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Renoir's NV Extra-Brut Grand Cru Le Terroir is showing very well, unfurling in the glass with aromas of nashi pear,...
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Agrapart describes this as its 'entry-level' wine, but it's far from your normal non-vintage Champagne. A blend of...
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A creamy nose with light toffee and spiced, lemon-scented biscuits. Dried flowers, too. The palate is round and ripe...
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Lovely nose of peaches, white apricots, jasmine, lemon curd, olives and almonds. Distinct salty and chalky...
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From old vines in lieu-dit La Fosse that are planted at somewhat lower density (1.2 meters apart) but where there are...
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Disgorged in May 2019 with three grams per liter dosage after tirage under natural cork, the 2013 Extra-Brut Blanc de...
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Champagne Blend Chenin Blanc Pre-Arrival Wine

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.

Originating in France yet now grown in many parts of the New World, Chenin Blanc is one of the most versatile and highly regarded white wine grape varietals on earth. These green skinned grapes hold a relatively high acid content, and as such can be used for making still white wines of exceptional quality, as well as superb sparkling wines (such as the Crémant wines of the Loire Valley) and extremely aromatic dessert wines. Their natural transparency means that they are a fine grape for expressing their terroir in the bottle, and winemakers often experiment with this varietal to coax unusual and intense flavors from the grapes, such as allowing the development of noble rot on the fruit in order to make sweet and viscous wines of a unique character.