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Red
750ml
Bottle: $25.50
Moving toward their top-of-the-line proprietary reds, Kendall-Jackson’s 2012 Meritage Grand Reserve is 30.7%...
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WA
91
VM
90
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Rapid Ship
Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $69.94 $74.40
A vintage that marks the producer's 200th anniversary, the Champagne is ripe with mature white fruits. It is an...
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WE
95
WNR
94
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Rapid Ship
Red
750ml
Bottle: $261.42 $281.10
The 2012s made from Bordeaux varietals include their flagship wine, the 2012 Proprietary Red Les Pavots, a...
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WA
98
WS
95
Rapid Ship
Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $89.94
Restrained, focused, elegant. A fragrant depth of red fruit and a suave, slightly creamy texture that reflects its...
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DC
93
WE
92
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Rapid Ship
Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $265.95 $283.75
The 2012 Extra-Brut Blanc de Blancs Les Blanches Voies is elegant, weightless and crystalline in its purity. Lemon...
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VM
95
JD
95

Champagne Blend Red Blend 2012 Rapid Ship

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.