(please note base vintage can vary between shipments)

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Veuve Ambal Blanc de Blancs Brut

Mousseux, FRANCE
$24. 99
Bottle
$299.88 Dozen

Cellar: Drink now (2018)

ABV: 12.5%

Closure: Stelvin

Made from 100% Chardonnay grapes. Fine lacy white mousse with a pale straw, pale gold edged base and a fine persistent bead. Lifted ripe red apple aromas intermix with pear, subtle honey, baked bread and quince notes. Quite full with a round creamy like feel, the palate dishes up fruity baked apple and pear flavours along with some quince over a toasty back drop. Dry crisp finish with a baked apple, pear, quince, subtle dried honey and toasty yeast lees aftertaste.
Drink now.
Alc. 12.5%

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2015 Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame Paola Paronetto Artist Edition Champagne

Champagne, FRANCE
Reduced from $399.00
$275. 00
Bottle
$3300.00 Dozen

ABV: 12.5%

Closure: Cork

For this new vintage of La Grande Dame, Italian ceramist and color master, Paola Paronetto collaborated with Veuve Clicquot to interpret the excellence of La Grande Dame's 2015 vintage. Paronetto, akin to Madame Clicquot, is an intuitive innovator who shares a passion for color. Her artistic approach results in a chromatic symphony reflecting the harmony of the 2015 vintage. The packaging, featuring six unique gift boxes, showcases a shower of hues from Paronetto's personal color palette.
The La Grande Dame 2015 is the 24th Vintage of La Grande Dame, a showcase of the House’s excellence. It perfectly expresses the Maison’s love for Pinot Noir, which since the 2008 vintage, has represented over 90% of the blend.
12.5% Alc./Vol.
Other Reviews....
The 2015 La Grande Dame is bright and nicely focused. There’s good energy driving a core of Pinot Noir fruit. Pear, white flowers, mint, white pepper and lime are nicely delineated. The 2015 is not the most complex Grande Dame I have ever tasted, but it offers plenty of immediacy with no vegetal notes or hard contours that have proven so challenging elsewhere. This is an expertly made Champagne by any measure. Dosage is 6 grams per liter. Disgorged: October, 2021. Drink 2023-2030.
95 points
Antonio Galloni - Vinous
This is sleek and vivid with aromas of green apples, lemon peel, lime blossom, salted almonds and pastries on the nose. Medium-bodied and refreshing with lively acidity throughout and tiny bubbles. 90% pinot noir and 10% chardonnay. Drink or hold.
93 Points
JamesSuckling.com
This graceful Champagne offers hints of smoke and toasted brioche that transition to patisserie apple and blackberry fruit, candied ginger and mandarin orange peel notes. Seamlessly knit and mouthwatering, with a minerally underpinning and a finely detailed, dotted bead. Lush and creamy on the vibrant, lasting finish. Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Drink now through 2035.
95 Points
Alison Napjus - Wine Spectator
2015 shows off the sunny fruits of the year with more grip and intensity than the 2008 and 2012. Fleshy orange, red pear, dried pineapple and chewy grapefruit peel build on a firmly structured frame, although there is a suppleness of nougat and acacia honey lurking in the middle that promises to emerge with a little patience. The bustling energy of the vintage is sitting proud for now, bitter almond and fruit skin building to an energising close despite the moderate acidity. An edition that will perform especially well at the table. 90% Pinot Noir, 10% Chardonnay from 8 Grand Cru villages. Dosage 6 g/L. Drink 2023 - 2033.
94 Points
Tom Hewson - Decanter
This fine Champagne is rich and beautifully structured. It is full with fine maturity, boasting layers of ripeness against the generous texture. Drink this impressive wine now.
95 Points
Roger Voss - Wine Enthusiast Magazine

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2012 Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame Yayoi Kusama Limited Edition Champagne

Champagne, FRANCE
$330. 00
Bottle
$3960.00 Dozen

ABV: 12.5%

Closure: Cork

Note: Does not come with gift box.

The iconic Japanese artist, Yayoi Kusama, sends a cheerful message to the whole world by imagining a unique, joyful and colorful creation specifically made for Veuve Clicquot. It is with its iconic symbols, that Yayoi Kusama adorns La Grande Dame 2012 case and bottle. The opulent flower symbolizes vital energy, love and celebration of life. The polka dots, Yayoi Kusama's signature patterns are reworked like champagne bubbles to embody La Grande Dame 2012.
The La Grande Dame 2012 is the 23rd Vintage of La Grande Dame, a showcase of the House’s excellence. It perfectly expresses the Maison’s love for Pinot Noir, which since the 2008 vintage, has represented over 90% of the blend. More than 150 years separate Madame Clicquot and Yayoi Kusama, and yet it is almost as many common points that unite their unique and fascinating destinies. 12.5% Alc./Vol.

Other Reviews.....
Fine and graceful, this dances across the palate with its bright, well-defined freshness and detailed flavors of Mandarin orange, toast point, crème de cassis and minerally oyster shell. Subtle in its intensity, with all the pieces seamlessly knit into an elegant whole. Disgorged September 2019. Drink now through 2030.
95 points
Wine Spectator

With a slight preponderance of Pinot Noir in the blend, this wine is rich and impressive. It is still young, with a crisp edge that makes the fruit shine. Apple and citrus flavors are integrated into a mineral vein. Drink from 2022.
96 points
Wine Enthusiast

Lightness and freshness are the immediate reaction; then purity; then pink and white grapefruit on a palate of exceptional length, reflecting a vintage saved by the last weeks up to harvest. 90/10% pinot noir and chardonnay, largely grand cru. FYI Madame Kusama is Japanese artist.
97 points
James Halliday's Top 100 2021

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2012 Veuve Clicquot Vintage Champagne

Champagne, FRANCE
$150. 00
Bottle
$1800.00 Dozen

Cellar: Drink now - 8 Years (2020-2028)

ABV: 12%

Closure: Cork

A blend of 51% Pinot Noir, 34% Chardonnay and 15% Pinot Meunier sourced from twelve different Grand Cru and Premier Cru vineyards with an average of 5 years on lees. An exuberant mousse froths to the top of the glass leaving in it’s wake a pale straw coloured base that has pale gold edges. The bead is lively and persistent. Nosing presents a classic sniff of baked bread aromas intertwined with citrus, light oily toast like notes, yeast lees and hints of almond. The refined, airy palate combines crisp citrus fruits with yeast lees, oily baked bread characters, subtle dried honey elements and faint notions of roasted almonds. Dry chalk tinged finish with racy acidity and a long, fine yet vivid aftertaste.
Drink over the next 6-8 years.
Alc. 12%

Other Reviews....
A blend of 51/34/15% pinot noir/chardonnay/pinot meunier, with 11% reserves aged in large foudres. It's beautifully sculpted and balanced, white peach and cashew glide across the palate. The lingering finish and aftertaste are as fresh as a daisy. One of the most consistent houses.
96 points
James Halliday - Australian Wine Companion

There’s a serious structure behind the considerable richness of this bold champagne. A wide range of dried-fruit aromas, but also some mint and sage freshness. Complex texture at the long, chalky finish. 12% of the cuvée is fermented in barrel. 60% pinot noir, 30% chardonnay and 10% pinot meunier, all from Premier and Grand Cru vineyards. Drink or hold.
94 points
JamesSuckling.com

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2008 Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame Champagne

Champagne, FRANCE
$299. 00
Bottle
$3588.00 Dozen

Cellar: 6 - 8 Years (2025-2027)

ABV: 12.5%

Closure: Cork

A lacy mousse shows good hold over a pale straw coloured base that’s finely threaded by a steady stream of tiny bubbles. Elevated aromatics of baked bread and ripe citrus are intertwined with yeast lees, brioche, light honeyed cashews and faint toast notes. Refined and sophisticated the palate is eloquently dressed with citrus, baked bread, yeast lees and subtle toast flavours that have an understated richness. Subtle cashew, traces of dried honey and biscuity almond characters make an appearance on the long dry finish. Light airy feel with a gentle creaminess to the texture. Racy acidity lends focus to the powerful yet elegant conclusion.
Cellar 6-8 years.
Alc. 12.5%

Other Reviews….
A classic, slow-maturing year picked into October. It's a pale, pristine hue - a beautifully assembled mix of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from Aÿ, Ambonnay, Bouzy, Verzy, Verzenay and Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, combining saline-wrapped orchard fruits with great Pinot Noir subtlety yet strength. THE aperitif Champagne, but also try with sea trout.
97 points
Decanter

An elegant Champagne, powered by a sculpted frame of acidity and minerality, this wears the refined, lacy mousse and well-meshed flavors of black currant, lemon curd, toast and marzipan like finely tailored clothing. Fresh and lasting, with hints of spice and smoke on the finish. Disgorged August 2016. Drink now through 2033.
95 points
Wine Spectator

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2004 Veuve Clicquot Vintage Champagne

Champagne, FRANCE
$99. 99
Bottle
$1199.88 Dozen

Cellar: 5 - 6 Years (2019-2020)

ABV: 12%

Closure: Cork

Madame Clicquot is credited for creating the first vintage Champagne in 1810. The 2004 vintage is sourced from a mix of Grand Cru and Premier Cru vineyards with the final blend being composed of 62% Pinot Noir, 30% Chardonnay and 8% Pinot Meunier.

A beautifully balanced Champagne combining both the richness and freshness of the 2004 vintage.

Good frothy white mousse which once dissipated reveals a pale straw gold base wine colour possessing an exceptionally fine and profuse bead. Excellent nose of baked bread and yeast lees intermixed with some light toastiness over a background of light cashew and citrus. Rich yet refined flavours of yeast lees, baked bread and citrus grace the palate followed by some brioche and roasted almond characters. Clean crisp acidity finishes off the creamy textured palate beautifully. Excellent depth with a long yeast lees, toast, brioche and lightly roasted almond aftertaste.
Drink over the next 5-6 years.
Alc 12%

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1988 Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame Champagne

Champagne,
$149. 95
Bottle
$1799.4 Dozen

Closure: Cork

La Grande Dame de la Champagne - the name is proof of the respect with which The Widow Clicquot enjoyed in her own region, in her own time. Since then, for two centuries international society has celebrated life's greatest moments with The Widow's unique Champagne Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin.The story of La Grande Dame began tragically when, during the Empire of Napoleon 1, she found herself widowed at 28. Determined to continue and develop her husband's business, she won fame with the invention of "remuage", a technique which revolutionised the clarification of champagne. Once used by Madame Clicquot alone, the delicate technique was subsequently adopted by all Champagne Houses.Slowly acquiring vineyards of the finest growths (crus) in Champagne, the total land holding now consists of over 280 hectares (692 acres) located in the heart of Champagne. Like most French vineyards, Champagne is a region where 'appellation' exists, and the notion of 'Crus' is very important. Different Crus are marked on an official scale in order to evaluate the quality of the wines which will be blended. The 'Crus' blended by Veuve Clicquot average 97%, a ranking without peer.

Vintage Conditions: This vintage is characterised by wines of finesse and ageing potential. Indeed the growing season of the vines went very smoothly without any major climatical mishaps. Very favourable climatic conditions during the harvest, lasting from September 19 - 27, led to the perfect ripening of the grapes (9 GL).The budburst was early, and by the latter half of June a quick flowering had occurred. The berry set was excellent; well formed bunches with little 'millerandage'.

Made from a blend of 38% Chardonnay and 62% Pinot Noir. The Chardonnay is from the Veuve Clicquot vineyards located in the most prestigious 'crus' of the Cote des Blancs.The Pinot Noir picked from the best Veuve Clicquot owned plots coming from the Montagne de Reims and the Grande Vallee de la Marne.

Tasting notes: Beautiful colour. A wine of great persistence and and fine, long lasting bubbles. A very delicate nose, yet complex and full of warmth, dominated by dried fruit aromas such as hazelnut, pistachio and apricots, together with a touch of honey and all enhanced by a sensation of creaminess.The palate is vivacious and dynamic; very structured with great richness. Remarkable balance with a delightful fruit aftertaste.

Notes from the House of Veuve Clicquot.

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1998 Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame Champagne

Champagne, FRANCE
$275. 00
Bottle
$3300.00 Dozen

ABV: 12.5%

Closure: Cork

La Grande Dame de la Champagne is named after the Widow Clicquot. Widowed at 28, Clicquot who became determined to continue and develop her husband's business, won fame with the invention of "remuage", a technique which revolutionised the clarification of champagne. Once used by Madame Clicquot alone, the technique was subsequently adopted by all Champagne Houses.

Tasting note: Blend: 64% Pinot Noir, 36% Chardonnay. A superbly ripe Champagne that has all the open generosity of the 1998 vintage. Peach and apricot aromas are followed by flavors of hazelnuts, honey and spices. Of course, it is still very young, and, like all vintages of La Grande Dame, it will age for many years. 12.5% Alc./Vol. 92 points
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