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hazelnut notes, over fine, bright citrus fruit. Classic vintage-champagne style, with lovely, even, steady maturation. Fine mousse, crisp and elegant texture, with beautifully integrated, toasted brioche, cream and citrus finish. Lovely length. Class." Parker 94+/100 "smoky peach, apples, pastry cream, white flowers and mandarin... full-bodied, broad and powerful..."

Truly Cristal’s sibling at not so much more than their NV – a compelling purchase. 100% organic & estate fruit. Evolved, assured.

"2006 had been a hot year with harvest beginning as early as 13 August in the Côte des Bar. Chardonnay underwent two different stages of maturation with an average maturity of 10.3 % potential alcohol, resulting in a small yield of intense and opulent wines. Disgorged in March last year, the 2006 Blanc des Millénaires is pale gold in colour with fresh, light toasty aromatic notes and a delicate vanilla and almond undertone, followed by generously rich and toasty fruit, whose opulence is sliced through by a trenchant blade of acidity, a honeycomb note contrasting with a refreshing twist of lively austerity, and finishing with a saliva-inducing mineral dry finish. This will continue to age and develop happily over the next 10 years. 95 / 100" Anthony Rose The idea behind Blanc des Millénaires is to show first of all the ultimate expression of the Chardonnay grape from a single vintage, and, equally, how the individual components of 20% each from the five Côte des Blanc crus of Cramant, Avize, Le Mesnil, Oger and Vertus meld together to make a sum that’s greater than the parts. What does each part bring? Broadly speaking, as winemaker Cyril Brun explains, Cramant, facing east, adds a floral finesse, higher Avize brings exotic fruit notes, Oger opulence and Le Mesnil tension and minerality. Aftre the four grands crus, Vertus, the only premier cru, adds roundness of texture. This is only the sixth time that this cuvee has been made.

No.7 is the second release from the "Collection Ayala" : unique champagnes produced in small quantities and only released when they reach their peak. The cuvée is a blend of 7 outstanding Grand Crus from the Cotes de Blancs and Montagne de Reims all from the 2007 vintage. Two thirds Chardonnay (from Avize, Chouilly, Cramant, Le-Mesnil-Sur-Oger, and Oger) and one third Pinot Noir (from Ay, and Verzy), the wine is aged under cork, as is Ayala's signature, for 11 years and finished with a mere 6g/l dosage. Lively, charismatic, perfect drinking now.

Jancis Robinson MW 17.5/20 "Creamy texture and a slightly sweeter, certainly riper, impression than more typical vintages – certainly much fuller and more welcoming than the 2008. Like a liqueur version of Epernay character! But this wine is no simpleton; it really builds on the palate to a dramatically long finish. Powerful! Very friendly rather than stern and Churchillian..." Parker 95+/100 "demonstrative bouquet of golden apples, clear honey, hazelnuts and fresh pastry that's still quite primary. Full-bodied, fleshy and textural, it's deep and concentrated, with an ample core of fruit, ripe but racy acids, a pinpoint mousse and a long, penetrating finish... expressive, deceptively immediate rendition... despite its charm out of the gates, readers willing to wait at least five years will be rewarded with significant additional complexity."

The Cristal 2013 is deep, intense and masterful. It offers the quintessential reflection of its chalk soils which lend it its velvety texture and delicate tension. This wine's energy has been tamed by an unusually long period of bottle ageing: Cristal 2013 was in fact aged for 10 years before its release on the market. A first! Tasting Notes: Amber hue with green and orange tints. Fine, even and lively sparkle.

Deutz Brut Vintage is created in only the best years when a vintage is declared. The wines are blended from the finest crus and age at least three years on the lees, one year more than required, in order to develop a rich bouquet and flavour. 2012 is a vintage to look out for. The best in Champagne since 2008.

A low dosage version of the ever impressive Deutz Brut Classic. Crisp, refreshing, hugely moreish. This is the same blend as the Brut Classic, but spends an extra year in cellars since lower dosage wines are more austere and require more time to be ready to drink.

Disgorged 06/05/2015. This Brut Rosé is made almost exclusively from Pinot Noir grapes from the Montagne de Reims region, and from Premiers Crus and Grands Crus. Just 10% of Chardonnay from the Cotes des Blancs rounds out the blend. Seriously fruity.

Pinot Noir dominant prestige cuvée from Champagne Deutz. Intensly rich. A dream with mushrooms.

A pearly pink with a fine stream of bubbles. The nose is deeply perfumed with luxuriant notes of kirsch, ripe cherries, fleshy plums and cranberries. The palate has hints of brioche and fresh butter. Candied grapefruits and earthier notes. A full bodied Rosé with a long aromatic finish. One of the most awarded vintage rosé champagnes in the world, Charles Heidsieck Rosé Millésime spends a minimum of eight years ageing on the lees in two-thousand-year-old chalk cellars. It is made from a selection of around fifteen Crus throughout Champagne. The grapes which contribute the red wine content originate from Ambonnay, Bouzy, Hautvillers, Les Riceys and Verzenay. The delicate effervescence reveals the aromatic complexity of this blended rosé which is famed for its incredible harmony and depth

Jancis Robinson MW 18.5/20 "Electrically reverberant... Very complex and uncompromising...Dense and savoury. Intellectual wine! " Wine Advocate 97/100 showing superbly, wafting from the glass with a complex bouquet that mingles confit citrus, peach and dried papaya with nuances of iodine, brioche and honeycomb. On the palate, it's full-bodied, broad and vinous, with a rich and layered core that's underpinned by serious structure and tension, concluding with a long and precise finish. This is one of the finest wines Billecart has released in the last decade, and it is well worth seeking out.

Muscular, blond, featured in 007 films. Just like Daniel Craig.

60% Pinot Noir, 25% Chardonnay and 15% Pinot Meunier. Full bodied and powerful. Toasty, nutty and biscuity with light citrus notes and complex creamy mouthfeel. Excellent with smoked fish dishes.

The house style at Deutz inclines towards the more elegant end of the spectrum as opposed to the rich and robust. Peach, apricot and lemon zest on the nose; biscuits and honey on the palate. A wine with great balance and poise.

Wine Advocate 95+/100 Disgorged in October 2018... derives from the villages of Cramant, Chouilly and Mesnil-sur-Oger, and half of the vins clairs that went into the blend were vinified in older barrels. It's still tightly wound, even after over a year on cork, unfurling in the glass with a delicate bouquet of crisp yellow apple, Meyer lemon, blanched almonds, elderflower and crushed chalk. Medium to full-bodied, deep and searingly intense, it's seamless and complete, with a bracing spine of acidity, a delicate pinpoint mousse, and a long, mouthwateringly mineral finish. This is a serious, built-to-age wine that will really reward patience.

This is the result of Madame Bollinger’s great vision: an expert wine with aromas enhanced by its exceptionally long maturation, it will last forever. Only the very best vintages are elevated to R.D. status by Bollinger. Disgorged on 10th July 2020, this wine offers freshness and an extraordinary intensity due to its recent disgorgement, as well as the aromas of an old vintage which has been aged for more than 13 years in the heart of the Bollinger cellars in Aÿ.

A very special cuvee made just from the best Chardonnay grapes from the excellent 2014 vintage. Fine mousse with lovely brioche aroma and fruity palate.

An opulent Champagne with the perfect balance of freshness and generosity, from the smallest and arguably the best of the Grande Marques. The Brut Réserve NV is a radiant pale gold colour with fine, persistent bubbles. The nose is characterised by complex pastry aromas, with an opulent combination of ripe apricot, mango, greengages, dried fruits, pistachio and almond. The palate begins with a silky-smooth sensation, developing into ripe fleshy apricot, melon and enticing plum pastry notes and delicate spice. There is perfect balance of freshness and generosity.

A crisp, well balanced champagne with citrus hints on the nose overlaid with touches of brioche and yeastiness. The palate is fresh, clean and lively with a creamy mousse and long finish.

La Grande Année is the embodiment of the carefully preserved traditional expertise of the Bollinger Champagne House. The wine is therefore exclusively vinified in small aged oak barrels. Champagne Bollinger has never abandoned this traditional craft method, which helps develop aromas of great finesse. After a prolonged ageing on its lees, even today every bottle of La Grande Année is riddled and disgorged by hand. To the eye: The delicate colour and golden hues are a sign of the wine’s maturity and reflective of Bollinger’s wine-making methods. To the nose: full and expressive. Apricot, almond and hazelnut, followed by notes of honey and cereals intertwining in a symphony of aromas. On the palate: exceptional texture and structure. Dense, silky with a long finish. Fresh and full with a delicious refined finish.

Jancis Robinson MW "Well done!" Parker's Wine Advocate "One of Champagne's finest houses, Pol Roger produces among the most consistent ranges of all the Grandes Marques. The style is full-bodied and elegantly fleshy, dominated by Pinot Noir... the maison privileges its NV Brut Réserve—and indeed, while many non-vintage Bruts fluctuate in quality, Pol Roger's "white foil" bottling is both remarkably reliable and long-lived—which ranks as one of the region's best values."

17/20 - Matthew Jukes - OCTOBER 2020 "2009 Billecart-Salmon, Vintage is a very rich creation from this perennially elegant House. If you want to see what happens to the Billecart model when the sunshine beats down, then this is it. Full, imposing, heady and main-course-shaped, this is Billecart for power-lifters!"

The top wine from JP and well rated by experts and public alike. Looks AMAZING.

The top wine from JP and well rated by experts and public alike. Looks AMAZING.

A small family grower in the famous village of Cumieres in the Marne valley. Pinot-dominated like most wines from this village, it's deep copper/gold and wonderfully peachy and lush, explosively juicy, and cracking value. The extended bottle ageing of this wine (6-8 years) is way longer most NV Champagnes and lends the wines its weight and character. But it's also fresh and lemony which is such a great combination. Judges on a Decanter tasting panel were all blown away by this Cuvée when tasting it blind with other Grower Champagnes in 2019, giving it 98 points and one of the best reated wines of the year. We love it too and have been shipping it direct from the Bertrand family since 2008.

Famously delicate and sexy pink

This Brut Rosé is made almost exclusively from Pinot Noir grapes from the Montagne de Reims region, and from Premiers Crus and Grands Crus. Just 10% of Chardonnay from the Cotes des Blancs rounds out the blend. Seriously fruity.