Grower Champagnes
More than most other wines, Champagne is dominated by big brands. We've all heard of the grandest of the Grande Marques and it is easy to fall back on familiarity when you're in need of the right bubbles.
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BARNAUT Grande Réserve Brut Grand Cru Bouzy NV
Champagne France 13% White
Chardonnay, Pinot Noir. Vegetarian
All from Grand Cru vineyards of Bouzy, two-thirds Pinot and one third Chardonnay, full style with balance and brightness to support the rich flavour. Rapidly becoming our best selling Champagne, and now that Bob Parker h...(read more)
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BARNAUT 'Blanc de Noirs' Brut Grand Cru Bouzy Champagne NV
Champagne France 12.5% White
Pinot Noir. Vegetarian
A big, full-blown, powerful blanc de noirs (100% Pinot Noir from the Grand Cru vineyards of Bouzy), which nevertheless retains a balance and freshness along with its considerable vinosity. Rated even higher than Bollinge...(read more)
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LEGRAS Blanc de Blancs Brut Grand Cru Chouilly R & L Legras NV
Champagne France 12% White
Chardonnay.
From the Grand Cru vineyards of Chouilly, this entirely Chardonnay champagne has pale colour, smooth weight and fresh flavour, with remarkable clean length and a zesty finish. A really exciting quality Champagne which (s...(read more)
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LARMANDIER-BERNIER 'Latitude' Extra Brut 1er Cru NV
Champagne France 12.5% White
Chardonnay. Organic, Bio-dynamic
Wow. Every sip here is a thrill. The Latitude is a very dry blend of 100% Chardonnay from Vertus (this is in fact an extra-brut), elegant and pure flavours, making for an interesting contrast to the Egly-Ouriet style. Br...(read more)
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LARMANDIER-BERNIER 'Longitude' Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut 1er Cru NV
Champagne France 12.5% White
Chardonnay. Organic, Bio-dynamic
This is a touch more full bodied than the Latitude, even though it is also 100% Chardonnay. There are some more evolved notes yet this remains very elegant and long. Chiselled but with softer edges. Now labelled as 'Long...(read more)
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EGLY-OURIET Les Vignes de Vrigny Brut 1er Cru NV
Champagne France 12.5% White
Pinot Meunier.
A very unusual Champagne, in the sense that there is no attempt to make a cuvée (blend) this is a single variety (Pinot Meunier) from very old vines at a single site in the village of Vrigny. Francis Egly's only n...(read more)
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LEGRAS Cuvée Hommage Brut Grand Cru Chouilly R & L Legras NV
Champagne France 12.4% White
Pinot Meunier, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir.
This version of 'Hommage' is 70% from 2010 and the remaining 30% from 2007. Made today by Julien in 'hommage' to his grandfather; the idea is to emulate the style of champagne he was making, many years ago (right down to...(read more)
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LARMANDIER-BERNIER Rosé de Saignée Extra Brut Vertus NV
Champagne France 12.5% Rosé
Pinot Noir. Organic, Bio-dynamic
This is a genuine 'rosé de saignée' made only from Pinot Noir. Grapes are destemmed and left to macerate for about two days before the juice is bled off for fermentation. The wine is matured on the lees ove...(read more)
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EGLY-OURIET Tradition Brut Grand Cru Ambonnay
Champagne France 12.5% White
Chardonnay, Pinot Noir.
Francis Egly’s wines seem to have become real cult classics. This is their most classically styled cuvée, and it has all the hallmarks of this great producer. Weight and power – but lift and drive too. Clever sati...(read more)
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2008 LEGRAS Cuvée Saint Vincent Brut Grand Cru Chouilly R & L Legras
Champagne France 12% White
Chardonnay.
Legras' top vintage cuvée is the sublime Saint Vincent from Grand Cru vineyards in Chouilly. Crunchingly dry with brisk Blanc de Blancs acidity, but overlayed with rich brioche, yeast, and baked apple and pear cha...(read more)
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2011 LARMANDIER-BERNIER Vieille Vigne du Levant Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut Grand Cru Cramant
Champagne France White
Chardonnay. Organic, Bio-dynamic
I'm increasingly convinced that Pierre Larmandier produced Champagne's wines of the vintage this year, and the 2011 Extra-Brut Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Vieille Vigne du Levant only compounds that suspicion. Unfurling in...(read more)
William Kelley, The Wine Advocate
EGLY-OURIET Rosé Brut Grand Cru Ambonnay NV
Champagne France 12.5% Rosé
Chardonnay, Pinot Noir.
Similar approach to the Grand Cru Tradition, except that there is Coteaux Champenois rouge in the cuvée. Pale pink in colour, vibrant, elegant and immensely elegant this is one of the best rose champagnes on the market.
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