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750ml
Bottle: $109.94 $114.50
Features flavors of creme de cassis, lemon curd, poached apricot and smoked almond framed by well-cut, crunchy...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $171.35 $183.60
Discreet and nuanced nose, showing lemon-curd, brioche and pie-crust notes. A hint of savory umami, too. Beautiful...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $249.94
A driven and serious DP with aromas of chalk, biscuits, apricot stones and lemons. Some spice and dried flowers, too....
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Sparkling
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $148.95
3 bottles: $145.97
Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $79.89
12 bottles: $78.29
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $99.93
12 bottles: $97.93
A toasty Champagne, with generous lime blossom, ground coffee, vanilla and oak spice aromatics, this is firm and...
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Sparkling
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle: $261.23
A 100% Brut-Zero Chardonnay, disgorged in April 2023. This has a gorgeous nutty nose with brioche and toasted almond...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $93.73 $100.79
#83 TOP 100 CELLAR SELECTIONS 2021. The effects of a cool year on this new vintage release is impressive in its...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $110.69 $122.99
Blend of 44% Pinot Noir (14% red wine), 35% Chardonnay, 21% Meunier – 2013 was a difficult season, but after a...
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Sparkling
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Sparkling
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $210.44 $233.82
Subtle aromas of cooked apples and minerals with chalk and salt. Brioche, too. Full-bodied with a beautiful center...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $417.57 $463.97
This rich rose Champagne is aromatic and minerally on the nose, with smoke and oyster shell notes that transition to...
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Sparkling
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $650.70 $723.00
The 2013 Champagne Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill Brut, composed of 95% Pinot Noir, is the 20th release of this cuvée,...
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Sparkling
375ml
Bottle: $41.94
12 bottles: $41.10
The 2013 Brut Cuvée Empreinte is endowed with notable richness and body, yet remains super-elegant and refined....
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Sparkling
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $160.47
Disgorged in May 2019 with three grams per liter dosage after tirage under natural cork, the 2013 Extra-Brut Blanc de...
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Sparkling
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $76.62
Case only
Long-term Pre-Arrival
Sparkling
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $128.50
For an 8-year-old champagne this is extremely vibrant, the red-fruit character from the pinot noir grape rather in...
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Champagne Blend 2013 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.