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Sparkling
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $202.94
3 bottles: $198.88
Sparkling
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $135.94
3 bottles: $133.22
The NV Brut Le Brut is another absolutely compelling wine in this range. Le Brut is 90% Chardonnay and 10% Pinot...
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Sparkling
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $84.00
6 bottles: $82.32
This is very dry and chalky with lemon-rind and dried-pear character. Medium-fine bubbles give form to the wine....
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Sparkling
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $166.86 $185.40
60% Pinot Noir, 25% Chardonnay, 15% Meunier sourced from more than 300 crus, including 85% grands and premiers crus;...
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Sparkling
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $326.70 $363.00
The 2014 La Grande Année is stunning. In fact, it is one of the best recent editions I can remember tasting. What...
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Sparkling
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $443.00
3 bottles: $440.00
Enticing, fragrant aromas of toast, lemon zest and an earthy-smoky nuance lead to a palate of subtle Bosc-pear,...
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Sparkling
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $242.25 $255.00
A finely detailed Champagne, with pointillist bubbles softly bursting on the palate, carrying a delicate, layered...
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Sparkling
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $25.81 $27.17
6 bottles: $16.68
Verdi Spumante is a natural, sparkling beverage imported from Italy. Deliciously sparkling and zesty, it has a soft...
Sparkling
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $156.00
3 bottles: $152.88
Very clean and bright with transparency of sliced lemon, pear and chalk. Medium to full body with a very creamy...
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Sparkling
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $147.00
3 bottles: $144.06
A very pretty rosé with dried-strawberry and apple aromas and flavors. Some spiced-pear and iron undertones....
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Sparkling
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $99.80
3 bottles: $97.80
Up-front flavors of star fruit, baked plum, toast and lemon curd are backed by bright acidity and a lively, frothy...
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Sparkling
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $89.94 $92.60
3 bottles: $89.60
An open-knit Champagne, this is lightly wooly in texture, offering a smoke-tinged overtone to the modest notes of...
Sparkling
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $143.94
3 bottles: $141.06
Disgorged in July 2019 with 5.5 grams per liter dosage, the NV Brut Grande Réserve is based on the 2016 vintage,...
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Sparkling
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $139.65 $147.00
The NV Brut Vignes de la Vallée is a blend of 70% 2012 and 30% perpetual reserve that spent a whopping 68 months en...
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Sparkling
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $96.94
6 bottles: $95.00
The house's NV Brut Rosé de Cuvaison is another standout. Tar, smoke and game are some of the aromas and flavors...
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Sparkling
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $104.22 $115.80
The NV Thienot Champagne Brut tastes like a baby Krug with its rich, nutty, powerful style. Ample apple and citrus...
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Sparkling
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $116.85 $123.00
Subtle and complex aromas with sliced spiced pear, ginger and honeysuckle. Full-bodied with layers of fruit and a...
JS
94
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Sparkling
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $63.27 $66.60
6 bottles: $62.40
A touch of smokiness and plum fruit on the nose. Lovely lemon and savoury contrast on the palate with a whiff of...
DC
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Sparkling
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $129.90
3 bottles: $126.00
Remarkable depth of mature aromas - tons of candied lemon peel, dried pear and brioche - plus wonderful textural...
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White
1.5Ltr
Bottle: $38.49
6 bottles: $37.72
This Graves is distinguished by its high percentage of Sémillon, sourced from vineyards in the greatest white wine...

Champagne Blend Semillon White Bordeaux 1.5Ltr 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.

Semillon was, at one point not so long ago, widely believed to be one of the most grown grape varietals in the world. Whilst today the numbers of Semillon grapes has dropped considerably, it remains a widely planted grape with vineyards all over Europe and the New World dedicated to making the most of this special and flavorful varietal. The grapes are recognizable by their golden color, and the fact that they can take on a pinkish hue in particularly warm climates. The wines the Semillon grape produces are notably varied, and are often very crisp and dry, or sweet and soft, full of a wide range of flavors Commonly, dry Semillon wines are particularly citrus in flavor, with a delicate and summery bouquet. The vine is hardy and vigorous, and notable for being easy to grow and produce high yields from.

France is widely known as being the home of many of the world's finest white wines, and within France, the name which rings out across the wine world and is always associated with excellence of quality and flavor is Bordeaux. The white wines of the magnificent Bordeaux region are typically blended, and rely on the winemaker's skill and expertise to achieve the fine balance between the primary grape varietals used. Most blended white Bordeaux wines are made up of Sauvignon Blanc, Sémillon and Muscadelle varietals, although there are actually nine grapes officially allowed by French wine law for the inclusion in Bordeaux white wines. The other six are Sauvignon Gris, Merlot Blanc, Ugni Blanc, Colombard, Ondenc and Mauzac, although the use of these other grapes has been in steady decline over the past century.