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Champagne Legras & Haas Les Visions Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Brut NV
French Sparkling
Chardonnay from parcels across Chouilly forms this Grand Cru blanc de blancs. The palate has breadth and a particularly creamy middle, while the finish is fresh and persistent. Honeysuckle, citrus, elderflower and pear appear throughout the profile. The cuvée draws on most of the village’s terroirs. Wines made with and without malolactic fermentation are combined; stainless-steel and oak-barrel components are also used.
Champagne Nicolas Maillart Brut Rosé Grand Cru NV
French Sparkling
Pinot Noir and Chardonnay are blended at sixty to forty, with seven percent still wine. Skin maceration lasted fifty-two hours; fermentation was divided equally between steel and oak. Wild strawberry, cherry and raspberry appear with rock salt and a chalky foundation. The skin contact gives a gentle blush and additional texture, while dosage is six grams per litre.
Champagne Cazé-Thibaut Naturellement Extra Brut NV
French Sparkling
Pinot Meunier from Châtillon-sur-Marne forms this Blanc de Noirs Champagne. Fermentation is spontaneous in oak. The wine is neither fined nor filtered and undergoes natural cold stabilization. The dosage is determined by tasting for the cuvée. The wine is classified as Extra Brut and non-vintage. The house was founded by Roger Cazé, and its work continues in the Marne Valley.
Champagne Voirin-Jumel 2015 Millésime Grand Cru Brut Blanc de Blancs
French Sparkling
Chardonnay comes exclusively from Grand Cru vineyards on the lower slopes of the Côte des Blancs, where chalk is prominent. The wine is made from a single harvest year and does not undergo malolactic fermentation. Lees maturation lasts for at least eight years. The style is Brut. The vineyards connect the villages of Cramant, Avize and Oger.
Champagne Delamotte Blanc de Blancs NV
French Sparkling
Grand Cru Chardonnay from chalk soils is vinified in stainless-steel tanks. Reserve wines form part of the blend, and maturation on the lees extends for four to five years before disgorgement. The profile is mineral and chalky. After disgorgement, ageing continues in bottle. Serve around eight degrees Celsius in a tulip-shaped wine glass to allow the mineral character to develop.
Champagne Tarlant Rosé Zéro Brut Nature NV
French Sparkling
A blend of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier forms this rosé Champagne. First fermentation takes place in temperature-controlled stainless steel and oak barrels, while reserve wines mature in barrels. The cuvée combines white and red wines, and disgorgement is carried out by hand. Dosage is zero grams per litre, placing the wine in the Brut Nature style.
Champagne Forget-Brimont 2012 Millésime Premier Cru Brut
French Sparkling
Pale gold colour and fine, persistent bubbles accompany green apple, apricot and white peach. The wine is made from forty percent Pinot Noir, forty percent Meunier and twenty percent Chardonnay. The soils are mainly chalky across Premier and Grand Cru villages. Fermentation takes place in temperature-controlled stainless steel, and malolactic fermentation is completed. Bottle ageing lasts about eight to ten years. Dosage is four grams per litre.
Champagne Tarlant Zéro Brut Nature NV
French Sparkling
Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Meunier each account for thirty-two percent of the blend; Petit Meslier, Arbanne and Pinot Blanc make up the remaining four percent. The wine has no dosage. The soils include chalk, clay-chalk, flint, silica sand and limestone. Slow gravity pressing, spontaneous fermentation and six months on the lees in French oak are used. Bottle maturation generally lasts five to six years, and the wine is not fined.
Champagne Charles Dufour Bistrotage B19 NV
French Sparkling
Made entirely from Pinot Noir, the wine draws on three calcareous-clay sites in Chervey: Bicheret, Les Copies and Val Herard. Most of the blend comes from the principal harvest with a small amount of reserve wine. Native fermentation takes place half in steel and half in older wood. Bottle ageing on the lees lasts more than four years. Dosage is two grams per litre. Red fruit, anise, limestone and bergamot are present.
Taittinger Brut Réserve FIFA World Cup 26 Limited Edition NV
French Sparkling
Fine bubbles accompany delicate fruit and honey aromas. The flavour is balanced, fresh, elegant and refined. The non-vintage blend is forty percent Chardonnay, thirty-five percent Pinot Noir and twenty-five percent Pinot Meunier, sourced from more than forty vineyards and four different vintages. The Chardonnay proportion contributes to the fresh character. The wine contains 12.5 percent alcohol.
Champagne Girard-Bonnet A Mi-Chemin Grand Cru Extra-Brut
French Sparkling
White flowers accompany minerality and sharp but non-aggressive acidity. The wine is made entirely from Grand Cru Chardonnay, split equally between Le Mesnil-sur-Oger and Oger. Indigenous yeasts are used in tank and barrel, and the wine is aged on its lees. The soils include rendzina and calcareous brown soils over chalk, plus calcareous brown soils on valley-floor colluvium.
Champagne Domaine Hélène 2019 Vertus Blanc de Blancs Premier Cru Vieilles Vignes
French Sparkling
Fresh and baked green apple, lemon pith, lemon peel, bitter almond and white blossom appear with wet chalk. The profile has a structural frame and a subtle oxidative touch. Old vines in Vertus Premier Cru supply all the Chardonnay. Native fermentation takes place in stainless steel and older wood. Lees ageing lasts four years, and dosage is zero. The finish retains a chalk note.
Hundred Hills 2018 Illustration No. 1 English Sparkling Wine
British Sparkling
Yellow plum, apricot, ripe red apple skin and raspberry appear with salinity and baking spice. Orchard and stone fruit have a juicy character, while pastry notes carry a caramelised aroma and the palate has broad weight. The blend is seventy-two percent Pinot Noir and twenty-eight percent Chardonnay. Partial malolactic fermentation, oak and stainless steel are used, and lees ageing lasts forty months. Dosage is four grams per litre.
Champagne Gardet 2015 130 Anniversary Millésime Extra-Brut
French Sparkling
Golden-yellow colour and fine bubbles accompany pear, quince, white peach, jasmine, acacia, sugared almond and roasted hazelnut. The profile is fresh, creamy and full, with lemon, brioche, mineral and citrus-zest notes. The blend is seventy percent Pinot Noir and thirty percent Chardonnay. Bottle ageing on the lees lasted more than eight years, and dosage is four grams per litre.
Veuve Clicquot 2015 Vintage Brut Champagne
French Sparkling
Bright yellow colour accompanies tension, verticality, minerality and energy. Toast, roasted coffee bean and praline appear with orange, grapefruit, lemon peel, biscuit, brioche, marmalade, dried apricot, date, roasted almond, hazelnut and honey. The blend is fifty percent Pinot Noir, thirty percent Chardonnay and twenty percent Meunier. Ten percent of the wines were produced in oak casks, and dosage is six grams per litre.
Champagne Charpentier Pinot Meunier Zéro Dosage NV
French Sparkling
A sustained yellow-gold colour and fine creamy bubbles accompany yellow-fleshed and stone fruit. The profile is dense and developed, with freshness and finesse. This Blanc de Noirs is made entirely from Pinot Meunier grown at Charly-sur-Marne. The parcel has been cultivated biodynamically for ten years. Fermentation took place in temperature-controlled stainless steel, and the wine received zero dosage.
Domaine d’Hélène 2017 Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Extra Brut Champagne
French Sparkling
Floral, fruit and mineral character accompany this sparkling Chardonnay from old vines in Oger, Avize and Cramant. The wine was fermented with native yeasts and vinified in both tank and barrel. Production totalled two thousand bottles. Its maker comes from a winegrowing family in Cramant that dates to 1891 and previously worked at estates in Burgundy and Corsica.
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 2013 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.