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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BARON ALBERT L'Universelle Brut Champagne Baron Albert NV
Champagne France 12.5% White
Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier.
Tasted 'blind' in a line-up of inexpensive champagnes (as well as one Grande Marque) this showed remarkably well, coming out as a clear winner. Bright, light and very fresh, this is an easy drinking 'aperitif' champagne...(read more)
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FOSSILE Brut Fleury-la-Rivi猫re Champagne M & G Heucq NV
Champagne France 12.5% White
Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier.
We're pretty excited about the sheer value of this one: a cuvée of 50% Pinot Meunier, 30% Chardonnay, 20% Pinot Noir, vinified 90% in stainless steel and 10% in barrel, aged 36 months in bottle before disgorgement...(read more)
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TRADITION Brut Champagne Lancelot Pienne NV
Champagne France 12.5% White
Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier.
70% Pinot Meunier with 15% each of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from 70 different plots of the domaine, and completed with 20% of wine from the 'perpetual reserve', this non-vintage is a Champagne for all occasions. It's qu...(read more)
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FOSSILE Ros茅 Brut Fleury-la-Rivi猫re Champagne M & G Heucq NV
Champagne France 12.5% Ros茅
Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier.
50% Pinot Meunier, 30% Chardonnay and 20% Pinot Noir, of which 14% is red. A big vinous wine with a positive colour and rich depth. Rather fun - creamy mousse, could be really fun at the table. Base is 2017. Dosage is 7....(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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ACCORD MAJEUR Brut Champagne Lancelot Pienne NV
Champagne France 12.5% White
Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier.
A cuvée which takes the style of the 'Tradition' and exalts it. Still majority Pinot Meunier, it's from different terroirs. As Gilles put it, this has 'more dried fruit - hazelnuts and apricot'. Deeper gold colour...(read more)
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BARNAUT Grande R茅serve Brut Grand Cru Bouzy NV
Champagne France 12.5% 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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INSTANT PR脡SENT Blanc de Blancs Brut Champagne Lancelot Pienne NV
Champagne France 12.5% White
Chardonnay.
90% Chardonnay from the coteaux sud d鈥橢pernay (Monthelon, Mancy), which have much more in common with the Côte de Blancs than the Marne valley, and a bit of Bisseuil, which may be responsible for the ripe...(read more)
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TANDEM Brut Fleury-la-Rivi猫re Champagne M & G Heucq NV
Champagne France 12.5% White
Chardonnay, Pinot Noir.
As Guillaume puts it, this is a marriage of two grape varieties (50% each of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir), two vinification methods - barrel and stainless steel, and of course two people - Guillaume and Melody. Very immedi...(read more)
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NICOLAS MAILLART Platine 1er Cru Extra Brut
Montagne de Reims Champagne France 12.5% White
Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier.
57% Pinot Noir, 28% Chardonnay, 15% Pinot Meunier. Complex and rich but restrained too. Delicate mousse with an impressive lightness of touch, which comes partly from its being very dry, but it鈥檚 full flavoured in the mi...(read more)
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LEGRAS Blanc de Blancs Brut Grand Cru Chouilly R & L Legras NV
Champagne France 12.5% 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 al...(read more)
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NICOLAS MAILLART Extra Brut 1er Cru NV
Montagne de Reims Champagne France 12.5% White
Chardonnay, Pinot Noir.
A badly-chosen name, says Nicolas, since the Platine is also an Extra-Brut. It from selected parcels in three villages, older vines and it is left a little longer on the lees in bottle. 60% Pinot Noir and 40% Chardonnay....(read more)
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