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Fragrant, with wafts of roasted nuts and toasted brioche -- a profile that underscores the palate's flavors of...
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What a magnificent bouquet for this Dom Pérignon 2012! Pastry, a hint of smoke and autolytic notes provide a...
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On the nose, elegant and clear with citrus fruit aromas and soft spices. In the mouth, generous and soft, balanced...
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A tightly meshed Champagne, slowly revealing layers of ripe black cherry, blood orange granita, blanched almond,...
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Golden yellow in color with warm aromas of yellow pear and toasted brioche. Well structured and complex with racy...
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Intense straw yellow with shades of amber. Aromas of grass, meadow flowers and fresh berries. Lovely palate of figs...
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A sleek, creamy Champagne, with aromatic notes of white blossoms, graphite and spices accenting flavors of baked...
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A fragrant nose with aromas of apples, pears, brioche and candied citrus. Round, silky and balanced with fine bubbles...
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A blend of 60% Chardonnay and 40% Pinot Noir from Verzy and Verzenay.
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The 2012 Brut Nature Blanc de Blancs MSNL Chétillons et Mussettes Grand Cru was picked in the eponymous parcels in...
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A vintage that marks the producer's 200th anniversary, the Champagne is ripe with mature white fruits. It is an...
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A vintage that marks the producer's 200th anniversary, the Champagne is ripe with mature white fruits. It is an...
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100% Grand Cru Chardonnay. The core of the cuvée is made up of three vineyards with very old vines in Cramant and...
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Smells fresh with lemon and soft floral scents. Delicate and refined, this is crips, sharp and piercing yet also...
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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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Produced from Geoffroy's oldest parcels and with tirage under cork rather than crown cap, the newly released 2012...
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A firm, chalky version, with structure and texture similar to stiff lacedefined but detailed. Features flavors of...
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Restrained, focused, elegant. A fragrant depth of red fruit and a suave, slightly creamy texture that reflects its...
Champagne Blend Chardonnay Gamay 2012 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.
Of all the white wine grape varietals, surely the one which has spread the furthest and is most widely appreciated is the Chardonnay. This green skinned grape is now grown all over the Old and New Worlds, from New Zealand to the Americas, from England to Chile, and is one of the first varietals people think of when considering white wine grapes. Perhaps this is because of its huge popularity which reached a peak in the 1990s, thanks to new technologies combining with traditional methods to bring the very best features out of the Chardonnay grape, and allow its unique qualities to shine through. Most fine Chardonnay wines use a process known as malolactic fermentation, wherein the malic acids in the grape juice are converted to lactic acids, allowing a creamier, buttery nature to come forward in the wine. No grape varietal is better suited to this process than Chardonnay, which manages to balance these silky, creamy notes with fresh white fruit flavors beautifully.
The French wines of Beaujolais are widely regarded as some of the finest table wines in the world. This is due in part to the qualities of the Gamay grape, from which they are made. Gamay produces beautifully, juicy, rounded and gulpable red wines, usually drank young and full of their natural fruit character. However, it would be a mistake to say that Gamay is limited to easy-drinking, soft wines - it’s a highly flexible and versatile grape, capable of producing aged wines of serious complexity and structure, full of expression and fascinating characteristics.
The majority of Gamay wines from France are labeled under Beaujolais Villages or Beaujolais, and these are the standard table wines we’re used to seeing in French restaurants, at bistros, and at our local wine store. Usually great value for money, these are the light, slightly acidic examples of what the grape can do. Far more interesting are those Gamay wines from the 10 cru villages, just north of Beaujolais, where generations of expertise and a unique soil type made up of granitic schist result in far more unique, complicated wines. The best examples of Gamay feature intense aromatics, all black fruit and forest fare, and are worth cellaring for a few years.
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.