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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.

N.V. Moet et Chandon White Star

Light capsule condition issue; label condition issue

N.V. Krug Grande Cuvée Brut

219018

WS  97   
ST  95   
VN  94   
WA  91   
JR  17.5   
WS  #34 of 2002   

N.V. Krug Grande Cuvée Brut

Light label condition issue; 119003

WS  97   
ST  95   
VN  94   
WA  91   
JR  17.5   
WS  #34 of 2002   

N.V. Krug Grande Cuvee Brut 166eme Edition

1.5ltr

WA  96+    
WS  95   
VN  94   
JS  94   
JR  17.5   
2 available
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N.V. Louis Roederer Brut Collection 242

1.5ltr

JS  94   
WA  93+    
JG  93   
WS  92   
VN  92   
JR  16.5   
WS  #76 of 2021   
4 available
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N.V. Taittinger Brut La Francaise

Light label condition issue

WS  90   

N.V. Taittinger Brut La Francaise

Light label condition issue

WS  90   

N.V. Taittinger Brut La Francaise

WS  90   

N.V. Taittinger Brut La Francaise

1.5ltr

WS  90   
3 available
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N.V. Cédric Bouchard Roses de Jeanne VV/R20

Light label condition issue; disgorged 2022

N.V. Perrier-Jouet Grand Brut (Label #4)

Light label condition issue

N.V. Billecart-Salmon Brut Sous Bois

WS  93   

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   

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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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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N.V. Ruinart Brut Blanc de Blancs

WS  93   
VN  92   
JS  92   
WE  92   
JG  91+    
WA  90   
JR  17+    

N.V. Vilmart & Cie Premier Cru Grande Reserve

N.V. Gosset A01

Disgorged 02/2021

7 available
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