Champagne Blend Wines
Rare Champagnes Blend Wines
When it comes to sparkling wines, there are a few brands that are considered practically “royalty.” Champagne blend bottles instantly convince you to share this opinion through their sheer quality. While it is now produced in many countries around the world, it originates from Champagne in northern France. There are very few sparklers that even come close to this level of divine architecture. Nothing short of a miracle could make a drink this tasty while also making it consistent over the years.The secret lies in the high-quality grape varietals used in the blend. The three main varietals come together like that’s what they were raised for, each bringing its unique traits and qualities to the mix. Chardonnay gives it a fresh, vivacious feel, and an elegance and finesse much like that of a ballet dancer, except this time the performance is in your mouth. Pinot Noir improves the texture of the sparkler in a way that makes it incredibly compelling to drink and think about, while also adding some unique flavors.
Pinot Meunier is the least represented, but adds a huge amount of consistency to the other two, being the first to ripen and thus avoiding any frost damage that would otherwise harm the experience – and what an experience it is! If you can wrap your lips around a Champagne blend from 2015 or a similarly outstanding year, you’ll be brought down to your knees.
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1976 Krug Collection92WSA gorgeous but extreme style of Champagne that's fully mature in flavor yet lively in balance. It's deep gold in color, smooth in texture and long on the finish. Intricate accents ..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $2,805.00 -
1988 Krug98RPKrug's 1988 Brut has long numbered among my very favorite vintages for this house, with the best bottles flirting with a three-digit score. Offering up complex aromas of apricot, c..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $1,565.00 -
1989 Krug Collection96JG(Krug Collection Brut) The 1989 Krug Collection is absolutely brilliant Champagne and one of the best bottles of wine I have had the pleasure to taste this year. The totally &agrav..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $1,770.00
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1990 Louis Roederer Cristal99DECUnusually, the 1990 vintage produced grapes with high sugars and high acidity, which has led to this legendary Cristal which is so ripe, rich, limpid, and dazzlingly delicious on t..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $10,535.00
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1990 Moet Chandon Dom Perignon99JSThis is really incredible with orange peel, dried pineapple and flan. Exotic. Full body, round and savory. Crazy character at the finish of cooked pineapple and tart tartine. Gorge..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $599.00 -
1990 Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame96DECFine burnished gold, apt for a 30 year old Champagne – alive and kicking. What impresses is the fresh Chardonnay, which balances the opulence of 1990 mature Pinot opulence. A..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $995.00 -
1995 Krug98WSA very youthful '95. Delicate. Intense aromas of ginger, citrus, candied berry and multigrain bread turn to honey, roasted almonds and graphite on the palate. It's all underscored ..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $2,050.00 -
1996 Bollinger R.D.97JSI have drunk this a half dozen times in the last six months and it always amazes me. The Recently Disgorged Bolly is ultra rich with yeast and spice and bread. It's tight and in re..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $520.00
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1996 Krug100W&SIt's hard to imagine how a wine of this power can sustain perfect balance. What is now a more nonchalant intensity in the aroma was, in fact, too much to handle when we tasted this..." Learn MoreAs low as $970.00 -
2004 Bollinger R.D.98W&STime has graced this wine, proving the value of Bollinger’s policy of long aging on the lees followed by prompt release after disgorgement. This RD (Recently Disgorged) 2004 ..." Learn MoreAs low as $250.00 -
2004 Charles Heidsieck Blanc des Millenaires98WEThis is an iteration of a legendary Champagne. Perfectly balanced, still packed with white fruit but just touching nuttiness, the wine is at its peak. Celebrating one of the great ..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $235.00 -
2004 Philipponnat Clos des Goisses97AGThe 2004 Clos des Goisses is dense and powerful in the glass, with all of the pure, unbridled energy that has always been such a signature here. Hints of lemon peel, mint, spice an..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $300.00 -
2004 Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame94DEC(Veuve Clicquot, La Grande Dame, Champagne, France, White) Subtle gold presages latent power, alchemy at work. Here we meet La Grande Dame at her most elegant, the wine’s arc..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $220.00 -
2005 Taittinger Comtes de Champagne95+JG(Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut (Reims)) The 2005 Comtes de Champagne is a stunning young wine. The bouquet is deep, pure and youthfully complex, as it offers ..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $235.00 -
2005 Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Rose95+JG(Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Brut Rosé (Reims)) The 2005 Comtes de Champagne Brut Rosé from Champagne Taittinger is a blend of seventy percent pinot noir and thirt..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $570.00 -
2006 Billecart Salmon Le Clos St. Hilaire Brut Blanc de Noirs93DECAlthough it was disgorged in November 2020, Mathieu Roland Billecart has been keen to delay the release. The ageing post disgorgement is just as important as that before it and som..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $549.00 -
2006 Pierre Moncuit Cuvee Extra Brut Millesime Champagne95WEFrom grand cru Chardonnay vineyards, this beautifully mature wine is ready to drink. Still with its mineral edge, the Champagne is textured. But it is the ripeness, the brioche fla..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $54.99
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2007 Billecart Salmon Extra Brut95WEDefinitely dry, this impressively crisp wine is tightly textured, mineral in character and with great fruit. Its acidity and taut tangy character are part of a sophisticated wine t..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $179.00 -
2008 Besserat De Bellefon Champagne Cuvee Des Moines Brut Millesime93RPTasted from the same lot as in June this year, the 2008 Cuvée des Moines Brut Millésime is very fine on the deep, ripe and elegant nose where the 31% Pinot Noir and P..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $62.99
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2008 Deutz Champagne Cuvee William Deutz Brut Millesime97JSThis is incredibly long and beautiful. It’s full-bodied, but comes across with so much finesse and complexity. It goes on for minutes. Compressed with very fine phenolics. On..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $155.00 -
2008 Edouard Brun & Cie Vintage Brut Premier Cru Champagne93RPDisgorged in June 2017 with a dosage of six grams per liter, the 2008 Brut Premier Cru Vintage is an assemblage of 50% Grand Cru Chardonnay fermented in cuves and 50% Premier Cru P..." Learn MoreAs low as $49.99 -
2008 Gosset Celebris Extra Brut Rose95DECThe skillfully crafted Gosset Champagnes remain in good hands with the current cellar master Odilon de Varine, as evidenced by this fascinating rosé Champagne. Over the past..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $219.00 -
2008 Henriot Brut Millesime96DECAn undramatic, cloud-filled season came right in a late harvest in October. A textbook cool vintage of great ageing potential. The perfect 50/50 balance of mineral-stamped Chardonn..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $79.95 -
2008 Laurent Perrier Champagne Brut Millesime96WEWhile still young, this Champagne has all the makings of greatness. Produced from grand cru vineyards, it already balances ripe white fruits with a firm structure that will age wel..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $67.95