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$66.68
6 bottles:
$66.00
Disgorged in June of 2021, the 2011 Brut Extended Tirage has pretty scents of red berries, crushed herbs, lemon pith...
750ml
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$68.59
6 bottles:
$67.80
Aromas of yellow spring flower, mature stone fruit and bread crust waft out of the glass on this elegantly structured...
750ml - Case of 6
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$73.80
Bright yellow with fine bubbles. White stone fruit and some tropical aromas of pineapple and passion fruit on the...
750ml - Case of 12
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$63.64
Intense straw yellow with shades of amber. Aromas of grass, meadow flowers and fresh berries. Lovely palate of figs...
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
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$409.95
This cuvée is a tribute to the partnership between the James Bond producers and the Bollinger house. Made from 100%...
750ml - Case of 3
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$289.62
This cuvée is a tribute to the partnership between the James Bond producers and the Bollinger house. Made from 100%...
750ml - Case of 6
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$635.75
Fleshy and expressive, the 2011 Blanc de Noirs Les Ursules is drinking very well today, offering up aromas of orange...
750ml - Case of 6
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$182.59
The NV (2009) Extra Brut L’Apotre emerges from a parcel of sixty- year-old vines on clay-rich soils in Trepail....
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Deutz Amour De Deutz 2011
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
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$287.96
A mature Champagne from a great vintage year, this is concentrated. With toast over the white fruits and with...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$309.01
Disgorged in July 2020 with only one gram per liter dosage, Francis Egly's 2011 Brut Grand Cru Millésime is a...
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$291.55
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Perrier-Jouet Champagne Belle Epoque Brut 2011
750ml - Case of 6
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$206.25
Always a light, ethereal style of wine, this is also very fresh and still young. It will age with its taut minerality...
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Philipponnat Champagne Le Clos Des Goisses 2011
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
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$440.95
$468.49
A brisk attack yields bright red fruit and elderberry with fine petillance. Disgorged after nine years on the lees...
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Philipponnat Champagne Le Clos Des Goisses 2011
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$198.37
A brisk attack yields bright red fruit and elderberry with fine petillance. Disgorged after nine years on the lees...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$361.50
A creamy version backed by well-honed acidity and a minerally underpinning. Lacks some depth and length, but...
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
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$384.28
A firm, fresh Comtes with a tight and composed palate. It’s full-bodied with a racy mid-palate. Long and...
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
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$392.25
A firm, fresh Comtes with a tight and composed palate. It’s full-bodied with a racy mid-palate. Long and...
Champagne Blend Ice Wine Melon de Bourgogne 2011
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.
One of the more unusual French grape varietals, Melon de Bourgogne has been grown in and around the Loire Valley for several hundred years. In fact, this grape was first planted in the Loire region of Pays Nantais back in the mid 17th century, after a devastating frost decimated most of the red grapes which were typical in the area. The winemakers of Pays Nantais were keen to cultivate vines which were hardy, high yielding, and capable of surviving another such frost, and so turned their attention to Melon de Bourgogne for this very reason. The native home of the varietal is actually in Burgundy, where it is still grown to a lesser extent.
Because Melon de Bourgogne produces naturally heavy yields, the vintners of Pays Nantais go to great lengths to reduce the amount of fruit the vines bear. This allows the finest characteristics of the grape to come forward, and also opens up the opportunity for it to express the wonderful granite and schist soils in which the vines are grown. Melon de Bourgogne is a minerally white wine grape varietal, with a very subtle set of fruit flavors. It is prized for its freshness and brightness, and is seeing a revival in the twenty first century as an excellent wine for pairing with a wide range of foods.