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$340.98
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
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1.5Ltr - Case of 3
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This cuvée is a tribute to the partnership between the James Bond producers and the Bollinger house. Made from 100%...
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Casa Ferreirinha Douro Barca Velha 2011
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
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$1347.77
Extremely deep red with aromas and flavors that change all the time with blackberry, black raspberry, black licorice,...
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Catena Zapata Nicolas Catena Zapata 2011
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
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$217.95
Combining Malbec with Cabernet Sauvignon, this is always among the most ageworthy reds in Argentina. Cassis and plum...
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Deutz Amour De Deutz 2011
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
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$287.05
A mature Champagne from a great vintage year, this is concentrated. With toast over the white fruits and with...
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Dom Perignon Champagne Brut 2009
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
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$506.72
TOP 100 FRENCH WINES OF 2017 #38. This is a DP that shows the ripeness of the 2009 vintage yet remains full of...
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
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$992.06
Encouragingly, the 2009 vintage is still a light lemon yellow in colour, with no apparent signs of age. Still, it is...
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
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$432.76
The 2011 Chablis Les Clos comes across as rather big in this vintage. A broad-shouldered frame houses rich fruit in...
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Philipponnat Champagne Le Clos Des Goisses 2011
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A brisk attack yields bright red fruit and elderberry with fine petillance. Disgorged after nine years on the lees...
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
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$627.45
Pol Roger's 2009 Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill has turned out very well, offering up a demonstrative bouquet of golden...
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Pol Roger Champagne Brut Vintage 2009
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
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$255.98
The latest vintage release from this producer, this is beautifully balanced with white fruits and touches of citrus...
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R. Lopez De Heredia Tondonia Reserva 2011
1.5Ltr - Case of 6
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$116.69
A traditional beauty that effuses iron, warm earth and savory tobacco leaves, together with plums, spices and orange...
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
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$390.45
A firm, fresh Comtes with a tight and composed palate. It’s full-bodied with a racy mid-palate. Long and...
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Verite La Joie 2009
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
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$640.68
A blend of 78% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Cabernet Franc, 9% Merlot, 2% Petit Verdot and 2% Malbec, the 2009 La Joie...
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Verite La Muse 2009
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$640.68
French for 'inspiration', La Muse is crafted primarily from Merlot fruit and represent a Pomerol-style wine. This...
Champagne Blend Chardonnay Red Blend 2009 2011 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.
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.