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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $92.80
6 bottles: $92.00
Pronounced chalky and floral nose. Palate is tight and linear with some verbena and mandarin. Impressive salinity on...
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Sparkling
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $109.94 $114.80
Features flavors of creme de cassis, lemon curd, poached apricot and smoked almond framed by well-cut, crunchy...
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93
Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml
Bottle: $113.40
12 bottles: $111.13
Tasted single blind against its peers. This has a very well -defined nose of dried pineapple, quince and vanilla pod...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml
Bottle: $49.90
12 bottles: $48.90
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml
Bottle: $414.18 $460.20
Barrel sample. Impressively balanced, with the fruit rich, intense with a golden glow. The acidity is as important as...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
375ml
Bottle: $228.95 $234.00
Bright aromas of sliced mangoes, papaya, botrytis, and lemon follow through to a full body. Medium sweet with a...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
375ml
Bottle: $49.01
12 bottles: $48.02
Tasted single blind against its peers. Whereas last year the de Fargues 2008 was immediately forthcoming, a few...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
375ml
Bottle: $27.63 $30.70
93–95. Barrel Sample. This wine is rich and full while still having a tight structure. It shows a fine streak of...
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94
Dessert/Fortified Wine
375ml
Bottle: $35.20
12 bottles: $34.50
Tasted as part of a vertical held at the chateau. It is clear that the aromatics on the 2008 are a little simpler and...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
375ml
Bottle: $34.83
This is phenomenal with superb depth and texture. Full-bodied and very sweet, yet the bright acidity balances the...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $49.93
This is phenomenal with superb depth and texture. Full-bodied and very sweet, yet the bright acidity balances the...
JS
97
WE
96
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $174.05 $183.60
Discreet and nuanced nose, showing lemon-curd, brioche and pie-crust notes. A hint of savory umami, too. Beautiful...
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Rapid Ship
Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $249.94
A driven and serious DP with aromas of chalk, biscuits, apricot stones and lemons. Some spice and dried flowers, too....
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Sparkling
Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $91.94
6 bottles: $90.10
The Carneros Cuvée is our Tête de Cuvée. It represents the best fruit from our 335 acre estate as well as our...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $79.89
12 bottles: $78.29
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $99.93
12 bottles: $97.93
A toasty Champagne, with generous lime blossom, ground coffee, vanilla and oak spice aromatics, this is firm and...
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Sparkling
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle: $261.23
A 100% Brut-Zero Chardonnay, disgorged in April 2023. This has a gorgeous nutty nose with brioche and toasted almond...
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WNR
93

Champagne Blend Semillon/sauvignon Blanc 2008 2013

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.