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Rated 97 - I have drunk this a half dozen times in the last six months and it always amazes me. The Recently...
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Rated 100 - This shows amazing freshness and depth of fruit while remaining agile and very clean. Full body, dense...
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Rated 98 - Dom Pérignon's 1996 Rosé P2 is rich, vertical and explosive, with that combination of structure and...
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Rated 97 - A sculpted Champagne, with a steely backbone of acidity swathed in a fine and silky texture, offering rich...
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Rated 95 - Krug's 1996 Clos d'Ambonnay comes across as quite nuanced and understated, with precise, crystalline fruit...
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Rated 100 - It's hard to imagine how a wine of this power can sustain perfect balance What is now a more nonchalant...
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Rated 98 - A dazzling achievement in a tricky year. Emphatic punch of acidity has been moulded into electric energy...
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THE EYE: A pale, translucent gold, with radiant clarity and subtle glints of apple green. THE NOSE: Fresh and...
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Rated 99 - Rated 99 - Maturing into a medium golden color, the 1996 Salon reveals open-knit, alluring scents of...
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To the eye, La Grande Dame 1996 presents a color with bright, golden glints. The initial nose reveals a strong,...

Champagne Blend 1996

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.