Champagne, one of the world’s most well-known wine styles, is typically made from a combination of Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier wines. Simply, Pinot Noir adds structure, Chardonnay adds weight and Pinot Meunier backs them up while ripening early, ensuring growers can harvest some grapes while avoiding potential frosts. Each Champagne house has a different style, and proportionately uses the wines in order to emulate this. Blancs de Blancs, a commonly labelled style, is made from 100% Chardonnay.
Tucked into the lee of the South Downs to protect the grapes from the cool English Channel breezes, Nyetimber`s vineyards provide all of the fruit to make their exceptional English sparkling wines. Crafted from the classic Champagne grape varieties in the traditional style of the famous French region, this cuvee is not a copy of... Read more
Taittinger crafts their signature Brut Reserve Champagne from a blend of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier grapes scrupulously selected from over 35 different vineyards and vintages. The blend has a high proportion of Chardonnay which gives the wine a delicious freshness and subtle complexity. Full-bodied and elegant, thi... Read more
Made in only the best years, Laurent Perrier`s Vintage Champagne, or Brut Millesime, are crafted from painstaking selection of high-quality grapes. The 2012 Champagne vintage was excellent, and this exceptional wine, made from equal parts Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, is expressive and powerful, with a refined elegance and rich pal... Read more
Bollinger Special Cuvee is famous for its consistently high quality and great overall balance. Bollinger produces, without a doubt, one of the best Grande Marque Champagnes available. The use of barrel fermentation and preference for Pinot Noir as the majority blend component gives a ripe and powerful flavour profile, with a ref... Read more
Only the very best Grand and Premier Cru grapes are chosen to make the Bollinger Grande Année, which is the ultimate expression of the house style. The 2014 vintage is a blend of 61% Pinot Noir and 39% Chardonnay from 21 Crus including Aÿ and Verzenay (Pinot Noir) as well as Chouilly and Oiry (Chardonnay), creating a rich and ... Read more
Only the very best Grand and Premier Cru grapes are chosen to make the Bollinger Grande Année, which is the ultimate expression of the house style. The 2014 vintage is a blend of 61% Pinot Noir and 39% Chardonnay from 21 Crus including Aÿ and Verzenay (Pinot Noir) as well as Chouilly and Oiry (Chardonnay), creating a rich and ... Read more
A refreshing and elegant sparkling wine, Silver Reign is crafted using the Charmat method, from 100% Pinot Noir harvested only when it reaches its optimum maturity. This ensures that the best grapes are pressed and fermented into a base wine, before undergoing second fermentation in the tank. This is the same method that is used... Read more
Tucked into the lee of the South Downs to protect the grapes from the cool English Channel breezes, Nyetimber`s vineyards provide all of the fruit to make their exceptional English sparkling wines. Crafted from the classic Champagne grape varieties in the traditional style of the famous French region, this cuvee is not a copy of... Read more
Chassenay d`Arce is the creator of our house Champagne (Jacques Boncoeur), and this Pinot Blanc is a cuvée of real rarity as this grape varietal is seemingly forgotten about in Champagne. Nevertheless, it is a true house speciality and this 100% Pinot Blanc Champagne from the 2014 harvest, of which 6% of the wine is vinified in... Read more
Chassenay d`Arce is the creator of our house Champagne (Jacques Boncoeur), and this Blanc de Blancs is a cuvée of finesse and freshnness, with the typical energy provided by the Arce Valley terroir. This 100% Chardonnay champagne from the 2014 harvest, of which 6.4% of the wine is vinified in wood, is at the same time refined, ... Read more