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Sparkling
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $158.64 $166.99
A vintage that marks the producer's 200th anniversary, the Champagne is ripe with mature white fruits. It is an...
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Sparkling
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $415.94
3 bottles: $407.62
The 2012 Brut Rive Gauche-Rive Droite Grand Cru brings together all the best elements of Marc Hebrart's style. Ample,...
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Red
1.5Ltr - Case of 6
Bottle: $606.12
A melange of floral, berry, licorice, spice and tobacco aromas and flavors signal this stylish, well-structured red....
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Sparkling
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle: $334.95
The 2012 La Grande Année Rosé is airy, gracious and so wonderfully inviting. Crushed flowers, mint, white pepper...
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Red
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle: $320.45
A young wine that builds on the palate with plums, spices, cedar and hints of chocolate. Turns to hazelnuts. Full to...
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Sparkling
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle: $243.74
Delamotte’s 2012 Brut Vintage is rich, creamy and super-expressive. This is only the second vintage (the first was...
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Sparkling
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle: $579.90
What a magnificent bouquet for this Dom PĂ©rignon 2012! Pastry, a hint of smoke and autolytic notes provide a...
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Red
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
Bottle: $302.67 $321.99
The 2012 Barolo Bricco delle Viole is pure class. A decidedly sensual, inviting Bricco delle Viole, the 2012 fleshes...
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Red
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
Bottle: $566.45
A wealth of cherry flavor is surrounded by cut grass, tar, tobacco and iron notes in this complex, intense red....
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Sparkling
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle: $152.95
There's a citrusy, lemon peel overtone to this sleek and creamy Champagne, with a bright note alongside the...
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Sparkling
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
Bottle: $1621.88 $1725.40
Just about as good as it gets, the 2012 Cristal Rosé is a magical effort based on 56% Pinot Noir and 44% Chardonnay....
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Red
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
Bottle: $273.45 $278.17
The 2012 Barolo Le Vigne, here in a library release, is still a very young wine. Bright acids lift a core of red...
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Sparkling
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle: $161.62
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Sparkling
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle: $334.95
The iconic Belle Epoque bottle reveals a well-structured, taut wine. With Chardonnay very much in evidence in the...
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Sparkling
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle: $649.95
This single vineyard, one of the steepest in Champagne, produces fabulous wines. Richness restrained by the...
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Sparkling
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle: $383.16
#33 Wine of the World 2022. This is a fantastic and refined Blanc de Blancs. So layered and complex, with lemon curd,...
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Red
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
Bottle: $375.95 $397.70
The aromas of licorice, violets and bramble berries impress. Full body, incredible length and texture. Lasts for...
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Red
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
Bottle: $389.95 $413.43
The 2012 Barolo Lazzarito impresses for its precision and class, two qualities that aren’t easy to find in wines...
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Red
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
Bottle: $345.95 $366.24
The tar and asphalt comes through here with ripe plum and berry character too. Full body, tight and muscular. Deep...
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Red
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
Bottle: $383.95 $397.70
Wow. The rose petal aroma is gorgeous with ripe strawberry and cherry undertones. Full body, dense and powerful....
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Champagne Blend Nebbiolo 2012 1.5Ltr

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 Nebbiolo grape varietal is widely understood to be the fruit responsible for Italy's finest aged wines. However, its popularity and reliability as a grape which gives out outstanding flavors and aromas has led it to be planted in many countries around the world, with much success. These purple grapes are distinguishable by the fact that they take on a milky dust as they begin to reach maturity, leading many to claim that this is the reason for their unusual name, which means 'fog' in Italian. Nebbiolo grapes produce wines which have a wide range of beautiful and fascinating flavors, the most common of which are rich, dark and complex, such as violet, truffle, tobacco and prunes. They are generally aged for many years to balance out their characteristics, as their natural tannin levels tend to be very high.