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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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 $1,360.00 -
1990 Krug98W&SWhen I tasted this wine pre-release last year, it already showed itself to be great. Now with the benefit of an additional year of age, it may be the greatest Krug I've tasted. The..." Learn MoreAs low as $1,170.00 -
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 -
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 $489.00 -
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 MoreAs low as $855.00 -
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 $940.00 -
1996 Krug Clos Du Mesnil100AGKrug's 1996 Clos du Mesnil remains one of the greatest Champagnes I have ever tasted. Deep, powerful and explosive, the 1996 possesses tremendous energy. The first signs of aromati..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $4,095.00
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2002 Krug Clos Du Mesnil(Krug, Clos du Mesnil, Champagne, France, White) Singly and emphatically the greatest Champagne release of recent years. Grand malic acidity of dizzyingly heightened proportions is..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $3,085.00 -
2002 Louis Roederer Cristal100AGRoederer’s 2002 Cristal, from magnum, is just off the charts. What else is there to say? The magnum format is so well-suited to Champagne. As opposed to still wines, which ar..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $655.00 -
2002 Philipponnat Clos des Goisses97JG(Philipponnat Clos des Goisses Brut) These most recent two bottles of the 2002 Clos des Goisses were both magnificent. The wine is starting to really drink with great style at age ..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $450.00 -
2004 Krug97+AGKrug's 2004 Vintage is absolutely mesmerizing. Layers of bright, chiseled fruit open up effortlessly as the wine fleshes out with time in the glass. Persistent and beautifully focu..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $505.00 -
2005 Louis Roederer Cristal97JG(Louis Roederer Cristal Brut) The 2005 Cristal is a legend in the making, but this wine is still very young and closed and some extended bottle age will be necessary to really allo..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $450.00 -
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 $480.00 -
2006 Louis Roederer Cristal97DEC(Louis Roederer, Cristal, Champagne, France, White) Fantastic from the start. A colossal power of beautiful rumbling Pinot maturity. It’s like chewing on the ripest grapes fr..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $359.00 -
2006 Piper-Heidsieck Cuvee Rare97+JDThe flagship release is the 2006 Champagne Rare, a 70/30 split of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir that’s a cellar selection from 8 different Grand Cru vineyards. Tight, backward, a..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $579.00 -
2006 Taittinger Comtes de Champagne98VMWe started with the 2006 Taittinger Comtes de Champagne, which is every bit as racy and seductive as it has always been. It’s a great, great vintage for Comtes.Vinous Media |..." Learn MoreAs low as $299.00 -
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 -
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 MoreFormats Available:As low as $49.99 -
2008 Egly-Ouriet Brut Grand Cru Millesime100RPThe 2008 Brut Grand Cru Millésime was eventually disgorged with only five grams per liter dosage, as Francis Egly and I had discussed last summer, and the wine has turned ou..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $1,169.00 -
2008 Gosset Celebris Extra Brut96AGThe 2008 Extra-Brut Celebris offers up hints of apricot, brioche, baked apple tart, white pepper, chamomile and dried flowers. Extended time on the lees yields a Champagne with ter..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $189.00 -
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 $199.00 -
2008 Louis Roederer Cristal100JDThe 2008 Cristal is a perfect wine, and Champagne simple does not get any better. This incredible wine offers a beautiful perfume of clean, crisp fruits, layers of complexity in it..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $1,299.00 -
2008 Moet Chandon Dom Perignon Rose (Luminous Labels)99JSThis shows incredible depth of fruit with strawberry, cherry and phenolics. Full-bodied and layered with an incredible, three-dimensional element to the wine. This is so transparen..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $599.00 -
2008 P Moncuit Cuvee Brut Millesime Champagne94AGThe 2008 Brut Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru is a fabulous wine from this great Champagne vintage. Given the extended time on the lees (more than ten years) the 2008 shows quite a bit o..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $67.99 -
2008 Paul Bara Champagne Marie de France95AGBara's 2008 Brut Millesime Comtesse Marie de France offers a striking interplay of rich Pinot fruit with the natural tension of the year. Bright floral and mineral accents drive th..." Learn MoreFormats Available:As low as $155.00