Champagne

Biodynamic champagne producers are thin on the ground so it's incredibly refreshing to taste such high quality wine from Leclerc Briant, which is both certifid organic and biodynamic. 

This top shelf champagne is comprised of 40% Pinot Noir, 40% Pinot Meunier and 20% Chardonnay, making it a blanc de noir-ish style with its intensely toasty, savoury, biscuity aromas aligned with rich notes of marmite and vegemite, along with delicate fresh acidity on the finish. 

It's also a bold style in terms of dryness with low dosage of 4 grams per litre. The base wine comes from the 2015 vintage, which makes up 90% of this lively, full bodied champagne. 

We also have two other excellent champagnes from Leclerc Briant. 

Grande Annee is French for great year and this wine certainly comes from one. Toasty aromas lead into a complex but fresh wine and flavours that suggest dried porcini mushrooms, a touch of citrusy lemon freshness and a long finish. Vintage champagnes are made with grapes grown only in one year and this wine puts forward a great case for doing just that in 2014. Super special sparkling wine for a super special person and occasion. 

A blend of Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier. Le Val Cornet is an intensely perfumed and elegant champagne. The palate is fresh and supple, with ripe orchard fruit flavours, bright acidity and floral notes.

Champagne Deutz was founded in 1838 and is part of the Louis Roederer family of champagne houses today. This is its flagship wine from Deutz. Crisp purity comes from the Chardonnay in this refreshing, full bodied blend, which is supported by subtle savoury notes from Pinot Noir. It represents good value from the Champagne region and is a wine with depth and character. 

The innovative style of this cuv?e remains loyal to the discreet and balanced charm of the three Champenois grape varieties. No sugar has been added to the dosage.

This is a champagne with complex and seductive aromas of dried fruits and brioche combined with floral notes. These are further enhanced by the subtle charm of lemon verbena.

On the palate It exhibits a charming biscuity flavour with notes of white flesh fruits and a full and harmonious minerality which results in a sensational balanced finish.

Enjoy with gambas, grilled scallops and ceviche.

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A secondary label from Billecart-Salmon offering the same stunning quality at a lower price point.

A sumptuous golden yellow in the glass with a very fine and crystalline bead. The nose is impressive with aromas of brioche, almonds, butter, apple, and pear leading to a round citrus mineral palate with very good balance between acidity and fruit.

Two of our favourite things; Chardonnay and great champagne combine in this beautiful bubbly from Laurent-Perrier. 

Champagne Laurent-Perrier was founded in 1812 by Andr? Michel Pierlot and took the name Vve Laurent-Perrier when Mathilde Emilie Perrier, the widow of Eug?ne Laurent, combined the two family names after she decided to expand the business.

Eug?nie Hortense Laurent, her daughter, inherited the House in 1925 and sold it to Marie-Louise Lanson de Nonancourt in 1939.

What the critics say...

Decanter World Wine Awards 2021 ? 95 points

?A briary salty and floral nose kicks off anticipation; elegant and ethereal. There?s line and precision and an impressive use of reserves to give gravity. Superb!?

James Suckling - 94 points 
?A dense and flavorful chardonnay with creamy texture and flavor. Lots of citrus and grapefruit and very vinous. A blanc de blancs with weight yet freshness. Pure chardonnay with no dosage. A new wine. Lovely finish. 40% 2009 and 60% 2012.?

Pink champagne is one of our favourite things here at Regional Wines and this special bottle comes from Ruinart, one of the oldest champagne houses still in existence today.  This gorgeous expression of pink champagne is made mostly from Pinot Noir, which makes up 55% of the blend, with the balance being 45% Chardonnay. Interestingly, nearly 20% of the Pinot Noir was vinified as red wine and blended into this complex, sensationally savoury style of wine. 

It is a multi vintage blend with between 20 to 25% overall from reserve wines made in the previous two vintages and blended with grapes from the current harvest. Complex flavours develop in these older wines while the retention of freshness is retained both by the high percentage of new wines and also the lees aging in bottle while the champagne is on tirage, following its second fermentation.  It's a complex process, which translates in the flavours of great champagnes, such as this one. 

Most of the grapes in this wine and those in all Ruinart champagnes are grown in the C?te des Blancs and Montagne de Reims terroirs in Champagne.

* The House of Ruinart was first established in the Champagne region in 1729 and was inspired by a monk. 

Balance and harmony combine together in this light and subtle champagne. Its blend is made up of Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Meunier sourced from the very best sites of the Champagne region. It is the ideal partner to delight your guests on every occasion, both as an aperitif and throughout the entirety of a meal.

A beautiful growers champagne from Florence Duchene, just 4 hectares in Ay, with some 1er cru vineyard sites, 5 years on tirage, Pinot Noir dominant.

An elegant Champagne, rich autolytic brioche notes from lees aging are well supported by delicate fruit and great acidity from the Pinot Noir.

Chalk is the fundamental element of the Champagne terroir! The history of chalk goes back to the Jurassic era, 200 million years ago when the whole region was covered by the sea. Although poor in nutrients, chalk stores both warmth and water, releasing them regularly, providing the perfect foundation for Champagne vines. Draining off the excess, retaining water enriched by microscopic marine fossils, Chalk nourishes the vine with maternal affection, with minerality and an inimitable salinity ! Lastly, chalk is the protector of champagne as it ages, allowing itself to be dug into deep underground cellars, where the precious nectar can safely mature, tucked away from the light and fluctuations in temperature. 

Classification AOC Champagne 

Alcohol 12% Vol. 

Dosage 4 to 5 grams 

Aging 72 months on the lees