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IMPERIAL CARTE D'OR. Vin Mousseux. Brut
Price per Bottle £6.29 Including VAT at 17.5% |
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After a long search, we have at last found a really good quality, inexpensive French sparkling wine. Made in Alsace, Imperial Carte d�Or is a clean, fresh and lively wine. It is perfect for mixing with fresh orange juice, or a fruit liqueur such as cassis or mure, and when well chilled is excellent to drink �neat�.
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PHILLIPE HERARD. Methode Traditionnelle. Blanc de Blancs
Price per Bottle £8.70 Including VAT at 17.5% |
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We have selected an excellent wine produced by Champagne House Herard, made in the traditional Champagne method, but with grapes grown outside the designated area. This blanc de blancs is produced from a high proportion of the Ugni Blanc which, although a relatively simple grape variety, is ideal for the production of a clean, crisp sparkling wine.
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DOMAINE DE BRIZE. Methode Traditionnelle. Saumur Brut
Price per Bottle £10.34 Including VAT at 17.5% |
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A really superb sparkling Loire, dry but not aggressive, produced from Chenin Blanc in the small village of Martigne-Briand, close to the town of Saumur. The wine has a beautifully fragrant bouquet and is clean, fresh and lively on the palate.
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LETOURNEAU. Methode Traditionnelle. Blanc de Blancs
Price per Bottle £12.04 Including VAT at 17.5% |
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For many years Letourneau was a pepinieriste or vine cultivator in Champagne, and he is a close friend of Grand Cru Champagne producer Michel Arnould. Perhaps this accounts for his great skill in producing sparkling wine in the Maconnais. His sparkling white Burgundy is produced from 100% Chardonnay in the small village of Burgy, just north of Macon. It has a wonderfully clean, fresh nose and great balance of body and acidity.
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LETOURNEAU. Methode Traditionnelle. Rose
Price per Bottle £12.04 Including VAT at 17.5% |
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Letourneau has recently added to his range a most excellent Methode Traditionnelle Rose. Produced from 100% Gamay in the Maconnais region of Burgundy, this is absolutely delicious sparkling Rose wine. Dry, clean and crisp, a superb aperitif.
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1999 TALTARNI. Brut Tache. Rose
Price per Bottle £12.34 Including VAT at 17.5% |
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Produced in Australia by Dominique Portet, Brut Tache is made from a blend of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir but with the addition of a touch of red Malbec. This provides a pale tint to this excellent sparkling wine, making it �partridge eye� in colour. Amazingly clean and fresh on the nose and palate with a lovely fine mousse.
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1998 CLOUDY BAY. Perlorus
Price per Bottle £17.57 Including VAT at 17.5% |
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A delicious sparkling wine from the famous Cloudy Bay Estate, situated in the Marlborough district of New Zealand. Pelorus is a blend of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from vineyard sites in the Wairau Valley. Barrel fermentation followed by ageing in oak casks produces an outstanding wine. Richly textured on the palate and with subtle, yeasty aromas, this makes a most enjoyable glass of sparkling wine.
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