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750ml
Bottle: $157.20
6 bottles: $156.00
Fragrant, with wafts of roasted nuts and toasted brioche -- a profile that underscores the palate's flavors of...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $297.90 $309.60
What a magnificent bouquet for this Dom Pérignon 2012! Pastry, a hint of smoke and autolytic notes provide a...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $120.79
6 bottles: $120.00
A tightly meshed Champagne, slowly revealing layers of ripe black cherry, blood orange granita, blanched almond,...
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Sparkling
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $108.19
Golden yellow in color with warm aromas of yellow pear and toasted brioche. Well structured and complex with racy...
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750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $64.68
Intense straw yellow with shades of amber. Aromas of grass, meadow flowers and fresh berries. Lovely palate of figs...
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750ml
Bottle: $109.94
A sleek, creamy Champagne, with aromatic notes of white blossoms, graphite and spices accenting flavors of baked...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $97.27 $108.08
6 bottles: $95.21
A fragrant nose with aromas of apples, pears, brioche and candied citrus. Round, silky and balanced with fine bubbles...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $87.95
6 bottles: $86.40
A blend of 60% Chardonnay and 40% Pinot Noir from Verzy and Verzenay.
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $94.95 $96.00
12 bottles: $91.20
The 2012 Brut Nature Blanc de Blancs MSNL Chétillons et Mussettes Grand Cru was picked in the eponymous parcels in...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $69.94 $74.40
A vintage that marks the producer's 200th anniversary, the Champagne is ripe with mature white fruits. It is an...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $96.95
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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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Sparkling
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $224.85
Smells fresh with lemon and soft floral scents. Delicate and refined, this is crips, sharp and piercing yet also...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $184.03 $204.48
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Grilled bread with flowers, pears and apples. Lots of perfumes. Lavender and some herbs and nutmeg. The palate is...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $151.09
Produced from Geoffroy's oldest parcels and with tirage under cork rather than crown cap, the newly released 2012...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $294.90
6 bottles: $289.00
A firm, chalky version, with structure and texture similar to stiff lacedefined but detailed. Features flavors of...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $89.94
Restrained, focused, elegant. A fragrant depth of red fruit and a suave, slightly creamy texture that reflects its...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $263.89 $283.75
The 2012 Extra-Brut Blanc de Blancs Les Blanches Voies is elegant, weightless and crystalline in its purity. Lemon...
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Sparkling
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle: $458.12
A fragrant, appealing Champagne, with wafts of elderflower and medicinal herbs on the nose, followed by expressive...
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Champagne Blend Pinot Gris 2005 2012 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.

The Pinot Grigio or Pinot Gris grape varietal is now one of the most widely grown vines in the world, due to the surge in popularity of Pinot Grigio wines over the past twenty years or so. These grayish-blue fruits, which hang in their distinctively conical bunches, are responsible for a very broad range of wines famous for their variety of color tones and flavors Pinot Grigio varietal grapes are highly influenced by terroir, climate and particularly the skill and expertise of the vintners who process them. As such, there are full bodied, amber colored wines made from this grape, and there are equally delicious yet far leaner, paler, lighter bodied and crisp white wines made from the same species in other parts of the world.

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.