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750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$107.00
While this Champagne from Le Mesnil-sur-Oger is still young, showing a crisp, bone-dry character alongside tight...
750ml
Bottle:
$118.39
6 bottles:
$117.60
Aromatic pastry dough, creme de cassis, apple blossom and graphite notes are well-meshed in this elegant Champagne....
750ml
Bottle:
$112.08
6 bottles:
$108.00
From grand and premier cru vineyards, this Champagne comes from a good but not great vintage. That explains its...
750ml
Bottle:
$68.08
12 bottles:
$66.72
It was a must for Pommery not to miss out on one of the greatest vintages of champagne. One single term to...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$169.95
An elegant rose Champagne that seamlessly knits juicy acidity and fine-grained texture with a subtle, smoke-laced...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$170.95
A vivid Champagne, with a fine mouse acting as a creamy swath around well-honed acidity, which defines this wine and...
750ml - 1 Bottle
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$1424.48
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750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$1777.85
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Dom Perignon Champagne Brut 2009
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$239.93
TOP 100 FRENCH WINES OF 2017 #38. This is a DP that shows the ripeness of the 2009 vintage yet remains full of...
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Dom Perignon Champagne Brut Rose 2009
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$427.93
A lovely rose Champagne that waltzes gracefully across the palate, belying the concentrated range of macerated...
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Dom Perignon Champagne Brut Rose 2009
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$343.11
A lovely rose Champagne that waltzes gracefully across the palate, belying the concentrated range of macerated...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$701.28
This bottle of the 2009 Brut Grand Cru Millésime was disgorged in July 2018 after 96 months on the lees, and it's...
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$384.26
The single grape variety of Empreinte de Terroir seeks only to emphasize the characteristics of the vineyard terroir,...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$388.46
The 2009 Brut Blanc de Blancs d’Aÿ (magnum) is a deep, powerful Champagne. In magnum, the radiance of the year is...
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Jacques Selosse Champagne Millesime 2009
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$1961.62
Disgorged in January 2020, the 2009 Extra-Brut Premier Cru Millésime represents a new direction for Selosse's...
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Louis Roederer Champagne Cristal Brut 2009
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$279.51
The 2009 Cristal is a wine of pure and total sensuality. There are no hard edges or angular contours. Instead, the...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$182.79
Champagne Blend Chenin Blanc Melon de Bourgogne 2009 750ml
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.
Originating in France yet now grown in many parts of the New World, Chenin Blanc is one of the most versatile and highly regarded white wine grape varietals on earth. These green skinned grapes hold a relatively high acid content, and as such can be used for making still white wines of exceptional quality, as well as superb sparkling wines (such as the Crémant wines of the Loire Valley) and extremely aromatic dessert wines. Their natural transparency means that they are a fine grape for expressing their terroir in the bottle, and winemakers often experiment with this varietal to coax unusual and intense flavors from the grapes, such as allowing the development of noble rot on the fruit in order to make sweet and viscous wines of a unique character.
One of the more unusual French grape varietals, Melon de Bourgogne has been grown in and around the Loire Valley for several hundred years. In fact, this grape was first planted in the Loire region of Pays Nantais back in the mid 17th century, after a devastating frost decimated most of the red grapes which were typical in the area. The winemakers of Pays Nantais were keen to cultivate vines which were hardy, high yielding, and capable of surviving another such frost, and so turned their attention to Melon de Bourgogne for this very reason. The native home of the varietal is actually in Burgundy, where it is still grown to a lesser extent.
Because Melon de Bourgogne produces naturally heavy yields, the vintners of Pays Nantais go to great lengths to reduce the amount of fruit the vines bear. This allows the finest characteristics of the grape to come forward, and also opens up the opportunity for it to express the wonderful granite and schist soils in which the vines are grown. Melon de Bourgogne is a minerally white wine grape varietal, with a very subtle set of fruit flavors. It is prized for its freshness and brightness, and is seeing a revival in the twenty first century as an excellent wine for pairing with a wide range of foods.