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  Billecart-Salmon Reserve Brut Champagne Magnum (1500ml)

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $260. 00

  Bottle

  $3120.00 Dozen

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  Cellar: Drink now - 4 Years (2020-2024)

  ABV: 12%

  Closure: Cork

  Billecart-Salmon’s ever reliable Reserve Brut is made from a blend of 30% Pinot Noir, 30% Chardonnay and 40% Pinot Meunier and spends 30 months ageing on its lees. 50-60% of the blend is made up of reserve wines.
  Buoyant and frothy upon pouring, the mousse fades into a pale straw coloured base that has flecks of pale gold to the edges and an extremely fine and persistent bead flowing through its core. A classic sniff of yeasty baked bread characters is followed by pear, cashew, hints of dried honey and brioche. The delicious palate has a satiny and airy like feel to it and features a flavour profile of baked bread, pear, yeast lees, subtle cashew, citrus and brioche. Dry crisp chalked tinged finish with a long and delicately creamy aftertaste.
  Drink over the next 3-4 years.
  Alc. 12%

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  An uncommon blend of 40% pinot meunier and 30% each of pinot noir and chardonnay, with 40% reserve wines, fermented in a mix of tank and use of aged oak barrels. Deliberate choice of meunier is the key to its drink any time soon style, combining elegance, finesse and great length. 
  95 points
  James Halliday - Top 100 Wines of the Year 2019

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  2002 Billecart-Salmon Cuvee Nicolas Francois Vintage Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $350. 00

  Bottle

  $4200.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 12.5%

  Closure: Cork

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  A mesmerizing, thrilling Champagne, the 2002 Cuvée Nicolas François Billecart is a great example of the vintage at its best. Silky and racy on the palate, yet a bit more restrained than many wines of the year, the Nicolas François Billecart remains vivid and remarkably nuanced. Brioche. apricot jam, wild flowers and honey are some of the many notes that blossom as the Cuvée Nicolas François Billecart shows off its voluptuous personality. The 2002 is 60% Pinot Noir and 40% Chardonnay.
  97 points
  Antonio Galloni - Vinous

  There's a buoyant, almost ethereal quality to this elegant Champagne, offering a rich range of blackberry pâte de fruit, crystallized honey, grilled nut and oyster shell flavors, set on a fine, chalky mousse. Long and mouthwatering, with a clean, citrus-infused finish. Drink now through 2027.
  95 points
  Alison Napjus - Wine Spectator

  Very impressive depth and detail here. The freshness is staggering. Citrus and grilled-hazelnut aromas lead to a palate that has a very concentrated, slightly creamy and taut feel. Super long and dense with lemon curd, white peaches and a toasty build to the finish. Superb! Drink or hold.
  98 points
  jamessuckling.com

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  2000 Billecart-Salmon Cuvee Nicolas Francois Vintage Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $175. 00

  Bottle

  $2100.00 Dozen

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  Cellar: Drink now - 5 Years (2012-2017)

  ABV: 12%

  Closure: Cork

  This exceptional cuvee has been crafted since 1964 as a tribute to Nicolas Francois Billecart, founder of the house. Chardonnay and Pinot Noir grapes are selected in the Grands Cru communes of the Cote des Blancs and Montagne de Reims, with some of the base wine fermented in traditional Piece Champenoise (205 L) barrels.

  This superb Champagne from another of our favourite houses opens with a white frothy mousse and shows excellent hold. Once dissipated, the pale gold straw coloured base wine emerges with exceptionally fine and profuse bead showing terrific persistence. The nose delivers a superb Champagne sniff with complex notes of baked bread, yeast lees, some toasty characters, a touch of citrus and some roasted almond end notes. On the palate yeast lees, toast, biscuit and a hint of citrus merge with some roasted nuttiness and a faint touch of dried honey. Creamy texture with a clean dry finish. Long aftertaste of yeast lees, baked bread, toast and roasted nuts.
  Drink over the next 4-5 years (2012-2017).
  Alc 12.0%

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  2007 Billecart-Salmon Vintage Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $150. 00

  Bottle

  $1800.00 Dozen

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  Cellar: 6 - 8 Years (2025-2027)

  ABV: 12%

  Closure: Cork

  A satiny white mousse sits well over a straw pale gold tinged base that’s finely threaded by a steady stream of delicate bubbles. Strong yeasty baked bread characters intermingle with oily toast, cashew, citrusy honey and brioche notes. Rich yet tense and tightly knit on the finish the palate features mouthwatering flavours of baked bread, citrus, oily toast like characters and yeast lees with some roasted almonds on the dry crisp finish. Long precise aftertaste that has a lingering subtle dried nut element to it. A very dry and focused Champagne that requires some patience.
  Cellar 6-8 years.
  Alc. 12%

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  Sleek acidity firms this tightly meshed 2007, a racy frame for flavors of crème de cassis, toast, ground ginger and candied lemon zest. Long and minerally on the finish. Drink now through 2027.
  93 points
  Wine Spectator

  The spicy pinot noir holds sway on the nose with an array of sous bois, flinty minerals, dried cherries and brioche. The smaller component of chardonnay (25%) delivers a crisp lemon acidity on entry, which builds weight to a cherry-pastry finish. Lots of potential here. Try from 2020.
  93 points
  JamesSuckling.com

  Billecart-Salmon's intense and vinous 2007 Vintage blends 75% Pinot Noir from the Montagne de Reims and the Grande Vallée de la Marne (Mareuil-sur-Aÿ and Aÿ) with 25% Chardonnay from the Côte des Blancs villages Avize, Cramant, Mesnil-sur-Oger, Oger, Chouilly and Vertus. Vinified in stainless steel, the bouquet indicates pure, ripe and refined fruit with delicate brioche and morel scents as well as fine chalky and super discreet marzipan and nougat notes. Full-bodied and very intense in its fruit flavors, this is a rich, persistent, pure, just ripe and refined 2007 with a finish that is remarkably fresh but not fully round. Drink 2019-2026.
  92 points
  Stephan Reinhardt – Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate

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  2021 Bird in Hand Sparkling

  AUSTRALIA

  $29. 99

  Bottle

  $359.88 Dozen

  Minimum 12 bottles

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  Cellar: Drink now - 3 Years (2022-2025)

  ABV: 12.5%

  Closure: Stelvin

  A fine satiny mousse sits atop a light pink coloured base. Fine persistent bead with lifted scents of peach and strawberry filling the nostrils. Some musk and light bready notes also chime in. Moreish pear and strawberry fruits captivate the palate with subtle yeast lees and baked bread elements lying underneath. Vivid acidity with a dry, tasty finish.
  Drink over the next 2-3 years.
  Alc. 12.5%

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  Black Billy Pinot Chardonnay

  McLaren Vale, South Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $17. 99

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  $215.88 Dozen

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  Cellar: 1 - 2 Years (2008-2009)

  ABV: 12.5%

  Closure: Cork

  Fine pale creamy mousse. Fine bead, showing very good persistence. Delicate nose of light lemon with just a touch of yeast lees. Creamy palate texture, with light lemon background flavours. Clean acid finish. Excellent balance and a touch of sherbet on the aftertaste.
  Cellar 1-2 years (2008-2009)
  Alc/Vol: 12.5%

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  Black Billy Sparkling Shiraz

  McLaren Vale, South Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $26. 99

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  $323.88 Dozen

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  ABV: 13.5%

  Closure: Cork

  The mousse is impressive, with mauve purple colour followed by medium sized bead with short persistence. The nose displays aromas of liquorice, plum and stewed fruit. On the palate flavours of ripe plum, followed by a hint of earth and leather. Soft finish. Aftertaste of ripe plum, earth and leather.
  Drink (2007)
  Alc/Vol: 13.5%

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  Boizel Brut Reserve Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $89. 99

  Bottle

  $1079.88 Dozen

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  Cellar: 3 - 4 Years (2019-2020)

  ABV: 12%

  Closure: Cork

  A blend of 55% Pinot Noir, 30% Chardonnay and 15% Pinot Meunier that includes 30% Reserve wines. Pours with a fluffy white mousse that shows good hold. Very fine and profuse bead with a pale straw/gold base colour. The nose has good intensity and complexity with aromas of yeast lees and baked bread dominate over some toast, roasted nuts and citrus. Quite full and rich in style the palate features creamy textured flavours of baked bread, toast and yeast lees followed by some citrusy dried honey characters and brioche. Clean dry finish with good refreshing acidity. Long yeasty baked bread, toast, cashew and citrus aftertaste. Tasted from a bottle disgorged in July 2015.
  Drink over the next 3-4 years.
  Alc 12%

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  1996 Boizel Joyau de France Brut Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $225. 00

  Bottle

  $2700.00 Dozen

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  Cellar: Drink now - 5 Years (2011-2016)

  ABV: 12%

  Closure: Cork

  
  A Superb Champagne from the outstanding 1996 vintage.
  A blend of Grand Crus and Premier Crus produced from 40% Chardonnay and 60% Pinot Noir partly aged in oak barrels. The wine pours with a good mousse. Pale gold straw base wine colour with very fine and persistent bead. The nose displays a complex aromatic profile of yeast lees, toast, cashew and citrus with a light hazelnut end note. Refined and sophisticated the palate displays exceptional length with flavours of yeast lees, baked bread, toast, cashew and citrus followed by a hint of hazelnut on the back palate. Creamy texture with clean dry finish. Long aftertaste of cashew, lees and hazelnut.
  Drink over the next 4-5 years (2011-2016).
  Alc 12.0%

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  Boizel Brut Rose Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $89. 99

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  $1079.88 Dozen

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  ABV: 12%

  Closure: Cork

  A blend of 20% Chardonnay, 30% Pinot Meunier and 50% Pinot Noir, the cork on this bottle of Champagne was virtually impossible to extract and required a real He-man effort. Upon eventual extraction the wine displays a pale salmon pink base wine colour with very fine bead showing good persistence. The nose displays delicate aromas of winter strawberry, yeast lees and biscuit. Very refined palate with light flavours of yeast lees, biscuit and winter strawberry followed by a faint hint of toast. Clean dry finish with aftertaste of yeast lees and winter strawberry.
  Drink now (2011).
  Alc 12.0%

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  2010 Boll & Cie Grand Cru Extra Brut Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $150. 00

  Bottle

  $1800.00 Dozen

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  Cellar: 5 - 6 Years (2023-2024)

  ABV: 12.5%

  Closure: Cork

  A Blanc de Blancs Champagne sourced from Grand Cru vineyards located in Oger and Le Mesnil-Sur-Oger. Spends a minimum 5 years on lees. A generous lacy white mousse sits over a pale straw to straw coloured base wine that has pale gold edges. Exceptionally fine bead showing great persistence. Pronounced yet refined aromas of baked bread and yeast lees tied to citrus and brioche hold sway over oily toast like characters and hints of honeyed cashew. Richly flavoured with an oily like textural feel yet simultaneously refreshing and vibrant, the palate is filled with oily baked bread and yeast lees characters underscored by subtlety honeyed toast, citrus and roasted almonds. Dry crisp finish. Superb length with a long oily baked bread, yeast lees, honeyed toast and roasted almond aftertaste.
  Cellar 5-6 years.
  Alc. 12.5%

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  2007 Bollinger RD Extra Brut Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $450. 00

  Bottle

  $5400.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 12.5%

  Closure: Cork

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  Bollinger’s 2007 R.D. is superb, but it is also a wine that reflects the nature of a unique and challenging growing season. In most vintages the R.D. is marked by the distinct creaminess and breadth of Aÿ Pinot Noir. Two thousand seven, though, was a difficult year marked by very dry weather, rain at the end of the growing season and an early harvest in August, something that was not as common as it has become. Selection was essential. For the 2007, the blend is composed of just 14 villages compared to the more typical 18-25. Verzenay is the main Pinot component while Cramant plays the leading role in the Chardonnays. For these reasons, the 2007 is an R.D. driven by more focus, energy and tension than readers are used to seeing. Lemon confit, dried flowers, sage, mint, crushed rocks, almond and ginger are some of the aromas and flavors that give the 2007 its complex, multi-faceted personality. Drink 2022 - 2047.
  97 Points
  Antonio Galloni's Vinous (March 2021)

  This has such clarity and freshness with minerality to the bread-dough and praline aromas. Full-bodied, very tight and focused with a long, linear palate and a reserved finish. This is a wine that combines sophistication, complexity and aging potential. Late-disgorged magic. Drink or hold.
  97 Points
  JamesSuckling.com (August 2021)

  Disgorged on July 10, 2020, with three grams per liter dosage, Bollinger's eagerly awaited 2007 Extra-Brut R. D. is beautiful, unwinding in the glass with aromas of crisp orchard fruit, citrus pith and white flowers mingled with hints of honey, orange oil, buttery pastry, English walnuts and delicately spicy bass notes. Full-bodied, vibrant and incisive, it's unusually elegant and structurally fine-boned for what is routinely one of Champagne's more muscular tête de cuvées, with a bright spine of acidity that's cloaked in vibrant, concentrated fruit, complemented by a pearly pinpoint mousse and concluding with an intensely sapid finish. Long and penetrating, this is a tightly coiled R. D. that will reward bottle age. Drink 2021 - 2037.
  97 Points
  William Kelley - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate (March 2021)

  Minerally on the nose, with accents of sea breeze and brine, transitions on the palate to a deep and finely-knit range of ripe nectarine and dried white cherry fruit, chopped almond and espresso crema, and hints of tangerine peel, saffron and ground cardamom. Fine and lacy in texture, this is sleek and mouthwatering through to the finish, where the salinity returns, echoing a lasting note. Disgorged July 2020. Drink now through 2032.
  96 Points
  Alison Napjus - Wine Spectator (June 2021)

  R.D., or Recenty Disgorged, is a Bollinger hallmark. This wine has stayed on its lees for many years before release, giving it intensity, maturity and great depth. The wine is powerful, concentrated and elegant. Drink now.
  98 Points
  Roger Voss - Wine Enthusiast Magazine
  

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  Bollinger Special Cuvee Brut Champagne Magnum (1500ml)

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $265. 00

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  $3180.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 12%

  Closure: Cork

  Bollinger’s trademark depth and richness are on full show here. A blend of 60% Pinot Noir, 25% Chardonnay and 15% Pinot Meunier with over 85% of the blend sourced from Grand and Premier crus.
  Pours with a fluffy white mousse.The base colour is pale straw with tinges of gold around the edges. Very fine bead with a steady stream of bubbles. The nose exhibits Bollinger’s hallmark richness with pronounced aromas of baked bread, yeast lees and oily toast like characters followed by cashew, almond and citrus notes. Rich, mouthfilling flavours of baked bread, yeast lees, oily toast like characters, citrus and cashew. Creamy textural feel with good freshness on the finish. Long aftertaste of baked bread, oily toast like characters, yeast lees and cashew.
  Drink over the next 3-4 years.
  Alc 12%

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  Surely the most underpriced champagne on the market today, yet one of the most complex. The 60/25/15% pinot noir/chardonnay/pinot meunier blend is of scant importance compared with the 400 components with 60% reserves, the oldest 8+ years old. Majestically complex and layered in a jewelled crown of freshness.
  96 points
  James Halliday's Top 100 2020

  This harmonious Champagne is wonderfully vibrant as it dances across the palate, with the satinlike mousse carrying flavors of white cherry, Marcona almond and ground coffee that show accents of candied kumquat, ginger, aromatic verbena and graphite. A streak of racy salinity emerges on mouthwatering finish. Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier. Drink now through 2025
  93 points
  Wine Spectator

  Bollinger’s NV Special Cuvée knocks it out of the park. Made from 60% Pinot Noir, 25% Chardonnay and the rest Pinot Meunier, with 30% of the blend brought up in barrels, it boasts a rich, deep, medium to full-bodied style as well as terrific notes of lemon curd, crème brûlée, caramelized stone fruits, and hints of toasty nuttiness that develop with time in the glass. It’s a big, rich Champagne that stays balanced and pure. Beautiful stuff. Drink 2018-2028.
  93 points
  JebDunnuck.com

  Fine bubbles combine nicely with the cooked apples, pie crust and lemon rind. Some biscuit, too. Full body. Layered and creamy with a crisp finish. Always delicious. Drink now.
  92 points
  JamesSuckling.com

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  Bollinger PN TX17 Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $225. 00

  Bottle

  $2700.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 12.5%

  Closure: Cork

  PN TX17 is the latest release of the now yearly special releases from Bollinger designed to highlight specific terroir in the context of house style. While the first two releases highlighted the village of Verzenay, ths year the shift is to Tauxières with 51% sourced from this premier cru village. Tauxières is not often spoken about, yet as a village that is late to ripen it will become more important in the years ahead, and one of the key reasons Bollinger has chose it this year. Completing the blend is additional Pinot Noir sourced from Aÿ, Verzenay and Avenay, along with reserve wines from 2016, 2009 and 2006. Dosage is a low 4g/L.

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  From the commune of Tauxières and the 2017 vintage, Bollinger's new NV Brut Blanc de Noirs PN TX17 exhibits aromas of crisp pear, orange zest and wet stones mingled with subtle hints of warm bread and dried fruits. Medium to full-bodied, pillowy and fleshy, with tangy acids and impressive ripeness for the vintage, it concludes with an elegantly mordant finish. This doesn't strike me as a year built to make old bones, but it should nonetheless enjoy over a decade's evolution. Drink 2021 - 2033.
  92 points
  William Kelley - Wine Advocate (Sep 2022)

  The NV PN TX 17, 100% Pinot Noir from Tauxières, is the next wine in Bollinger’s new series of single-village Champagnes. Bright and punchy, the 2017 is redolent of pear, dried flowers, mint, chalk and sage. Aromatically, the 2017 could easily be mistaken for a Blanc de Blancs such is its purity, but the richness and resonance of Pinot are unmistakable on the palate. This is an especially, vinous, layered Champagne that offers striking interplay between its intense fruit and the mineral, saline and savory-laced frame that holds it all together. The only thing this could use is a bit more body, as it is a touch austere. Disgorged: February, 2022. Drink 2024-2034.
  93 points
  Antonio Galloni - Vinous

  A finely detailed Champagne, with pointillist bubbles softly bursting on the palate, carrying a delicate, layered range of ripe raspberry and yellow peach, candied ginger and crystalized honey, chopped nuts and fleur de sel. Minerally chalk and saline accents drive the finish. Disgorged February 2022. Drink now through 2025.
  93 points
  Alison Napjus - Wine Spectator

  The nose is remarkably fine and complex, expressing scents of orchard fruit, white peach, apricot, and lemon with a touch of verbena. On the palate, the immediate impression is of a certain unctuosity providing great charm, and even the structure has round contours, but it seems to tighten on the chalky, airborne finish. The salinity that marked the previous two iterations of this PN series seems less present, with this one having more notes of pastry and hazelnuts as well as some zesty citrus, but airing adds an iodine-like tang. This is a Champagne that should pair well with fresh fish and shellfish dishes. 100% Pinot Noir. Dosage: 4 g/L. Disgorgement: January 2022. Drink 2022 - 2035.
  93 points
  Yohan Castaing - Decanter

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  2014 Bollinger La Grande Annee Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $275. 00

  Bottle

  $3300.00 Dozen

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  Cellar: Drink now - 8 Years (2022-2030)

  ABV: 12%

  Closure: Cork

  Powerful and complex this is a stunning rendition of Bollinger’s La Grande Annee

  A blend of 61% Pinot Noir and 39% Chardonnay sourced from 19 different crus, mainly Ay and Verzenay for the Pinot Noir whilst for the Chardonnay Chouilly and Oiry. Fermented entirely in aged oak barrels.
  A fine, satiny mousse slowly recedes to reveal a pale straw gold tinged coloured base that has a nibble stream of delicate bubbles flowing through it. The nose is magnificent, complex aromatics of baked bread, yeast lees and brioche soar from the glass with cashew, subtle citrus, hazelnut and ginger ensuing. On the palate Bollinger’s hallmark richness and power are shaped by vivid acidity with mouth filling flavours of baked bread, citrus, yeast lees and cashew trailed by some brioche and almond like characters. Dry chalk tinged finish with a long airy yet sculptured aftertaste.
  Drink over the next 6-8 years.
  Alc. 12%

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  Offering up complex aromas of crisp yellow orchard fruit, confit citrus, frangipane, walnuts, dried white flowers and subtle hints of iodine, Bollinger's 2014 Brut La Grande Année is medium to full-bodied, pillowy and vinous, with an elegantly fleshy core of fruit that's underpinned by racy acids and complemented by a pretty pinpoint mousse. Concluding with a long, chalky finish, this is a charming but precise Grande Année that's more giving and demonstrative than its immediate predecessor, the 2012, but which attains a very similar level of quality in a more challenging vintage—testimony to the serious viticulture that underpins Bollinger's contemporary excellence. Drink 2021 - 2045.
  95 points
  William Kelley - Wine Advocate (Mar 2022)

  The 2014 La Grande Année is stunning. In fact, it is one of the best recent editions I can remember tasting. What comes through most is the wine’s sizzling energy and tension, qualities that aren’t often associated with Bollinger, where the Champagnes tend to show more breadth and volume. In 2014, readers will find a Grande Année built on linear intensity and drive.
  The 2014 is a blend taken from 19 villages, 61% Pinot Noir and 39% Chardonnay instead of the more typical 70/30 mix. For the second time in two decades (the first was 2007), Verzenay takes the lead in the Pinots over Aÿ, more or less an inverse from the norm. Verzenay, a north-facing village in the Montagne de Reims that saw less rain than Aÿ and most of the Vallée de la Marne, yields Pinots of energy more than volume. That, married with Chardonnays mostly from the Côtes des Blancs (predominantly Chouilly, Vertus, Oiry and Cramant), results in a truly magical Grande Année that will delight Champagne fans for several decades. I can’t recommend the 2014 highly enough. It’s a total knock-out. Disgorged: April, 2021. Dosage: 8 grams per liter. Drink 2024-2044.
  98 points
  Antonio Galloni - Vinous

  Racy acidity drives this mouthwatering Champagne, enlivening the rich panoply of flavors. Features a fine and creamy mousse that's still a lively springboard for aromas and flavors of crème de cassis, glazed tangerine, roasted hazelnut, ground coffee, pickled ginger and white blossoms. Long and satiny, with minerally salt and chalk notes gaining momentum on the lasting finish. Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Disgorged July 2021. Drink now through 2037.
  97 points
  Alison Napjus - Wine Spectator
  
  With the hallmark Bollinger richness that is derived from fermentation in wood and a high percentage of Pinot Noir in the blend, this grand wine is ripe, full of apple and spice flavors. It is drinkable now, but still young. Keep until 2024.
  97 points
  Wine Enthusiast
  
  This classic blend of pinot noir and chardonnay (61/39 per cent) is drawn from 19 crus, the base wine fermented in oak on tirage until disgorged October ’21. Superb wine, with ultimate balance between the robust pinot noir and airy freshness of the chardonnay; great length. Drink until 2024.
  98 points
  James Halliday's Top 100 Wines of 2022
  
  The 2014 Champagne La Grande Annee Brut is 61% Pinot Noir and the rest Chardonnay, with 7 grams per liter dosage, and sees more fruit coming from Verzenay. I loved this wine last year, and it did not disappoint at this tasting either. Perfumed and mineral-tinged notes of saline and lemon custard lift from the glass, and it’s medium to full bodied on the palate, taking on a more focused and linear feel while remaining quite powerful, with salty minerality. I love the tension this brings, with a long, persistent spine of acidity, and it’s aging at a very slow rate. Drink 2024-2044. Disgorged in February 2023.
  96 points
  Audrey Frick - JebDunnuck.com

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  2014 Bollinger La Grande Annee Rose Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $375. 00

  Bottle

  $4500.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 12%

  Closure: Cork

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  Disgorged with eight grams per liter dosage, Bollinger's 2014 Brut La Grande Année Rosé wafts from the glass with aromas of tangerine oil, red berries, warm biscuits and English walnuts. Full-bodied, fleshy and enveloping, it's a broad, vinous Champagne, with a deep core of fruit and racy acids, complemented by a delicate pinpoint mousse and concluding with delicate and enlivening phenolic grip on the finish. Drink 2021 - 2045.
  96 points
  William Kelley - Wine Advocate (Mar 2022)

  The 2014 Rosé La Grande Année is airy, gracious and full of energy. Crushed rocks, white pepper, red berry, mint and blood orange lend striking aromatic intensity and presence. Finely cut and taut, the Rosé is a nervy Champagne that needs time to come together. The Rosé is blended from a base of the Blanc plus 5% still red Pinot from Bollinger’s Coteaux des Enfants vineyard in Aÿ. Perhaps because of its later disgorgement vis-à-vis the Blanc, the Rosé is a bit tight today. Disgorged: August, 2021. Dosage: 8 grams per liter. Drink 2024-2039.
  97 points
  Antonio Galloni - Vinous

  This graceful rosé Champagne has a lovely, creamy viscosity, enfolding aromas and flavors of ripe apricot and plum fruit, toasted almond, tea rose, dried mint and pickled ginger. This version's lush flavors and texture are well-meshed with and enlivened by a firm streak of racy acidity, with a chalky underpinning emerging to drive the finish. Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Disgorged August 2021. Drink now through 2034.
  96 points
  Alison Napjus - Wine Spectator

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  2012 Bollinger La Grande Annee Rose Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $350. 00

  Bottle

  $4200.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 12%

  Closure: Cork

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  Disgorged with eight grams per liter dosage, Bollinger's 2012 Brut La Grande Année Rosé is showing beautifully, wafting from the glass with aromas of raspberries, plums, orange rind, walnuts and fresh bread that only hint of the complexity to come. Full-bodied, broad and vinous, with fine depth at the core, a pinpoint mousse and racy acids, it concludes with a long and perfumed finish. The blend includes 5% red wine exclusively from Bollinger's La Côte Aux Enfants vineyard—which imparts delicate phenolic grip. Drink 2020 - 2040.
  95 points
  William Kelley - Wine Advocate (Sept 2020)

  The 2012 La Grande Année Rosé is airy, gracious and so wonderfully inviting. Crushed flowers, mint, white pepper and red berry fruit are all gracefully woven together. Today, the 2012 is naturally quite young and still shows the tension of a Champagne that was disgorged just a few months ago. Readers who prefer Champagnes with softer edges and a bit more flavor complexity will want to cellar the 2012. I have to admit, I very much like the wine today, in its youthful state, where its energy and focus are front and center. The 2012 is a blend of 67% Pinot Noir and 33% Chardonnay taken from 21 villages built around a core of Aÿ and Verzenay Pinot Noir and Le Mesnil-sur-Oger and Oiry Chardonnay, crus that are quite complementary. Disgorged January 2020. Dosage is 8 grams per liter. Drink 2020 - 2032.
  96 points
  Antonio Galloni - Vinous

  Enticing aromas and flavors of wild strawberry, apricot and Macadamia nut are woven with accents of saffron, ground ginger, honey and orange peel in this seamlessly knit rosé in a vinous style. Satiny in texture, with an overall grace that belies the powerful tension and focus throughout, driving the lasting finish. Drink now through 2035.
  96 points
  Alison Napjus - Wine Spectator

  5% of red wine has been added by assemblage from the legendary La Cote Aux Enfants vineyard in Aÿ. The resulting power is subtle, gastronomic and bewitching: as a corollary to a lighter, onion-skin colour, there's an intensity and length on the palate allied to perfect integration of the 8g/l of sugar and the legacy of both oak fermentation and long yeast maturation, the latter under cork. The vinous power is such that this will match rich, savoury dishes such as quail, venison, pigeon and guinea fowl. A triumph! Drinking Window 2020 - 2035.
  96 points
  Simon Field MW - Decanter

  As a rich dense Champagne that manages to bring in so many complex flavors, this is impressive. It has tense acidity, along with fresh red fruits that are just beginning to deepen and concentrate. They are balanced with the minerality and acidity as well as the weight of the Pinot Noir. Begin to drink this beautiful wine now although it has many years ahead of it.
  95 points
  Roger Voss - Wine Enthusiast

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  2013 Bollinger B13 Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $260. 00

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  $3120.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 12.5%

  Closure: Cork

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  For an 8-year-old champagne this is extremely vibrant, the red-fruit character from the pinot noir grape rather in the background. Quite a strict style with discreet lees creaminess. However the ripeness and power means that it isn’t austere. Feels bone-dry at the powerful, chalky finish. 100% pinot noir, 100% barrel-fermented and 100% matured under cork. Disgorged in March 2021. Drink or hold.
  95 points
  JamesSuckling.com

  A graceful Champagne, with a subtle, pleasing tension to the invigorating aromas and flavors of crème de cassis, baked pineapple, verbena, toast and crystallized honey as they ride the silky mousse. Ends with a mouthwatering, mineral- and spice-laced finish. Drink now through 2031.
  93 points
  Alison Napjus - Wine Spectator

  100% Pinot Noir from Grand Cru villages Verzenay (51%), Aÿ (25%) and the rest from Louvois, Mareuil and Avenay. The bouquet is compellingly fresh and minty, complicated by notes of white fruit - notably pear and apple – and gentle spices, as well as a light touch of citrus. With aeration, elegant pastry notes come to the fore. On the palate, this is a structured, tension-filled but airborne Champagne with high acidity - a sign of the cool 2018 vintage. Although already thoroughly enjoyable, it should age well over the next 10 years. Dosage 6g/L. Drinking Window 2021 - 2025.
  93 points
  Yohan Castaing - Decanter

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  Bollinger Rose Champagne Magnum (1500ml)

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $350. 00

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  $4200.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 12%

  Closure: Cork

  Produced from a blend of 62% Pinot Noir, 24% Chardonnay, 14% Meunier with only 5-6% red wine added. Over 85% coming from Grand and Premiers Cru vineyards.

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  Bollinger's rosé has a very attractive pinot-esque thread to the nose with bright ripe red cherry fruit aromas, dried roses and gently toasty nuances. The palate adds yellow peach to the equation. Extremely luscious and exuberant style. Drink now.
  93 points
  JamesSuckling.com

  There's a briny, mineral-tinged waft of seashore adding complexity to flavors of black cherry, grilled plum, pastry, graphite and almond cream in this vibrant rosé, which offers mouthwatering acidity and finely detailed texture. Drink now through 2020.
  93 points
  Wine Spectator

  The NV Brut Rosé, which was first introduced in 2008, offers classic, slightly tertiary notes of spiced cherries, dried strawberries, and rose petals. Clean, crisp, and chiseled on the palate, it’s much more firm and tight than the Special Cuvée, yet has a great finish, impeccable balance, and bright acidity. A blend of 62% Pinot Noir, 24% Chardonnay and the rest Pinot Meunier, with 30% vinified in barrel, it spent 30 to 36 months on lees. Give it a year or so.
  92+ points
  JebDunnuck.com

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  Bollinger PN VZ16 Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $199. 00

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  $2388.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 12.5%

  Closure: Cork

  This is the second of the now yearly special releases from Bollinger designed to highlight specific terroir in the context of house style. While this release follows a similar formula to the inaugural release, with the village of Verzenay the focus, each year the team will determine which of their sources performed best and deserve to be singled out. Verzenay grapes constituted 47% of the final blend this time round, compared to 48% last year. The cuvée is made from three different years, with 2016 as the base wine supplemented by wine from 2015 and from reserve magnums of 2006, also from Verzenay.

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  Disgorged in January 2021, Bollinger's newly released NV Brut Blanc de Noirs PN VZ16 offers up notions of pear, apple blossom, jasmine, orange zest and fresh pastry. Medium to full-bodied, precise and elegantly vinous, it's layered and charming, with racy acids and a pretty pinpoint mousse, and it concludes with a sapid finish. It's based on the 2016 vintage, complemented by older reserve wines matured in magnum, and derives, once again, largely from the village of Verzenay. Drink 2021 - 2037.
  94 points
  William Kelley - Wine Advocate (Sep 2021)

  Soft, open-knit and wonderfully inviting PN VZ 16 is a worthy follow up to the sublime 2015 that launched this new Blanc de Noirs in the Bollinger range last year. Sweet red cherry, Mirabelle, spice, mint and dried flowers all grace this wonderfully translucent, expressive Blanc de Noirs. North-facing sites in Verzenay that confer tension and energy make up about half the blend, with wines from Aÿ, Bouzy and Louvois playing supporting roles. Vinification is done in equal parts steel and oak. This release is based on 2016 (50% of the blend), with reserve wines that go back to 2006, including 23% from reserve magnums. Readers who enjoy Blanc de Noirs will adore the PN VZ 16. I find the interplay of vibrancy and the creamier notes that are so typical of the house style to be incredibly appealing. Dosage is 6 grams per liter. Drink 2021 - 2033.
  93 points
  Antonio Galloni - Vinous

  Very deep and youthful nose with a cornucopia of candied citrus and red berries, as well as a touch of herb. Stunning depth of chalky character and fantastic mineral freshness make this really stand out. Dramatic, yet so elegant at the very long finish. 100% pinot noir, of which 50% is from Verzenay and that gives it it’s name. The reserve wines are all Verzenays from 2006, 2009 and 2015. Disgorged January 2021. Drink or hold.
  96 points
  JamesSuckling.com

  Produced exclusively from vineyards owned by Bollinger, this takes advantage of the dynamic equilibrium between the structured, robust Pinot Noir grape and a terroir that is late-ripening. Picking began on 25 September and delivered a wine with plenty of concentration and impressive freshness and balance, with expressive green apple fruit accented with notes of toast and smoke and a creamy, supple, and open texture. Dosed at 6 g/l. Disgorged in November 2020. Drinking Window 2021 - 2031.
  95 points
  Charles Curtis MW - Decanter

  Seamlessly knit and graceful, offering a lovely range of ripe cherry and nectarine fruit, with notes of slivered almond, orange blossom and fleur de sel slowly expanding on the palate via the finely detailed mousse and carried through the long, lacy finish by fine chinalike acidity. Pinot Noir. Disgorged January 2021. Drink now through 2026.
  94 points
  Alison Napjus - Wine Spectator

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  2012 Bollinger La Grande Annee Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $250. 00

  Bottle

  $3000.00 Dozen

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

  ABV: 12%

  Closure: Cork

  A blend of 65% Pinot Noir and 35% Chardonnay sourced from 21 different crus, mainly Ay and Verzenay for the Pinot Noir whilst for the Chardonnay Le Mesnil-sur-Oger and Oiry. Fermented entirely in aged oak barrels.
  The 2012 Bollinger Grande Annee sits well in the glass with a foamy white mousse showing excellent hold over a straw to pale gold coloured base that has a steady stream of tiny bubbles flowing through it with great persistence. The refined nose has an understated intensity to it with scents of brioche, yeast lees, citrus and baked bread escaping from the glass. Light toast, cashew and honeyed characters are also present. The beautifully detailed palate shows an air of refinement, eloquently combing richness with freshness and a light satiny feel. Rich baked bread and yeast lees flavours are the drivers with citrus and pear fruits in the background along with cashew, light dried honey and faint toast. Dry chalk tinged finish with crisp mouth watering  acidity leading into a very long, finely textured aftertaste that possesses great poise and balance. A superb Grande Annee that showcases the finesse of the vintage.
  Drink over the next 6-8 years.
  Alc. 12%

  Other Reviews…..
  Disgorged in July 2019, Bollinger's 2012 Brut La Grande Année is showing well, offering up an incipiently complex bouquet of crisp yellow orchard fruit, fresh peach, orange oil, toasted walnuts and dried apricot that's still quite reserved with less than a year on cork. Full-bodied, deep and muscular, the 2012 is blockier and broader-shouldered than its 2008 predecessor, with a weightier and even more concentrated palate built around a bright spine of acidity, concluding with a chalky finish that carries appreciably dry extract. This isn't quite as elegant as the exquisite 2008, but it is a superb effort and obviously built to age. Drink 2024-2050.
  95 points
  William Kelley – Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate

  The 2012 Grande Année is vibrant and wonderfully nuanced. Citrus peel, orchard fruit, brioche, dried flowers and chamomile are all finely knit in a Grand Année built on energy and persistence more than size. Readers will find a restrained Grand Année in 2012. There is plenty of the textural richness that is such a signature of the house style, but I am also struck by the wine's freshness. Best of all, the 2012 will drink well right out of the gate. It is quite expressive today, even in the early going. Drink 2020-2030.
  94 points
  Antonio Galloni – Vinous
  
  This goes from zero to 60 right out of the gate, with an intense spine of acidity driving tightly meshed flavors of crushed black currant, ground coffee, candied grapefruit peel and toasted almond. The profile expands on the palate, carried by the fine, raw silk–like mousse. Richly aromatic and expressive from start to lasting, spiced finish. Disgorged July 2019. Drink now through 2037. 
  97 points
  Wine Spectator

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  2007 Bollinger La Grande Annee Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $185. 00

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  $2220.00 Dozen

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

  ABV: 12%

  Closure: Stelvin

  An exceptional Bollinger La Grande Annee that manages a fine balance between richness, power and freshness.

  Sourced solely from Grand Cru (91%) and Premier Cru (9%) vineyards the wine was entirely fermented in small oak barrels in which oxidation can be carefully controlled. The final blend comprised of 70% Pinot Noir and 30% Chardonnay. Pours well with a frothy white mousse sitting over a straw pale coloured base. Exceptionally fine and very profuse bead. Heady aromas of yeast lees, toast, honeyed characters and roasted nuts waft out of the glass with pear and citrus notes also evident. A rich, textured core is detailed with complex flavours of yeast lees, baked bread, oily toast and dried honey flavours set over a back drop of cashews and roasted almonds. Finishes dry with some refreshing crisp, citrus infused acidity. Long creamy aftertaste of baked bread, yeast lees, toast, citrus and honey coated roasted nuts. Rich, toasty and creamy but fresh.
  Drink over the next 5-6 years.
  Alc. 12%

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  Disgorged November ’17, 70% pinot noir, 30% chardonnay. 100% barrel fermentation has long been Bollinger practice, and style trademark. The complex bouquet of multi-spice and brioche aromas drape the barrel ferment influenced structure, emphasised by over eight years on lees and a dosage of 7g/l.
  97 points
  James Halliday – Australian Wine Companion

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  2004 Bollinger RD Extra Brut Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $399. 00

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  $4788.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 12%

  Closure: Cork

  Other Reviews....
  Fermented in oak barrels and aged under natural corks for almost 13 years, Bollinger's 2004 R. D. Extra Brut blends 66% Pinot Noir with 34% Chardonnay from 16 crus, 88% of which are classified as Grand Cru. The wine opens with a very clear, deep, rich and aromatic but also pure and mineral-fresh nose of crushed rocks, cherries, brioche, pain aux raisin, white nougat, chalk and ripe, yellow-fleshed fruits. Highly elegant and complex on the weightless yet persistent and salty palate, this is an intense, densely woven, firmly structured yet elegant, beautifully refined and refreshing "recent disgorgement" (February 2018) that reveals just a kiss of oxidative flavors that adds even more complexity. A great Champagne on its way to improve over many years in the bottle. Tasted June 2018.
  97 points
  Stephan Reinhardt - Wine Advocate #237 (Jun 2018)

  Mid gold colour. Smoky hints on the nose. Creamy texture, salty. Ripe, slightly honeyed aromas. Brioche and baked apple. Moderate intensity on the palate, but there is good persistence and a touch of savoury salinity on the finish. Lovely honeysuckle and cream on the length. Still a long way to go, but superbly open already. Seems softer in acidity than the 2002.
  18+ points
  Richard Hemming MW - jancisrobinson.com

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• 2006 Bollinger Vintage Rose Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $180. 00

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  $2160.00 Dozen

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  Winery Notes….
  A blend of 72% Pinot Noir and 28% Chardonnay, of which 7% was red wine, sourced from 84% Grand Cru vineyards and 16% Premier Cru vineyards. Fermented entirely in barrels and cellar aged for more than 10 years.
  Brilliant salmon-pink colour. Subtle aromas that open with warm tobacco, chocolate, mocha and roasted coffee notes. This is followed by the fragrance of dried flowers and peony, and finally dried fruit and fruit compote notes, especially quince.
  On the palate a fullness that strengthens the density of the wine, mature aromas, fruit jellies and honey. A great deal of length on the palate and a wonderfully fresh finish with notes of blood orange and mandarin peel.

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  2008 Bollinger La Grande Annee Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $220. 00

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  $2640.00 Dozen

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  Bollinger's 2008 La Grande Année is superb, wafting from the glass with aromas of crisp orchard fruit, ripe lemons, honeycomb, warm biscuits, dried white flowers and a delicate top note of walnuts and fino sherry. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, broad and vinous, with a beautifully refined mousse, superb concentration at the tightly wound core, incisive acids and a supremely elegant intermingling of Bollinger's oxidative stylistic signatures with fresh, vibrant fruit. The finish is long, precise and chalky. This is a Grande Année built for the cellar—the real excitement will come with a bit more bottle age—but this is already a thrilling Champagne in the making. Finished with eight grams per liter dosage, it was disgorged by hand in July 2018. This is also the first vintage of Grande Année to be bottled in Bollinger's new narrower-necked 1846 bottle, which should make for a slower evolving wine. Drink 2022-2060.
  97+ points
  William Kelley – Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate

  Bollinger's 2008 Grande Année is rich, ample and full-bodied, with all of the pedigree of the vintage on display. Dried pear, dried flowers, chamomile, red plum and mint develop as the 2008 shows the breadth and creaminess that are such signatures of the Bollinger house style. A whole range of brighter, more floral and chalky notes appear later, adding translucence and energy. The 2008 is 71% Pinot Noir and 29% Chardonnay taken across 18 crus, and it is the Pinot that very much informs the wine in both flavor and texture. More importantly, the 2008 is one of the best Grande Années I can remember tasting. Bollinger fans won't want to miss it. Disgorged November 2018. Dosage is 8 grams per liter. Drink 2020-2048.
  97 points
  Antonio Galloni – Vinous

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  2005 Bollinger La Grande Annee Champagne

  Champagne, FRANCE

  $199. 00

  Bottle

  $2388.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 12%

  Closure: Cork

  A blend of 70% Pinot Noir and 30% Chardonnay sourced from 13 different crus: mainly Aÿ and Verzenay for the Pinot Noir and Avize, Chouilly and Le Mesnil-sur-Oger for the Chardonnay. 95% Grands crus and 5% Premiers crus. Fermented entirely in barrels.

  Other Reviews….
  A powerful, structured and graceful 2005, showing deft integration of the rich, chalky underpinning, firm acidity and expansive flavors of crushed black currant, spring blossom, toasted almond, crystallized honey and preserved lemon. Offers a fine, raw silk-like mousse and a long, spiced finish. Disgorged February 2015. Drink now through 2030.
  94 points
  Wine Spectator

  
  Impressive concentration and power here. This is really assertive with ripe yellow orchard fruits and citrus within a core encased in a layer of more savory, toasty notes on both the nose and palate. There's that gentle hint of aldehyde that is the traditional stamp of the house plus savory woody notes, white mushrooms and some chalk and spices, too. The palate has a fleshy opening, filling out with peach and hazelnut flavors before a smooth ride to the finish. Approachable and complex. Drink it now through to 2020.
  94 points
  JamesSuckling.com

   

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  Borgo Molino Organic Prosecco DOC

  ITALY

  $24. 99

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  ABV: 11%

  Closure: Diam Cork

  A frothy mousse holds well over a very pale straw coloured base that has a fine bead of persistent bubbles flowing through it. Ripe pear scents rise out of the glass intermingling with some honeysuckle, green apple and lime scents along the way. Light, fluffy and airy in its feel the palate features pear and apple fruits over a subtle baked bread and lime back drop. Finishes dry with crisp acidity and a long thirst quenching aftertaste.
  Alc. 11%

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  Borgo Molino Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore DOCG

  Valdobbiadene, ITALY

  $27. 99

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  Cellar: Drink now (2022)

  ABV: 11.5%

  Closure: Cork

  A fluffy mousse dissipates to reveal a very pale straw coloured base that has a steady stream of bubbles flowing through it. Pear and red apple scents are married to some sherbet, citrus and subtle baked fruit notes. Delicious pear and apple fruits drive the palate with notions of lemon sherbet and a light breadiness also evident. Light, airy feel finishing dry with crisp acidity and a stimulating aftertaste.
  Drink now.
  Alc. 11.5%

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  Borgo Molino Prosecco Extra Dry DOC Treviso

  ITALY

  $24. 99

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  Cellar: Drink now (2022)

  ABV: 11%

  Closure: Cork

  Pours with a fluffy white mousse which dissipates to reveal a pale straw coloured base that’s finely threaded by a steady stream of bubbles. Distinct pear and red apple aromas blossom from the glass with hints of musk, citrus and sherbet also evident. Fruity pear and apple flavours drive the palate with some citrus and sherbet like characters on the back half. Airy mouthfeel finishing dry and scrumptious.
  Alc. 11%

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  2021 Bouvet Saphir Brut Vintage

  Saumur, Loire Valley, FRANCE

  $23. 99

  Bottle

  $287.88 Dozen

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  Cellar: Drink now - 3 Years (2024-2027)

  ABV: 12.5%

  Closure: Cork

  Outside of Champagne, Bouvet is the most awarded Sparkling Wine House in France, garnering praise from Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, Decanter Magazine and others. After many years of ownership by Champagne Taittinger, Bouvet Ladubay is once again fully owned by the Monmousseau family who have continuously run the business since their purchase in 1932. Bouvet Ladubay employs precisely the same wine making process as Grand Marque Champagne, delivering French sophistication at an everyday price.

  Without a doubt one of the best value sparklings on the market today.

  A blend of Chenin Blanc and Chardonnay that’s aged for a minimum of 18 months on lees. Pours with an exuberant frothy white mousse that slowly subsides to reveal a pale straw coloured base that’s finely threaded by a stream of tiny bubbles. Green to red apple and lime aromas flow through the nostrils with some sherbet, baked pear and yeast lees notes also evident. The stimulating palate is filled with pear, green apple and lime fruits which are shaped by racy chalk tinged acidity. Delicate quince and bready like characters lie underneath. Light, airy feel finishing dry, vivid and highly refreshing.
  Drink over the next 2-3 years.
  Alc. 12.5%

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  2020 Bouvet Saphir Brut Vintage

  Saumur, Loire Valley, FRANCE

  $23. 99

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  $287.88 Dozen

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  Cellar: Drink now - 4 Years (2023-2027)

  ABV: 12.5%

  Closure: Diam Cork

  Outside of Champagne, Bouvet is the most awarded Sparkling Wine House in France, garnering praise from Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, Decanter Magazine and others. After many years of ownership by Champagne Taittinger, Bouvet Ladubay is once again fully owned by the Monmousseau family who have continuously run the business since their purchase in 1932. Bouvet Ladubay employs precisely the same wine making process as Grand Marque Champagne, delivering French sophistication at an everyday price.

  Without a doubt one of the best value sparklings on the market today.

  A blend of Chenin Blanc and Chardonnay that’s aged for a minimum of 18 months on lees. A lacy mousse holds well over a pale straw coloured base that has pale gold tinged edges. Flowing through its core is an exceptionally persistent fine bead. Fresh pear, lime and baked apple scents fill the nostrils trailed by hints of yeast lees and chalky lemon like notes. Vivid pear, citrus and red apple fruits dance across the mouth watering palate underpinned by crisp acidity with delicate yeast lees and chalky sherbet characters lingering through the refreshingly dry finish. Nimble yet airy in its feel it concludes long and deliciously scrumptious.
  Drink over the next 3-4 years.
  Alc. 12.5%

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  Bouvet Saumur Brut de Loire

  Saumur, Loire Valley, FRANCE

  $23. 99

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  ABV: 12.5%

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  After many years of ownership by Champagne Taittinger, Bouvet Ladubay is once again fully owned by the Monmousseau family who have continuously run the business since their purchase in 1932. Bouvet Ladubay employs precisely the same wine making process as Grand Marque Champagne, delivering French sophistication at an everyday price. The grapes for the Bouvet 'Blanc' Methode Traditionnelle are Chenin Blanc, which had been grown in the Loire Valley prior to the Roman conquest of France. Bouvet source their grapes from 120 properties around Saumur - spread over an area of 15 x 30 kilometres. The notion of using such a diversity of vineyard sites is to provide complexity to the base wines. Domaine Chandon in the Yarra Valley employ a similar process. These 120 micro climates each provide the blender with base material that when blended together will create the sensation of considerable complexity. The art of blending is critical and at Bouvet the third generation of blenders from the same family are in charge - in fact they have been creating the blend for the last 60 years.
  Produced from predominately Chenin Blanc grapes with the addition of some Chardonnay. An exuberant mousse dissipates to reveal a pale straw coloured base that has pale gold tinged edges and a fine persistent bead flowing through it. Lifted ripe pear and red apple scents are followed by some quince and yeasty brioche like notes. Nicely rounded and full in the mouth the palate features pear and apple fruits over brioche and yeast lees characters. Finishes dry with lively acidity and a dash of quince. Concludes gently creamy and very flavoursome.
  Alc. 12.5%

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  2019 Bouvet Saphir Brut Vintage

  Saumur, Loire Valley, FRANCE

  $22. 99

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  $275.88 Dozen

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  Cellar: Drink now - 3 Years (2022-2025)

  ABV: 12.5%

  Closure: Cork

  Outside of Champagne, Bouvet is the most awarded Sparkling Wine House in France, garnering praise from Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, Decanter Magazine and others. After many years of ownership by Champagne Taittinger, Bouvet Ladubay is once again fully owned by the Monmousseau family who have continuously run the business since their purchase in 1932. Bouvet Ladubay employs precisely the same wine making process as Grand Marque Champagne, delivering French sophistication at an everyday price.

  Without a doubt one of the best value sparklings on the market today.

  A frothy mousse slowly subsides to reveal a pale straw coloured base that has an ample stream of fine bubbles flowing through it. Elevated pear, green apple and baked bread scents are complimented by yeast lees and citrusy quince like notes. Highly refreshing and abundant in its flavour, the palate is filled with pear, subtle baked apple and citrus fruits which evolve into some bready yeast lees characters on the back half. Finishes dry and crisp with a faint toastiness evident on the gently creamed aftertaste.
  Drink over the next 2-3 years.
  Alc. 12.5%

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  2018 Bouvet Saphir Brut Vintage

  Saumur, Loire Valley, FRANCE

  $22. 99

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  $275.88 Dozen

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

  ABV: 12.5%

  Closure: Cork

  Outside of Champagne, Bouvet is the most awarded Sparkling Wine House in France, garnering praise from Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, Decanter Magazine and others. After many years of ownership by Champagne Taittinger, Bouvet Ladubay is once again fully owned by the Monmousseau family who have continuously run the business since their purchase in 1932. Bouvet Ladubay employs precisely the same wine making process as Grand Marque Champagne, delivering French sophistication at an everyday price.

  As good as ever, this is without a doubt one of the best value sparklings on the market today.

  An exuberant mousse slowly dissipates to reveal a pale straw coloured base that’s finely threaded by a stream of tiny persistent bubbles. Filling the nostrils are aromatics of pear, baked apple and bready yeast lees notes which are followed by some quince and faint toast. The mouth watering palate is layered with pear and apple fruits which meld into notions of yeast lees, citrus and delicate baked bread characters. Finishes dry and crisp with an appealingly scrumptious aftertaste.
  Drink over the next 3-4 years.
  Alc. 12.5%

  Other Reviews….
  The 2018 Bouvet Saphir Saumur Brut Vintage is a sparkling blend of 90% Chenin Blanc and 10% Chardonnay, both vinified in stainless steel. Aged on the secondary lees for two years, the wine exhibits a radiant citrus color along with delicate bread and pure chalk and lemon aromas that come along pretty expressive after some minutes in the glass. It is round and fruity on the palate yet also firm and mineral, with a chalky/lemony expression that is balanced by roundness (from the dosage). Drink 2021-2026.
  92 points
  Stephan Reinhardt – Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate

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• Bouvet Saphir Saumur Brut Vintage Magnum (1500ml)

  Saumur, Loire Valley, FRANCE

  $54. 99

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  $659.88 Dozen

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  ABV: 12.5%

  Closure: Cork

  Bouvet Ladubay is regarded by many wine lovers as the finest expression of sparkling wine from the Loire Valley. The house was founded in 1851 by Etienne Bouvet, the son of a vigneron-sommelier who encouraged the young Bouvet in the wine trade. Recognizing the Loire's terroir to be extremely well-suited to the production of sparkling wines, he settled on the bank of the Loire River just outside the town of Saumur. Ms. Ladubay, Etienne’s accountant, soon became his wife, and the firm was christened “Bouvet-Ladubay”.

  Bouvet is regarded by many wine lovers as the finest expression of sparkling wine from the Loire Valley

  
  After many years of ownership by Champagne Taittinger, Bouvet Ladubay is once again fully owned by the Monmousseau family who have continuously run the business since their purchase in 1932. Bouvet Ladubay employs precisely the same wine making process as Grand Marque Champagne, delivering French sophistication at an everyday price. The grapes for the Bouvet 'Blanc' methode champenoise are predominantly Chenin Blanc, a varietal which has been grown in the Loire Valley prior to the Roman conquest of France. Bouvet source their grapes from 120 properties around Saumur - spread over an area of 15 x 30 kilometres. The notion of using such a diversity of vineyard sites is to provide complexity to the base wines. Domaine Chandon in the Yarra Valley employ a similar process. These 120 micro climates each provide the wine maker with base material that when blended together will create the sensation of considerable complexity. The art of blending is critical and at Bouvet the third generation of blenders from the same family are in charge - in fact they have been creating the blend for the last 60 years. State of the art, temperature controlled stainless-steel fermentation tanks, computer-regulated 'gyropallets,' or riddling machines, highly advanced freezing and disgorging equipment and micro-wave cork heaters have brought Bouvet’s vinification facility to the technical forefront. The winery itself, however, remains an impressive monument to the region’s history with the wines spending their final maturation period within freestone cellars built by Saint Florent monks around 1040. These tunnels cover some 2.6 hectares with eight kilometres of subterranean cellars - storage capacity for some 7,000,000 bottles!

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  • Nick's Import

  Bouvet Island Antarctic Methode Traditionelle Rich Demi Sec

  Loire Valley, FRANCE

  $19. 99

  Bottle

  $239.88 Dozen

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

  ABV: 12.5%

  Closure: Cork

  After many years of ownership by Champagne Taittinger, Bouvet Ladubay is once again fully owned by the Monmousseau family who have continuously run the business since their purchase in 1932. Bouvet Ladubay employs precisely the same wine making process as Grand Marque Champagne, delivering French sophistication at an everyday price.

  The name of this Demi Sec Cuvee (30g/L dosage) is inspired by the remote Bouvet Island. A creamy white mousse quickly dissipates to reveal a pale straw coloured base wine with pale gold edging. Exceptionally fine bead showing excellent persistence. Aromas of ripe red apples and pears laced with honeysuckle are followed by faint toast and lees nuances. Honeyed apple, apricot and pear flavours overlay some sherbet and faint toast infusions. Has mid palate sweetness with an off dry finish and vibrant acidity. Aftertaste of honeyed pear, apple, apricot and faint toast.
  Drink over the next 2-3 years.
  Alc 12.5%

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  • Nick's Import

  2014 Bouvet Saphir Saumur Brut Vintage

  Loire Valley, FRANCE

  $19. 99

  Bottle

  $239.88 Dozen

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

  ABV: 12.5%

  Closure: Cork

  Outside of Champagne, Bouvet is the most awarded Sparkling Wine House in France, garnering praise from Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, Decanter Magazine and others.

  After many years of ownership by Champagne Taittinger, Bouvet Ladubay is once again fully owned by the Monmousseau family who have continuously run the business since their purchase in 1932. Bouvet Ladubay employs precisely the same wine making process as Grand Marque Champagne, delivering French sophistication at an everyday price.

  Our best selling Bouvet and a perennial favourite of customers, this is as good as it gets for a $20 Sparkling.

  A blend of Chardonnay and Chenin Blanc grapes the 2014 Saphir pours well with a buoyant frothy white mousse and pale straw base wine colour. The bead is very fine and shows excellent persistence. Nosing reveals pear and baked apple aromas which marry into some yeast lees and light bready notes with hints of lemon sherbet following on. The palate delivers an abundance of flavour for its modest price making for attractive everyday drinking. Generous flavours of pear, apples and flashes of lemon sherbet are interspersed across the palate with yeasty lees and bready characters ensuing. A precise line of acidity enlivens the back palate leaving a refreshing finish. Medium to long aftertaste of pears, baked apples, lemon sherbet, yeast lees and faint toast.
  Drink over next 2-3 years.
  Alc 12.5%

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  2016 Bouvet Saphir Brut Vintage

  Saumur, Loire Valley, FRANCE

  $19. 99

  Bottle

  $239.88 Dozen

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  Cellar: Drink now - 3 Years (2018-2021)

  ABV: 12.5%

  Closure: Cork

  Outside of Champagne, Bouvet is the most awarded Sparkling Wine House in France, garnering praise from Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, Decanter Magazine and others.
  After many years of ownership by Champagne Taittinger, Bouvet Ladubay is once again fully owned by the Monmousseau family who have continuously run the business since their purchase in 1932. Bouvet Ladubay employs precisely the same wine making process as Grand Marque Champagne, delivering French sophistication at an everyday price.

  Still only $20 Bouvet Saphir is a great way to get any party started.

  A fine plentiful mousse shows good hold over a pale straw coloured base wine that has pale gold edges. Exceptionally fine and persistent bead. Showing good aromatic lift notions of yeast lees intermix with citrus, subtle baked bread and fresh pear notes. Energetic with a light airy feel, there’s a subtle creaminess to the well meshed flavours of pear, citrus, light baked bread, yeast lees and green apple. Dry stimulating finish with an aftertaste of pear, baked bread, citrus and yeast lees.
  Drink over the next 2-3 years.
  Alc. 12.5%
  
  Other Reviews.....
  This fragrant wine is ripe with hazelnut and peach flavors. Crisply textured, the wine is balanced, taut, mineral and still young. Its tightness suggests the aging potential while also hinting at the wine's inherent fruitiness.
  92 points
  Wine Enthusiast

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  • Nick's Import

  2013 Bouvet Saphir Brut Vintage

  Loire Valley, FRANCE

  $19. 99

  Bottle

  $239.88 Dozen

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  Cellar: 3 - 4 Years (2019-2020)

  ABV: 12.5%

  Closure: Cork

  Formerly owned by Taittinger Champagne, Bouvet Ladubay employs precisely the same wine making process as the Grand Marque itself, delivering French sophistication at an everyday price.

  Our best selling Bouvet and a perennial favourite of customers.

  A blend of Chardonnay and Chenin Blanc grapes the newly released 2013 vintage of Bouvet Saphir has already picked up gold medals at the 2016 Decanter World Wine Awards and 2016 Sommelier Wine Awards. It pours with a white frothy mousse which once dissipated reveals a pale straw coloured base wine with pale gold edges. Very fine bead showing excellent persistence. Pear and baked apple aromas emerge from the glass with hints of dried honey, light lemon sherbet and yeast lees also evident. Light, refreshing and with plenty of flavour the palate possesses pear, red apple and citrus characters over some light toast and yeast lees. Clean crisp finish with an aftertaste of pears, citrusy red apples, some baked characters and light yeast lees.
  Drink over the next 3-4 years.
  Alc 12.5%

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• 2009 Bouvet Saphir Brut Vintage Magnum (1500ml)

  Saumur, Loire Valley, FRANCE

  $49. 99

  Bottle

  $599.88 Dozen

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  ABV: 12.5%

  Closure: Cork

  Bouvet Ladubay is regarded by many wine lovers as the finest expression of sparkling wine from the Loire Valley. The house was founded in 1851 by Etienne Bouvet, the son of a vigneron-sommelier who encouraged the young Bouvet in the wine trade. Recognizing the Loire's terroir to be extremely well-suited to the production of sparkling wines, he settled on the bank of the Loire River just outside the town of Saumur. Ms. Ladubay, Etienne’s accountant, soon became his wife, and the firm was christened “Bouvet-Ladubay”.

  Bouvet is regarded by many wine lovers as the finest expression of sparkling wine from the Loire Valley
  The house was owned by Taittinger Champagne from 1971 until 2007 and precisely the same wine making processes as the Grand Marque itself were employed in the production of the 2006 vintage. The grapes for the Bouvet 'Blanc' methode champenoise are predominantly Chenin Blanc, a varietal which has been grown in the Loire Valley prior to the Roman conquest of France. Bouvet source their grapes from 120 properties around Saumur - spread over an area of 15 x 30 kilometres. The notion of using such a diversity of vineyard sites is to provide complexity to the base wines. Domaine Chandon in the Yarra Valley employ a similar process. These 120 micro climates each provide the wine maker with base material that when blended together will create the sensation of considerable complexity. The art of blending is critical and at Bouvet the third generation of blenders from the same family are in charge - in fact they have been creating the blend for the last 60 years. State of the art, temperature controlled stainless-steel fermentation tanks, computer-regulated 'gyropallets,' or riddling machines, highly advanced freezing and disgorging equipment and micro-wave cork heaters have brought Bouvet’s vinification facility to the technical forefront. The winery itself, however, remains an impressive monument to the region’s history with the wines spending their final maturation period within freestone cellars built by Saint Florent monks around 1040. These tunnels cover some 2.6 hectares with eight kilometres of subterranean cellars - storage capacity for some 7,000,000 bottles!

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  • Nick's Import

  2014 Bouvet Tresor

  Saumur, Loire Valley, FRANCE

  $29. 99

  Bottle

  $359.88 Dozen

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

  ABV: 12.5%

  Closure: Cork

  Made from Chenin Blanc and Chardonnay grapes this excellent sparkling cuvee has been fermented and aged in oak barrels to add further complexity to the blend. Pours nicely with a frothy white mousse that shows good hold. Pale straw colour with pale gold edgings and an exceptionally fine bead that’s very persistent. Elevated baked bread, citrus and yeast lees top notes are followed by pear and subtle creamy cashew. On the palate initial yeasty baked bread characters are counterpointed by some refreshing citrus and pear flavours with an undercarriage of subtle oily toast nuances. Refined creamy like mouthfeel with a dry mouth watering finish. Long conclusion of bready yeast lees, subtle cashew, citrus and faint oily toast like characters.
  Drink over the next 4-5 years.
  Alc. 12.5%

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  • Nick's Import

  2015 Bouvet Saphir Brut Vintage

  Saumur, Loire Valley, FRANCE

  $19. 99

  Bottle

  $239.88 Dozen

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  Cellar: Drink now - 4 Years (2017-2021)

  ABV: 12.5%

  Closure: Cork

  Outside of Champagne, Bouvet is the most awarded Sparkling Wine House in France, garnering praise from Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, Decanter Magazine and others.

  After many years of ownership by Champagne Taittinger, Bouvet Ladubay is once again fully owned by the Monmousseau family who have continuously run the business since their purchase in 1932. Bouvet Ladubay employs precisely the same wine making process as Grand Marque Champagne, delivering French sophistication at an everyday price.

  Hands down the best sub $20 Sparkling on the market today.

  A lacy white mousse sits over a very pale straw coloured base with a slight tinge of pale gold around the edges threaded by a very fine bead that shows great persistence. Lifted pear and baked apple aromas intermingle with citrusy yeast lees characters and hints of breadiness. Deliciously appetizing with both a stimulating freshness and delicate creaminess that give it a light airy mouthfeel, the flavours of pear, baked bread, subtle cashew and yeast lees are more finely meshed than ever before. A bite of refreshing citrus and crisp acidity present on the dry finish. Ends with a pear, baked bread, yeast lees and citrus aftertaste.
  Drink over the next 3-4 years.
  Alc. 12.5%

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  • Nick's Import

  2017 Bouvet Saphir Brut Vintage

  Saumur, Loire Valley, FRANCE

  $19. 99

  Bottle

  $239.88 Dozen

  Sold Out

  ABV: 12.5%

  Closure: Cork

  Outside of Champagne, Bouvet is the most awarded Sparkling Wine House in France, garnering praise from Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, Decanter Magazine and others.
  After many years of ownership by Champagne Taittinger, Bouvet Ladubay is once again fully owned by the Monmousseau family who have continuously run the business since their purchase in 1932. Bouvet Ladubay employs precisely the same wine making process as Grand Marque Champagne, delivering French sophistication at an everyday price.

  A blend of Chenin Blanc and Chardonnay, this always delicious sparkling with its slightly creamy texture is bang on the money yet again in 2017.

  A fine satiny mousse holds well over a pale straw coloured base that has shades of pale gold around the edges. Flowing through the core is an exceptionally fine bead that shows great persistence. Sailing out of the glass with good intensity is an array of pear, green apple, yeast lees, subtle toast and citrus aromas. Very flavoursome, vibrant and mouth watering the palate is filled with pear and baked apple fruits which marry into bready lees characters, citrus and faint quince. Finishes dry with refreshing acidity and a long cream tinged aftertaste. At still only $20 it will impress any party crowd.
  Vegan Friendly.
  Alc. 12.5%

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  Bouvet Brut de Luxe

  Loire Valley, FRANCE

  $19. 99

  Bottle

  $239.88 Dozen

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

  ABV: 12.5%

  Closure: Cork

  After many years of ownership by Champagne Taittinger, Bouvet Ladubay is once again fully owned by the Monmousseau family who have continuously run the business since their purchase in 1932. Bouvet Ladubay employs precisely the same wine making process as Grand Marque Champagne, delivering French sophistication at an everyday price.

  Pours with a frothy white mousse that shows good hold. Pale straw base wine colour with a fine and persistent bead. Aromas of pears and baked apple are overlaid by some toast and yeast lees with subtle lemon sherbet end notes. Light and fluffy the palate has flavours of baked apple and pears intermixed with yeast lees characters and some bready infusions with a hint of lemon sherbet freshening things up on the vibrant finish. Aftertaste of baked apple, yeast lees and pears with traces of lemon sherbet also evident.
  Drink over the next 3-4 years.
  Alc 12.5%

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  2022 Bouvet Saphir Brut Vintage - DAMAGED LABEL

  Saumur, Loire Valley, FRANCE

  Reduced from $23.99

  $21. 99

  Bottle

  $263.88 Dozen

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  ABV: 12.5%

  Closure: Diam Cork

  Outside of Champagne, Bouvet is the most awarded Sparkling Wine House in France, garnering high praise from critics like Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, Decanter Magazine, James Suckling and many others. After many years of ownership by Champagne Taittinger, Bouvet Ladubay is once again fully owned by the Monmousseau family who have continuously run the business since their purchase in 1932. Bouvet Ladubay employs precisely the same wine making process as Grand Marque Champagne, delivering French sophistication at an everyday price.

  Delivering remarkable value this is quite possibly the best vintage of Bouvet Saphir yet.

  A blend of Chenin Blanc and Chardonnay that’s aged for a minimum of 18 months on lees. An exuberant mousse holds well over a pale straw coloured base that has pale gold tinged edges and a generous stream of delicate bubbles flowing through it. Expressive pear, baked apple and yeast lees aromas are trailed by citrus, delicate toast and subtle chalk notes. Loaded with flavour the mouth watering palate features ripe pear and apple fruits over a yeast lees, citrus and gently toasted brioche backdrop. Soft airy feel with crisp, stimulating acidity leading into a long scrumptious finish.
  Drink over the next 2-3 years.
  Alc. 12.5%

  Other Reviews…..
  A precise, succulent and textural Saumur with notes of apples, ripe pears and sweet spices. Medium-bodied with fresh acidity. Bright and agile, with fine bubbles and a focused finish of excellent length. Drink or hold.
  92 Points
  JamesSuckling.com

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  Bouvet 1851 Brut Rose - DAMAGED LABEL

  Loire Valley, FRANCE

  Reduced from $23.99

  $21. 99

  Bottle

  $263.88 Dozen

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  ABV: 12.5%

  Bouvet Ladubay is regarded by many wine lovers as the finest expression of sparkling wine from the Loire Valley. After many years of ownership by Champagne Taittinger, Bouvet Ladubay is once again fully owned by the Monmousseau family who have continuously run the business since their purchase in 1932. Bouvet Ladubay employs precisely the same wine making process as Grand Marque Champagne, delivering French sophistication at an everyday price. 
  Produced from Cabernet Franc grapes this delightful Sparkling Rose pours with a frothy mousse that shows good hold over a pale salmon tinged base that has a steady stream of generous bubbles flowing through it. Attractive raspberry and strawberry aromas are complimented by some peach, subtle yeast lees and citrus notes. On the palate delicious peach and strawberry fruits carry an appealing fleshy feel with delicate toast and yeast lees characters lingering underneath. Brisk, racy acidity finishing dry, creamy textured and refreshing.
  Alc. 12.5%

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  2015 Bouvet Tresor

  Saumur, Loire Valley, FRANCE

  $29. 99

  Bottle

  $359.88 Dozen

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  Cellar: Drink now - 4 Years (2018-2022)

  ABV: 12.5%

  Closure: Cork

  Made from Chenin Blanc and Chardonnay grapes this excellent sparkling cuvee has been fermented and aged in oak barrels to add further complexity to the blend. A fluffy white mousse has a steady hold over a pale straw coloured base that possesses a very fine and persistent bead. Aromas of baked bread combine with apple and yeast lees over some citrus. Fine creamy mouthfeel, that’s very Champagne like, with flavours of citrus and baked bread overlaying yeast lees, apple and subtle toast. Clean dry, refreshing finish with an aftertaste of baked bread, apple, citrus and yeast lees.
  Drink over the next 3-4 years.
  Alc. 12.5%

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  Bouvet Rose Brut

  Saumur, Loire Valley, FRANCE

  $22. 99

  Bottle

  $275.88 Dozen

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  ABV: 12.5%

  Closure: Cork

  Bouvet Ladubay is regarded by many wine lovers as the finest expression of sparkling wine from the Loire Valley. After many years of ownership by Champagne Taittinger, Bouvet Ladubay is once again fully owned by the Monmousseau family who have continuously run the business since their purchase in 1932. Bouvet Ladubay employs precisely the same wine making process as Grand Marque Champagne, delivering French sophistication at an everyday price. 

  Delightful pale salmon pink coloured base wine with good creamy mousse and very fine and persistent bead. The nose displays attractive notes of winter strawberries and light raspberry followed by subtle lees characters and confectionary. Creamy in texture the palate boasts a delicious flavour profile of winter strawberries and delicate raspberries intermixed with some yeast lees and confectionary. Clean dry finish. Excellent length with long winter strawberry infused raspberry, lees and confectionary aftertaste. A superb sparkling rose, perfect on a long summers day.
  Drink over 1-2 years.
  Alc 12.5%

  Re-Tasted, 13th November 2007: The wine pours with a creamy mousse which displays moderate persistence and is supported by a fine bead. The base wine is a delightful salmon pink with damask hues. The nose is delicate with nuances of strawberry, yeast lees and raspberry. Creamy palate texture, with flavours of yeast lees, ripe strawberry and ripe raspberry. Mouthfilling clean finish with aftertaste of strawberry, yeast lees and raspberry.
  Cellar 2-3 years (2009-2010)
  Alc/Vol: 12.5%

  Re-Tasted, 23rd March 2004: The superb, translucent damask pink colour, over laid by salmon pink and mauve hues makes this wine a winner right from the start. Made from Cabernet Franc, the bead of this wine is the finest and most persistent. Subtle aroma of raspberry, winter strawberry and biscuit are evident on the nose. The palate flavours are refined, with strawberry and raspberry fruit flavours again appearing. Creamy texture followed by a long raspberry, lees aftertaste. A sparkling rose of great delicacy and perfect for watching the sun go down.
  Cellar 2-3 years (2006-2007)
  Alc/Vol 12.5%
  94 points
  
  First Tasted, 1 September 2003: Magnificent pale salmon pink colour. Excellent mousse with very fine persistent bead. Delicate notes emerge from the nose with subtle yeast lees and raspberry flavour. Creamy palate texture with clean acid finish and long creamy raspberry lees aftertaste.
  Cellar 2-3 years (2005-2006)
  Alc/Vol: 12.5%
  94 Points

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