Sparkling
Sparkling
H. Billiot Fils Brut Reserve Grand Cru Champagne Magnum 1.5 L
French Sparkling
This Grand Cru Champagne is a blend of seventy-five percent Pinot Noir and twenty-five percent Chardonnay from Ambonnay. Vines are more than fifty years old on limestone, clay and chalk soils. Malolactic fermentation is avoided, while fermentation and ageing take place in stainless steel. Lees ageing lasts thirty-six months and dosage is 8.5 grams per litre. Pomegranate, red berries, flowers, brioche and grapefruit are present.
Flavien Nowack 2020 La Fontinette Blanc de Meunier Extra Brut Champagne
French Sparkling
Pinot Meunier comes from a mid-slope parcel at Vandieres on sand and clay-limestone over marl. Native yeast is used, and the base wine ages in small oak barrels. Secondary fermentation uses grape must, followed by roughly thirty months on lees in bottle. White flowers, ripe pear and smoked almond appear with a chalky, savoury profile and a long finish. The wine is unfined and unfiltered.
Alfred Gratien Cuvée Paradis Brut Champagne NV
French Sparkling
Chardonnay makes up sixty-five percent of the blend, with thirty-five percent Pinot Noir. Vinification and maturation take place in small 228-litre oak barrels, without malolactic fermentation. Biscuit, grapefruit, orange peel and almond appear with passion fruit, pineapple, lime, yellow flowers, seaweed and pastry. The texture is creamy. Acidity, sweetness and salinity accompany a very long finish with chalky minerality and honey.
Pascal Doquet 2008 Le Mont Aimé Coeur de Terroir Premier Cru Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut Champagne
French Sparkling
Golden colour has bright reflections. Citrus and fresh fruit appear with orange blossom. The palate is rich, structured and savoury, with ripe fruit and a long, persistent finish. Chardonnay comes from the Premier Cru terroir of Coligny. The grapes are vinified and matured in oak barrels. Malolactic fermentation is completed, and the dosage is Extra Brut.
Roger-Constant Lemaire 2013 Les Hautes Prières Blanc de Blancs Premier Cru Champagne
French Sparkling
Pale gold colour and abundant bubbles accompany apple, flowers, wax, honey and orange peel. The wine is round, creamy and balanced, with generous effervescence, candied and honeyed flavours, fern, vegetal notes and persistence. It is a Blanc de Blancs made entirely from Chardonnay. Vinification excludes malolactic fermentation, and the wine spends nine months in 225-litre oak barrels.
Charles Mignon Cuvée Comte de Marne Rosé Grand Cru Champagne NV
French Sparkling
Subtle pale rosé colour accompanies intense redcurrant fruit, firm acidity and a mineral, tangy texture. The wine has a powerful, complex personality and is structured by Pinot Noir vinified in a Burgundy style. Red wine from Bouzy is included in the blend of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. The body is medium, and the alcohol level is twelve percent.
Domaine de Bichery 2021 Les Terres Mêlées Champagne
French Sparkling
This Blanc de Noirs is made from Pinot Noir harvested from the Les Mees and Val Ligé parcels. Red fruit, toasted pine and lemon appear with deep minerality, refined acidity and notable length. Grapes are harvested by hand. Forty percent of fermentation takes place in used Burgundy barrels and sixty percent in stainless steel. The wine is raised on full lees without fining or filtration.
Frédéric Savart L’Ouverture Premier Cru Extra Brut Champagne NV
French Sparkling
This Blanc de Noirs is made entirely from Pinot Noir grown at Écueil. Pear, peach and citrus appear with a liquorice finish. Grapes are harvested by hand. The blend uses eighty-five percent first-pressing juice and fifteen percent second-pressing juice. Malolactic fermentation is completed, and maturation takes place in stainless steel on fine lees. Dosage is Extra Brut and alcohol is 12.5 percent.
Egly-Ouriet Les Prémices Extra Brut Champagne NV
French Sparkling
Equal parts Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier come from vineyards near Trigny on sandy soil with some clay. The vines average forty years old. Grapes are hand harvested and fermented with indigenous yeast in stainless steel. The wine spends three years in bottle and is bottled unfined and unfiltered. Pale lemon colour accompanies white flowers, marzipan, white peach, light herbs, pepper, citrus zest and a long mineral finish.
Pol Roger 2018 Brut Rosé Champagne
French Sparkling
Pale salmon colour has pink hues and fine, persistent effervescence. Raspberry, redcurrant, blackcurrant, mango and papaya appear with rose and honeysuckle. The palate is mouth-filling, with length, freshness and acidity. The blend uses fifty percent Pinot Noir and thirty-five percent Chardonnay, plus fifteen percent red Pinot Noir. Fermentation is kept below eighteen degrees in stainless steel, with each variety and village separate.
Serge Mathieu Brut Prestige NV 1.5 L
French Sparkling
Pale gold colour accompanies a fruity nose and a fruit-driven palate with finesse. The blend is two-thirds Pinot Noir and one-third Chardonnay. Ageing lasts four years, and dosage is 8.6 grams per litre. The cuvée combines base wines from two harvest years. It is the house's only wine composed of two grape varieties, and its profile is described as both elegant and strong.
Dom Ruinart 2004 Blanc de Blancs Brut
French Sparkling
Ripe pear, orange pith, brioche and toasty lees appear with a stony nuance. The palate is smooth and expansive, with citrus and orchard fruit, minerality and smokiness. Sweet citrus oil, toasted nuts, dried white flowers and smoke are also present. A creamy, textural palate has lively acidity. The finish is saline. This dry, full-bodied Blanc de Blancs is made from Chardonnay.
Laurent-Perrier Cuvée Rosé Brut 1.5 L
French Sparkling
This rosé Champagne is made entirely from Pinot Noir drawn from ten crus in the Montagne de Reims. Maceration lasts between forty-eight and seventy-two hours, and ageing lasts five years. Raspberry colour develops toward salmon pink. Fruit notes of raspberry, redcurrant, strawberry and black cherry are present. The palate is fresh, sharp, supple and rounded.
Champagne Fleury Blanc de Noirs Brut NV 3 L
French Sparkling
Pinot Noir makes up this non-vintage Champagne. The estate works biodynamically and organically on clay-limestone hillsides formed during the Kimmeridgian period. A quarter of the wine is aged in wooden tuns, with no new oak. The finished wine is white and sparkling, closed with natural cork, at twelve percent alcohol. The house began its transition to biodynamic farming in the late 1980s.
Champagne Bruno Paillard Dosage Zéro
French Sparkling
Pinot Meunier, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir form a 50/25/25 blend with zero dosage. White fruit and fresh almond are joined by chocolate, toast, raspberry, star anise and candied chestnut. The palate is lively and generous, with a chiselled texture, saline notes and a long finish. Bottle ageing lasts three to four years on lees, followed by at least six months after disgorgement.
Champagne Nakada-Park 2020 Vignes de Courteron Brut Nature
French Sparkling
Pinot Noir forms this Blanc de Noirs Champagne. Fine perlage accompanies a fruity nose with yeast and bread-crust notes, while the palate is fresh and elegant. Fermentation and maturation take place in oak barrels, and dosage is zero. The wine comes from a 0.2-hectare parcel, with 2,400 bottles produced and disgorgement in November. The vineyard is farmed organically.
Champagne Nakada-Park 2020 Vignes de Gyé-sur-Seine Brut Nature
French Sparkling
Pinot Noir grows on sandy and limestone soil at Gyé-sur-Seine. Fermentation and maturation use oak barrels, and dosage is zero. Lemon, understated crustacea and blackcurrant leaf appear in a nuanced profile with precision, complexity and tension. Brightness and harmony are also present. The wine undergoes bottle fermentation and forty-two months of bottle ageing; disgorgement took place in November. The vineyard is farmed organically.
Champagne Jacquesson Cuvée No. 747 Extra Brut
French Sparkling
This Extra Brut Champagne includes reserve wine. Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier form the blend, and dosage is 1.5 grams per litre. Candied lemon, mint, white pepper, mandarin peel and graphite appear with rich texture and vibrancy. Warm bread, vanilla cream and sweet spice join generous fruit and a chalky finish. Vinification and ageing use foudres on lees, without filtration or fining.
Palmer & Co 2015 Grands Terroirs Brut Champagne
French Sparkling
Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier form a 50/38/12 blend drawn from Grand Cru and Premier Cru vineyards across the Montagne de Reims. Orange blossom, acacia and yellow fruit accompany fried pineapple and tonka bean. The profile is fresh, with citrus, brioche and dried-fruit notes. The wine has a creamy texture and a persistent finish, and dosage is seven grams per litre.
Pol Roger 2015 Blanc de Blancs Vintage Champagne
French Sparkling
Chardonnay from Oiry, Chouilly, Cramant, Avize, Oger and Le Mesnil-sur-Oger is settled twice and fermented slowly below eighteen degrees in stainless steel. Six years of cellar ageing and hand riddling are part of production. Pale gold with green tints and fine bubbles, the wine offers lemon zest, pastry, mocha, cocoa, confectionery, fresh butter, hazelnut liqueur, toast and tangy freshness.
Adrien Renoir Les 2 Terroirs Rosé d’Assemblage Grand Cru Extra Brut NV
French Sparkling
Pinot Noir grows in clay-rich soils, with ninety-five percent vinified as white wine from Verzy and five percent added as still red wine from Verzenay. Dosage is 0.8 grams per litre. Grapefruit, red cherry, redcurrant and spice accompany an aromatic, incisive character. The wine is medium-to-full-bodied, with tension, minerality, good cut and a saline finish.
Pol Roger 2016 Blanc de Blancs Vintage Champagne
French Sparkling
Chardonnay from six grands crus in the Côte des Blancs is gently pressed, settled twice and fermented slowly in cool stainless steel. Malolactic fermentation, secondary fermentation and cellar ageing are part of the production. Silvery tints and delicate bubbles accompany chalk, flint, white flowers, yellow cherry, dried nuts, citrus and exotic fruit. The texture is delicate and almost crunchy, with lemon and orange zest, toast, and a long saline finish.
Podere Sottoilnoce 2020 Funambol
Italian Sparkling
Trebbiano di Spagna comes from certified-organic, twenty-five-year-old vines rooted in clay and limestone. Fermentation is spontaneous, and the wine is bottle-fermented, unfined and unfiltered. Yellow citrus, field flowers, aromatic herbs and mineral notes accompany citric acidity, fine bubbles and a dry, savoury finish. Residual sugar is below one gram per litre, while total sulphites remain under ten milligrams per litre.
Domaine des Marnes Blanches Crémant du Jura Réserve
French Sparkling
Chardonnay from twenty-five-year-old vines rooted in marl and limestone is directly pressed, then ferments and rests through winter in older oak. Bottling in spring begins the traditional second fermentation, followed by thirty to forty-eight months on lees. Dried fruit, brioche and candied citrus accompany a full, fresh palate, fine bubbles and a long, chalky finish. Dosage is below two grams per litre.
Wildman Wines 2022 Piggy Pop Pét-Nat 1.5 L Magnum
Australian Sparkling
Cranberry-pink colour accompanies red cherry, cherry pit and glacé cherry. Pomegranate, blood orange and spice sit with a savoury amaro twist of raspberry and salted liquorice. The bubbles are persistent, soft and foamy, with mouthwatering freshness. Mataro, Lagrein, Arneis, Nero d'Avola and Zibibbo form the blend, which completes fermentation in bottle at a final pressure of about three bars.
Township 7 2017 Seven Stars Sirius
Canadian Sparkling
Pale straw colour and a fine bead accompany apple, brioche, peach stone, baker's yeast and honey. The palate is creamy, with yellow apple, lemon and lively acidity. Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from a South Langley vineyard form the blend. The wine is made by the traditional method. Toast and lees notes sit alongside pear, tangerine and a lingering citrus finish.
Champagne Forget-Brimont Brut Premier Cru
French Sparkling
Pale gold colour and fine, persistent bubbles accompany a delicate, fresh bouquet. Green apple, white flowers and hazelnut appear in a balanced palate with good length. The blend is 40 percent Pinot Noir, 40 percent Meunier and 20 percent Chardonnay, with reserve wines included. Hand harvesting and whole-bunch pressing precede stainless-steel fermentation, bottle fermentation and about three years in the cellar.
Parés Baltà 2017 Rosa Cusiné Cava Gran Reserva Brut Nature
Spanish Sparkling
A subtle rose colour with a salmon rim frames tiny bubbles, dried and jammy fruit, an energetic creamy palate, ripe fruit and a lengthy finish. Made entirely from Grenache, the grapes are hand harvested and gently pressed. Fermentation in stainless steel is followed by three months on fine lees with daily bâtonnage, then traditional-method bottle fermentation and at least forty-eight months of ageing.
Poderi Colla 2021 Pietro Colla Alta Langa Extra Brut
Italian Sparkling
A complex, rich and persistent bouquet brings bread crust, white flowers and aromatic herbs. The palate is dry and vinous, with substantial, elegant structure, full body and acidity. The blend is 90 percent Pinot Noir and 10 percent Nebbiolo. Fermentation and ageing take place in bottle for at least two years. Refilling uses the same wine without liqueur d'expédition.
Bella 2016 Reserve Brut Nature Oliver Eastside Chardonnay
Canadian Sparkling
Broken stones, lemon pith and green apple accompany a saline palate. A brisk, stony finish includes almond detail. Made by the traditional method, this Chardonnay comes from Cerqueira Vineyard in Oliver, where the soils are laced with limestone. The site lies in British Columbia's Okanagan Valley, and the wine belongs to the producer's black-label series.