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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $34.20 $36.00
This unique sparkling wine is 100% Chardonnay made in Methode Tradicional from two separate vineyards high up in the...
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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $35.23
Frank and pure aromas with mineral, white floral, unripe lemon, and pippin notes. Elegant and slender mouth, with...
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750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $272.24
Based on a solera system of reserve wines, this oak-aged Champagne shows considerable maturity while keeping a sense...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $157.20
6 bottles: $156.00
Fragrant, with wafts of roasted nuts and toasted brioche -- a profile that underscores the palate's flavors of...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $37.05 $38.48
12 bottles: $36.31
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750ml
Bottle: $297.90 $309.60
What a magnificent bouquet for this Dom Pérignon 2012! Pastry, a hint of smoke and autolytic notes provide a...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $108.95 $118.39
A quietly elegant Champagne, with a lovely soft, laciness to texture, and a minerally underpinning of smoke and...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $120.79
6 bottles: $120.00
A tightly meshed Champagne, slowly revealing layers of ripe black cherry, blood orange granita, blanched almond,...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $138.94 $152.80
Expressive notes of steeped raspberry and cherry fruit pull you into the glass of this vivacious rose Champagne,...
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Sparkling
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $108.19
Golden yellow in color with warm aromas of yellow pear and toasted brioche. Well structured and complex with racy...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $239.20
3 bottles: $238.40
The 2017 Finca Piedra Infinita Supercal comes from a plot of 0.54 hectares in the Finca Piedra Infinita vineyard...
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Sparkling
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $43.50
Straw-yellow color with a slight golden sheen. On the nose, it is intense and particularly refined with scents of...
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Sparkling
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $59.92
The wine demonstrates a delicate rose hue. On the nose, an intense yet fine and elegant bouquet, with dominant notes...
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Sparkling
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $154.90
Bright straw-yellow in color with a golden sheen. A highly delicate nose of rare intensity, in which the fruity aroma...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $83.95
12 bottles: $82.27
Pinot Meunier and Pinot Noir. The fruit comes from two parcels in two regions: one in the Boulard home village of...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $115.94
The SCHLOSS GOBELSBURG VINTAGE is only produced in special years. The bottles remain on the lees for at least 10...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $26.94
12 bottles: $26.40
Chalk, biscuit, dried lemon, grapefruit and pineapple on the nose. Medium-bodied with sharp acidity and fine bubbles....
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $26.94
12 bottles: $26.40
A fresh and fruity sparking wine with a light cherry and lemon character. Medium body, fresh acidity and a lean,...
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Champagne Blend Malbec 2010 2012 2017

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.

The purple Malbec variety grapes which now grow all over the Old and New Worlds had their origins in France, where they are one of the few grape varieties allowed to be used in the highly esteemed blended wines of Bordeaux. However, it is perhaps the New World Malbec wines which have attracted the most attention in recent years, as they thrive in hot southern climates in ways they cannot in their native country, where the damp conditions leave them highly vulnerable to rot. Malbec grapes are renowned for their high tannin content, resulting in full-bodied red wines packed with ripe, plummy flavors and held in their characteristically dark, garnet colored liquid. In many countries, Malbec is still used primarily as a varietal for blending, as it adds a great level of richness and density to other, lighter and thinner varietals. However, single variety Malbec wines have been greatly on the rise in recent years, with some fantastic results and big, juicy flavors marking them out as a great wine for matching with a wide range of foods.