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HISTORY & APPELLATION
Champagne is the most commercially successful region in the world. The reputation of Champagne wines is well established in New York, Tokyo and Sydney. This reputation is due to the dynamism of the Champagne houses, which have created strong brands with the same taste every year. This homogeneity has been made possible by blending vintages to smooth out the effects of years that are sometimes too typical, as well as by very broad supplies.
These standardized-tasting Champagnes have put Champagne on the map, but they're no guarantee of quality - far from it! But that's the price we have to pay to sell 200 million bottles a year.
Three grape varieties are present in Champagne:
- pinot noir (vinified in white to make champagnes, in red to elaborate Coteaux champenois and rosé champagnes) yields champagnes that are generally quite vinous and full-bodied.
- Chardonnay, produces fresher, fruitier and livelier champagnes. It's the king of the Côte des Blancs. Champagnes made from 100% chardonnay receive the Blanc de Blancs label.
- Pinot meunier, meanwhile, brings suppleness and lovely fruit to champagne.
Several areas of Champagne are famous. First, the Côte des Blancs, around Avize and Mesnil-sur-Oger in particular. The champagnes produced here are renowned for their finesse and elegance. The Montagne de Reims is known for its full-bodied, vinous champagnes, with a strong presence of Pinot Noir. The Marne valley is also known for great pinot noir-based cuvées, while the Aisne region makes extensive use of pinot meunier.
As in Burgundy, Champagne wines are highly heterogeneous. It's important to select your producer carefully to avoid any unpleasant surprises. Franck Pascal, Larmandier-Bernier, Françoise Bedel, Bruno Michel and Champagne Pouillon all represent reliable values.
Flee from low-priced supermarket champagnes made from second-press wines, which are often acidic and of very low quality. If all else fails, opt for a good Crémant d'Alsace.
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A straightforward, chiselled Champagne with a low dosage (1.5g): it develops citrus, fruit notes, with a slightly brioche finish. A superb Champagne!
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Grains de Celles rosé is a great success from Pierre Gerbais! This champagne boasts fine bubbles and a juicy, fruity frame. A superb bottle.
Guide des meilleurs vins de France 2023: 90/100
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Terre d "émotion Brut Vérité des Champagne Charpentier boasts a brilliant yellow-gold color, illuminated by green-gold highlights. Initially brioche-scented with hawthorn and violets, the nose is very fine and gourmand. The terroir enhances the blend, and the tangerine, white pepper and limestone minerality are very persistent and harmonious.Close
Empreinte de Terroir by Champagne Collet is a champagne with a distinctive identity. The nose develops notes of stone fruit and spicy citrus. On the palate, there's a velvety feel to the fine bubbles, and a mineral finish. It will be perfect as an aperitif or with fish.
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The champagne Brut Tradition de Sousa is a blend of several years. Pinots noirs give it roundness, pinots meunier vinosity, chardonnays freshness.
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Terre d'émotion blanc de blancs from Champagne Charpentier is a straightforward, mineral and airy champagne made from 100% chardonnay. An ideal bottle for the aperitif!
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Les Murgiers from domaine Francis Boulard et fille has a lovely nose of dried fruit, white fruit and citrus, with a floral note. The champagne shows presence on the palate, with its powerful, aromatic body. A full-bodied, expressive champagne.Brut Nature, champagne non doséThe Murgiers plots are certified organic as of 2014.
Bettane & Desseauve 2014: 17 /20Guide Exclusif Champagne 2013: 16-17/20Gerhard Eichelmann: * * * Robert Parker: 91+ /100
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The Terre d'émotion range from Champagnes Charpentier is grown using a biodynamic approach and vinified in part in re-used barrels. The rosé, 88% Chardonnay, borrows its color from the meunier. The result is a pale, powdery pink color, a fine, fresh nose of redcurrant and raspberry, and a palate in harmony with the nose, supple and lively on the attack, fresh on the finish, with citrus notes. Perfect as an aperitif.
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The Blanc de Noirs cuvée from Champagne Charpentier has a nose that's at once concentrated, rich and airy. Immediately marked by vanilla and toast greediness, it evolves distinctly towards red fruits. The creamy bubbles contribute to the soft, lingering texture. The ultimate gourmet sensation releases fresh, aromatic and refined notes.
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This Champagne Pouillon Grande Valle (ex cuvée Brut Réserve) reveals itself to be vinous, elegant with a very fine bubble, developing on notes of almonds, honeyed touches but also quince. A superb bottle for the aperitif. 17/20 gault et millau92/100 Wine Spectator
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Champagne Moussé's Eugène cuvée is a perpetual made with reserve wines dating from 2003 to 2020 and topped up each year with 50% of the new harvest. A complex, gourmet Champagne
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The cuvée 3C from domaine Bourgeois-Diaz is a superb Extra-Brut champagne. Endowed with beautiful complexity, we love its crystalline purity, fine bubbles and great elegance.
Suckling: 92/100
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A very great Champagne Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru. This reserve cuvée from Champagne De Sousa is very expressive on the nose with notes of white fruits. The attack on the palate is greedy and fruity. The finish is taut and clean. A superb champagne for aperitifs and meals.
Gault et Millau: 16/20Parker : 92/100Le Point 17.50/20
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Magnificent Grandes Côtes de P Gerbais, a blanc de noirs with a magnificent patina: long, complex, spicy, it has plenty of breed! A great Champagne Guide des meilleurs vins de France 2023: 93/100
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The Champagne Francis Boulard & Fille Rosé is made using the rosé de saignée technique to achieve greater extraction of aromas, after a short maceration of 10 to 12 hours. The palate is sapid, the bubble very fine and elegant, fat texture, long finish on a hint of sweet spices.
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The Chamapgne Blanc de Blancs from old vines has a nose that expresses citrus and tropical fruit notes, white flower notes, pine nut and toasted almond notes and mineral nuances. On the palate, it is deep, creamy, savory and pleasantly balanced.
RVF: 15.5 / 20
Bettane & Desseauve: 15.5 / 20
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Red fruit on the nose, with some citrus notes. The champagne has a straightforward profile on the palate, with a hint of saline minerality. It is made from 90% pinot noir.
Le point, Jacques Dupont: 16.5/20
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De Sousa's Cuvée 3A is made from equal proportions of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Vinification takes place in oak barrels, and the cuvée requires prolonged cellar aging of at least 3 years to reach full maturity. The dosage is low (less than 5g/L): it brings out the balance between the freshness and finesse of the Chardonnay on the one hand, and the roundness and power of the Pinot Noir on the other.RVF : 16/20Parker : 91/100Le Point 17.50/20
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This 747 vintage by Jacquesson is elegant, fruity and well-balanced, revealing notes of apple and yellow fruit. The finish is long, mineral and slightly mentholated.
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Pierre Gerbais' cuvée La Loge is a celebration of the rare Pinot Blanc grape variety, a treasure of the estate. Made from old vines planted in 1904, La Loge showcases the finesse and elegance of Pinot Blanc on Kimmeridgian soils. On the palate, this organic champagne reveals subtle aromas of white flowers, pear and hazelnut, with lovely tension and persistent minerality. Its balance makes it a perfect cuvée for gastronomic pairings, particularly with seafood, shellfish or grilled fish.
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