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A very pretty rosé with dried-strawberry and apple aromas and flavors. Some spiced-pear and iron undertones....
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $71.82 $75.60
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1.5Ltr
Bottle: $93.94
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Honest and pure sparkling wine. Peppery and herbal, with notes of fresh cut grass, lemon curd, and lots of pretty...
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750ml
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750ml
Bottle: $289.94 $305.20
From an excellent vintage and on lees for over six years, this exceptional bubbly is also England's most expensive...
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Sparkling
750ml
Bottle: $65.20
6 bottles: $64.00
#54 ENTHUSIAST 100 2022. This is a vibrant and beautifully crafted blanc de blancs. Aromas of lemon, pear and green...
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750ml
Bottle: $82.84
12 bottles: $81.18
A lip-smacking Champagne, with a creamy mousse, this has a nutty overtone that enriches flavors of black cherry,...
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750ml
Bottle: $149.94 $159.90
This is a Champagne which should be tasted for its own qualities as an aperitif, to accompany poultry with morels,...
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750ml
Bottle: $60.79
12 bottles: $59.57
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750ml
Bottle: $247.95
6 bottles: $242.99
The first impression on the nose is both very floral and intensely creamy followed by the distinctive trademark of...
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750ml
Bottle: $210.87 $234.30
6 bottles: $200.22
An elegant Champagne, with a creamy, finely meshed range of pastry cream, yellow apple and pear, almond biscotti,...
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Carignan Champagne Blend Mencia 2014

Carignan is an ancient blue-skinned grape varietal, thought to be indigenous to the Aragon region of Spain. However, today it is most commonly associated with the fine wines of southern France, and has been grown in many countries around the world which have the warm and dry conditions it requires to thrive. Carignan is recognized as being quite a sensitive vine, highly susceptible to all kinds of rot and mildew, although producing excellent results when given the right conditions and handled correctly. Its high tannin levels and acidity make the Carignan grapes very astringent, and as such, they are often used as a blending grape to give body to other, lesser bodied varietals. Despite this, with careful treatment, Carignan can produce superb single varietal wines packed full of character and unique attributes.

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.