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Sparkling
375ml
Bottle: $37.01
12 bottles: $36.26
The 2013 Brut Cuvée Empreinte is endowed with notable richness and body, yet remains super-elegant and refined....
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Sparkling
375ml
Bottle: $38.95
12 bottles: $38.17
Disgorged in June 2019, the latest release of Geoffroy’s perennial superb NV Brut Premier Cru Rose de Saignee is...
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93
VM
92
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Sparkling
375ml
Bottle: $13.93 $15.21
24 bottles: $13.65
Extremely fresh and floral with sliced apples, stones and some white peach. Bread dough, too. Fine bead. Medium to...
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Sparkling
375ml
Bottle: $11.30 $12.56
12 bottles: $8.55
Finally a wine to match your shine! Ruffino Lumina Prosecco is a wine kissed by the Italian sun, with hints of peach...
Sparkling
375ml
Bottle: $11.74
12 bottles: $9.49
Color: Bright straw yellow with fine bubbles. Aroma: The boquet is fragrant and bursting with fruit notes. It...
Sparkling
375ml
Bottle: $14.08
12 bottles: $13.80
A firm Prosecco, with a somewhat aggressive bead, this offers pretty notes of ripe pear and jasmine underscored by...
Red
375ml
Bottle: $39.94
12 bottles: $39.14
Savory berries and dried blackberries on the nose, together with oranges, dark chocolate and dry earth. Full-bodied...
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Rapid Ship
Sparkling
375ml
Bottle: $34.94
Lemony richness on the nose, a struck match character that falls in with lemon vanilla note. Toffee apple allure on...
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Red
375ml
Bottle: $24.64
12 bottles: $24.15
Plenty of spices and herbs laid on top of the ripe berries and sweet cherries, together with a dash of white pepper....
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Case only
Sparkling
375ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $7.13
Pleasant floral notes color the aromas of granny-smith apples. Lively, frothy fizz, carrying sweet fruit flavors,...
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Long-term Pre-Arrival
Sparkling
375ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $124.95
The numbering indicates this is the 170th blending of this Champagne. This iteration has a fine poise—it's mature...
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Champagne Blend Corvina Blend Ruche 375ml

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.

Corvina grapes are most commonly associated with the Veneto region of Italy, where they have been grown successfully for centuries, and are a vital component of the region's viticultural identity. The Corvina varietal is famed around the world for its inclusion in such fine wines as Amarone and Valpolicella, where it is blended with small quantities of other grape varietals to produce wines of exceptional character and balance. The grapes themselves have a naturally high level of acidity, which often results in an aftertaste of bitter almonds. However, this bitterness is quite a sought for feature of this varietal, as it balances beautifully with the sour cherry notes also associated with the grape. Corvina grapes have a wonderfully potential for aging, and this process mellows the bitterness and acids present in the fruit, resulting in soft, complex and highly admired wines.