Vintage Champagne
Vintage Champagne is, of course, the product of one single year. But more than that, Vintage Champagnes are special selections from the best vintages, and are aged for longer (legally at least 3 years, usually more) prior to degorgement. They tend to be more complex, deeper more vinous experiences than non-vintage and have some capacity for further ageing.
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2011 BARNAUT Cuvée Edmond Brut Grand Cru Bouzy
Champagne France 12.5% White
Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier, Chardonnay. Organic
Picked by hand, with selective screening on the bunch. 40% Pinot Noir for its personality and roundness + 40% Chardonnay for its freshness and finesse + 20% Pinot Meunier for its crisp fruit. Dos...(more info)
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2013 LARMANDIER-BERNIER Terre de Vertus Non Dosé 1er Cru
Champagne France 12.5% White
Chardonnay. Organic, Bio-dynamic
100% Chardonnay from Premier Crus vineyards planted in 1982 and 1962, given absolutely no 'dosage', making it an ultra brut, and in Pierre Larmandier's words a true expression of the Vertus 'terr...(more info)
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2012 LEGRAS Présidence Vieilles Vignes Brut Grand Cru Chouilly R & L Legras
Champagne France 12.5% White
Chardonnay.
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)
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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...(more info)
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2010 LARMANDIER-BERNIER Vieille Vigne du Levant Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut Grand Cru Cramant
Champagne France 12.5% White
Chardonnay. Organic, Bio-dynamic
2012 POL ROGER Brut Champagne Pol Roger
Champagne France White
Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier, Chardonnay.
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)
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2004 GONET-MÉDEVILLE Champ Alouette Extra Brut Grand Cru Le Mesnil
Champagne France 12.5% White
Pinot Noir, Chardonnay.
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)
L&S2006 GONET-MÉDEVILLE Grande Ruelle Extra Brut Grand Cru Ambonnay
Champagne France 12.5% White
Pinot Noir, Chardonnay.
All from Ambonnay. Rich nose, deep notes of confit fruit and fresh fleshy red fruit - strawberry and raspberry, mingling with autolytic amplitude and generosity. Fabulous length again.
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2007 TAITTINGER Comtes de Champagne Brut
Champagne France 12% White
Chardonnay.
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)
Antonio Galloni, www.vinous.com
2008 DOM PÉRIGNON Brut Champagne Moët & Chandon
Champagne France 12.5% White
Pinot Noir, Chardonnay.
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)
Antonio Galloni, www.vinous.com
2008 CRISTAL Brut Champagne Louis Roederer
Champagne France 12% White
Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier, Chardonnay.
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)
Stephan Reinhart, The Wine Advocate, erobertparker.comORDER
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