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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. Taittinger Brut La Francaise

Light label condition issue

WS  90   

N.V. Taittinger Brut La Francaise

Light label condition issue

WS  90   

N.V. Bertrand Senecourt Beau Joie Special Cuvee Brut

36 available
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N.V. Vilmart & Cie Premier Cru Grande Reserve

N.V. Gosset A01

Disgorged 02/2021

7 available
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N.V. Gosset A02

Disgorged 07/2021

N.V. Agrapart et Fils Extra Brut 7 Crus

Disgorged March 2022

N.V. Bruno Paillard Extra Brut Première Cuvée Rosé

Light label condition issue

6 available
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N.V. Bruno Paillard Extra Brut Première Cuvée Rosé

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

N.V. Lanson Brut Le Rosé

Light label condition issue; Disgorged 10/2021

WE  91   
JG  91   
WA  90+    
2 available
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2015 Jose Dhondt Brut Grand Cru Blanc De Blancs Mes Vieilles Vignes Les Crayères

Disgorged 01/2022

2 available
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N.V. Pierre Gerbais Extra Brut Grains De Celles

Disgorged Oct. 2021

JS  93   
WE  91   
WS  90   
VN  90   

2010 Ployez-Jacquemart Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs

4 available
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2014 Brocard Pierre Bulles de Blancs

N.V. Pierre Morlet Premier Cru Blanc de Blancs Brut

N.V. Petit & Bajan Brut Grand Cru Promise

Disgorged 5/2023

2 available
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2016 Daniel Dumont Premier Cru Cuvée d'Excellence

2 available
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N.V. Francois Montand Blanc de Blancs Brut

1.5ltr

Light label condition issue

N.V. Cheurlin Extra Brut Cheurlin Thomas Célébrité Blanc de Blanc

6 available
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2020 Petit Clergeot Brut Nature Chevry Cuvee Fut

Disgorged 01/2023