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CHAMPAGNE
Champagne - Listed by Champagne House
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NON-VINTAGE
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WARIS & Filles
A lesser-known champagne house, making good value
(as you do not pay for the name), easy-drinking champagnes. |
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31 |
75cl |
VILLE de la REINE
Grand Cru - Blanc de Blanc
WARIS & Filles
RUDY-
A great
Reception/Party champagne, that will not break the bank.
Please try a bottle! |
NV |
£26.00 |
2021-31
A great Buy!
As Grand Cru 'Blanc de Blanc' usually costs a lot more that straight Brut
Champagne.
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CHARLES HEIDSIECK
An excellent
champagne house that uses
important volumes of old reserve wines and long aging sur lattes, the
house style is complex, concentrated and immensely appealing.
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48 |
75cl |
BRUT RESERVE
Brut Champagne
CHARLES HEIDSIECK
RP/William Kelley-
On the palate, the wine is medium to full-bodied,
deep and layered, with a textural attack and a racier, tighter-knit core
than either the 2012- or 2010-base renditions, displaying good
concentration and underlying richness. This is a bottling that
continues to punch above its weight and which both merits and rewards a
few years in the cellar before opening. |
NV |
£39.00 |
RP/WK92+
2020-35
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42 |
75cl |
BRUT RESERVE
Blanc de Blanc
CHARLES HEIDSIECK
RP/Yohan Castaing -
Disgorged in 2022, the latest release of the
Charles Heidsieck NV Blanc de Blancs is elaborated with 30% of reserve
wines, of which 10% to 12% are aged in old barrels.
It has a captivating bouquet with aromas of honeysuckle, lemon oil,
citrus, peach, tangerine and delicate hints of pastry, followed by a
medium to full-bodied, round and creamy, layered and elegant palate that
finishes with chalky and brioche notes. A little time in the cellar
will be more than profitable. |
NV |
£47.00 |
RP/YK91
2023-35
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VINTAGE
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BOLLINGER
An excellent
champagne house. The 'La Grande Annee' represent great value for
money for top vintage champagnes.
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37 |
75cl |
'LA GRANDE ANNEE'
Brut
BOLLINGER
Vinous.com/Antonio Galloni -
The 2014 La Grande Année is stunning. In
fact, it is one of the best recent editions I can remember tasting.
What comes through most is the wine’s sizzling energy and tension,
qualities that aren’t often associated with Bollinger, where the
Champagnes tend to show more breadth and volume. In 2014, readers
will find a Grande Année built on linear intensity and drive. |
2014 |
£120.00 |
AG98
2023-45 |
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27 |
75cl |
'LA GRANDE ANNEE'
Brut
BOLLINGER
RP/William Kelley -
Disgorged in July 2019, Bollinger's 2012 Brut La
Grande Année is showing well, offering up an incipiently complex bouquet
of crisp yellow orchard fruit, fresh peach, orange oil, toasted walnuts
and dried apricot that's still quite reserved with less than a year on
cork. Full-bodied, deep and muscular, the 2012 is blockier and
broader-shouldered than its 2008 predecessor, with a weightier and even
more concentrated palate built around a bright spine of acidity,
concluding with a chalky finish that carries appreciably dry extract.
This isn't quite as elegant as the exquisite 2008, but it is a superb
effort and obviously built to age. |
2012 |
£115.00 |
RP/WK95
2024-50 |
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PIERRE GIMONNET
An excellent
grower champagne house. These champagnes show beautiful focus and
minerality.
We are particularly fond of his Special Club Cuvees, and can strongly
recommend them. |
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10 |
75cl |
'SPECIAL CLUB CHOUILLY'
Extra-Brut Grand Cru
PIERRE GIMONNET
RP/William Kelley -
Disgorged in October 2019 with four grams per
litre dosage, Gimonnet's 2014 Extra-Brut Special Club Chouilly Grand
Cru is showing superbly, offering up aromas of crisp green orchard
fruit, nougat, apple blossom and white peach. Medium to full-bodied,
fleshy and enveloping, with a pillowy core of crisp, vibrant fruit
that's complemented by a pinpoint mousse, this is elegant and
concentrated, with a long, beautifully defined finish. |
2014 |
£56.00 |
RP/WK94
2021-45 |
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PIERRE MONCUIT
The Moncuit Family
make really excellent champagne with lots of energy and personality.
Their main vineyard holdings are in Mesnil - I can highly recommend
these champagnes. |
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30 |
75cl |
'CRU MILLÉSIME'
Extra-Brut Mesnil,
Blanc de Blancs,
Grand Cru
PIERRE MONCUIT
Vinous.com/Antonio Galloni -
Moncuit's Extra
Brut Blanc de Blanc Grand Cru Millesimé
shows a different facet of its personality in this version, with lower
dosage vis-à-vis the Brut version. Here the flavours are more sculpted
throughout. Hints of toastiness, almond and tangerine oil add an exotic
flair that makes the Extra Brut absolutely beguiling. |
2008 |
£50.00 |
AG94
2021-32 |
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DEUTZ
A solid
Champagne house, making quality champagnes representing representing
excellent drinking value. |
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18 |
75cl |
'AMOUR de DEUTZ'
Blanc de Blancs
Brut Millesime
DEUTZ
RP/William Kelley -
Deutz's newly released 2010
Brut Millésimé Amour de Deutz is very pretty, wafting from the glass
with scents of citrus zest, white flowers, brioche and hazelnuts.
Medium-bodied, pillowy and incisive, with a chiselled core of fruit,
racy acids and a pinpoint mousse, it's a bright, fine-boned wine that
represents a fine success in a rather challenging vintage. |
2010 |
£120.00 |
RP/WK93
2020-33
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CHARLES HEIDSIECK
Charles
Heidsieck is one of Champagne's historic houses founded some 150 years
ago.
Top quality! |
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15 |
75cl |
'CHARLES HEIDSIECK BRUT MILLESIME'
CHARLES HEIDSIECK
RP/William Kelley -
The 2012 Brut Millésimé continues to show
well, delivering aromas of citrus zest, crisp orchard fruit, freshly
baked bread, buttery pastry and beeswax and framed by a deft touch of
smoky reduction. Medium to full-bodied, racy and chiselled, with fine
depth at the core and a long, penetrating finish. |
2012 |
£82.00 |
RP/WK94
2022-40
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6 |
75cl |
'BLANC des MILLENAIRES'
Blanc de Blancs
CHARLES HEIDSIECK
RP/William Kelley -
Cyril Brun considers the 2007 vintage more
interesting for Chardonnay than 2008, and Charles Heidsieck's 2007 Brut
Blanc de Blancs Blanc des Millénaires is certainly a compelling wine.
Unwinding in the glass with scents of crisp stone fruits, honeycomb,
buttered pastry, yellow apples, pear and freshly baked bread, it's
full-bodied, ample and seamless, with a concentrated core of fruit and a
chiselled, racy profile. Combining generosity and tension, it's a
terrific new release. |
2007 |
£156.00 |
RP/WK95
2023-43
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6 |
75cl |
'BLANC des MILLENAIRES'
Blanc de Blancs
CHARLES HEIDSIECK
RP/William Kelley -
Recently disgorged with seven grams per
litre dosage, the 2006 Brut Blanc de Blancs Blanc des Millénaires is
expressive and charming, in keeping with the sunny, demonstrative style
of the vintage. Offering up aromas of toasted brioche, honeycomb, yellow
apples and preserved citrus, it's full-bodied, fleshy and textural,
with a rich core of fruit, ripe acids and an attractive pinpoint mousse.
It's already drinking well, and I'd be inclined to approach it
sooner than the more tightly wound 2004 rendition. |
2006 |
£150.00 |
RP/WK94
2020-33
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Page Last Updated 11.11.2023
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