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The 2008 Champagne Rare Rosé is straight-up sensational. Only the second time they’ve produced this cuvée, it...
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A vibrant Champagne, ballet-slipper pink in color, featuring intense flavors of nectarine, ripe raspberry, grilled...
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One of the great Champagnes both for its richness and its longevity, this latest incarnation is superb. The wine's...
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Attractive red berries, nectarines and biscuity notes with a hint of spice, too, and a sweet-smelling freshness to...
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The perfect blanc de blancs. Full-bodied with a lovely framework of acidity and dry fruit, such as apples, pears and...
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The balance between ripeness and acidity that is the hallmark of this fine vintage is expressed well in this...
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Deep color of bronze with orange-peel and golden hues. Strawberry, earth, bark and orange with peach-pie aromas....
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Deep color of bronze with orange-peel and golden hues. Strawberry, earth, bark and orange with peach-pie aromas....
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A classic, slow-maturing year picked into October. It's a pale, pristine hue - a beautifully assembled mix of Pinot...
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There's a racy tension here, with vivid acidity and an underlying streak of minerality, yet this is elegant overall,...
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A very upright, fresh and youthful vintage for Clicquot with lemon citrus, peach and almond nougat aromas. The palate...
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Champagne Blend 2008 France 750ml

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.