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  Egly-Ouriet Brut Rose Grand Cru Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $399. 00

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  $4788.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 12.5%

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  The Ambonnay based Egly-Ouriet are a reference point for grower producers in Champagne, known for their impeccable vineyard management and fastidious winemaking skills. Much of their production is raised in oak barrels, with extended aging on lees a feature. Arguably one of the greatest Rose Champagne made, Egly's rendition is fine and perfumed, and with the addition of 5% still Pinot Noir from their Coteaux Champenois Rouge shows magnificent Pinot fruit.

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  Based on the 2016 vintage and disgorged in early 2022, Egly's NV Brut Rosé Grand Cru is now bottled in dark glass, protecting it from light strike. Bursting with aromas of pear, tangerine, cherries and toasted almonds, it's medium to full-bodied, pillowy and vinous, with racy acids and a long, sapid finish. This brilliant, characterful wine is worth a special effort to seek out. Drink 2022 - 2035.
  94 points
  William Kelley - Wine Advocate (Sep 2022)

  The NV Brut Rosé Grand Cru is distinguished, among other things, by the five years it spent on its lees, which is quite long for Rosé Champagne. Bright and beautifully sculpted, the Rosé sizzles with tension and yet it also possesses a sense of inner suaveness that is impossible to miss. This is such a classy wine.
  92 points
  Antonio Galloni - Vinous

  The NV Champagne Rose Cuvee is based on the 2019 vintage and boasts a pale pink bright hue. Blended with approximately 5% red wine from plots of old vines in Ambonnay, it’s fresh and fruity on the nose, with aromas of fresh raspberries, peach or nectarine, and saline. The palate is powerful and appealing, and the ripeness of the fruit is long on the palate, with notes of orange oil, citrus oils grapefruit, and a clean, stony finish. Drink over the coming 15 years. 15,000 bottles per year are produced. Drink 2024-2040.
  95 points
  Audrey Frick - jebdunnuck.com

  Opulent aromas and flavors of smoky grilled nut and toasted brioche, baked apricot and raspberry fruit, pastry cream and crystallized honey show in this expressive rosé Champagne, yet the spine of rapierlike acidity and the satiny mousse are finely integrated, lending an elegance to the full-throttle flavor profile.
  93 points
  Alison Napjus - Wine Spectator

  Rumbling power with delicate finesse, this is a rose of medium salmon hue, bursting with the exuberance and beguiling transparency of Ambonnay pinot noir. Fragrant rosebuds and wild strawberries open into glorious depth of black cherry fruits of exacting ripeness, cherry kernel, fig and mixed spice. Very fresh and focussed for its age, with a universe of complexity lingering very long, precise and lively amidst fine chalk mineral texture.
  96 points
  Tyson Stelzer - The Champagne Guide 2015-2016

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  Egly-Ouriet Grand Cru Extra Brut Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $299. 00

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  $3588.00 Dozen

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  Cellar: Drink now - 6 Years (2018-2024)

  ABV: 12.5%

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  The Ambonnay based Egly-Ouriet are a reference point for grower producers in Champagne, known for their impeccable vineyard management and fastidious winemaking skills. Much of their production is raised in oak barrels, with extended aging on lees a feature. Brut Tradition is a blend of up of 70% Pinot Noir and 30% Chardonnay from low yielding vines in Grand Cru terroirs, and is a wine that puts to shame many a prestige cuvee at double the price.

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  Previous tasting October 2018:
  A fine satin like mousse shows good hold over a pale straw base with pale gold edgings. Very profuse and exceptionally fine bead. Superb aromatics of baked bread and yeast lees meld with subtle honeyed notes, pear, citrus and lightly roasted cashew. Very faint hazelnut end notes complete a complex sniff. Rich toasty baked bread and yeast lees characters pair with subtle pear and citrus flavours. Refined lacy feel with sculptured acidity lending tension on the mouth watering finish. Also evident are cashew and buttered brioche nuances. Long creamy oily baked bread and yeast lees tinged finish with a bite of refreshing citrus.
  97 points
  Drink over the next 5-6 years.
  Alc. 12.5%

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  70% pinot noir, 30% chardonnay from the ’12, ’11 and ’10 vintages, disgorged October ’17 after 51 months on lees. Fourth-generation vigneron, Francis Egly, assumed responsibility in ’82, deciding to bottle the production of 8300 dozen from the 12ha estate. His determination to make only the best quality champagne means he now sells on allocation. This wine is supremely concentrated, and equally classy. Dosage 2g/l.
  97 points
  James Halliday - Australian Wine Companion
  
  Even though it was only Disgorged: a few months ago, the NV Brut Tradition Grand Cru is super-expressive. The Brut Tradition brings together parcels in Ambonnay, Bouzy and Verzenay that, together, yield a Pinot-driven Champagne with tremendous breadth as well as cut. Red fruit, dried flowers, mint, spice and lemon confit are some of the aromas and flavors that build in this wonderfully open-knit, inviting Champagne from Egly-Ouriet.
  92 points
  Antonio Galloni - Vinous

  With this release, based on the 2014 vintage and disgorged in June-July 2019, what was formerly Egly's Brut "Tradition" becomes simply his NV Brut Grand Cru, a simplification that paves the way for several new cuvées from this reference-point grower that I'll be reporting about in due course. Changes in nomenclature aside, the wine in the bottle has never been better, and the latest release soars from the glass with an expressive bouquet of golden orchard fruit, honeycomb, citrus zest and freshly baked bread. On the palate, it's full-bodied, deep and layered, with real concentration and intensity, built around racy acids and chalky dry extract. The finish is long and lingering.
  93 points
  William Kelley - Wine Advocate (May 2020)

  From the very first cuvée, Egly-Ouriet is distinguished for its ability to preserve exacting precision and outstanding chalk mineral focus in the midst of magnificent generosity. A vinous wine of calm authority, carrying the full grandeur and complexity of carefully tended, low-yielding, old vine Pinot Noir on some of Champagne’s most revered grand crus… A paradox of luxurious generosity and crystalline purity.
  95 points
  Tyson Stelzer - The Champagne Guide 2015-2016

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  Egly-Ouriet Blanc De Noirs Grand Cru Vieilles Vignes Les Crayeres Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $899. 00

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  ABV: 12.5%

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  The Ambonnay based Egly-Ouriet are a reference point for grower producers in Champagne, known for their impeccable vineyard management and fastidious winemaking skills. Much of their production is raised in oak barrels, with extended aging on lees a feature. Blanc De Noirs is the flagship wine from Egly-Ouriet, and the one that first captured the attention of the wider Champagne public. This 100% Pinot Noir cuvee comes from the Les Crayeres vineyard in Ambonnay that was planted in 1946.

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  A blend of the 2015 and 2014 vintages, Egly's emblematic NV Brut Blanc de Noirs Grand Cru Les Crayères was disgorged this year with only one gram per liter dosage. Bursting with aromas of mirabelle plum, Anjou pear and green apple mingled with notions of freshly baked bread, honeycomb and praline, it's full-bodied, layered and multidimensional, its satiny attack segueing into a deep, layered mid-palate of striking texture and concentration. Concluding with a long, intensely saline finish, it's another brilliant wine from a great producer at the top of his form. Drink 2023 - 2043.
  98+ points
  William Kelley - Wine Advocate (Sep 2022)

  The NV Brut Blanc de Noirs Les Crayeres Grand Cru explodes from the glass with a range of Pinot aromas and flavors that is just breathtaking. Bright acids and beams of saline intensity offer striking contrast. Even though it has just been Disgorged:, the Crayeres is just stunning. For readers who want to know what Pinot from Ambonnay tastes like, well, this is it. Hints of Mirabelle plum, red plum and dried flowers linger on the substantial finish.
  96+ points
  Antonio Galloni - Vinous

  Aged 72 months on lees, fermented in barrel with full malo, the NV Champagne Grand Cru Blanc de Noirs Les Crayeres Vieilles Vignes Brut is just a heavenly bottle, offering a kaleidoscope-like nose of buttered citrus, orange blossom, flowers, green almonds, and salty minerality. These flow to a full-bodied, rich, deep, and incredibly layered palate Champagne that flirts with perfection. It’s stunning today yet it should easily evolve for another 20 years. Drink 2020 - 2040.
  99 points
  Jeb Dunnuck

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• Emmanuel Brochet Selected (base 2020) Extra Brut Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $235. 00

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  $2820.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 12%

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  Emmanuel Brochet hails from the Villers-aux-Noeuds village south of the city of Reims. He farms 2.5 hectares of vines, all located in a single parcel, and planted with all three major varieties with the oldest vines dating back to 1962. The vineyard was converted to organic viticulture starting with the 2008 vintage, which he does more out of respect for the land than something he necessarily believes results in better wine.

  New for this release is the first NV wine to appear under the Selected label from the premier cru village of Pierry. A blend of 70% Pinot Meunier and 30% Chardonnay, this release is 65% 2020 vintage with the balance reserve wine, all raised in oak and disgorged in 2023 with a dosage of 3 g/L.

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  Forest-Marie Brut Tradition Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $84. 99

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  $1019.88 Dozen

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  Cellar: Drink now - 5 Years (2023-2028)

  ABV: 12%

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  A heady mousse sits well over a straw pale gold edged base. Streaming through its core is a very fine and persistent bead. Invigorating scents of baked bread, yeast lees and subtle dried honey fill the nostrils with hints of ginger, brioche and roasted almonds also chiming in. Rich and mouth filling with a creamy texture the palate is generously endowed with baked bread, yeast lees and brioche flavours which overlay a back drop of roasted almonds and citrus. Crisp acidity with some lingering oily toast like accents to the long, full aftertaste.
  Drink over the next 4-5 years.
  Alc. 12%

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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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  2016 Freycinet Radenti Grand Vintage Sparkling

  Tasmania, AUSTRALIA

  $67. 99

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  $815.88 Dozen

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  ABV: 12.5%

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  Radenti is a premium sparkling wine from the East Coast of Tasmania, known for its quality and numerous awards. Celebrating 30 years of production, Radenti is one of Australia's few grower-producer sparkling wines, with fruit sourced from a single vineyard dedicated to traditional method sparkling wine.
  Radenti Grand Vintage 2016, following the award-winning 2011 and R3 Radenti sparklings, is a blend of 60% Chardonnay and 40% Pinot Noir. The fruit is grown on a cooler part of the estate, 5 kilometers west of the main Freycinet vineyards, ensuring delicate flavors through slow ripening. The wine gains complexity from long aging on lees, with 5 years and 9 months in the tank. Ready to drink now, it will continue to develop over the next 5 to 10 years.
  Alc. 12.5%

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  60% Chardonnay, 40% Pinot Noir. Five years and nine months on lees. Lovely wine, though not a huge fan of the label design.
  Almond meal, salt, lemon zest, honeyed florals, tangerine, butter etc. Lively wine, with lemon oil, distinctly saline, some ginger, fine bubbles, and a nutty chalky finish of great length. Complex and spicy. Terrific. Drink 2024 - 2029+
  95 Points
  Gary Walsh - The Wine Front

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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%

  Closure: Cork

  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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  $2880.00 Dozen

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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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  $2388.00 Dozen

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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.

  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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  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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  $2388.00 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.

  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

  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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  $323.88 Dozen

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  ABV: 11%

  Closure: Diam Cork

  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

  $175. 00

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  $2100.00 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

  $270. 00

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  $3240.00 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.

  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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  $1440.00 Dozen

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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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  $899.88 Dozen

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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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  Hugues Godme Les Premiers Jardins Le Blanc de Blancs Brut Nature Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $79. 99

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  ABV: 12.5%

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  Made from 100% Chardonnay with 3 years on lees. A buoyant mousse overlays a pale straw coloured base with pale gold tinged edges that’s finely threaded by a very persistent bead. Pronounced citrus, yeast lees and toast aromas are married to brioche and roast almond like notes. Racy, tense and sculptured the vibrant palate features citrus and pear fruits over a dry chalky back drop of delicate baked bread, yeast lees and almonds. Crip acidity leading into a stimulating finish.
  Alc. 12.5%

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  Hugues Godme Reserve Champagne Premier Cru (375ml)

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $44. 99

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

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

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  2007 Hugues Godme Les Alouettes Champagne Premier Cru

  Champagne, FRANCE

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  $99. 99

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  ABV: 12%

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

  A bottling of 100% Chardonnay from the lieu-dit Les Alouettes St-Bets in Villers-Marmery, a 45 year-old parcel of vines located near the border of Verzy. The land here is a limestone base with very little topsoil. Maturation of the base wine takes place 100% in 225L oak barrels, and has no dosage added.

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  2007 Hugues Godme Les Romaines Champagne Premier Cru

  Champagne, FRANCE

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  $99. 99

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  ABV: 12%

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

  A bottling of 100% Pinot Meunier from the lieu-dit Les Romaines in Villedommange, a tiny 0.39ha parcel of 20 year old vines. Maturation of the base wine takes place 100% in 225L oak barrels, and has no dosage added.

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  Jacques Lassaigne La Colline Inspiree Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $260. 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.

  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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  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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  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

  Tasmania, AUSTRALIA

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  $27. 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.
  Drink over the next 2-3 years.
  Alc. 12.5%

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  1988 Krug Collection Vintage Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $2499. 00

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  ABV: 12.5%

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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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  1990 Krug Collection Vintage Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $2299. 00

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  ABV: 12%

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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 1990 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 40% Pinot Noir, 37% Chardonnay, 23% Pinot Meunier, Krug Collection 1990 was kept on lees for 25 years before finally receiving its cork in spring 2015. 1990 produced wines that are rich and balanced with great structure.

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  Krug's just-released 1990 Collection is magnificent. Remarkably fresh for a 26 year-old wine, the 1990 Collection captures the Krug house style at its very best. Floral notes meld into hints of apricot, chamomile, orchard fruit, vanillin and sweet spices. On the palate, the 1990 is creamy, vivid and super-expressive, but what is most intriguing is how fresh the Collection is relative to Vintage Champagne, which has always been a heavier, more oxidative wine. Readers who can find the 1990 should not hesitate, as it is stellar. Drink 2016-2031.
  97+ points
  Antonio Galloni - Vinous (Oct 2016)

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  Lacourte Godbillon Premier Cru Terroirs d’Ecueil Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $105. 00

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  ABV: 12%

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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

  $160. 00

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  ABV: 12.5%

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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 Ultradition Extra Brut Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $130. 00

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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.
  Alc. 12.5%
  

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  The NV Extra Brut Ultradition, the entry-level wine in this range, is wonderfully deep and fleshy, with plenty of Meunier character driving the blend. Dried pear, chamomile and spice are some of the notes that open in the glass. Generous and inviting, the Ultradition has plenty to offer. This release is based on 2017, with reserve wines from 2016 and 2015. Drink it over the next few years. Dosage is 4.5 grams per liter. Disgorged: October, 2019.
  91 points
  Antonio Galloni - Vinous

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  Laherte Freres Rose de Meunier Extra Brut Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $140. 00

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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.
  Alc. 12.5%
  

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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

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  Laherte Freres Blanc de Blancs Brut Nature Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $135. 00

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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.
  Alc. 12.5%

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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)

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  Lallier Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut Grand Cru

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $149. 99

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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.
  Alc. 12.5%

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  Lallier Champagne Grand Rose Brut Grand Cru

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $129. 99

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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.
  Alc. 12.5%

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  Larmandier-Bernier Longitude Champagne Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut

  Champagne, FRANCE

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  $145. 00

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  The NV Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs Longitude 1er Cru sizzles with tension and energy. Chalk and limestone soils in the villages of Vertus, Cramant and Oger give birth to a Champagne endowed with so much vibrancy. Citrus, yellow flowers, spice and baked apple tart add aromatic nuance, but it is the wine's pure drive and texture that stand out most. This is a fabulous showing. The current release is based on 2016, with 40% wines from a perpetual reserve that dates back to 2004. Dosage is 4 grams per liter. Disgorged: October, 2019.
  94 Points
  Antonio Galloni - Vinous (November 2020)

  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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  $125. 00

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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 Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs 1er Cru Latitude from Larmandier-Bernier is a powerful, structured wine. Deep and resonant on the palate, the Latitude packs a serious punch. There is no shortage of depth or intensity, that much is clear. Dried apricot, sage, fennel, crushed stone all open up in the glass, adding layers of nuance. Readers should expect an imposing, rich Champagne that will be at its best at the dinner table. Like all of the Larmandier-Bernier Champagnes, the Latitude will offer its best drinking if opened several hours in advance. This release is 60% 2015 and 40% reserve wines. As always, Latitude emerges from clay rich soils that confer breadth. Dosage is 4 grams per liter.
  92 points
  Antonio Galloni - Vinous

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  Larmandier-Bernier Rose de Saignee Premier Cru Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

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  $190. 00

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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 La Cuvee Champagne Brut - Clearance

  Champagne, FRANCE

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  $110. 00

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  Pours with an exuberant mousse that shows ample hold over a pale straw coloured base that has pale gold tinged edges. An exceptionally fine bead showing good persistence. Lifted citrus and yeast lees aromas mingle with hints of sherbet and chalky mineral like notes. Rich baked bread, citrus and yeast lees flavours drive the palate. Sculptured acidity providing tension to the finish. Some faint cashew and chalky mineral characters are also present on the long mouth watering aftertaste.
  Alc. 12%

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  The brioche and cooked-apple and cream character really comes through here. Full-bodied and round with fine bubbles. Flavorful and intense. Vivid, bread-dough finish. This is four years on lees. 55% chardonnay and the rest pinot.
  93 Points
  JamesSuckling.com (September 2019)

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  Laurent-Perrier Cuvee Rose Champagne Brut

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $160. 00

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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%

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  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%

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  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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  Louis Roederer Collection 245 Brut Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $99. 99

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  Cellar: Drink now - 5 Years (2025-2030)

  ABV: 12.5%

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  A refined, airy Champagne with crisp acidity and a long, dry, chalk tinged finish.
  
  Collection 245 is the 5th release of the new multi-vintage cuvée which replaces the Brut Premier. The Collection 245 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.
  Pours with an enthusiastically buoyant mousse which slowly dissipates into a pale straw coloured base that has an exceptionally fine bead flowing through it. Pear, baked bread and brioche like aromas sail through the nostrils with some citrus and yeast lees notes also evident. Stimulating pear, citrus and yeast lees flavours decorate the mouth with some baked bread and faint cashew in the background. Refined, airy feel with crisp acidity and a long, dry, chalk tinged finish.
  Drink over the next 4-5 years.
  Alc. 12.5%
  

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  Part of a new collection that’s just reaching the market now, the NV Champagne Collection 245 is based on the 2020 vintage. (The trilogy of vintages in the collection are from the early ripening 2018, which is lighter and fruitier, the 2019, which is richer and more powerful, and the 2020, which is somewhere in between the other two.) The blend of the 245 is 41% Chardonnay, 33% Pinot Noir, and the rest Meunier. It has a reflective straw hue and offers notes of fresh almond, bread dough, and fresh flowers. Medium-bodied on the palate, with a fruity nature, it’s crunchy and fresh in the glass, with a lovely chalky texture, good refinement, a note of fresh nectarine, and a clean finish. Dry, but with a delicate rounded feel and some depth throughout, it opens to show more of its salinity and the delicate reductive smoke that frames the wine with oyster shell-like umami character. It’s approachable now but will age with ease.
  93 Points
  Audrey Frick – JebDunnuck.com

  The NV Collection 245 is another stellar Champagne from Roederer. Apricot, white flowers, spice, white pepper and tangerine oil all open in the glass. This is a more open-knit style from Roederer. The blend is 41% Chardonnay, 35% Pinot Noir and 24% Meunier based in 2020, but with 35% reserve wines from a perpetual reserve of previous editions and 10% reserve wines in oak, meaning the base vintage is not particularly evident. Dosage is 7 grams per liter, but it feels a bit higher than that. Drink 2024-2034.
  92 Points
  Antonio Galloni – Vinous

  Restrained green apple, lemon bush and lime, plus light brioche and chalk. Medium to full body with fine, nicely persistent bubbles and good substance on the mid-palate. Almost biting yet polished at the end, with long, refreshing acidity. Lacks a bit of complexity at the moment, but fresh. Best from 2025.
  93 Points
  JamesSuckling.com

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