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750ml - Case of 6
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$249.87
750ml - Case of 6
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$99.70
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Gosset Champagne Extra Brut Celebris 2007
750ml - Case of 6
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$132.13
Lightly mouthwatering, with citrus peel acidity and a tang of salinity, layered with flavors of toasted nut, crunchy...
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Jacques Prieur Corton Charlemagne Grand Cru 2007
750ml - Case of 6
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$523.95
Grey gold with luminous green reflections. Slightly spicy and flint notes on the nose. The palate is well structured...
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Jacques Selosse Champagne Millesime 2007
750ml - Case of 6
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$2207.88
Whereas Selosse's vintage bottling was formerly derived exclusively from Avize, the 2007 Extra-Brut Millésime is the...
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
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$410.87
750ml - 1 Bottle
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$214.95
$227.65
Produced from a small walled vineyard close to the Lanson winery in Reims, this is a splendid wine. Its richness is...
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Laurent-Perrier Champagne Brut Millesime 1997
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$342.16
Rich and velvety, offering lemon pie and mineral notes, with shadings of toast and coffee. Not very concentrated, yet...
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Louis Roederer Champagne Cristal Brut 2007
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
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$749.95
$781.88
Chalk soils drive pinot noir to make a style that has additional minerality here and compression. On the nose, there...
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Louis Roederer Champagne Cristal Brut 2007
750ml - Case of 3
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$387.55
Chalk soils drive pinot noir to make a style that has additional minerality here and compression. On the nose, there...
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Louis Roederer Champagne Cristal Brut Rose 2007
750ml - Case of 3
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$606.95
Four blocks here, the same since 1974 – two in Aÿ, one in Mesnil and one in Avize – all selected for their...
750ml - 1 Bottle
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$2618.35
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1.5Ltr - Case of 3
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$951.32
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Perrier-Jouet Champagne Belle Epoque Brut 2007
750ml - Case of 6
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$253.18
For Perrier-Jouet the symbols of the Belle Epoque are the house calling card. This prestige cuvee, in its stylish...
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Philipponnat Champagne Le Clos Des Goisses 2007
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
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$443.28
The steep, sun-drenched slope of Clos des Goisses has no equal in Champagne, but its thumping ripeness can be...
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Philipponnat Champagne Le Clos Des Goisses 2007
750ml - Case of 6
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$191.95
The steep, sun-drenched slope of Clos des Goisses has no equal in Champagne, but its thumping ripeness can be...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$314.75
Disgorged in November 2017, the 2007 Extra Brut Clos des Goisses Juste Rosé continues to show brilliantly, unwinding...
Champagne Blend Chardonnay 1997 2007
The sparkling wines of Champagne have been revered by wine drinkers for hundreds of years, and even today they maintain their reputation for excellence of flavor and character, and are consistently associated with quality, decadence, and a cause for celebration. Their unique characteristics are partly due to the careful blending of a small number of selected grape varietals, most commonly Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. These grapes, blended in fairly equal quantities, give the wines of Champagne their wonderful flavors and aromas, with the Pinot Noir offering length and backbone, and the Chardonnay varietal giving its acidity and dry, biscuity nature. It isn't unusual to sometimes see Champagne labeled as 'blanc de blanc', meaning it is made using only Chardonnay varietal grapes, or 'blanc de noir', which is made solely with Pinot Noir.
Of all the white wine grape varietals, surely the one which has spread the furthest and is most widely appreciated is the Chardonnay. This green skinned grape is now grown all over the Old and New Worlds, from New Zealand to the Americas, from England to Chile, and is one of the first varietals people think of when considering white wine grapes. Perhaps this is because of its huge popularity which reached a peak in the 1990s, thanks to new technologies combining with traditional methods to bring the very best features out of the Chardonnay grape, and allow its unique qualities to shine through. Most fine Chardonnay wines use a process known as malolactic fermentation, wherein the malic acids in the grape juice are converted to lactic acids, allowing a creamier, buttery nature to come forward in the wine. No grape varietal is better suited to this process than Chardonnay, which manages to balance these silky, creamy notes with fresh white fruit flavors beautifully.