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Sparkling
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $202.94
3 bottles: $198.88
Sparkling
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $135.94
3 bottles: $133.22
The NV Brut Le Brut is another absolutely compelling wine in this range. Le Brut is 90% Chardonnay and 10% Pinot...
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Sparkling
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle: $78.34
Pale yellow in color with greenish highlights and a rich tropical bouquet. Medium bodied on the palate with a...
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Sparkling
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $176.13 $185.40
60% Pinot Noir, 25% Chardonnay, 15% Meunier sourced from more than 300 crus, including 85% grands and premiers crus;...
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93
Sparkling
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $443.00
3 bottles: $440.00
Enticing, fragrant aromas of toast, lemon zest and an earthy-smoky nuance lead to a palate of subtle Bosc-pear,...
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96
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95
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Sparkling
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $242.25 $255.00
A finely detailed Champagne, with pointillist bubbles softly bursting on the palate, carrying a delicate, layered...
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93
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93
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Sparkling
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $25.81 $27.17
6 bottles: $16.68
Verdi Spumante is a natural, sparkling beverage imported from Italy. Deliciously sparkling and zesty, it has a soft...
Sparkling
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $156.00
3 bottles: $152.88
Very clean and bright with transparency of sliced lemon, pear and chalk. Medium to full body with a very creamy...
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92
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90
Sparkling
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $147.00
3 bottles: $144.06
A very pretty rosé with dried-strawberry and apple aromas and flavors. Some spiced-pear and iron undertones....
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93
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90
Sparkling
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $99.80
3 bottles: $97.80
Up-front flavors of star fruit, baked plum, toast and lemon curd are backed by bright acidity and a lively, frothy...
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Sparkling
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $89.94 $92.60
3 bottles: $89.60
An open-knit Champagne, this is lightly wooly in texture, offering a smoke-tinged overtone to the modest notes of...
Sparkling
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $143.94
3 bottles: $141.06
Disgorged in July 2019 with 5.5 grams per liter dosage, the NV Brut Grande Réserve is based on the 2016 vintage,...
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92
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92
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Sparkling
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $139.65 $147.00
The NV Brut Vignes de la Vallée is a blend of 70% 2012 and 30% perpetual reserve that spent a whopping 68 months en...
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93
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92
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Sparkling
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $119.94 $131.00
A graceful Champagne, with a satiny mousse, revealing ripe apricot, mirabelle plum, preserved lemon, white blossoms...
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93
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93
Sparkling
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $96.94
6 bottles: $95.00
The house's NV Brut Rosé de Cuvaison is another standout. Tar, smoke and game are some of the aromas and flavors...
WA
92
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92
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Sparkling
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $104.22 $115.80
The NV Thienot Champagne Brut tastes like a baby Krug with its rich, nutty, powerful style. Ample apple and citrus...
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92
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91
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Sparkling
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $116.85 $123.00
Subtle and complex aromas with sliced spiced pear, ginger and honeysuckle. Full-bodied with layers of fruit and a...
JS
94
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Sparkling
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $63.27 $66.60
6 bottles: $62.40
A touch of smokiness and plum fruit on the nose. Lovely lemon and savoury contrast on the palate with a whiff of...
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91
Sparkling
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $129.90
3 bottles: $126.00
Remarkable depth of mature aromas - tons of candied lemon peel, dried pear and brioche - plus wonderful textural...
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94
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Red
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle: $93.00
Very well structured, yet restrained and elegant with a cool and delicate personality for the warm vintage, this is a...
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94
WA
93

Champagne Blend Gamay Zinfandel 1.5Ltr

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 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.

The precise origins of what became known as the Zinfandel grape variety are uncertain, although it has clear genetic equivalents in both Puglia and Croatia. However, when it was brought to the New World in the mid 19th century, it became known as the Zinfandel, and has been consistently popular and widely grown ever since. These very dark and very round grapes have a remarkably high sugar content, resulting in relatively high levels of alcohol in the wines they are made into, with bottles often displaying as much as fifteen percent. What makes the Zinfandel such an interesting grape, though, is the fact that the flavors produced by this varietal vary considerably depending on the climate they are grown in. In cooler valley regions, the Zinfandel grapes result in wines which hold strong flavors of tart and sweet fruits; raspberry, redcurrant and sweet cherry, held in a very smooth and silky liquid. Conversely, warmer regions result in more complex and spicy notes, including anise, pepper and hedgerow berries.