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Bollinger Champagne R.D. Extra Brut 1996
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$464.95
I have drunk this a half dozen times in the last six months and it always amazes me. The Recently Disgorged Bolly is...
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Dom Perignon Champagne Brut 1996
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$493.62
Even richer than the brilliant 1990, the 1996 is still tightly wound, but reveals tremendous aromatic intensity,...
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Dom Perignon Champagne Oenotheque 1996
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$613.28
This shows amazing freshness and depth of fruit while remaining agile and very clean. Full body, dense and layered on...
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Dom Perignon Champagne P2 Plenitude 1996
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$1341.45
The 1996 Dom Pérignon P2 is another absolutely stellar Champagne. When it was first release, the 1996 was painfully...
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Duval-Leroy Champagne Femme De Champagne 1996
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle:
$891.23
A sculpted Champagne, with a steely backbone of acidity swathed in a fine and silky texture, offering rich flavors of...
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Henriot Champagne Cuvee Des Enchanteleurs 1996
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
Bottle:
$580.68
$617.75
The 1996 Brut Cuvee des Enchanteleurs is one of the softer, more forward 1996s readers are likely to come across....
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Krug Champagne Brut Vintage 1996
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$667.72
It's hard to imagine how a wine of this power can sustain perfect balance What is now a more nonchalant intensity in...
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
Bottle:
$728.96
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Perrier-Jouet Champagne Belle Epoque Brut 1996
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle:
$891.23
THE EYE: A pale, translucent gold, with radiant clarity and subtle glints of apple green.
THE NOSE: Fresh and...
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Salon Champagne Blanc De Blancs Le Mesnil 1996
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$1709.88
Rated 99 - Maturing into a medium golden color, the 1996 Salon reveals open-knit, alluring scents of butterscotch,...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$328.95
To the eye, La Grande Dame 1996 presents a color with bright, golden glints.
The initial nose reveals a strong,...
Grenache Champagne Blend Frappato Mencia 1996
The Grenache grape holds the honor of being the most widely planted wine grape varietal on earth. It has a long and impressive history, and has been the backbone of the some of the planet’s most respected and famed wine regions, blended with Syrah in regions such as Chateauneuf du Pape, and in certain other Loire and Languedoc regions where it reigns supreme as a single varietal wine grape. In other key areas, such as Spain’s La Rioja (where it is known as Garnacha Tinta), it is blended with Tempranillo to make that country’s signature red wine, and is widely used as a blending grape in other old and new world countries, due to its unique character and jammy, fruit forward character.
For a long time, the Grenache grape was somewhat looked down upon as an ignoble varietal, incapable of producing wines of any particular interest. However, times are very much changing - in the right hands, Grenache grapes result in astonishingly intense and complex wines, full of fascinating features, and capable of achieving plenty of expression. For a while now, Grenache has been a major player in Australian wines. While not yet quite as extensively planted down under as Shiraz is, the Barossa Valley is bringing out some of the finest examples of this grape’s wines in recent years.
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.