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Vintage Champagnes |
Taste
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Trade
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Moet et Chandon 2000
Moet et Chandon Vintage Champagne has very much more developed
biscuit flavours than the NV. |
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£31.53 |
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Bollinger
La Grande Annee 1997
Mostly made from Pinot Noir which generally gives the wine that
full-bodied flavour. |
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£44.59 |
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Billecart-Salmon Cuvée NFB 1996
A palate piled high with fruit balanced by excellent acidity to ensure
that it lasts for a long time. |
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£45.89 |
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Billecart-Salmon Blanc de Blancs Brut 1998
This retains Billecart’s exceptional creaminess with great freshness and
developed nutty and toasty overtones. Twice voted the best Champagne
served on first class airlines. |
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£53.20 |
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Taittinger Comtes de Champagne 1998
Originally James Bond’s favourite. Rich, ripe fruit, full bodied flavours
and an excellent finish. |
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£58.29 |
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Perrier Jouet Belle Epoque Vintage 2002
Cuvée Belle Epoque remains one of the most popular Vintage Champagnes
not just because of its peerless presentation. It has amazing biscuit
and almond flavours, a floral bouquet and a finish to die for. |
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£66.03 |
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Dom Perignon 1998
Did this famous monk invent Champagne or not? Whatever, the champagne
bearing his name is one of the region’s best. |
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£77.62 |
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Krug Grande Prestige Cuvée Brut
Strictly this is a Krug, as the price suggests, undoubtedly a top producer
of a rich, fruity but elegant wine. |
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£97.11 |
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Krug Vintage 1996
Vintage Krug with fourteen years bottle age is very rare.
This has a silky richness and a hugely long finish. |
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£130.40 |
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Louis Roederer Cristal Brut
A very famous but truly wonderful Champagne produced in maddeningly
small quantities is magnificent with ten years’ age in bottle but who can wait? |
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£176.15 |
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VINTAGE ROSE CHAMPAGNES |
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Veuve Clicquot Rosé 2002
Big, rich Pinot Noir fruit. |
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£38.92 |
