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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $15.75
12 bottles: $15.43
A classic dry and crisp Brut from clay and chalk soil vineyards in the Anjou and Touraine regions of the Loire Valley...
Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $15.10
12 bottles: $14.80
A classic dry and crisp Brut Rosé made of 100% Cabernet Franc from clay and chalk soil vineyards in the Anjou and...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $13.99
Rated 90 - A delicious Crémant that punches well above the weight of its price tag. Its intense pink salmon hue...
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90
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $16.20 $18.00
12 bottles: $14.25
Rated 88 - Peach and honey with smoky mineral notes. Toasted plums and voluminous mouthfeel moving to a crisp finish....
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88
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Sparkling
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $9.98
Rated 89 - This blend, mainly of Chardonnay, has plenty of ripe white fruits cut with minerality from the Chenin...
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89
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $23.94 $25.60
12 bottles: $23.56
Plump and forward overall, with a bracing streak of walnut running through a core of friendly pear and apple notes,...
Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $20.40
12 bottles: $19.99
Grenache and Pineau d'Aunis. "Bille en Bulle" is a new entrant to Bellivière's second line of wines, Les Arches de...
Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $17.94
12 bottles: $17.58
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $18.60
12 bottles: $18.23
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $19.18 $20.19
12 bottles: $18.62
Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $19.94
12 bottles: $19.54
Rated 89 - This blend of Chenin Blanc and Cabernet Franc is the most successful of the Baumard sparkling wines. It is...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $22.00
12 bottles: $21.56
Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $26.94
12 bottles: $26.40
The Vouvray Brut is made from 100% Chenin Blanc from the flint soils in Reugny. Harvested by hand in small baskets...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $29.95
12 bottles: $29.35
Rated 88 - Pure notes of rose hip and currant are prominent in this intense sparkler, with vibrant acidity cutting...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $28.94
12 bottles: $28.36
The vines for both average 45 years old and have been certified-organic since 2007. The fruit is harvested manually...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $31.20
12 bottles: $30.58
100% Chenin Blanc. Pinon makes two brut sparkling wines, both of which are made with the méthode champenoise and...
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Sparkling
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $93.94
3 bottles: $92.06
Rated 90 - Honest and pure sparkling wine. Peppery and herbal, with notes of fresh cut grass, lemon curd, and lots of...
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90
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $28.90 $29.60
12 bottles: $28.32
A fine nose with a lovely presence of minerals and honeycomb. Pure and polished with great acidity and delicate...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $18.77
12 bottles: $17.83
Rated 91 - A blend of 60% Chenin Blanc and equal amounts of Chardonnay and Cabernet Franc, with 10% reserve wine....
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91
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90
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $17.99
Rated 90 - Langlois-Château is part of the Bollinger stable, so you know you're guaranteed a quality fizz here. Made...
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90

Champagne Blend France Loire Valley

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.

Year in, year out, France enjoys its prestigious reputation as the producer of the finest wines in the world. With a wine making history which spans several thousand years and owes its expertise to the Romans, it comes as little surprise that this most highly esteemed of the Old World wine countries continues to impress and enchant both novices and experts to this day. Despite the rise in quality of wines from neighboring European countries, not to mention the New World, the French wine industry continues to boom, with up to eight billion bottles being produced in recent years. However, France prides itself on always putting quality before quantity, and the wide range in fine produce is a testament to the dedication and knowledge of the wineries across the country. Indeed, from rich and complex reds to light and aromatic white wines, French wines are as varied and interesting as they are enjoyable to drink, making this country a firm favorite for wine lovers across the globe.

Within France, the one region most closely associated with fine white and rosé wines is surely the Loire Valley. With over eight controlled appellations, and a relatively large expanse of land covering this wide valley, the Loire Valley is an ideal location for wineries wishing to produce large quantities of excellent quality vines for their wine production. Indeed, this region has been associated with excellent white wines for over a thousand years, with it once being the favorite wine region for the crowned heads of England, France and beyond. Today, it produces a wide range of white wines, and several rosé and red varieties also. It is also widely celebrated for being home to some of France's most lively and fruity sparkling crémant wines, which more than match those produced in nearby Champagne.