Lower ABV Leo Hillinger created Secco after an employee discovered she was battling breast cancer, and even today - more than 10 years later - a portion of the proceeds of his Secco sales go to breast cancer research. It's... Read More
The Jacquesson Cuvee 746 is perhaps a touch more concentrated than most 2018-base bottlings, but still wide open and delicious for the blend of golden fruit, citrus and toast flavors that arrive with panache and linger nicely.... Read More
Dom Perignon - yes, he was a real winemaking monk! - pioneered the making of white Champagne from black Pinot Noir grapes in the 1600s. The techniques were refined by the large houses in Champagne's northern regions, but somehow... Read More
Precise, toasty, sexy. James Suckling's 95 point review tells the tale here: This a special bottling of 1.2 to 1.5 kilos of grapes per vine, all chardonnay vinified separately, having calculated the perfect kilo-per-vine balance... Read More
The tiny production, much sought-after, Prevost Champagnes come and go all too quickly. This bottling is always all Grand Cru fruit but with a blend that varies every year. In this release, based on vintage 2023, it’s 100%... Read More
100% Meunier from a two hectare vineyard of Les Béguines in Gueux, inherited from Jérômes grandmother and planted in the 1950s. With 18 months on the lees and 0 dosage, this is always about the flavors of Prevost’s... Read More
Delphine Laborde's second vintage from this 1.1 acre site overlooking Reims and planted in the early 1970s is crisp, clear and compelling. White fruit, lightly toasted bread and sliced ginger aromas and flavors begin with... Read More
Organic/Bio Yes, it tastes like really good, expensive, vintage Champagne and sells for a remarkably good price – but there’s so much more going on here! From the Seyssel village in Savoie, it blends two mountain grapes... Read More
From the old Mum winery in Cramant, Gilles and son Julien Lancelot make delicious, stylish and dangerously drinkable Champagnes mainly, like this, from Chardonnay. From vines averaging 45 years age, it's mainly 2018 with 20... Read More
When your name is Lancelot, you have to make at least one reference to King Arthur! A truly regal Chardonnay Champagne from 50 year-old vines in Cramant, Avize, and Chouilly with 80% from 2019 and the balance from a perpetual... Read More
Lower ABV Same wine, new label/name. A delightfully aromatic wine, with loads of fresh fruit flavors bursting from the glass. It is sweet, but beautifully balanced by the wine's effervescence and acidity. Being frizzante,... Read More
As Champagne expert says of Marc Hebrart’s Champagnes, “If you like to think about your wines, they’re intellectually engaging enough to satisfy you; on the other hand, if you’re just looking to drink,... Read More
Organic/BioThe name of the winery here is actually Vins El Cep, meaning roughly Wines from the vineyard. Unlike most Cava producrers, Maite Esteve only works with grapes she grows herself - here a blend of 50%Xarel·Lo,... Read More
The classic flower label bottle is almost as pretty as the wine! It's 50% Chardonnay, 45% Pinot Noir and 5% Meunier, all nicely ripe and finished at 8 g/l dosage for a generous mouthfeel and long, easy, finish. As Wine Enthusiast... Read More
Perrine Fresne’s second NV Champagne matches the quality of the first, but is definitely a different wine. In the cooler 2021 harvest, she leaned into the quality of her Chardonnay (42% of the blend) with her best plots... Read More
The most elegant, pure and complex Champagne yet from this young and very up-and-coming producer in the 1er Cru village of Sermiers. Her third-ever release blends 42% Chardonnay, 37% Pinot Meunier and 21% Pinot Noir from 2022... Read More
The village of Sermiers is best known for its Meunier because much of the vineyard area has more clay than Chardonnay or Pinot Noir prefer. This is from a single parcel of Meunier vines planted in 1967 and 1977, so it shows a... Read More
This could just be the very best value bottle of bubbles we've ever found. It's 90% Chardonnay with 10% Vermentino (Ugni Blanc) for lift and bite. The bubbles are small and persistent and the aromas and flavors bright... Read More
Villa Jolanda Prosecco is made from the Prosecco grape, Glera, grown in the hills north of Treviso. The wine features lovely aromas of white flowers, orchard fruits, and a touch of mineral. Lightly sparkling, the wine is full... Read More
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