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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 Brut Imperial

WS  92   
2 available
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N.V. Moet et Chandon Brut Imperial

WS  92   

N.V. Louis Roederer Brut Premier

WS  90   
WS  #95 of 2009   
12 available
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N.V. Louis Roederer Brut Premier

WS  90   
WS  #95 of 2009   
4 available
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N.V. Louis Roederer Brut Premier

WS  90   
WS  #95 of 2009   

N.V. Taittinger Brut Prestige Rose

VN  92   
WA  90   
2 available
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N.V. Bollinger Special Cuvee

WS  94   
CT  90.6   
WA  90   
ST  90   
3 available
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N.V. Piper-Heidsieck Brut

WS  93   
WS  #84 of 2012   

N.V. Laurent-Perrier Cuvee Rose Brut

WS  90   
6 available
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N.V. Laurent-Perrier Cuvee Rose Brut

WS  90   
3 available
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N.V. Laurent-Perrier Cuvee Rose Brut

WS  90   

N.V. Nicolas Feuillatte Brut Premier Cru

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

JS  93   
WA  91+    
VN  90   
11 available
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N.V. Nicolas Feuillatte Brut Premier Cru

Capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage; label condition issue

JS  93   
WA  91+    
VN  90   

N.V. Delamotte Brut

N.V. Chartogne-Taillet Brut Le Rosé

Disgorged 06/2022

WS  92   
VN  91   
JR  16   

N.V. Henri Giraud Esprit Nature

7 available
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N.V. Henri Giraud Esprit Nature

2 available
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N.V. De Venoge Brut Cordon Bleu Blanc de Noirs

Disgorged 04/2023

9 available
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N.V. De Venoge Brut Cordon Bleu Rosé

Disgorged 01/2023

10 available
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N.V. De Venoge Brut Cordon Bleu Rosé

Disgorged 01/2023

2006 Duval-Leroy Brut

2007 Caillez-Lemaire Cuvee Jadis

2012 Ayala Blanc de Blancs

Light label condition issue

JS  93   
WE  93   
WA  92   
JR  17   

N.V. Perseval-Farge Brut Premier Cru Terre de Sables

3 available
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N.V. Perseval-Farge Brut Premier Cru Terre de Sables

Light label condition issue