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  42 Degrees South Premier Cuvee Brut

  Tasmania, AUSTRALIA

  $29. 99

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  $359.88 Dozen

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

  ABV: 12%

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  The wine opens with a good white creamy mousse and very fine and persistent bead. Pale gold coloured base wine. Lifted aromas of apple, grapefruit and citrus with just a hint of toast as an end note. The palate displays refreshing bur relatively simple flavours of grapefruit, citrus and light toast with a clean crisp finish. Aftertaste of citrus, light toast and grapefruit. A straightforward fruit driven blend.
  Drink over the next 2-3 years (2010-2013).
  Alc 12.0%

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  2018 Georges Laval Les Chenes Brut Nature Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $550. 00

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  $6600.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 12.5%

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  While the Laval family has been growing vines for four generations, it was not until 1971 that Georges Laval began producing estate-bottled Champagne. Now under the direction of George's son Vincent, this is one of the great under the radar properties in the region. Laval’s vineyard holdings comprise just 2.5 hectares, most in the premier cru village of Cumières. Across the seven parcels the average vine age is over 30 years, with the oldest vines of the estate over 70 years of age. Organic viticulture has been practiced since 1971, and despite the challenges of this approach in Champagne, they are now certified by Ecocert. Laval’s wines are harvested ripe and almost never chaptalized, and fermentation takes place in barrel, with indigenous yeasts. The wines are bottled late, usually about ten months after the harvest, and they are neither fined, filtered nor cold-stabilized.

  Les Chenes is Vincent Laval's dense and powerful 100% Chardonnay cuvée from a lieu-dit of the same name, made only in exceptional years. After harvesting fully ripe grapes, the wine spends around 10 months in barrel before another 4 years in bottle prior to disgorgement with zero dosage.

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  2017 Georges Laval Les Hautes Chevres Brut Nature Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $550. 00

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  $6600.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 12%

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  While the Laval family has been growing vines for four generations, it was not until 1971 that Georges Laval began producing estate-bottled Champagne. Now under the direction of George's son Vincent, this is one of the great under the radar properties in the region. Laval’s vineyard holdings comprise just 2.5 hectares, most in the premier cru village of Cumières. Across the seven parcels the average vine age is over 30 years, with the oldest vines of the estate over 70 years of age. Organic viticulture has been practiced since 1971, and despite the challenges of this approach in Champagne, they are now certified by Ecocert. Laval’s wines are harvested ripe and almost never chaptalized, and fermentation takes place in barrel, with indigenous yeasts. The wines are bottled late, usually about ten months after the harvest, and they are neither fined, filtered nor cold-stabilized.

  Les Hautes Chevres is a tiny selection of old vine Pinot Meunier planted in 1930, 1947, 1965, and 1971. Unfortunately the 1930 parcel needed to be replaced following the 2014 harvest, yet these are still some of the oldest Meunier vines in the area. Situated at the top of the slope within the Cumieres vineyard, this tiny parcel sits on a layer of fine clay over a firm limestone bedrock base, and produces Meunier with a rich and multi-dimensional profile, further heightened as the wine ages in bottle. This micro-cuvée is one of the rarest and most sought after in the region. Bottled with zero dosage.

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  Vincent Laval (Georges Laval) Brut Nature Champagne Rose

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $485. 00

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  $5820.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 12%

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  While the Laval family has been growing vines for four generations, it was not until 1971 that Georges Laval began producing estate-bottled Champagne. Now under the direction of George's son Vincent, this is one of the great under the radar properties in the region. Laval’s vineyard holdings comprise just 2.5 hectares, most in the premier cru village of Cumières. Across the seven parcels the average vine age is over 30 years, with the oldest vines of the estate over 70 years of age. Organic viticulture has been practiced since 1971, and despite the challenges of this approach in Champagne, they are now certified by Ecocert. Laval’s wines are harvested ripe and almost never chaptalized, and fermentation takes place in barrel, with indigenous yeasts. The wines are bottled late, usually about ten months after the harvest, and they are neither fined, filtered nor cold-stabilized.

  Vincent produces one of the most singular expressions of Rosé Champagne, very much in the style of red Burgundy with bubbles. A rough split of 50/50 Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier are picked as whole bunches and carefully crushed by foot with a healthy amount of skin contact leading to a bold, vibrant red colour. Expect a rich, layered, and unquestionable detailed rosé unlike anything else you will have encountered.

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  Georges Laval Cumieres Brut Nature Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $240. 00

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  While the Laval family has been growing vines for four generations, it was not until 1971 that Georges Laval began producing estate-bottled Champagne. Now under the direction of George's son Vincent, this is one of the great under the radar properties in the region. Laval’s vineyard holdings comprise just 2.5 hectares, most in the premier cru village of Cumières. Across the seven parcels the average vine age is over 30 years, with the oldest vines of the estate over 70 years of age. Organic viticulture has been practiced since 1971, and despite the challenges of this approach in Champagne, they are now certified by Ecocert. Laval’s wines are harvested ripe and almost never chaptalized, and fermentation takes place in barrel, with indigenous yeasts. The wines are bottled late, usually about ten months after the harvest, and they are neither fined, filtered nor cold-stabilized.

  Cumieres Brut Nature is a blend of 57% Chardonnay, 33% Pinot Noir, and 10% Pinot Meunier, and is fermented in oak before three years in bottle prior to disgorging with no dosage.

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  The NV Brut Nature Cumières (2017) makes me feel like I am in the cellar, tasting with Vincent Laval. A Champagne of tremendous purity and nuance, the NV captures all of the flavor intensity, drive and nuance that make the wines of Cumières so alluring. This release, based on 2017, sizzles with nervy energy. Time in the glass brings out layers of perfume and a whole range of red-toned fruits. In a word: terrific. Disgorged: February 21, 2020. Drink 2020-2028.
  91 points
  Antonio Galloni - Vinous

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  Georges Laval Garennes Extra Brut Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $199. 00

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  ABV: 11.5%

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  While the Laval family has been growing vines for four generations, it was not until 1971 that Georges Laval began producing estate-bottled Champagne. Now under the direction of George's son Vincent, this is one of the great under the radar properties in the region. Laval’s vineyard holdings comprise just 2.5 hectares, most in the premier cru village of Cumières. Across the seven parcels the average vine age is over 30 years, with the oldest vines of the estate over 70 years of age. Organic viticulture has been practiced since 1971, and despite the challenges of this approach in Champagne, they are now certified by Ecocert. Laval’s wines are harvested ripe and almost never chaptalized, and fermentation takes place in barrel, with indigenous yeasts. The wines are bottled late, usually about ten months after the harvest, and they are neither fined, filtered nor cold-stabilized.

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  The NV Extra-Brut Garennes is rich, ample and inviting, with all of the textural intensity that is the signature of Vincent Laval’s wines. Readers should expect a rich, boisterous Champagne laced with generous Meunier intensity. Dried pear, hazelnut and crushed flowers are some of the many notes that develop with a bit of air. The Garennes bottling continues to gain in complexity. This is the best edition yet. This release is based on 2016, with 40% reserve wines from 2015, 2014 and 2013. The blend is 90% Meunier with 5% each Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Drink 2020-2028.
  90 points
  Antonio Galloni - Vinous

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• 2017 Georges Remy Les Muits Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $199. 00

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  ABV: 12.5%

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  Georges Remy is a young, third generation vigneron crafting exciting Champagnes from his base in the Grand Cru village of Bouzy. While his formative years following wine study were spent in Bordeaux, upon returning to his home and making some notable Bouzy Rouge (still red wine), Georges now produces a range of Champagnes from vineyards predominantly located in Bouzy, with a small part in Tauxieres. The dark clay soils here are rich in silica and gypsum, and produces wines with enormous power and complexity. Their vineyards have been certified organic since 2015, and while not prescriptive, Georges does use herbal treatments as well as some biodynamic preparations to minimize the use of sulphites following vinification. Spontaneous fermentation occurs in barrel and after aging on its lees bottling takes place following the lunar cycles.

  Les Muits is made from a single parcel of 100% Chardonnay from the Premier Cru village of Tauxieres. While it's rare to find Chardonnay planted here, these specific vines are from a portion of the parcel which sits at the top of the hill planted over a bedrock of pure chalk. Vines here face south-east, and the parcel is made up of two massale selection plantings from 1971 and 1973. Production is a tiny 700 bottles.

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• 2016 Georges Remy Le Mont de Tauxieres Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $230. 00

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  $2760.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 12.5%

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  Georges Remy is a young, third generation vigneron crafting exciting Champagnes from his base in the Grand Cru village of Bouzy. While his formative years following wine study were spent in Bordeaux, upon returning to his home and making some notable Bouzy Rouge (still red wine), Georges now produces a range of Champagnes from vineyards predominantly located in Bouzy, with a small part in Tauxieres. The dark clay soils here are rich in silica and gypsum, and produces wines with enormous power and complexity. Their vineyards have been certified organic since 2015, and while not prescriptive, Georges does use herbal treatments as well as some biodynamic preparations to minimize the use of sulphites following vinification. Spontaneous fermentation occurs in barrel and after aging on its lees bottling takes place following the lunar cycles.

  Le Mont de Tauxieres is a blend of 50% Pinot Noir and 50% Chardonnay from this single vineyard based in the Grand Cru village of Bouzy. Disgorged in April 2022 with no dosage, there are a scant 1500 bottles available from the 2016 vintage.

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  2021 Grampians Estate Rutherford Sparkling Shiraz - Last Stocks

  Great Western, Victoria, AUSTRALIA

  $34. 99

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  $419.88 Dozen

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  Cellar: Drink now - 8 Years (2024-2032)

  ABV: 14%

  Closure: Diam Cork

  A well fluffed purple tinged mousse slowly subsides into a black dark red core that has a very fine stream of tiny bubbles coursing through it. Heady aromas of blackberry, dark plum, liquorice and dark chocolate exude from the glass followed by some vanillin oak, earth and spice notes. Rich dark plum, liquorice and dark chocolate flavours coat the mouth filling palate with spicy vanillin oak and earth elements lying underneath. Creamy textured it finishes dry with a long opulent yet fresh finish.
  Drink over the next 6-8 years.
  Alc. 14%

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  Guerrieri Rizzardi Prosecco Extra Dry

  Veneto, ITALY

  $26. 99

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  ABV: 11%

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  A fluffy white mousse holds well eventually subsiding into a pale straw coloured base that has a very fine and steady bead flowing through it. Expressive pear and ripe apple scents are trailed by hints of lemon sherbet and quince like notes. Airy and satiny in its feel the palate has a delicious flavour profile of pears and apples which are complimented by traces of quince and sherbet. Finishes dry with nimble acidity and a long crisp aftertaste.
  Alc. 11%

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  Guiborat Prisme.17 Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  Reduced from $175.00

  $150. 00

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  $1800.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 12.5%

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  Champagne Guiborat is based in the grand cru village of Cramant, right in the heart of the Cote de Blancs. Much of their vineyards are planted in the deep chalk soils of Cramant and Chouilly grand crus, along with a parcel in the Marne near Epernay where they have some Pinot Meunier. While they own 8 hectares of vineyards, three quarters of their production is sold off to Laurent-Perrier, keeping only the best parcels for their own label.

  Prisme is a 100% Chardonnay cuvee exclusively from old vine parcels owned by the family, namely Les Bergeries (Cramant, planted in 1984), Le Mont Aigu (Chouilly, planted in 1970 and 1979), and Les Caurés (Chouilly, planted in 1946 and 1988). The emphasis with Prisme is to display the transparent nature that the chalk soils of Cramant and Chouilly lend to these wines. Vinification occurs in 96% stainless steel, with the balance in neutral oak barrels. Following 7 months on lees the wine is assembled and sees a further 44 months on lees in bottle, and 12 months resting in the cellar before release. Dosage is a very low 1.5g/L.

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  The NV Extra-Brut Prisme . 17 is a taut, chiseled wine, based on the 2017 vintage with 13% reserve wines. Offering up notes of citrus zest, verbena, warm bread and fresh herbs, it's medium to full-bodied, elegantly textural and incisive, with racy acids underpinning an attractive core of ripe fruit. Drink 2023 - 2029.
  92 points
  William Kelley - Wine Advocate (Dec 15, 2023)

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  2015 Guiborat de Caures a Mont-Aigu Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

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  $240. 00

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  ABV: 12.5%

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  Champagne Guiborat is based in the grand cru village of Cramant, right in the heart of the Cote de Blancs. Much of their vineyards are planted in the deep chalk soils of Cramant and Chouilly grand crus, along with a parcel in the Marne near Epernay where they have some Pinot Meunier. While they own 8 hectares of vineyards, three quarters of their production is sold off to Laurent-Perrier, keeping only the best parcels for their own label.

  In certain years Richard Fouquet will release a wine solely from the Mont-Aigu parcel (planted 1970), however in the warmer years he chooses to combine fruit from this warm site with the cooler exposure of the Caures vineyard (planted 1946). This 100% Chardonnay cuvee is vinified in stainless steel and rests on lees for 6 months, before a further 68 months on lees in bottle prior to being disgorged with 1.5g/L dosage.

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  Incorporating some 16% of lieu-dit Caurés to temper the richness of Montaigu in sunny vintages, Guiborat's 2015 Extra-Brut De Caurés à Montaigu offers up aromas of crisp green apple, white flowers, citrus oil, freshly baked bread and wet stones. Medium to full-bodied, fleshy and seamless, it's racy and charming, with a pure core of fruit, a pillowy mousse and a chalky finish. Drink 2023 - 2038.
  94 points
  William Kelley - Wine Advocate (Dec 15, 2023)

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  Henriot Brut Souverain Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $120. 00

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  ABV: 12%

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  Rich and airy with a dry chalk tinged finish.

  Made from a blend of 45% Pinot Noir, 40% Chardonnay and 15% Pinot Meunier using 30-50% reserve wines with ageing on lees for a period of 3 years. A fine, lacy mousse slowly dissipates to reveal a pale straw coloured base with gold tinged edges and a nimble bead. Aromas of citrus, yeast lees and baked bread drift through the nostrils followed by subtle oily toast like notes and chalk. Rich, airy flavours of baked bread, yeast lees and citrus meld into an oily toast and almond background. Dry, chalk tinged finish with crisp acidity and a gently creamed aftertaste of ample length.
  Alc. 12%

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• Hofgut Falkenstein Weissburgunder (Pinot Blanc) Pet-Nat (Los Nr 26-23)

  Mosel, GERMANY

  $74. 99

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  ABV: 12%

  Closure: Crown Seal

  The Weber family of Hofgut Falkenstein have been making ultra-traditional Rieslings in the Saar district of the Mosel region since the mid-eighties; there they farm about 9 hectares in and around the villages of Niedermennig and Krettnach. Erich, the family winzer (winegrower in german) works alongside his middle son Johannes, who has joined him full-time in the vineyards and cellar in recent years. Ever since there has been more of a focus on Rieslings with residual sugar. The emphasis on their work is in the vineyard, where no pesticides, herbicides or fertilizers are employed and cover crops are grown to encourage biodiversity and, when necessary, competition with the vines for water. With their straightforward approach to winemaking the Webers craft light, distinctive and racy Rieslings displaying well-integrated acidity from their low yielding old vines, and are bottled traditionally by the cask.

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  The Non-Vintage Pet Nat with Los Nr. 26-23 comes from Weissburgunder harvested in 2022 in the Niedermenniger Herrenberg and was fermented in cask before completing its fermentation in bottle and being released without disgorgement. It offers a superb nose of almond cream, bakery elements, vineyard peach, greengage, mint leaf, yellow peach, and conference pear. The mousse proves very refined and the palate delivers intense and refreshing notes of spices and herbs. The after-taste has some tartness in need of integration. This is a superb Pet Nat. Drink 2025-2032.
  92 points
  Jean Fisch & David Rayer - Mosel Fine Wines

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  Irvine The Earl Sparkling Red

  Eden Valley, South Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $27. 99

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  ABV: 13.5%

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  Rich, lush and creamy textured with some emerging earthy complexity.

  A foamy purple tinged mousse shows good hold over a dark red black tinged base that has a fine stream of tiny bubbles flowing through it. Ripe dark plum and liquorice aromas show good lift out of the glass followed by some earthy dark chocolate, vanilla and spicy leather notes. Rich dark plum, liquorice and blackberry fruits carry a creamy texture across the mouth filling palate. Earthy dark chocolate and vanillin spice elements sit in the background. Firms up a touch on the back half with a long, lush finish.
  Alc. 13.5%

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  Jacques Lassaigne La Colline Inspiree Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $260. 00

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  $3120.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 12%

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  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.

  La Colline Inspirée is 100% Chardonnay raised in oak, and displays a vinous and lush expression bound to please lovers of quality aged white Burgundy.

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  A blend of the 2013 and 2012 vintages that was disgorged in March, the NV Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs La Colline Inspiré opens in the glass with aromas of almond paste, citrus oil, crisp green apple and pastry cream, gently framed by its élevage in barrel. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, vinous and concentrated, with an immensely incisive spine of ripe but bracing acidity, a fine mousse and a long, electric and searingly saline finish. This bottling is produced from several parcels in Montgueux, and all the vins clairs are now fermented and matured in barrel. Drink 2020-2035.
  94 points
  William Kelley - Wine Advocate (Aug 31, 2019)

  There are lovely, up front, crazy coconut and tropical fruit aromas, along with a bit of spice and tangy barrel-aged oxidative notes. The texture is one of silky perfection. The freshness, the density of the fruit, and the complexity of the ageing create terrific dynamic tension on the palate. This is blended from base wines from 2018 (12 months in barrel on the lees), 2017 (24 months), 2016 (36 months), and 2015 (48 months), and aged on the lees before disgorging in January of 2022 – a superb wine. Drink 2022-2040.
  96 points
  Charles Curtis MW - Decanter

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• 2015 Jacques Lassaigne Millesime Blanc de Blancs Brut Nature Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $280. 00

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  ABV: 12%

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  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 2023. Given the extended lees contact this wine shows an enormous level of depth and complexity.

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  Jacques Lassaigne Le Cotet Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $230. 00

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  $2760.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 12%

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  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.

  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 excellent 2019 vintage, and derived from the lower part of the parcel in front of Lassaigne's winery, planted between 1964 and 1968, the newly released NV Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs Le Cotet wafts from the glass with aromas of toasted nuts, crisp stone fruit, citrus oil and youthful reduction. Medium to full-bodied, fleshy and textural, with tangy acids and a long, saline finish, its reductive profile means that it really rewards some time in the glass. Drink 2023 - 2038.
  94 points
  William Kelley - Wine Advocate (Aug 11, 2023)

  This magnum of Le Cotet is starting to open now, with notes of smoke, truffle and brioche over ripe green apple fruit. The bright acidity carries the wine on the palate but doesn't overwhelm at all – the sensation is subtle elegance and finesse, with nothing shrill or harsh. The base is the 2011 vintage (aged more than a year in used barrels on the lees) with about 10% reserve wines; the blend was disgorged (with no dosage) in July 2015. This wine has dynamic freshness and impressive length and should continue to age in a proper cellar for years to come. Drink 2022 - 2040.
  95 points
  Charles Curtis MW - Decanter

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  2021 Jansz Vintage Cuvee

  Tasmania, AUSTRALIA

  $52. 99

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  Cellar: Drink now - 6 Years (2025-2031)

  ABV: 12.5%

  Closure: Diam Cork

  Sculptured, dry and slightly chalky with a vibrant mineral laced finish.

  Aged for 3 years on lees. Subsiding into a pale straw coloured base that has pale gold tinged edges is a buoyant mousse. Flowing through its core is a fine persistent bead. Nosing offers up aromas of pear, baked bread and yeast lees which interact with some citrus and toast notes. Crisp acidity sculpts flavours of citrus and pear with some baked bread, roasted almond and yeast less characters the undercard. Dry and slightly chalky it has a vibrant mineral laced finish.
  Drink over the next 5-6 years.
  Alc. 12.5%

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  Jansz Premium Cuvee Brut

  Tasmania, AUSTRALIA

  $31. 99

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  ABV: 12.5%

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  Generous white creamy mousse with fine and very persistent bead. Pale straw base wine colour. The nose displays delicate notes of citrus, yeast lees, cashew and some light sherbet end notes. The palate is quite flavoursome with citrus, yeast lees, baked bread and cashew flavours present. Clean crisp acid finish with aftertaste of yeast lees, baked bread and citrus.
  Alc 12.5%
  
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  The 60/40% chardonnay pinot noir blend is sourced from Pipers River, Tamar Valley and Coal River. It has very good mousse, having spent a minimum of 18 months on yeast lees. It’s mouth-filling, with creamy cashew notes balanced by citrus zest and a dosage of 8.6g/l. Serious non vintage; great value.
  93 points
  James Halliday's Top 100 2023

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  Jansz Premium Rose

  Tasmania, AUSTRALIA

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  $27. 99

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  ABV: 12%

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  A well frothed mousse subsides to reveal a pale salmon pink coloured base that’s delicately threaded by a fine, persistent bead. Attractive strawberry and raspberry scents emanate from the glass with some musk, subtle yeast lees and chalk notes also evident. Savoury raspberry, strawberry and yeast lees flavours flow across the palate with some peach, light toast and chalky mineral elements lying underneath. Finishes dry with vivid acidity and a nimble aftertaste.
  Alc. 12%
  
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  A blend of 77/23% pinot noir/chardonnay from vineyards in the Pipers River and Tamar Valley regions. Pale salmon in the glass with an energetic bead and mousse, aromas of redcurrants, strawberry and raspberry with hints of berry cream, brioche, rose petals, white flowers and stone. There is a creamy flow on the palate, gentle, pure red fruits and some light autolysis notes as the wine slowly fades away showing a slight tweak of texture and a fine, racy line.
  92 points
  Dave Brookes – James Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion

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  Kilikanoon Brut Vouvray Methode Traditionelle

  Vouvray, Loire Valley, FRANCE

  $36. 99

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  ABV: 12.5%

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  Made from Chenin Blanc grapes Kilikanoon produce this sparkling Vouvray from 80 year old vines in partnership with one of Vouvray’s top houses. Matured for 18 months on yeast lees. Exuberant foamy mousse with a pale straw coloured base that has a steady stream of tiny bubbles flowing through it. Nosing offers up aromas of pear, baked apple and quince followed by some cinnamon and toasted honey like notes. Refreshing pear and red apple fruits are featured across the palate over a subtle back drop of quince and sherbet. Finishes dry and crisp with a delicate yeast lees character lingering on the aftertaste.
  Alc. 12.5%

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  Kreglinger Brut Rose

  Tasmania, AUSTRALIA

  $26. 99

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  ABV: 12.5%

  Closure: Diam Cork

  A crisp, frisky Sparkling Rose dominated by raspberry and strawberry fruits.

  Pours with a lacy white mousse that slowly fades into a salmon pink coloured base that has a very fine bead flowing through it. Strawberry, peach and raspberry scents blossom out of the glass trailed by some yeast lees and faint baked bread notes. Raspberry and strawberry fruits dominate the stimulating palate with some blood orange and yeasty baked bread elements in the background. Frisky acidity with a gentle tang to the dry finish.
  Alc. 12.5%

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  Pinot noir from the Pipers Brook vineyard in northern Tasmania. The palest of salmon flushes in the glass with a fine, lovely bead. Pure redcurrant and red cherry notes with hints of raspberry pastry, crushed stone and light red blossom hints. Tight and focussed with impressive drive and fruit purity, excellent tension and a crystalline sense of place. Superb-value drinking.
  95 Points
  Dave Brookes - James Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion

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  Kreglinger Brut

  Tasmania, AUSTRALIA

  $29. 99

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  A plentiful mousse sits atop a pale straw base that has gold tinged edges and a fine persistent bead. Toasty yeast lees scents are intermeshed with baked bread, citrus, light honeyed notes and traces of nut. The palate is tense and sculptured with racy acidity running through toast, subtly honeyed pear, yeast lees and roasted nut flavours. Dry crisp finish with a long aftertaste that builds a sense of creaminess as it lingers.
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  Krug 29eme Edition Rose Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $799. 00

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  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 29eme Edition Rose is a blend of 29 wines from 5 vintages back to 2010, with the base wine hailing from the 2017 vintage. The base wine comprises 67% of the blend, while 33% of reserve wines are used.

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  Krug’s NV Rosé 29ème Édition blends 29 wines from five harvests dating back to 2010, and like the Grande Cuvée, each component is selected by Krug’s tasting committee through blind tastings. Anchored by the 2017 vintage, which comprises 67% of the assemblage, it gains its color, texture and character from the addition of 11% still red wine from Aÿ-Champagne and Mutigny, sourced from the 2016 and 2017 vintages. The wine opens with aromas evocative of grapefruit zest, redcurrant and apple pie, intricately mingled with a subtle trace of Sichuan pepper and a whisper of rosewood oil. On the palate, it presents as medium- to full-bodied, vinous and textural—albeit slightly less chiseled than its white counterpart. A deep core of fruit, tangy acidity and a long, perfumed finish with a delicate phenolic grip complete this new release. Drink 2025-2035.
  94 points
  Kristaps Karklins - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

  The NV Rosé 29ème Édition is bright and effusive in the glass. Cranberry, pink grapefruit, white pepper, chalk and mint race out of the glass. In most releases, the Krug Rosé is more austere. This is an especially textured, open-knit Rosé that will drink well right out of the gate. What a delight. Krug ID: 124021. Drink 2025-2040.
  94 points
  Antonio Galloni - Vinous

  Lovely pink color. This is really classy and refined. Quite subtle aromas of peaches, pears and cantaloupe with lavender and heather follow through to a medium body. The tight, focused palate has ultrafine texture and a very long finish. Almost never-ending. Fine bubbles integrate beautifully. Drink or hold.
  98 points
  JamesSuckling.com

  The NV Champagne 29th Edition Rose is a bright salmon orange color. It is expressive and offers a decadent and opulent nose, with notes of toasted brioche, fresh nectarine, white strawberries, cardamom, and saline. The previous three editions of the Rose had a darker red pigment, but this returns to the paler style that preceded them. In 2017, they used two years of reserve, as the year was particularly challenging for red wine. It fills the palate with a rounded feel, refreshing acidity, a pillowing mousse, and a clean, chalky texture. It will be released this fall. Drink 2025-2050.
  96 points
  Audrey Frick - jebdunnuck.com

  Krug's 29ème Édition Rosé is expressive, open and spicy on release, and features 67% of the challenging 2017 base year (although some of the red wines hail from the 2016 vintage). Krug relishes the challenge of difficult vintages, however, turning to its reserve library to help bring about a rosé of immediate depth and vinosity. Red plum, dried red berries and roasted spices make a fleshy, open entry, before a tangy, elongating finish is detailed with light herbal and peppery tones. It is relatively forward already, yet seems poised to develop more spicy and roasted savour in the medium term. Drink 2025 - 2030.
  94 points
  Tom Hewson - Decanter

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  Krug Grande Cuvee 171eme Edition Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

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  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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  1988 Krug Collection Vintage Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

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  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 1988 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 50% Pinot Noir, 32% Chardonnay, 18% Pinot Meunier, Krug Collection 1988 was kept on lees for 29 years before finally receiving its cork in autumn 2017. 1988 is one of the most feted vintages in Champagne, and Krug decided to release the 1988 Collection after both 1989 and 1990 editions.

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  The 1988 Krug Collection, a 2017 disgorgement, offers an enticing bouquet of grilled walnut, baked bread and a touch of freshly baked gingerbread on the nose, displaying exquisite delineation and focus. A tang of bitterness on the entry refreshes the senses. This champagne is impressive in terms of depth and salinity. Vibrant and bright, it conveys a sense of completeness, so that you can’t help coming back for just one more sip. At its peak? Probably. Drink 2022 - 2035.
  97 points
  Neal Martin - Vinous (March 2022)

  Gorgeous, exuding aromas and flavors of baked black currant, toasted hazelnut and coffee liqueur, along with subtle hints of elderflower, oyster shell and white truffle. The rich profile relies on soft, citrus peel acidity, as well as a tang of salinity for freshness and balance. The plush, creamy texture feels like cashmere on the palate. A beauty at any age. Disgorged fall 2017. Drink now through 2028.
  96 points
  Alison Napjus - Wine Spectator (Dec 2019)

  When Krug 1988 was first released, a few bottles remained stored in the Krug cellars to see how they aged. The result today is a bouquet of incredible complexity, a veritable spice box full of seductive scents including sandalwood, mocha, and leather as well as a waxy note. The palate is perfectly balanced with both ample flesh and breathtaking freshness, and a wide-ranging flavour and textural profile having elements of quince, candied fruit, and spices. A floral freshness takes the upper hand on the long finish of this supremely subtle and light-footed Champagne. Such a beguiling mix of youthful energy with eminent ageworthiness. Readers who can find the 1988 should not hesitate, as it is stellar.
  98 points
  Yohan Castaing - Decanter (Sept 2020)

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  Treviso, ITALY

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  La Gioiosa is one of Italy’s leading Prosecco producers based in Treviso. These 200ml bottles are ideal when you’re having just one glass. Very pale straw and a fine, persistent bead. The aroma is fruity with hints of ripe golden apple and small mountain flowers. The dry, fresh and flavoursome sensation on the palate is followed by a fruity and harmonious aftertaste.

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  2024 La Gioiosa Asolo Prosecco Superiore DOCG

  Veneto, ITALY

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  Fruity and airy in it’s feel with a dry tingly finish that’s very refreshing.
  
  A buoyant mousse slowly fades into a very pale straw coloured base that has a stream of delicate bubbles flowing through it. Nosing evokes aromas of citrus, pear and gentle sherbet followed by some red apple and delicate chalky lees like notes. Fruity with an airy mouth feel, delicious red apple and pear flavours are featured over a lemon sherbet and subtle lees back drop. Vivid acidity with a dry tingly finish that’s very refreshing.
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  La Vieille Ferme Sparkling Blanc

  FRANCE

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  A crisp, refreshing commercial Sparkling with a dry, slightly chalky finish.

  Made from Chardonnay and Ugni Blanc grapes. A fluffy mousse subsides into a pale straw coloured base that has pale gold tinged edges. Very fine, persistent bead with the nose emitting aromas of pear, apple, subtle lees and citrus notes. Crisp and refreshing, the palate features green apple, peach and citrus fruits over a sherbet back drop. Dry, slightly chalky finish with energetic acidity.
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  Lacourte Godbillon Premier Cru Terroirs d’Ecueil Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $105. 00

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  A blend of 85% Pinot Noir and 15% Chardonnay based on the 2018 vintage (65%) with the balance made up of reserve wines. Matured on lees for 30 months. A nimble mousse dissipates to reveal a pale straw coloured base with apricot gold tinged edges that’s threaded by a fine bead that shows excellent persistence. Elevated pear and strawberry aromas are followed by some yeast lees, brioche and citrus notes. Quite full and expansive in the mouth the palate features a complex flavour profile of ripe pear, baked bread, yeast lees, strawberry and refreshing citrus. Dry chalk tinged finish with crisp acidity and a highly flavoursome yet focused aftertaste.
  Alc. 12%

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  Disgorged JAN21. A blend of 85% pinot noir and 15% chardonnay. Mostly 2018 vintage but with 35% reserve wine, which is no slouch. Organic farmed. I really like these Champagnes.
  Sweet perfume with just-ripe apricot, coconut, nougat with Parisian almonds in the mix. Pretty. The palate is zesty in bubbles, creamy yet light on with a sense of elegance and freshness writ large. Poised. Good detail of yeasty complexity on green apple with grapefruit pithy coolness and zing. Delightful and feels fancy. Drink 2023-2030.
  94 points
  Mike Bennie – The Wine Front

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  Laherte Freres Blanc de Noirs Brut Nature Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

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  Aurélien Laherte’s Blanc De Noirs is composed of 50% Pinot Noir from Le Breuil in the Marne Valley and 50% Pinot Meunier from the Côteaux Sud d’Epernay (Chavot and Moussy). These vineyards are all biodynamically farmed, mostly on chalky soils. The wine is fermented and matured in a combination of large format foudres and oak barrels where it undergoes full malolactic fermentation before bottling with zero dosage.

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  The NV Brut Nature Blanc de Noirs is laced with tons of Pinot character (50/50 Noir and Meunier). Dried pear, spice, hazelnut, dried flowers and anise open in this very pretty and expressive Blanc de Noirs. A wine of subtlety and nuance, this offering is very nicely done. I especially admire the energy here. Zero dosage. No dosage. Disgorged: May, 2023. Drink 2023 - 2030.
  91 Points
  Antonio Galloni's Vinous

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  Laherte Freres Rose de Meunier Extra Brut Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

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  Aurélien Laherte’s Rose de Meunier is constructed from fruit grown in Côteaux Sud d'Épernay & Vallée De La Marne. 100% Pinot Meunier, grown ecologically on limestone and chalky soils. The base wine is made up of 60% direct pressed white wine, 30% maceration (destemmed fruit is left in contact with the skins for a short while) and 10% red wine, which is fermented and matured in a combination of large format foudres and oak barrels. 
  An exceptionally fine and very persistent bead weaves its way through a strawberry pink coloured base after a well formed frothy white mousse dissipates. Filling the nostrils are enticing strawberry and raspberry aromatics which are complexed by some baked bread, yeast lees and light toast notes. Delightfully sculptured by refreshing acidity, the palate has delicious raspberry and strawberry fruits racing across it with yeast lees, baked bread and chalky tones lending further interest. Finishes nervy, crisp and long.
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  The NV Extra Brut Rosé de Meunier is dazzling. Rich yet focused, with superb depth, Laherte's Extra Brut Rosé is a magical Champagne in every way. Orange peel, sweet red berry fruit, cranberry, mint and chalk are some of the many aromas and flavors that develop as this breathtaking Champagne shows off its pedigree. This release is a blend of 2017 and 2016 composed of 60% Meunier (white), 30% Meunier (macerated) and 10% Meunier (still red wine). In a word: magical. Dosage is 2.5 grams per liter. Disgorged: March, 2020.
  94 points
  Antonio Galloni - Vinous
  
  Very open and fruity, showing raspberries, wild strawberries, violets and manuka honey on the nose. So pure, fun and fresh with a medium body and light bubbles. 100% pinot meunier, 60% pressed into white wine plus 30% macerated juice plus 10% still red wine. Base wine 2022. Dosage 2.5g/L. Disgorged January 2025. Drink now.
  92 points
  JamesSuckling.com

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  Laherte Freres Ultradition Extra Brut Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

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  Aurélien Laherte’s Ultradition showcases vineyards from 8 villages of the Côteaux Sud d'Épernay & Vallée De La Marne. 60% Pinot Meunier, 30% Chardonnay and 10% Pinot Noir grown ecologically on limestone soils. The base wine is vinified in a combination of large format foudres, tanks and oak barrels, where it partially goes through malolactic fermentation. The assemblage contains 40% of reserve wines that have been aged in barrel. Finally, the wine spends 6 months maturing on fine lees in bottle before disgorgement for release. 
  Showing ample buoyancy over a pale straw coloured base is a lacy white mousse. A delicate yet very persistent bead finely threading its way through the wines core. Captivating aromatics of yeast lees and baked bread are followed by some citrus, oily toast like notes and hints of almond. Vividly sculptured the palate combines tension with intensity and richness delivering citrusy yeast lees and toasty baked bread flavours over a stimulating finish of subtle cashew and a chalky minerality. Concludes long and refined with a chiselled feel.
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  Lovely orange and raspberry fruit on the nose, with some candied citrus and brioche. Very bright, fruity and full of joy, with lively acidity and fine bubbles. 60% meunier, 30% chardonnay and 10% pinot noir. Based on 2022, with 50% reserve wine. Disgorged December 2024. 4 g/L dosage. Drink now.
  92 points
  JamesSuckling.com

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  Laherte Freres Blanc de Blancs Brut Nature Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

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  100% Chardonnay Champagne from the Laherte family's chalkiest soils in Chavot and Épernay. These vineyards are all biodynamically farmed and are not only rich in chalk and chalky clay (marl) but there is also flint and schist. It has been aged for just over two years in bottle following a first fermentation in barrique, foudre and tronconique cask. No dosage. A creamy white mousse sits gracefully above a pale straw coloured base that’s finely threaded by a very persistent bead. Pronounced pear and citrus aromas stand out from the glass with baked bread and yeast lees characters then taking over. Finishes off with some lightly honeyed toast notes. Sculptured mouthfeel with energetic acidity racing through the elegant yeast lees, toast and citrus flavours. Some light brioche and almond nuances are also evident. Finishes bone dry, tense and crisp with a refined citrus, oily toast, yeast lees and chalk tinged aftertaste.
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  The NV Brut Nature Blanc de Blancs marries power with energy to a degree I have not seen before here. In this edition, the Brut Nature is decidedly powerful and broad, with less of the tension seen in some previous releases. It's as if all the Chardonnay flavors have been turned up to the maximum. Orange peel, apricot, chamomile and spice are some of the many notes that fill out the layers. The current release is based on 2017, with reserve wines from 2016 and 2015, all done in neutral oak. Zero dosage. Disgorged: February, 2020. Drink 2020 - 2026.
  92 points
  Antonio Galloni - Vinous (November 2020)
  
  White peaches, lemons, raw hazelnuts and lightly salted butter. Saline and tangy, but also sleek on the palate, with just-ripe white fruit flavors and soft bubbles. Chardonnay from Coteaux Sud d’Epernay. Base is 2021 with 50% reserve wines. Disgorged October 2024. Drink now.
  92 points
  JamesSuckling.com

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  Lallier Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut Grand Cru

  Champagne, FRANCE

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  Aged for 36 months on lees with 30% reserve wines included in the blend. Pours with an exuberant mousse which holds well over a pale straw coloured base that has gold tinged edges and a fine persistent bead flowing through it. Filling the nostrils are aromas of pear, baked bread and dried honey followed by brioche and yeast lees notes. Rich and creamy textured baked bread, yeast lees and dried honey flavours fill the mouth with some pear, cashew and chalky mineral characters lingering through the back half. Finishes dry and crisp with a long, generous airy aftertaste.
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  Lallier Champagne Grand Rose Brut Grand Cru

  Champagne, FRANCE

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  A blend of 65% Pinot Noir and 35% Chardonnay. A buoyant fluffy white mousse slowly subsides to reveal a salmon pink coloured base that has a nibble stream of bubbles flowing through it. Refined minerally nose with subtle winter strawberry, cranberry, citrus and gun flint notes evident. Elegant winter strawberry and raspberry fruits are sculpted by chalk tinged crisp acidity with some blood orange and mineral elements lying underneath. Very dry and tense yet invigorating finish.
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  Larmandier-Bernier Longitude Champagne Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut

  Champagne, FRANCE

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  The Larmandier-Bernier wines are marked by a feeling of textural intensity and vinous resonance that is quite distinctive. The wines are fermented in wood, mostly larger format foudre with some smaller barrels, with spontaneous fermentations and generally minimal handling. Dosage is on the low side. In recent years, the style here has shifted towards a greater focus on energy and tension than in the past, likely a reflection of a generational change being led by Pierre and Sophie Larmandier’s sons Arthur and Georges. The wines remain compelling.
  The NV Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs Longitude 1er Cru is a powerful, ample wine. The Longitude builds beautifully in the glass, creamy and textured, with tons of resonance. Pear, white pepper, dried flowers, mint and chalk are all delineated in a Champagne that blends power and tension. This is all class. Dosage is 3 grams per liter. Disgorged: February, 2023.
  94 Points
  Antonio Galloni - Vinous (November 2023)

  Scents of just ripe stone fruit, talc, faint honey and toast, a light caramel note too, all adding up to quite subtle and pretty. Creaminess in texture with very fine bead, vivacious and fresh-tasting with lovely salty-chalky feel very present through the wine and to the powdery, lightly puckering finish. Vinous in a way, gently savoury throughout, exceptionally long and runs with so much energy. Beautiful.
  95 Points
  Mike Bennie - The Wine Front (March 2020)

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  Larmandier-Bernier Latitude Champagne Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut

  Champagne, FRANCE

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  Larmandier-Bernier’s Latitude is a 100% Côte des Blancs Chardonnay from vineyards on the southern side of Vertus. These are vineyards on roughly the same latitude and the name also hints at the breadth of texture that the wines from these sites (having more clay in the soil) tend to offer up. In the cellar Larmandier uses mostly large format casks (almost all the wood now comes from Stockinger in Austria) and less and less steel tanks. The alcoholic and malolactic fermentations take place without inoculation, and there is no fining or filtration. Bottle maturation takes place in the underground cellars over a period of more than two years, and each bottle is disgorged manually, six months before being released and dosed at low, Extra Brut levels.
  Once dissipated, the creamy white mousse leaves behind a pale straw coloured base that has a glimmer of gold to the edges. Nibble and exceptionally fine bubbles rising to the surface. On the nose, aromas of pear intermingle with citrus, yeast lees, light baked bread and hints of sherbet. Long, dry and virile, the refreshing palate consists of baked pear, citrus and yeast lees characters over subtle oily toast nuances and faint remanets of biscuit and cashew. The finish is very dry with crisp, mouth watering acidity and a long refined aftertaste.
  Alc. 12.5%

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  The Larmandier-Bernier wines are marked by a feeling of textural intensity and vinous resonance that is quite distinctive. The wines are fermented in wood, mostly larger format foudre with some smaller barrels, with spontaneous fermentations and generally minimal handling. Dosage is on the low side. In recent years, the style here has shifted towards a greater focus on energy and tension than in the past, likely a reflection of a generational change being led by Pierre and Sophie Larmandier’s sons Arthur and Georges. The wines remain compelling.
  The NV Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs Latitude 1er Cru is bright and beautifully focused. The Latitude contains 40% perpetual reserve wine dating back to 2004. It is usually a bit more approachable on release, but this year's version clearly needs time to soften. Today, citrus, floral and mineral notes abound on the steely finish. Dosage is 3 grams per liter. 
  92 points
  Antonio Galloni - Vinous
  
  This Blanc de Blancs champagne is anything but flashy and it might take a moment switch onto its wavelength. However, it has excellent depth and finely etched contours on the medium-bodied palate, the Amalfi-lemon character building as it aerates in the glass. Beautiful balance at the very long, rather rich but very dry finish. From biodynamically grown grapes. Drink or hold.
  93 points
  JamesSuckling.com

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  Larmandier-Bernier Rose de Saignee Premier Cru Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  Reduced from $280.00

  $250. 00

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  ABV: 12.5%

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  Saignée literally means ‘to bleed’. In winemaking parlance, it means to draw the free-run juice of a grape, off the grape skins typically prior to, or shortly after, the start of fermentation. In this case, the grapes (100% Pinot Noir) are allowed to macerate for several days before the juice is drawn off and it is this ‘soak’ that gives the colour and much of the body and flavour to the wine. This technique is now extremely rare in Champagne—it is a demanding method of vinification that requires grapes with an excellent degree of maturity. Hence most rosé (in Champagne) is made by the addition of a little red wine. This bottling is drawn entirely from what is thought to be the oldest Pinot Noir vines in Vertus, and one of the very last 100% Pinot vineyards. As with all of Larmandier’s wines it’s naturally fermented. Larmandier raises part of this cuvée in a Nomblot concrete egg and partly in stainless steel (and more recently he has been trialling amphora as well).
  A fluffy mousse dissipates over a salmon pink coloured base that’s threaded by an exceptionally fine and persistent stream of bubbles. Jumping out of the glass are alluring scents of strawberries, subtle blood orange and raspberry which meld into yeast lees, baked bread and faint cashew notes. Delicious strawberry, raspberry and subtle blood orange fruits have a creamy feel over a back drop of yeast lees, bready characters and traces of sherbet. Dry refreshing finish with mouth watering acidity leading into a long creamed strawberry conclusion.
  Alc. 12.5%

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  Laurent-Perrier Cuvee Rose Champagne Brut

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $160. 00

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  $1920.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 12%

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  A lacy mousse shows good hold over a salmon pink coloured base that has a very persistent stream of tiny bubbles flowing through it. Delicate raspberry, winter strawberry and toast scents overlay yeast lees and a chalky minerality. The racy palate features light peach, water melon and winter strawberry flavour which are married to subtle toast nuances. Dry chalky finish with crisp acidity and a sculptured medium length aftertaste that’s fine and elegant.
  Drink over the next 3-4 years.
  Alc. 12%

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  Fragrant wafts of smoke and spice accent the steeped raspberry and mandarin orange peel flavors of this tightly meshed rosé Champagne, which is backed by a vivid spine of mouthwatering acidity and is silky on the palate, with hints of dried herb, licorice and toasted almond playing on the finish. Drink now through 2025.
  93 points
  Wine Spectator

  Laurent Perrier first released this rosé in 1968, well before it became fashionable to have a pink-hued Champagne in the portfolio. 100% Pinot Noir is sourced from both the north and south sectors of the Montagne de Reims sub-region, and famously draws its colour from skin contact rather than the more usual addition of red wine. It has striking freshness on the nose, bags of pure, zippy strawberry and raspberry fruit flavours, and satisfying vivacity. It's beautifully balanced with a long finish, and calls for a carpaccio of raw salmon.
  92 points
  Decanter

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  Leclerc Briant Reserve Brut Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $125. 00

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  ABV: 12%

  Closure: Diam Cork

  A rich and expansive Champagne with racy acidity generating a mouth watering conclusion.

  A blend of 40% Pinot Noir, 40% Pinot Meunier and 20% Chardonnay. A buoyant mousse forms over a pale straw pale gold tinged base that has a steady bead flowing through it. Aromas of baked bread, strawberry and yeast lees fill the nostrils followed by hints of pear and subtle oily cashew like notes. Rich and expansive the palate features pear, subtle strawberry and baked bread flavours over an oily cashew, toast and yeast lees back drop. Fullish feel with racy acidity and a long mouth watering conclusion.
  Alc. 12%

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  Based on the 2020 vintage and pouring a bright straw hue, the NV Champagne Brut Reserve is fresh and lifted with breezy and savory aromas of seashell and fresh pear. Floral and fruity on the palate, with medium body and a juicy feel, it has a clean, chalky texture and a mouthwatering, light almond finish with a hint of umami. Made from all organic grapes, it has a dosage of 4.5 grams per liter and was disgorged March 2024.
  92 Points
  Audrey Frick - JebDunnuck.com

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  Loredan Gasparini Prosecco Superiore Asolo DOCG Brut

  Veneto, ITALY

  $24. 99

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  ABV: 11%

  Closure: Diam Cork

  Pours with a buoyant mousse which sits atop a pale straw coloured base that has pale gold tinged edges. The bead fine and persistent. Pronounced pear and ripe apple aromas mingle with a faint whiff of honeysuckle and quince. Light and invigorating across the palate, fresh pear, citrus and red apple fruits are featured over a dry chalk tinged back drop that also sees some subtle lees characters evident. Crisp acidity with a racy finish.
  Alc. 11%

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  2016 Louis Roederer Cristal Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

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  $530. 00

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  The Champagne of Kings, this somewhat mythical Champagne has a cult following amongst pop and rap stars. Despite the hype this brings it never to fails to live up to it’s legendary status with wine critics, who consistently lavish it with high praise.

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  This has wonderfully pure fruit aromas, such as peaches, Asian pears and golden apples, alongside lemon curd, gingerbread, chalk and jasmine. Rock salt and oyster shells follow on the palate, which is so seamless that you scarcely notice the super-fine bubbles. It’s concentrated yet gentle at the same time, with impressive resolution and integration of all components. Salty and creamy at the very-long finish. Fantastic! 58% pinot noir and 42% chardonnay. Drink or hold.
  98 points
  JamesSuckling.com

  The 2016 Cristal is a gracious, elegant Champagne, as it has always been. Floral accents with light tropical overtones distinguish a Cristal that is especially lifted in style. The 2016 is a delicate, restrained Cristal built more on finesse than power. It's a very fine effort in an extremely difficult year. Saline, chalky notes extend the effortless finish. Dosage is 7 grams per liter. Disgorged: July 2024. Drink 2025-2046.
  96 points
  Antonio Galloni – Vinous

  The 2016 Champagne Cristal is chalky and pristine, with a crystalline nature and notes of white peach, fresh citrus blossoms, and bright salinity. Tasted for the first time last year, it captures a precise and focused energy that’s unmatched. It boasts the energy and tension of 2002 and the precision of 2008. The wet-stone minerality of fresh chalk texture is profound, opening with medium body, showing pinpoint mousse, and sustaining a weightless energy through the long finish. This is not an obvious wine on opening, but it is by far one of my favorite wines of the year. It is going to require some patience, but it is worth stashing away and should have fantastic longevity. Drink 2027-2050.
  100 points
  Audrey Frick – JebDunnuck.com

  The finest rendition since 2013, the 2016 Cristal has turned out beautifully. A vintage that Lecaillon describes as “difficult in the vineyards but beautiful in the cellar,” it had suffered slightly in reputation due to the gloomy mood during the challenging growing season, but the results are indeed impressive. The fifth edition produced entirely from organically farmed and certified fruit, and heavily based on Pinot Noir, the 2016 represents the contemporary quality of Cristal, combining the concentration of 2002 with the precision and cut of 2013. Disgorged in July 2024 with a dosage of seven grams per liter, it opens in the glass to reveal a bouquet of lemon zest, white flowers and peeled almond, framed by youthful reduction. On the palate, it is bright and electric, with a pure core of fruit, pinpoint mousse and a textural attack, concluding with a long, saline finish. Drink it alongside the 2015, and it will illuminate its clarity and integration. Drink 2027-2056
  96+ points
  Kristaps Karklins – Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate

  This leads with pronounced minerality on the nose, but then a bright burst of tangerine, blood orange and Meyer lemon flavors on the palate hold sway, joined by rich hints of crème de cassis, toast point, pastry cream and crystallized honey. Showing beautiful integration and a refined, lacy mousse, this is compact and statuesque, with a sense of restraint and the hint of more to come, while at the same time offering lovely expression in the glass today. Fresh and focused on the persistent finish. Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Drink now through 2044.
  96 points
  Wine Spectator

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  Louis Roederer Collection 246 Brut Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

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  ABV: 12.5%

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  Crisp and sculptured with a long, tense and chalky finish.
  
  Collection 246 is the 6th release of this multi-vintage cuvée which replaces the Brut Premier. The Collection 246 shares the same philosophy as the Jacquesson 7 series and Krug’s Edition wines, which are based on a younger vintage blended with some older reserve wines. A blend of 54% Chardonnay, 35% Pinot Noir and 11% Meunier, it is based on the finest wines from the 2021 harvest (55%) and complemented by 35% of the Perpetual Reserve (2012-2020) and 10% of oak-aged reserve wines sourced from young Cristal vines (2012-2017). 
  Exuberant mousse with a pale straw coloured base that has luminous pale gold edges and a nimble stream of bubbles coursing through it. Gorgeous, lifted aromatics with baked bread, yeast lees and pear scents trailed by some citrus and subtle roasted almond notes. Lighter and more delicate in style than the 245, mouth watering pear, citrus and yeasty baked bread flavours are sculptured by crisp acidity which provides it with a chiselled feel. Subtle cashew and chalky mineral elements lie underneath. The long, dry finish, tense and chalky.
  Alc. 12.5%
  
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  The NV Brut Collection 246 is positively stellar. It’s a terrific example of where Roederer is going with this cuvée stylistically. Brisk saline notes cut through a core of orchard fruit, mint, white pepper and slate. There are no hard angles or awkward contours. The 246 is based on 2021, an extremely tricky vintage for Champagne. Chef de Caves Jean-Baptiste Lécaillon bumped up the percentage of Chardonnay considerably and focused on Pinots from the Montagne de Reims. About 30% of the lots underwent malolactic fermentation to soften the edges. Twenty-four percent of the wines were fermented in oak, the rest in tank. The 246 is a blend of 55% base 2021 vintage wines described above, plus 30% perpetual reserve going back to 2012 (mostly from Cumières, Vertus and Verzy) in tank and 10% young-vine juice from Cristal plots aged in cask. The final blend is 54% Chardonnay (as opposed to the more typical 44%), 35% Pinot Noir and 11% Meunier. Dosage is 7 grams per liter. More importantly, the 246 is impeccably done and absolutely delicious. Drink 2025-2035.
  93 Points
  Antonio Galloni - Vinous
  
  This has pretty and elegant aromas of pears, apple blossoms, grapefruit and chalk. It’s silky, fresh and beautifully balanced on the palate, with very soft bubbles. Based on 2021, with reserve wine from a perpetual reserve created in 2012, plus reserve wines kept in oak from 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017. Drink now.
  93 Points
  JamesSuckling.com
  
  A harmonious Champagne that shows impeccable balance, with depth and focus to its flavors of white cherry, Honeycrisp apple, tangerine peel and biscuit, while retaining vibrancy and grace. A chalky underpinning comes to the fore on the creamy finish, joining delicate spice and floral accents. Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Meunier. Drink now through 2030.
  93 Points
  Wine Spectator

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  2016 Louis Roederer Vintage Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  Reduced from $160.00

  $145. 00

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  $1740.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 12.5%

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  Rich and creamy yet airy and agile in it’s feel, this a wonderfully complex Champagne.

  Fine pillowy mousse with a straw pale gold tinged base that’s threaded by a nibble stream of tiny bubbles. Wonderfully aromatic sniff with intense baked bread, yeast lees, pear and brioche scents engulfing the nostrils followed by some honeyed cashew, citrus and roasted almond notes. Rich and creamy yet airy and agile in it’s feel, the palate features mouth filling flavours of baked bread, pear and yeast lees with notions of honeyed cashew, citrus, almond and brioche characters extending across the back half. Crisp, mouth watering acidity with a dry, expansive finish.
  Drink over the 6-8 years.
  Alc. 12.5%

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  Complex nose of restrained strawberries and lemon zest, with macerated flowers and shortbread. Full body and plenty of concentration, with pinprick mousse, long and chewy, integrated acidity and amazing length. Pinot noir and chardonnay. Drink or hold.
  96 Points
  JamesSuckling.com

  The 2016 Champagne Vintage Brut is the new release and is composed of 70% Pinot Noir from Verzy and the rest Chardonnay from Chouilly. A slightly richer golden straw hue, it has a floral bouquet on the nose and is a very pretty vintage of this wine aromatically. It’s sappy with lemon confit and is salty throughout the palate, revealing the weight of the Pinot Noir but retaining wonderful freshness. This lovely wine is going to take some time to open aromatically, but it’s going to be worth the wait. Drink it over the coming 15 years. It’s a going to be a stunning wine for pairings. 7 gram per liter dosage in this wine and in the collection. Drink 2024-2040.
  95 Points
  Audrey Frick – JebDunnuck.com

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  Marchand & Burch Cremant de Bourgogne Methode Traditionelle Brut Blanc

  Burgundy, FRANCE

  $39. 99

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  ABV: 12%

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  Produced from a blend of 60% Chardonnay, 20% Gamay, 10% Pinot Noir and 10% Aligote. A frothy white mousse sits over a straw coloured base with pale gold edgings. Very fine and profuse bead. An inviting nose of pear, baked bread and yeast lees shows good richness with citrus and toast notes also evident. Quite creamy and full in the mouth, the palate has a rich flavour profile of yeasty baked bread, citrusy apple and pear fruit with undertones of toast. Good refreshing acidity on the finish with a medium to long aftertaste.
  Drink over the next 2-3 years.
  Alc. 12%

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  Marie Courtin Presence (V18) Extra Brut Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $170. 00

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  $2040.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 12%

  Closure: Cork

  Based in the tiny hamlet of Polisot in the southern Cote des Bars region of Champagne, Dominique Moreau is producing some of the most dynamic and striking wines of the area. Naming her estate after her grandmother, Marie Courtin, Dominique has set out to craft Champagnes which emphasise how her specific terroir can be expressed in a given vintage. Her wines then are single vineyard and single vintage, made with meticulously grown fruit from biodynamically-grown grapes, see no dosage, and sulfur is used sparingly or not at all.

  Présence is a unique blend of 70% Chardonnay and 30% Pinot Blanc from the 2018 harvest. Fermentation and ageing occurs in epoxy lined tank, and this wine sees no sulfur before being disgorged in January 2021 with no dosage.

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  The 2018 Extra Brut Présence Sans Soufre is a blend of Pinot Blanc and Chardonnay, made with no added sulfur and bottled with no dosage. It's a risky approach that Dominique Moreau has really dialed in over the last few years. Bright acids and sweet, floral aromatics cut through a core of citrus and orchard fruit. There are none of the hard edges or angular contours in the 2018. It's a wine that hits so many high notes, starting with its sheer deliciousness. No dosage. Disgorged: July, 2021. Drink 2022 - 2030.
  95 points
  Antonio Galloni - Vinous

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