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$175.20
Grilled bread with flowers, pears and apples. Lots of perfumes. Lavender and some herbs and nutmeg. The palate is...
750ml - Case of 3
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$456.64
A fragrant, appealing Champagne, with wafts of elderflower and medicinal herbs on the nose, followed by expressive...
750ml - 1 Bottle
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Bollinger Champagne La Grande Annee 2005
750ml - Case of 6
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$142.95
Impressive concentration and power here. This is really assertive with ripe yellow orchard fruits and citrus within a...
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Bollinger Champagne La Grande Annee Rose 2005
750ml - Case of 6
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$238.78
A good rest on lees in the cellar through to May 2015 has seen this salmon-colored rosé develop a wealth of dried...
750ml - Case of 6
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$107.93
Pale in color, but rich in texture and fruit, this wonderfully mature rosé is structured from 70% Pinot Noir in the...
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Dom Perignon Champagne Brut 2005
750ml - Case of 6
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$251.95
I believe that the 2005 DP is the best since 2002, which remains the best recent vintage and is probably only...
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Dom Perignon Champagne Brut Rose 2005
750ml - Case of 3
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$422.48
A mind-blowing wine. This is super subtle and intense with aromas of peaches, light strawberry and cream. Also shows...
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Dom Perignon Champagne Brut Rose 2005
750ml - Case of 6
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$420.38
A mind-blowing wine. This is super subtle and intense with aromas of peaches, light strawberry and cream. Also shows...
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Dom Perignon Champagne Brut Rose Luminous 2005
750ml - Case of 3
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$502.95
A mind-blowing wine. This is super subtle and intense with aromas of peaches, light strawberry and cream. Also shows...
750ml - Case of 6
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$769.45
Disgorged in July 2014, Francis Egly's 2005 Brut Grand Cru Millésime is a brilliant wine in this middling vintage,...
750ml - Case of 6
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$96.00
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Henriot Champagne Cuvee Hemera 2005
750ml - Case of 6
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$237.55
Rich hints of baked plum and marzipan are enlivened by sleek, well-knit acidity in this harmonious Champagne. The...
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Louis Roederer Champagne Cristal Brut 2005
750ml - Case of 3
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$320.13
Fabulous nose with great blood orange intensity neatly framed by brioche. On the extravagant and concentrated palate...
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Paul Bara Champagne Grand Cru Annonciade 2005
750ml - Case of 3
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$135.95
In 1833, Annonciade, the daughter of a winemaker from Bouzy, married Auguste François Bara, a young cooper from the...
750ml - 1 Bottle
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$527.72
The palest of rosés, this crisp, bright and fruity wine is full of tight acidity, freshly picked raspberries and...
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Philipponnat Champagne Le Clos Des Goisses 2005
750ml - Case of 6
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$179.45
A truly special site, this is a majestic Champagne that has superb darker notes of brulée, roasted almonds and...
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Pommery Champagne Brut Cuvee Louise 2005
750ml - Case of 6
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$209.46
Grilled bread with flowers, pears and apples. Lots of perfumes. Lavender and some herbs and nutmeg. The palate is...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$148.78
A warm, sunny year produced this concentrated, elegant wine with refined aromas of ripe apple and quince, fresh...
Champagne Blend Primitivo 2005 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.
As with many European grape varietals, there is some debate regarding the precise origins of the Primitivo grape. Most people now agree that it probably came from Croatia, where it is still used widely in the production of red wine, and it known as Tribidrag. However, today it is a grape most commonly associated with the powerful red wines of Puglia, the heel of Italy’s boot, where the intense sunshine and brisk Mediterranean breezes produce grapes of remarkable character and balance. Primitivo is a dark grape, known for producing intense, inky, highly tannic wines, most notably the naturally sweet Dolce Naturale and the heavy and complex Primitivo di Manduria wines. Primitivo tends to be naturally very high in both tannin and alcohol, making it ideal for both barrel and cellar ageing, which brings out its more rounded and interesting features.
Primitivo is not the easiest grape to grow or manage, and it has had something of a difficult century. Indeed, by the 1990s, there was little interest in Puglian wines in general, and winemakers were neglecting their Primitivo vineyards and looking to other, more commercially viable varietals. However, the last decade has seen this grape come well and truly back into fashion, with new techniques and a heightened interest in native Italian grape varietals bringing Primitivo back into the spotlight. It is now widely loved for its intensity and ability to be paired with strongly flavored foods.