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Red
750ml
Bottle: $144.95
6 bottles: $142.05
This is a pure merlot with violets, blueberries and hints of minerals and black truffles. Black olives, too....
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Sparkling
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $27.44
Intense aromas of ripe fruit and hazelnut. Rich and warm on the palate with flavors of honey and brioche. Creamy...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $89.93 $92.40
This is really delicious, with buttered-brioche and bread-dough character. It's full bodied but not heavy. Just rich...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $146.40
Pure mature Chardonnay gives this Champagne richness and a full texture. It is impressive, its crisp character...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $49.88
12 bottles: $48.88
The 2016 Taillefer is a straightforward, easygoing Pomerol endowed with quite a bit of near and medium-term appeal....
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Sparkling
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $55.94
The perfume is reminiscent of orange blossom, pomegranate, chinotto orange and black plums, followed with ginger,...
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Sparkling
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $78.30
Light notes of tangerine, quince, orange blossom, almonds on the nose with just a touch of caramel and smokiness....
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $74.89
One of the best Merlots I've tasted from Australia, Hickinbotham's 2016 The Revivalist Merlot does hint at cherry...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $186.94
12 bottles: $183.20
Disgorged in October 2019, Larmandier-Bernier's 2013 Extra-Brut Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Les Chemins d'Avize is...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $174.95 $177.19
Disgorged in February 2022 as a brut zero (1g/L of dosage), Le Clos des Trois Clochers 2016 (100% Chardonnay) is...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $241.20
6 bottles: $240.00
A firm Champagne, almost crunchy in texture, with steely acidity framing notes of macerated blackberry and cherry...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $80.24 $89.16
Fantastic aroma of Mara des Bois strawberries. Very juicy with an explosion of strawberries and ripe nectarines....
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Sparkling
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $215.65 $227.00
The 2016 Extra-Brut Special Club Lieu-Dit Les Fortes Terres is showing beautifully, wafting from the glass with...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $132.00
Deep nose of preserved and candied lemons with bread dough and toasted baguette. Concentrated and well structured,...
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Champagne Blend Malvasia Merlot 2003

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.

With its dark blue colored fruits and high juice content, Merlot varietal grapes have long been a favorite of wine producers around the globe, with it being found in vineyards across Europe, the Americas and elsewhere in the New World. One of the distinguishing features of Merlot grapes is the fact that they have a relatively low tannin content and an exceptionally soft and fleshy character, meaning they are capable of producing incredibly rounded and mellow wines. This mellowness is balanced with plenty of flavor, however, and has made Merlot grapes the varietal of choice for softening other, more astringent and tannin-heavy wines, often resulting in truly exceptional produce. Merlot is regarded as one of the key 'Bordeaux' varietals for precisely this reason; when combined with the drier Cabernet Sauvignon, it is capable of blending beautifully to produce some of the finest wines available in the world.