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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $101.99
6 bottles: $101.20
Pronounced chalky and floral nose. Palate is tight and linear with some verbena and mandarin. Impressive salinity on...
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Sparkling
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml
Bottle: $88.88
12 bottles: $87.10
Lemon, honey, mineral and light spice. Very attractive aromas. Full-bodied, with fresh acidity and a long finish...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml
Bottle: $113.40
12 bottles: $111.13
Tasted single blind against its peers. This has a very well -defined nose of dried pineapple, quince and vanilla pod...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml
Bottle: $49.90
12 bottles: $48.90
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml
Bottle: $414.18 $460.20
Barrel sample. Impressively balanced, with the fruit rich, intense with a golden glow. The acidity is as important as...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
375ml
Bottle: $39.20
12 bottles: $38.42
Tasted single blind against its peers. Whereas last year the de Fargues 2008 was immediately forthcoming, a few...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
375ml
Bottle: $35.20
12 bottles: $34.50
Tasted as part of a vertical held at the chateau. It is clear that the aromatics on the 2008 are a little simpler and...
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Rapid Ship
Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $499.94
A re-release of the original 2010 disgorgement. Super fine, super fresh and super savory aromas of chalky stones with...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $150.55 $167.28
Very flinty, with straw and dried goat’s-cheese character to the dried apples, honeycomb and some bread dough....
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $96.00
12 bottles: $91.20
A very rich Blanc de Blancs champagne that doesn’t taste bone-dry, thanks to the stunning harmony. Tons of dried...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $76.26
6 bottles: $74.73
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Sparkling
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $169.72
This vintage Blanc de Blancs completes what is now a full range produced for all the Rothschild family-owned...
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Sparkling
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle: $385.95
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Sparkling
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $181.95
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Sparkling
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle: $399.95
Lovely precision and drive to this with aromas of lemon curd, brioche, praline, apricots, pomelos, mandarin zest and...
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Sparkling
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $180.56
Lovely precision and drive to this with aromas of lemon curd, brioche, praline, apricots, pomelos, mandarin zest and...
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Sparkling
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle: $222.24
Disgorged with four grams per liter dosage, the 2008 Extra Brut Vintage hasn't appreciably evolved since I last...
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Sparkling
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $133.24
Disgorged with four grams per liter dosage, the 2008 Extra Brut Vintage hasn't appreciably evolved since I last...
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Sparkling
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $243.39
A ripe and intense style, showing energy and vibrancy. Flinty, slightly earthy aromas that are more suggestive of...
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Champagne Blend Malbec Semillon/sauvignon Blanc 2002 2008

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 purple Malbec variety grapes which now grow all over the Old and New Worlds had their origins in France, where they are one of the few grape varieties allowed to be used in the highly esteemed blended wines of Bordeaux. However, it is perhaps the New World Malbec wines which have attracted the most attention in recent years, as they thrive in hot southern climates in ways they cannot in their native country, where the damp conditions leave them highly vulnerable to rot. Malbec grapes are renowned for their high tannin content, resulting in full-bodied red wines packed with ripe, plummy flavors and held in their characteristically dark, garnet colored liquid. In many countries, Malbec is still used primarily as a varietal for blending, as it adds a great level of richness and density to other, lighter and thinner varietals. However, single variety Malbec wines have been greatly on the rise in recent years, with some fantastic results and big, juicy flavors marking them out as a great wine for matching with a wide range of foods.