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750ml
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$184.03
$204.48
6 bottles:
$175.20
Grilled bread with flowers, pears and apples. Lots of perfumes. Lavender and some herbs and nutmeg. The palate is...
375ml
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$118.95
Balls-to-the-wall power here, an enveloping BA that's elegant and not voluptuous, with creamy-malty flavors but even...
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$453.58
A fragrant, appealing Champagne, with wafts of elderflower and medicinal herbs on the nose, followed by expressive...
750ml - 1 Bottle
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$1574.97
$1675.50
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Bollinger Champagne La Grande Annee 2005
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$143.95
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
Bottle:
$237.95
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
Bottle:
$108.95
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
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle:
$512.95
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
Bottle:
$421.20
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
Bottle:
$421.18
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
Bottle:
$508.95
A mind-blowing wine. This is super subtle and intense with aromas of peaches, light strawberry and cream. Also shows...
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$540.45
This rose Champagne is rich and vinous, offering smoky minerality up front, expanding to show dried raspberry,...
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$105.95
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$546.11
Oak character adds vanilla to the lemon and apple flavors, yet this is intense, creamy and vibrant. Lingers with...
Champagne Blend Chardonnay Folle Blanche Riesling 2005 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.
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.
Riesling grapes have been grown in and around central Europe for centuries, and over time, they became the lasting symbol of south Germany's ancient and proud wine culture. Whilst the reputation of German wines abroad has in the past been mixed, the Germans themselves take an enormous amount of pride in their wineries, and Riesling grapes have now spread around the globe, growing anywhere with the correct climate in which they can thrive. Riesling grape varietals generally require much cooler climatic conditions than many other white grapes, and they are generally considered to be a very 'terroir expressive' varietal, meaning that the features and characteristics of the terroir they are grown on comes across in the flavors and aromas in the bottle. It is this important feature which has allowed Riesling wines to be elevated into the category of 'fine' white wines, as the features of the top quality bottles are generally considered to be highly unique and offer much to interest wine enthusiasts.