The clear bottle with the flower design reveals to those who love fine champagne the sophisticated complexion of a vintage rose blend : a dream of perfection comes true. Perrier Jouet "La Cuvee Belle Epoque Rose" flower bottle from Champagne, France

Roederer Estate Brut, the first California sparkling wine produced by Champagne Louis Roederer, builds upon a 200-year tradition of fine winemaking that has made Roederer Champagne among the most sought-after in the world.

Winemaker Notes
The Roederer Estate Brut is crisp and elegant with complex pear, spice and hazelnut flavors. It is fresh and lightly fruity with great finesse and depth of flavor.

Winemaking
Roederer's winemaking style is based on two elements: complete ownership of its vineyards and the addition of oak-aged reserve wines to each year's blend or cuvee. All the grapes for the wines are grown on the Estate. Oak-aged wines from the Estate's reserve cellars are added to the blend, creating a multi-vintage cuvee in the traditional Roederer style. Only the cuvee (first pressing of 120 gallons/ton) is used; no premiere or deuxieme taille. The fermentation takes place in high-grade stainless steel tanks at 65 degrees Fahrenheit. None to minimal malolactic fermentation is used in order to ensure that the wines age well and retain the fresh, somewhat austere style that is one of the characteristics of Roederer wines.

One of the better sparking wines in taste, so far no product from outside France is able to match the quality of a French Champagne!

Dry, white, high quality sparkling wine. Straw yellow with greenish highlights. Lively fruitiness, clean and full bodied plus an appealing vein of fruit and a zesty acidity

Bottle size: 75 cl
Bottles per case: 6
Style: Dry (Brut) Sparkling
Grapes: Chardonnay
Description: Dry, white, high quality sparkling wine. Straw yellow with greenish highlights. Lively fruitiness, clean and full bodied plus an appealing vein of fruit and a zesty acidity.
Country: Italy
Region: Lombardy
Producer: Berlucchi

Deep aromas of ginger, toffee, butter and nutskin; reminded me of a maturing white Burgundy. Full-bodied and intense, with flavors of toasted bread, spiced apple, baked pear and nutskin. Sappy, deep and strong in extract; this has impressive palate presence. Finishes with excellent subtle persistence. A particularly harmonious bottle of Bollinger, and a perfect dinner-table Champagne

Straw-yellow colour with swift foam of tiny and persistent bubbles. Fruity notes, yeast and biscuits are perceived in the nose. Plentifulness and softness are revealed in its dry flavour.

Clean and delicate on the nose, this wonderful sparkler is full-bodied and toasty on the palate. Creamy and elegant, with a touch of vanilla and hazelnut on the finish. (A blend of Chardonnay, Pinot Nero and Pinot Bianco.)

Clean and delicate on the nose, this wonderful sparkler is full-bodied and toasty on the palate. Creamy and elegant, with a touch of vanilla and hazelnut on the finish. (A blend of Chardonnay, Pinot Nero and Pinot Bianco.)

A big boy with almost fleshy fruit. The flavors push into exotic, tropical richness yet retain spicy citrus-rind high-lights. There is nothing clumsy despite the ripeness; the finish seems to extend almost infinitely and keeps zinging you with surprises - marshmallow, marzipan, cookie dough, etc.
The Wine Enthusiast A big boy with almost fleshy fruit. The flavors push into exotic, tropical richness yet retain spicy citrus-rind highlights. There is nothing clumsy, despite the ripeness; the finish seems to extend almost infinitely and keeps zinging you with surprisesâ marshmallow, marzipan, cookie dough, etc. An added bonus: the back label clearly indicates when it was bottled and cellared (2001). Score: 94. —Paul Gregutt, December 01, 2006.

The Wine Spectator Plenty of graphite and honey flavors mark this well-structured, effusive Champagne. Lemon, dough and vanilla accents are also present. Finishes with a tactile sensation around the gums. Drink now through 2010. Score: 92. —Bruce Sanderson, November 30, 2006.

Burghound This is a prime example of what I call a classic, and completely admirable, “Big House” NV Brut. The nose is yeasty but not too, there is freshness yet a trace of age, there is complexity yet there is still some primary fruit and the round but still vibrant offer excellent depth and fine length plus, and this is the most important part, real finishing character. A more than respectable example that is a really lovely effort in every respect and while it could be aged to moderate benefit, I probably wouldn't do so beyond 3 years or so.

The range of wines produced here, other than the Brut Reserve Mis en Caves, includes two vintage wines the Brut Millesime and Brut Rose Millesime, both based on 30% Chardonnay and 70% Pinot Noir & Meunier, with the rose produced by the addition of red wine rather than the saignee method. The prestige cuvee currently produced is the Blanc des Millenaires, a pure Chardonnay cuvee. Although the Brut Reserve wines have seen great acclaim, Charles Heidsieck has not been raking in the profits. Sales have fallen, partly out of necessity whilst reserve stocks were built up, partly because the Mis en Caves concept took the basic cuvee out of the non vintage market somewhat. And the difference in quality between the Mis en Caves wines and the vintage wine has narrowed sufficiently to make the non vintage wine the preferred buy, affecting sales of the vintage wine. In addition, the once popular prestige cuvee Champagne Charlie is no longer produced, replaced by Blanc des Millenaires, which has not made the same impact as its predecessor. For the consumer though, the situation is good - the Brut Reserve Mis en caves wines offer extraordinary quality at an excellent price. I hope the currently evident quality is maintained by Daniel Thibaults's replacement, Régis Camus. (24/3/04)

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Brut Imperial describes the driest of Moet & Chandon champagnes, with almost no liqueur added in the dosage. The resulting wine contains a less than 1.5 percent sugar level, making it dry and classic in taste. Moet & Chandon reserves its best cuvees for the bruts.

The archetypal Moet & Chandon marque. A harmonious blend of all three grape varietals and reserve wines, Brut Imperial is a subtle, drier-styled champagne. Color: Pale yellow with shades of green.

Aroma: Delicately vinous with a lime and vine blossom attack.

Palate: Predominantly Pinot characteristics. Very ample on the palate, discreet finish.

Food Pairing: An apertif wine; accompanies fish dishes, as well.

90 points Wine Spectator: "There's a high-toned minty graphite accent to the aroma, with a citric edge on the palate. The structure is overlaid with lemon and bread dough notes. This is tight and crisp on the finish, so break out the sole or shellfish, or wait a few years. Best from 2008 through 2020." (07/07)

The first to come along, as the story goes, by a monk in France in the 15th and 16th Century. Still one of the best!
An intensely flavored Champagne, displaying tropical fruit, berry and citrus aromas and flavors enmeshed in finely woven texture, ending with an aftertaste of dried fruit. Good firm structure lends support. Dom Perignon is the definition of luxury. This bottle of Dom Perignon Champagne is a sparkling wine praised for its "well-orchestrated, precise, and full-bodied taste." Leaves a distinctive signature of style, class, and highly refined taste. Moet & Chandon Brut Champagne Cuvee

In keeping with the style Moet and Chandon established more than a quarter century ago, Chandon has captured the expressive elegance of California's vineyards in Brut Classic. The wine presents full flavors that move seamlessly across the palate. Chardonnay provides front palate creaminess and contributes a firm structure and vibrancy while Pinot Meunier adds mid-palate dimension with hints of cherry cream. Pinot Noir, which forms the majority of the cuvee, gives the wine length, persistence and a lingering flavor. To ensure the continuity of style and quality that has made Chandon one of America's classic sparkling wines, our Brut is blended with ten to twenty percent Reserve wines from prior harvests. This wine offers the balance and elegance that has become Chandon's hallmark style. When you taste Brut Classic, look for nutty flavors with hints of brioche that build to a refreshing dry finish. The wine delivers complex apple and pear characteristics accented by citrus spice over notes of almond and caramel in the bouquet. Chandon's Executive Chef Eric Torralba and Winemaker Wayne Donaldson recommend serving Chandon Brut Classic to refresh the palate when eating salty, creamy or nutty foods such as Caesar salad, caramelized onions, garlic dishes, mussels, clams, oysters and caviar. Aging: 18 months on the yeast, sparkling wine

It is unclear as to where the name 'Franciacorta' itself came from. There are two predominant myths as to where it originated: the first is that it is named for the 'france corte' or tax-free zones, which it encompassed. The area was inhabited by religious orders in the eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth centuries that were not subjected to the taxes of the ruling Brescians. Historian Iacopo Malvezzi put forth the second myth. Malvezzi believes that the area was named by Carlo Magno, the King of France better known as Charlemagne or Charles Magne, who, in 744, while staging an attack with the Longobards found himself near the town of Rodengo Saiano on the feast day of San Dionigi. Magno had promised to spend that day in Paris. To alleviate his alining conscience, he called the area "little France", hence Franciacorta. Regardless of its origin, today, through the diligent dedication of the producers and their consortium, the name is synonymous with quality sparkling wines.

Franciacorta is a relatively small region encompassing only 18,000 hectares, with the actual vineyard areas being 1500 hectares distributed amongst 200 growers. The zone itself is bound on the west by the Oglio River, to the north by Lago Iseo and the eastern most portions of the Rhetic Alps, on the east by the morainic hills and on the south by the Bergamo-Brescia highway. Geologically the zone is a function of glacial activity, a huge glacier, which descended upon the Val Camonica, shaped it. As a result of this activity, there was deposited a large quantity of minerals, which sit atop the indigenous soil. Such minerals catalyze the biosynthetic reactions in viticulture, which are essential to aromas for instance. Likewise, these deposits are granular in structure, which is essential for drainage.

Pale gold, shiny, gold reflection, fine mousse and lively. A combination of a modern and traditional champagne; open, lively, spontaneous, with refreshing notes of wild anise. It is also substantial, tasty, almost vineux with hint of fatness with yellow fruit and dry apricot. The power and the fatness of the ay hill sides offer, in their prime youth, the opportunity to create this beautiful cuvee of conviviality and spirituality. Fermented and aged in stainless steel vats for 6 months, aged in oak for 6 months followed by 2 years of bottle ageing

Usually only sold during the Chrismast Season, is named after the former CEO of Mumm Corporation. One of the best you can buy.

Korbel Brut is light and crisp, with spicy fruit flavors. It is finished with a 1% dosage for a balanced medium-dry finish

There is no formula or recipe for Krug Grande Cuvee. Each year the Krug family meets to re-create "their" Krug Grande Cuvee. This is done with careful attention to the most minute detail so that after six years of aging, it will be in perfect continuity with previous Krugs. The bouquet is wonderfully creamy, leading to magical combination of weight and balance on the palate. The long, lingering finish is both nutty and toasty, ending with a final flourish of freshness, leaving one longing for more

The very first bottling of Clos du Mesnil is a fantastic Champagne that blends fresh, lively fruit flavors with a plush texture and expansive finish. A bright citrus character evolves into mature flavors of mineral, vanilla and ginger that seem to melt in your mouth. It's still totally firm in texture and strong in structure so there's no great hurry to pop the cork. Drink now through 2010

Vintage Krug Champagne, Wine Spectator 99 pts, complex nut and biscuit notes playing off a floral freshness. Driving it all is a racy acidity matched by a seamless elegance and innate power that lingers through the persistent ginger-tinged finish. This Krug Champagne will age beautifully. Vintage 1995, Appellation Reims.
Krug Clos du Mesnil 1995 Like the "Krug Cheteau," Krug Clos du Mesnil reflects the originality of its territory and the personality of its vintage within the Krug style. Consequently, each vintage has a voice of its own, and for Krug Clos du Mesnil 1995 it is "depth and radiance."

The wine is characterized by crispness, freshness and vivacity allied to the rich nutty and honey notes of great Chardonnay wines. A Krug for fanatics of rarity.

Krug only produces a Vintage when a crop has exceptional characteristics and sufficiently interesting features. To create exceptional vintages, the Krug family selects those wines that best express the "voice" of the chosen year. Krug Vintage is like a concerto, a joint venture between the Krug style and the personality of a certain year. The year is the soloist but the orchestra remains Krug. Krug vintage explodes on the palate with tremendous depth and complexity. The first impression is intense, yet it develops in the glass with delicacy, revealing lightly spiced notes of dried figs and ripe quince. Underlined by a superb structure, this wine maintains a remarkable freshness.

Possible the most famous rose Champagne and made by the 'saignee' method from 100% Pinot Noir. Grape skins are left in contact with juice for 3 days for a glorious pink colour and rich, round, fruity palate.

Louis Roederer 'Cristal Champagne' is one of the world's most highly recognized and celebrated champagnes for its renowned commitment to outstanding quality! A smash hit with celebrities, professional athletes and supreme socialites, Cristal champagne is the ultimate liquid indulgence. Without Compromise, this is one of the world's top champagnes.

Yellow appearance with burnished gold reflections. Intense nose of white flowers, citrus and red berries, followed by warmer whiffs of toast and wood. On the palate, ripe lush fruits (vine peaches) and toasty flavours. Dense, fleshy structure. Powerful finish.

Brut Premier is the embodiment of Louis Roederer style, combining all the fruitiness and freshness of youth with the vinosity of a fully mature wine. This is a structured and elegantly mature wine, with a lively attack and a smooth palate.

Blend: 56% Pinot Noir, 34% Chardonnay and 10% Pinot Meunier, including 10% of reserve wines from three former harvests, aged in oak casks for 2-6 years.
Maturation: an average of three years ageing on lees, plus another six months after disgorging.
Dosage: 11-12g/L of sugar from the dosage liqueur.
Tasting notes: a golden colour with fine bubbles and a nose of fresh fruit and hawthorn. Smooth, complex palate mingling flavours of white-fleshed fruit (apple and pear) with red berries (blackberries, raspberries, cherries) and notes of toast and almonds. A pleasurable wine, deliciously smooth and mature.
Choice of food: Brut Premier is excellent as an aperitif but also readily accompanies light entrees based on fish or shellfish.

Champagne Louis Roederer, creator of the famous Cristal prestige cuvee, has been synonymous with the world's great champagnes since 1776. Brut Premier is the House's flagship multi-vintage champagne - its most popular and best-selling wine and the champagne that sets the house style for this esteemed producer.
Tasting notes
Light gold in color, Brut Premier boasts a smooth, full mouth. This elegant champagne is a delicate balance of fruit and acidity, an outstanding example of the Roederer tradition of producing wines of lean, firm structure with discreet fruit and subtle toast flavors.

Wine maker notes
Brut Premier is a blend of vintage wines, enhanced by the addition of 10% to 20% oak-aged wines from Roederer's extensive reserve cellars. Grapes are used from only the finest crus with a rating of 98 or more on Champagne's regional rating scale - Pinot Noir from the Valley of the Marne and Montagne de Reims; Chardonnay from the Cote des Blancs. Roederer uses only the first pressings from these exceptional grapes for the standard-bearing Brut Premier. Finished wine is cellar-aged for an additional four years before release.

Technical notes
COMPOSITION: Approx 65% Pinot Noir 35% Chardonnay

Food pairing
Light gold in color, Brut Premier boasts a smooth, full mouth. This elegant champagne is a delicate balance of fruit and acidity, an outstanding example of the Roederer tradition of producing wines of lean, firm structure with discreet fruit and subtle toast flavors.

Classical Champagne, this is predominantly pinot noir from old vines in Cumieres, creating a wine that focuses its flavors high in the mouth. It feels sleek and lively and lasts for minutes. The floral scents of strawberry and brisk taste of toasted lees provide a transparent flavor tha magnifies the minerality of the wine. The perfect form makes it lovely to drink on its own, or with slices of sashimi. The color of this wine is salmon pink with orange highlights. On the nose, the wine has an elegant bouquet with hints of cherries that mingle with notes of lightly toasted nuts and a slight trace of orange zest. On the palate, creamy and silkly textures capture flavours that echo the aromas on the nose and deliver a finish of impressive length. A truly harmonious and enduring palate with all the hallmarks of a great Cristal Ros: fruity but rounded, delicate but powerful.

Winemaker's notes:
Nectar Imperial Rose is the newest and most extravagant Moet & Chandon champagne. It reflects the diversity and complementarities of the three champagne grapes and the richness of the region's best vineyards to reveal the magic of the world's most loved champagne.

Lively and generous Nectar Imperial Rose distinguishes itself by its extravagant fruitiness, its density on the palate and its crisp finish that instantly surprise and delight.

Nectar Imperial Rose's assemblage is built on the intensity of Pinot Noir (45 to 55%, 10% of which are red wine), the fruitiness of Pinot Meunier (35 to 45%, 10% of which is red wine) and the freshness of Chardonnay (5 to 10%). The use of 20% to 30% of carefully selected reserve wines complete the assemblage and enhance its density, richness and consistency.

Its red colour is sustained and nuanced with coppery shades.

Its aromas are intense and deep with ripe berries (wild strawberry, blackberry, black currant) and cherry, nuanced by herbal and heady flowers notes.

On the palate it is a succulent blend of richness and elegance, density and creaminess, extreme fruitiness and vibrant freshness (gooseberry).

Ideal for all sweet and sour, fatty-spicy, sugary-spicy or sweet dishes, Nectar Imperial Rose offers amazing pairings with foie gras marinated in red wines and red fruits based desserts.

The name Dom Perignon has become synonymous with class and stature. Fascinating. Mature notes of mushroom, corrupt cherry and forest undergrowth evoke an aged red Burgundy. Firm and medium-bodied, yet softening and with little effervescence, it fades by the finish, but the bouquet alone is worth the price of admission. Drink now. Rated 92 Wine Spectator

Bubbly Champagne from Moet & Chandon Other French. Moët & Chandon White Star is the #1 champagne in the U.S. It has soft aromas of peach and a crisp, refreshing finish. It is the perfect champagne to celebrate all of life's unique moments

Perrier Jouet Champagne Flower Bottle and Champagne Flute Gift Set pad
The legendary "Flower Bottle" of Champagne presented in a gorgeous satin-lined gift box with two hand-painted champagne flutes. Rated 91 by Wine Spectator, this bottle of Perrier-Jouet Brut Fleur de Champagne is noble and rich with a delicate and smooth finish. Perrier-Jouet was founded in 1811 by two lovers who fell in love with each other and the vineyards of Champagne, France. The passion they felt for each other and their vineyards continues to make Perrier-Jouet the perfect accompaniment for romantic evenings. Craftsmen individually paint anemone on each bottle with enamel.

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From the first pressing of select grapes from the finest areas of Champagne, "La Francaise" contains more of the costly Chardonnay grape than most brut Champagnes. Light and elegant, with subtle body and bouquet. Taittinger Brut Reserve is a blend of some 30 Chardonnay wines (40%) and Pinot wines (60%), from a number of different vineyards and matured to perfection. Such a high proportion of Chardonnay is seldom found among the great champagnes. TASTINGL: The colour is brilliant, golden straw yellow. The bubbles are fine. The mousse is both discreet and persistent. The nose, very expressive and open, is both fruity and bready. It exudes aromas of peach, white flowers (may blossom, acacia) and vanilla pod. On the palate, this lively fresh wine is at once in harmony. This is a delicate wine with flavours of fresh fruit and honey. In all a wine blessed with a well-developed aromatic potential. It is aged for three to four years in the cellars where it achieves perfect maturity. A wine of great charm, combining the power of Body and the intelligence of Spirit.

From the first pressing of select grapes from the finest areas of Champagne, "La Francaise" contains more of the costly Chardonnay grape than most brut Champagnes. Light and elegant, with subtle body and bouquet. Taittinger Brut Reserve is a blend of some 30 Chardonnay wines (40%) and Pinot wines (60%), from a number of different vineyards and matured to perfection. Such a high proportion of Chardonnay is seldom found among the great champagnes. TASTINGL: The colour is brilliant, golden straw yellow. The bubbles are fine. The mousse is both discreet and persistent. The nose, very expressive and open, is both fruity and bready. It exudes aromas of peach, white flowers (may blossom, acacia) and vanilla pod. On the palate, this lively fresh wine is at once in harmony. This is a delicate wine with flavours of fresh fruit and honey. In all a wine blessed with a well-developed aromatic potential. It is aged for three to four years in the cellars where it achieves perfect maturity. A wine of great charm, combining the power of Body and the intelligence of Spirit.

A House specialty since the 1770s. The robust fruit flavors of Veuve Clicquot's vintage Rose results from adding still Pinot Noir wine from Veuve Clicquot's grand crue vineyards in the village of Bouzy. This wonderful, dry Champagne with its light rose glow and copper highlights is an ideal companion for delicate dishes like salmon or poultry and also as an aperitif. Vintage Reserve Rose has delicate pink color with hints of salmon and lively effervescence. The nose is expressive, with aromas of red fruit (wild strawberry, raspberry and gooseberry) that develop into more complex aromas (fig, fresh almond and bergamot). On the palate, the wine is round and balanced with a lingering finish. The wine has great structure and a strong vinous character, derived from superior quality pinot noir grapes. This wine can be classified as a mythical vintage as far as its maturing potential is concerned.

Fruit, finesse, style - a rich and dry classic with a yeasty bouquet that truly deserves its status as a Grande Marque. Clicquot's signature brut non-vintage is loved the world over for its crisp, full flavors, consistent quality and celebratory yellow label. This classically-styled, dry Champagne is a blend of two-thirds black grapes (Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier) for body, balanced with one-third Chardonnay for elegance. It has a fine persistent sparkle and golden Champagne color. Its complex nose of apple, citrus and caramel is followed by full flavors with elegance, crispness and a slightly spicy finish. Veuve Clicquot 750ml

Named for founder Madame Clicquot, this prestige cuvee continues her practice of producing, in the finest years, a special wine for the exclusive enjoyment of her family and friends. Produced in extremely limited quantities from the Pinot Noir and Chardonnay vineyards Madame Clicquot purchased in the early 1800s. A supremely elegant vintage Champagne. La Grande Dame is a warm deep yellow-gold. The mousse is fine and persistent. On the nose, fruity notes mingle with notes of brioche, pralines and mild spices. The silky, full palate shows rich notes of honey and custard, which give the structure of the wine a perfect roundness. The finish is long and smooth.

Veuve Clicquot Vintage Reserve The "biggest" Champagne from Veuve Clicquot, appreciated for its robust structure and outstanding aging potential. Veuve Clicquot's esteemed vintage Champagne is balanced and full-bodied. Produced in small quantities in exceptional years, it reflects the best characteristics of the vintage as well as the quality of Veuve Clicquot's top-rated vineyards. The 1995 vintage is a delicate yellow-gold with a hint of green. The mousse is steady and lively. On the nose, floral notes mingle with warmer notes of apricots, peaches and a touch of mint. The fresh, structured palate is dominated by white fruits and mineral notes. Aromatic and complex with a very long finish.

Named for founder Madame Clicquot, this prestige cuvee continues her practice of producing, in the finest years, a special wine for the exclusive enjoyment of her family and friends. Produced in extremely limited quantities from the Pinot Noir and Chardonnay vineyards Madame Clicquot purchased in the early 1800s. A supremely elegant vintage Champagne. La Grande Dame is a warm deep yellow-gold. The mousse is fine and persistent. On the nose, fruity notes mingle with notes of brioche, pralines and mild spices. The silky, full palate shows rich notes of honey and custard, which give the structure of the wine a perfect roundness. The finish is long and smooth.

Dense and concentrated, reminiscent of dried fruit, this bubbly delivers its flavors on a racy profile, with plenty of intensity. It picks up a ginger note toward the finish.

Known the world over for its superior quality, Veuve Clicquot imported French Champagne brings smiles of gratitude to all its recipients.