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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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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 6
Bottle: $174.95
What I think might end up being the best Beaucastel since the 1990 or 2001, the 2012 Châteauneuf du Pape offers a...
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Sparkling
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle: $245.12
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: $596.62
What a magnificent bouquet for this Dom Pérignon 2012! Pastry, a hint of smoke and autolytic notes provide a...
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Red
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle: $246.95
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Red
1.5Ltr - Case of 6
Bottle: $98.43
Another step up in quality (but not by much, and it’s a step up in price as well), the 2012 Châteauneuf du Pape...
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Red
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
Bottle: $298.95
The top wine of the estate is the 2012 Châteauneuf du Pape le Secret de Sabon, and the inky-colored 2012 is a...
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Red
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle: $784.95
This defines old school, with savory detail and notes of roasted chestnut, fresh tobacco leaf, cedar and brick dust...
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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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Red
1.5Ltr - Case of 6
Bottle: $281.12
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Sparkling
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
Bottle: $1631.29 $1735.41
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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Sparkling
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle: $161.62
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1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle: $336.95
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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Red
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle: $103.44
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1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle: $197.88
This rich, full-bodied Champagne is a classic from this producer. Its richness is emphasized by ripe Pinot Noir that...
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Sparkling
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
Bottle: $2994.95
As always, this exceptional Champagne, only released in top vintages, shows its rare qualities. Its poise between...
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Champagne Blend Chenin Blanc Red Rhone Blend 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.

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.