It still feels too warm for anything to do with Christmas, but that certainly doesn’t preclude us from drinking Champagne so we thought we’d send out a few offers starting with a 2012 Silver Medal International Wine Challenge winner:
Taittinger Brut Champagne – 6 Bottle Offer – Just 拢28.50 a bottle
Grapes: Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier, Pinot Noir
Region: Champagne 聽Origin: France, Non Vintage聽ABV: 12%
Special Offer Prices:
Single Bottle聽拢31.95
Just聽拢28.50 in a case of 6
Magnums just 拢60聽in a case of 3
Lea & Sandeman review
‘Vinified from the first pressings of selected Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier grapes. Matured on its lees for three years, the wine contains 40% Chardonnay, on average twice the percentage found in most standard cuvees. The Brut Reserve is dry, light and elegant with fine, pale gold bubbles, subtle body and citrus, peach and brioche notes on the nose.’ L&S
Other reviews and comments
‘This smells nutty with a touch of honey, as if there鈥檚 some older reserve wine added to the latest vintage; and it鈥檚 deliciously, seductively full-bodied and rich on the palate, full-flavoured too with a seductive creamy textured mousse, lots of melt-in-the-mouth yeasty complexity and undertones of honey and nuttiness.’ 90/100 www.thewinegang.com
‘A yeasty and lemon peel nose that possesses good freshness merges into crisp, straightforward and nicely detailed flavors that are pleasantly fruity and just complex enough to avoid being one-dimensional. I have never quite understood why, with such a distinguished range, that they can鈥檛 seem to do better with this cuv茅e.’聽87/100 Allen Meadows, www.Burghound.com
*Mix any 12 bottles (9 litres) on our website or in our shops for our ‘case price discount’. Free Nationwide delivery over 拢100. Next day Delivery to Central London.
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