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Disgorged in January 2020, the 2009 Extra-Brut Premier Cru Millésime represents a new direction for Selosse's...
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The 2009 Cristal is a wine of pure and total sensuality. There are no hard edges or angular contours. Instead, the...
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The 2009 Cristal is a wine of pure and total sensuality. There are no hard edges or angular contours. Instead, the...
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The 2009 Clos des Goisses has been very tight in two recent tastings, which is probably a very good thing for its...
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The 2009 Extra-Brut Clos des Goisses Juste Rosé is showing brilliantly, unfurling in the glass with scents of white...
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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's 2009 Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill has turned out very well, offering up a demonstrative bouquet of golden...
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The latest vintage release from this producer, this is beautifully balanced with white fruits and touches of citrus...
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There's a lovely, buoyant vibrancy to this round and harmonious blanc de blancs, with well-honed acidity wrapped in...
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Delivers enticing notes of strawberry and cherry preserves, toasted walnut bread, pink grapefruit granita and...
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After the lackluster 1990, things get back on track quickly with the 1988 Salon, a wine that is absolutely peaking...
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A beautiful color of bronze and orange with some pink at the end. Aromas of dried strawberry and orange peel with...
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Champagne Blend Colombard 1988 2009 France

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.