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Champagne

Champagne is a small, beautiful wine growing region northeast of Paris whose famous name is misused a million times a day. As wine enthusiasts and all French people are well aware, only sparkling wines produced in Champagne from grapes grown in Champagne can be called Champagne. Sparkling wines produced anywhere else, including in other parts of France, must be called something besides Champagne. Champagne producers are justifiably protective of their wines and the prestige associated with true Champagne. Though the region was growing grapes and making wines in ancient times, it began specializing in sparkling wine in the 17th century, when a Benedictine monk named Dom Pierre Pérignon formulated a set guidelines to improve the quality of the local sparkling wines. Despite legends to the contrary, Dom Pérignon did not “invent” sparkling wine, but his rules about aggressive pruning, small yields and multiple pressings of the grapes were widely adopted, and by the 18th and 19th centuries Champagne had become the wine of choice in fashionable courts and palaces throughout Europe. Today there are 75,000 acres of vineyards in Champagne growing Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier. Champagne’s official appellation system classifies villages as Grand Cru or Premier Cru, though there are also many excellent Champagnes that simply carry the regional appellation. Along with well-known international Champagne houses there are numerous so-called “producer Champagnes,” meaning wines made by families who, usually for several or more generations, have worked their own vineyards and produced Champagne only from their own grapes.

2012 Charles Heidsieck Brut

JS  95   
WA  94   
JR  17   

2008 Charles Heidsieck Brut Rosé

WS  95   
WE  95   
JD  93   
WA  92+    

1975 Jacquesson & Fils Brut Cuvée Napoléon

Light label condition issue; Disgorged 02/1994

4 available
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1990 Jacquesson & Fils Brut Signature

Light label condition issue

WS  92   
ST  91   
2 available
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1995 Jacquesson & Fils Extra Brut Signature

1.5ltr

Disgorgement September 2002

France Direct
Expected Arrival:
10 weeks from purchase date
VN  92   
2 available
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2013 Egly-Ouriet Brut Grand Cru Millésimé

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

WA  100   
VN  98   

N.V. Egly-Ouriet Extra Brut Grand Cru

Light label condition issue; Disgorgement Dec. 2022

WA  92   

N.V. Egly-Ouriet Extra Brut Grand Cru

Light label condition issue

WA  92   

N.V. Egly-Ouriet Grand Cru V.P.

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue; Disgorged 11/2021

VN  92   

N.V. Egly-Ouriet Les Vignes de Vrigny Premier Cru

Light label condition issue; Disgorgement July 2022

VN  93   
WA  91   
JR  17.5   

2015 Pierre Peters Blanc de Blancs Le Mesnil Cuvee Speciale Les Chetillons

2 available
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N.V. Bertrand Senecourt Beau Joie Special Cuvee Brut

36 available
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N.V. Bertrand Senecourt Beau Joie Special Cuvee Brut Limited Edition Golden Knights

8 available
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2015 Pol Roger Brut

Light label condition issue

WE  95   
JD  95   
WA  94   
JS  94   
WS  93   
VN  92   
JR  17   
5 available
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2016 Pol Roger Brut

Light label condition issue

WA  94   
JR  17   
10 available
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2009 Pol Roger Sir Winston Churchill

1.5ltr

WE  97   
WA  95+    
WS  95   
VN  94   
JR  18   

2013 Pol Roger Sir Winston Churchill

Light label condition issue

WE  98   
VN  97   
JS  97   
JD  97   
WA  96   
WS  95   
JR  17.5   
2 available
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1988 Pol Roger Sir Winston Churchill

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case

Light label condition issue; Light case condition issue

WS  94   
ST  94   
2 available
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2004 Pol Roger Sir Winston Churchill

1-bottle Lot, Cardboard Case

Light case condition issue

WS  94   

2006 Pol Roger Sir Winston Churchill

1-bottle Lot, Cardboard Case

Light case condition issue

WA  95   
WS  95   
JS  95   
2 available
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2012 Pol Roger Sir Winston Churchill

1-bottle Lot, Cardboard Case

Light case condition issue

WS  97   
WA  95   
2 available
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N.V. Laurent-Perrier Grand Siècle Iteration 25 Grande Cuvée

JS  99   
VN  94+    
JR  18+    
9 available
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N.V. Laurent-Perrier Grand Siecle La Cuvee Brut

Light label condition issue

ST  95   
WS  92   

N.V. Ulysse Collin

5-bottle Horizontal, Wood Case

See item details for bottle notes; Light case condition issue

N.V. Ulysse Collin Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs Les Pierrières 48 Mois

Disgorged 03/2021

WA  97+    
3 available
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