Vintage Champagne

Pinot Meunier 20%, Pinot Noir 40%, Chardonnay 40%. This cuvée was first created to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the founding of the estate, and named after the founder, Edmond Barnau...(more info)

A relatively low dosage vintage Blanc de Blancs Champagne from Grand Cru vineyards in the Cote des Blancs, aged for 4 years before degorgement. Clean, brisk Blanc de Blancs structure with fresh a...(more info)

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...(more info)

After seven years aging in the chalk cellars of Pol Roger , this has turned an elegant pale gold with fine, persistent bubbles. You sense the warmth of the vintage on the nose wher...(more info)

12 years 'sur lattes' for this cuvée. Very fine and elegant nose is followed by richness in the mouth - lemon and lemon zest - which seem to to be the signature flavours from le Mesnil. On...(more info)

Taittinger's 2007 Comtes de Champagne will be nearly impossible to resist upon release. Soaring aromatics, mid-weight structure and soft contours give the 2007 its alluring personality. Lemon oil...(more info)

The 2008 Dom Pérignon is fabulous, but quite remarkably, it was even more open when I tasted it a year ago. Bright, focused and crystalline in its precision, the 2008 is going to need a nu...(more info)

(Please note this vintage is not supplied with the usual Roederer packaging). The latest vintage of Louis Roederer's top Champagne arrives before the one that preceded it in the cellar – the comp...(more info)

From a fresh vintage and internally nicknamed "Luminous Freshness," Krug's light golden colored 2004 Brut is brighter on the nose than the 2002 that I tasted next to it. There are fresh...(more info)

Magnum. So powerfully scented that it perfumed the room on opening. Meaty, savoury nose. Not at all sweet. Bone dry and upright somehow. Very appetising – not at all rich. A seriously good aperit...(more info)

Let's start describing the 2008 Cristal technically first. It is a 60/40 blend of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from 36 plots in seven grands crus: Verzy, Verzenay, Beaumont and Aÿ for the Pinot...(more info)

The 2002 Cristal (Re-Release) is just as arrestingly beautiful as it has always been. Exotic, powerful and sensual, the 2002 is just starting to show all of its cards. The 2002 was magnificent wh...(more info)