Champagne
| SPARKLING | 1981 | 1 bottle | Krug | Magnum | £2,200 per bottle | Krug 1981 / 1 bottle / Magnum £2,200 per bottle |
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| SPARKLING | 1998 | 2 bottles | Krug | 75cl | £320 per bottle | Krug 1998 / 2 bottles / 75cl £320 per bottle |
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| SPARKLING | 2000 | 1 bottle | Louis Roederer - Brut Vintage | Magnum | £195 per bottle | Louis Roederer Brut Vintage 2000 / 1 bottle / Magnum £195 per bottle |
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| SPARKLING | 2002 | 3 bottles | Dom Ruinart Rosé | 75cl | £260 per bottle | Dom Ruinart Rosé 2002 / 3 bottles / 75cl £260 per bottle |
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| SPARKLING | 2004 | 1 case | Dom Pérignon | 75cl | £760 per case of 6 | Dom Pérignon 2004 / 1 case / 75cl £760 per case of 6 |
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| SPARKLING | 2004 | 5 cases | Dom Ruinart Rosé | 75cl | £1,080 per case of 6 | Dom Ruinart Rosé 2004 / 5 cases / 75cl £1,080 per case of 6 |
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| SPARKLING | 2008 | 1 case | Taittinger - Comtes de Champagne | 75cl | £840 per case of 6 | Taittinger Comtes de Champagne 2008 / 1 case / 75cl £840 per case of 6 |
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| SPARKLING | 2011 | 3 cases | Krug | 75cl | £1,380 per case of 6 | Krug 2011 / 3 cases / 75cl £1,380 per case of 6 |
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| SPARKLING | 2012 | 1 case | Taittinger - Comtes de Champagne | 75cl | £560 per case of 6 | Taittinger Comtes de Champagne 2012 / 1 case / 75cl £560 per case of 6 |
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| SPARKLING | 2013 | 3 cases | Dom Pérignon | 75cl | £820 per case of 6 | Dom Pérignon 2013 / 3 cases / 75cl £820 per case of 6 |
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| SPARKLING | 2013 | 5 cases | Dom Ruinart Blanc de Blancs | 75cl | £950 per case of 6 | Dom Ruinart Blanc de Blancs 2013 / 5 cases / 75cl £950 per case of 6 |
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| SPARKLING | 2013 | 2 cases | Mailly Grand Cru - Les Echansons | 75cl | £480 per case of 6 | Mailly Grand Cru Les Echansons 2013 / 2 cases / 75cl £480 per case of 6 |
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Tasting Notes"Top of the range, this beautifully balanced blend of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay is impressive. It has intense freshness, the citrus and minerality integrated well together. It is a great wine and this bottling is ready to drink. 95 points." Roger Voss, The Wine Enthusiast, Nov '23------"This is a classic prestige cuvee champagne with effusive candied orange, toast and spicy aromas. Lovely balance of rich creaminess and freshness with the fine mousse lifting the ample mouth-filling palate. Long, subtle and precise finish that pulls you back for more. Drink or hold. 95 points." James Suckling, July '23 |
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| SPARKLING | 2013 | 3 cases | Salon Le Mesnil | 75cl | £2,220 per case of 3 | Salon Le Mesnil 2013 / 3 cases / 75cl £2,220 per case of 3 |
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| SPARKLING | 2013 | 2 cases | Taittinger - Comtes de Champagne | 75cl | £580 per case of 6 | Taittinger Comtes de Champagne 2013 / 2 cases / 75cl £580 per case of 6 |
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Tasting NotesNOT FOR EXPORT------"“The 2013 Comtes de Champagne captures all the pedigree of this great vintage in its energy, depth and vibrancy. Lemon confit, dried flowers, chamomile, spice and crushed rocks all race across the palate. Passionfruit, ginger, marzipan and mint appear later, filling out the layers beautifully. Harvest took place in October in what has become the exception rather than the norm in Champagne.” 98 points, Antonio Galloni, Vinous, May 2023 |
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| SPARKLING | 2013 | 20 cases | Taittinger - Comtes de Champagne | 75cl | £620 per case of 6 | Taittinger Comtes de Champagne 2013 / 20 cases / 75cl £620 per case of 6 |
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| SPARKLING | 2014 | 3 cases | Taittinger - Comtes de Champagne | 75cl | £595 per case of 6 | Taittinger Comtes de Champagne 2014 / 3 cases / 75cl £595 per case of 6 |
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Tasting NotesNOT FOR EXPORT------“Frankly, who cares about the specs – for the record, this Chardonnay hails from Grands Crus Avize, Cramant, Chouilly, Oger and Le Mesnil-sur-Oger; it spent 10 years in the cellar; its dosage is 8-9g/L. Nothing new here. What is showstopping about this wine is that it is an absolute beauty from the tips of its toes to the last fibre of its being...a glittering kaleidoscope of effortless, cleansing, elegant and sophisticated Grand-Cru-born, and perfectly balanced Chardonnay...If you, like me, have missed ‘classic Comtes’ of late, here she is...19.5 points." Matthew Jukes (Drink now – 2040), Sept 2025------“The 2014 Comtes de Champagne is pristine. In this tasting, it comes across as a mini-2008, similar in its linear personality, with just a touch more mid-palate creaminess. Readers will find a Comtes that plays in the realm of tension and energy. Citrus confit, white flowers, chalk, mint and chamomile are all finely sketched. Light tropical overtones grace the finish. What an absolute delight. The 2014 can be enjoyed now or cellared. Dosage is 9 grams per liter. 97 points." Antonio Galloni, Vinous, April 2025------“Closed in style and character like the 2013, Taittinger's 2014 Brut Blanc de Blancs Comtes de Champagne reveals aromas of ripe orchard fruit, confit citrus, dried flowers, herbs, spring blossoms and mirabelle mingled with customary autolytic notes. Full-bodied, seamless and enrobing, it has a delicate, elegant, fleshy core of fruit and racy acids, all enhanced by a saline, fresh and penetrating finish marked by finesse and elegance. This refined, chalky-inflected Comtes de Champagne has the potential to age gracefully over the next 30-40 years. 97 points." Yohan Castaing, Wine Advocate, Oct 2024------“Apricots, hazelnuts, lemons, white flowers, sliced almonds and hints of licorice on the nose. It's creamy and layered, with soft, rounded bubbles that spread across the palate. Lovely balance of breadth, ripeness and freshness, with delicious wildflower honey and nut notes lingering. 100% grand cru chardonnay from Avize, Mesnil-sur-Oger, Oger, Cramant and Chouilly. Drink or hold. 97 points." James Suckling, Aug 2025 |
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| SPARKLING | 2014 | 2 cases | Taittinger - Comtes de Champagne | Magnum | £780 per case of 3 | Taittinger Comtes de Champagne 2014 / 2 cases / Magnum £780 per case of 3 |
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| SPARKLING | 2015 | 3 bottles | Bollinger - La Côte aux Enfants | 75cl | £745 per bottle | Bollinger La Côte aux Enfants 2015 / 3 bottles / 75cl £745 per bottle |
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Tasting Notes“Many believe that the rare Champagne version of La Côte aux Enfants has replaced the red wine of the same name. This is incorrect. The south-facing slope that produces one of the most powerful Pinot Noir expressions Bollinger has at its disposal is still used for the red wine, but the hard and compact chalk on the west side produces wines of a completely different character and is made in vanishingly small quantities as a world-class Blanc de Noirs. When Björnstierne and I tasted 2014 La Côte aux Enfants and Bollinger Vieilles Vignes Françaises from the same vintage at Old Man Storr in Scotland, the late-harvest edition of La Côte aux Enfants was almost as rich and viscously powerful as the VVF. Now that the wine came from a warm 2015 and the VVF emerged from the light year of 2016, I expected a heavily loaded behemoth, but instead I was greeted with the lightest and most finely tuned edition of Enfants to date. This is how terroir can control vintage character if the location has its own exceptional character, as is the case here. Not nearly as much "Right in your face" character as VVF, but an extremely sublime chalk reaking string quartet that elegantly passes all difficult passages with the light flapping of an Aurora butterfly's wings. The intensity of the color and sparkling clarity suggest that we are dealing with a Blanc de Noirs. The aroma, however, has the same minerality as a Blanc de Blancs from Avize or Le Mesnil. Extremely fresh and cool bouquet of chalk, geranium, orange blossom, lemon and blood grape. In the complexly structured taste, I find the same earthy notes as in the aroma. In addition to citrus and chalk-oriented mineral notes, there are also Gravenstein apple, gunpowder, oyster shell and a whole armada of maritime salt-splashed and salivating gastro elements. If, against all odds, you come across this rare treasure, promise me to wait until 2035 before drinking it. I am convinced that the mineral backbone the wine is built around will carry the fruit and the new layers of maturity with pride and reverence.” 96 points Richard Juhlin |
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| SPARKLING | 2015 | 1 case | Bollinger - La Grande Année | 75cl | £549 per case of 6 | Bollinger La Grande Année 2015 / 1 case / 75cl £549 per case of 6 |
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Tasting Notes"Oops, is it already time for another vintage of this gem? Amazing how fast time goes. 2015 is generally a problematic vintage with heat stress and a period of drought. It is no art to get richness and power in the wines, but elegance and freshness are rare. Because Bollinger's house style is inherently so masculinely powerful, Bollinger's eminent team focused on preserving freshness first and foremost. According to Denis Bunner, Bollinger felt that the grapes they had access to gave more typicity and greater elegance to the Chardonnay this time. Hence a slightly higher content of the green grape than in the original recipe. Perhaps even more important was the choice of Avize and Verzenay as engines. Verzenay behaves in many ways like Chardonnay with its chalky elegance and great purity. This time the shares of Aÿ and Verzenay were equal for the unusual skull. Fat Cramant and Oger were now downplayed and Avize was primarily supported by tight Chouilly. An interesting detail that reduces tannin, clumsiness and contributes to an increased sense of freshness is, oddly enough, oak barrels. This is due to its great age and the company's strict selection of the best casks that only provide microoxidation. The color is already deep golden with a fine stream of tiny bubbles fighting their way up through the glycerol-rich concentrated wine. Intense and rich and at the same time nuanced and complex. The small concentrated grapes ultimately produced an ultimate gastronomic masterpiece. The scent cannonade is classic Bollinger, but fresh and more nuanced than I expected from the vintage. Stone fruits, honeysuckle, honey, plum marmalade, Cox Orange, raspberry, almond, hazelnut, leather, tanned skin, cigar, and duck liver are all clear instruments in the orchestra playing their richly generous vintage anthem. The freshness does not come from acid this time, but from lack of water and concentrated extracts in a similar way as the even more extreme 2003. I finish I find tobacco, forest and chocolate with sea salt, a delicious combination. Precisely the saltiness and the slightly higher tannin content contribute to making this a perfect partner for poultry in all its forms. 93-95 points." Richard Juhlin------“A hot year with drought issues made Bollinger seek freshness and subtlety via Pinot Noirs of north facing terroirs and an unusually high proportion of Chardonnay (40%). The nose oozes lush red berry fruit, golden raisins and tropical fruit exuberance. Rich and ripe in profile, the wine if laudably free of the culprit of the year, the vegetal austerity, which Bollinger was able to avoid by barrel vinifications’ effect in removing excess phenolics and the strict selection enabled by individual barrels. There is impressive density on the textured palate, that finishes on a spicy note adding on to the wine’s freshness. A rare success in 2015, this is a vintage for the friends of Bollinger’s classically vinous style. Due to its richness and structuredness it promises fine potential for ageing. 94 points with potential for 96." Essi Avellan MW, March 2024------“Bollinger's 2015 Brut Grand Année is an intriguing wine in that is clearly reflects the decision to pick on the later side in order to avoid vegetal notes derived from the mismatch of alcoholic and phenolic ripeness. "Balance was hard to achieve in 2015," Chef de Cave Dennis Bunner notes. "At 10% in sugar, the fruit was simply not ripe. We had to wait to reach the optimal window of ripeness." Bunner also opted to increase the Chardonnay, so the blend is 60% Pinot Noir and 40% Chardonnay, as opposed to the more typical 70/30 blend, with more Verzenay than Aÿ in the Pinots. Dried citrus peel, sage, menthol, sage, tangerine peel and spice build with some coaxing. Light tropical overtones develop with aeration. There's real density and textural richness here. This will be a fascinating vintage to follow. Stylistically, it is the complete opposite from the much more linear 2014 that precedes it. 96 points." Antonio Galloni, Vinous, March 2024 |
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| SPARKLING | 2015 | 5 cases | Bollinger - La Grande Année Rosé | 75cl | £750 per case of 6 | Bollinger La Grande Année Rosé 2015 / 5 cases / 75cl £750 per case of 6 |
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