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Amazing aromas of sweet uncooked pie crust with almonds. Then you smell dried apples, apricots and pineapple. Grilled...
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The clear highlight among these new releases, the 2008 Blanc de Noirs Côte de Béchalin is deep, powerful and...
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Very old and rare Pinot Blanc from a 0.217 hectare lieu-dit known as La Boloree. Bouchard was initially uninterested...
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Aromas of fresh bread, crisp orchard fruit, citrus oil, clear honey and oyster shell introduce Bouchard's 2016 Blanc...
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The 2016 Blanc de Noirs Presle is an explosion of aromas, flavors and textures. A Champagne of tremendous aromatic...
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This is really delicious, with buttered-brioche and bread-dough character. It's full bodied but not heavy. Just rich...
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An amazing 2008 rosé Champagne that has all the structure and aromatic complexity - sushi ginger, oolong tea and...
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Complex aromas of quince, dried mango, honey, toasted almond and gingerbread. It’s full-bodied and vinous with...
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Complex aromas of quince, dried mango, honey, toasted almond and gingerbread. It’s full-bodied and vinous with...
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Amour was created by Deutz’s long-standing managing director, Fabrice Rosset. It's a prestige blanc de blancs which...
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Interestingly, the 2008 Brut Rose Millesime Amour de Deutz is quite a bit more crystalline and tightly wound than the...
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Deutz's delicate 2008 Blanc de Blancs Brut has a brillant citrus yellow color with lime green reflections and opens...
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This is incredibly long and beautiful. It’s full-bodied, but comes across with so much finesse and complexity. It...
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These four vintages of Dom Pérignon provide a fascinating snapshot of how the house has performed in recent years....
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Champagne Blend 1999 2008 France

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.

Year in, year out, France enjoys its prestigious reputation as the producer of the finest wines in the world. With a wine making history which spans several thousand years and owes its expertise to the Romans, it comes as little surprise that this most highly esteemed of the Old World wine countries continues to impress and enchant both novices and experts to this day. Despite the rise in quality of wines from neighboring European countries, not to mention the New World, the French wine industry continues to boom, with up to eight billion bottles being produced in recent years. However, France prides itself on always putting quality before quantity, and the wide range in fine produce is a testament to the dedication and knowledge of the wineries across the country. Indeed, from rich and complex reds to light and aromatic white wines, French wines are as varied and interesting as they are enjoyable to drink, making this country a firm favorite for wine lovers across the globe.