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NOMINÉ
RENARD - Villevenard
 We have been shipping Claude Nominé’s champagne
for seventeen years now and we rate him extremely
highly. As a
récoltant-manipulant - a grower - he
does not buy in his grapes and can
offer fabulous value
for money. His
Brut Cuvée Spéciale is
benchmark
non-vintage champagne and was voted the third best
NV champagne in the
country in Decanter Magazine
(July 2006). The rich, predominately Chardonnay
Vintage Special Club in the
CVC’s distinctive ‘Krug’
bottle is well worth trying. The delicious
Brut Rosé now
comes in a green bottle
and must be one of the best
buy rosés shipped into this
country.
NV
Nominé-Renard, *
Brut Cuvée
Spéciale
Price: £16.98
Bin No. CH11
NV
Nominé-Renard,
(Magnum)
Price: £39.95
Bin No. CH08
NV
Nominé-Renard,
Brut Rosé
Price: £19.95
Bin No. CH10
2000
Nominé-Renard,
Vintage ‘Spécial Club’
Price: £29.95
Bin No.CH09
AUTRÈAU-LASNOT -
Venteuil
These
champagnes come from a small family-run récoltant with
3
hectares in the Marne Valley. The
Cuvée de Réserve
is soft and
elegant with less pronounced mousse than most and is 85% Pinot Meunier.
The wild strawberry fruit driven
Brut Rosé
is made from
40% Pinot Noir and
20% Pinot Meunier and received a coveted star in the Guide
Hachette 2007.
NV
Autréau-Lasnot
Cuvée de Réserve Brut
Price: £17.98
Bin No.CH02
NV
Autréau-Lasnot
Carte d’Or Brut - Jéroboam
Price: £109.50 Bin
No.CH034
JOSEPH PERRIER -
Châlons-sur-Marne
The house of
Joseph Perrier
was
established in 1825 at Châlons-sur-Marne.
They
own 20 hectares of vineyards and
make consistently fine champagne.
The Cuvée Royale Brut is one of the
best value Grande Marque champagnes,
with delicious Pinot fruit and zippy,
lemon-fresh acidity. The Brut Rosé is
made in a mouth-watering fruit-led
style.
NV
Joseph
Perrier,
Brut ‘Cuvée Royale’
Price:
£22.95
Bin No. CH24
NV
Joseph
Perrier, Brut
Rosé
Price: £36.95
Bin No. CH14
NV
Joseph
Perrier, Brut
' ‘Cuvée Royale’ Magnums
Price: £56.95
Bin No. CH22
NV
Joseph
Perrier, Brut
' ‘Cuvée Royale’ Jeroboam
Price: £179.50 Bin No. CH65
NV
Joseph
Perrier, Brut
' ‘Cuvée Royale’ Methusalah
Price: £349.50
Bin No. CH66
1998/99 Joseph
Perrier, ‘Vintage'
Price: £49.95
Bin No. CH67
1995/96 Joseph
Perrier, ‘Cuvée
Josephine’
Price: £79.95
Bin No. CH15
GOSSET - Ay
Gosset
is the oldest champagne
house, established in Aÿ in 1584. Neighbours of
Bollinger, they make a rich,
full-bodied style in conscious emulation of Krug.
No champagnes are aged for
less than 5 years in their cellars and the Excellence Brut
is a
satisfyingly big, biscuity wine. The Grande Réserve - a blend of two vintages - comes
in the distinctive antique bottle and wins prizes all
over the world. Serena Sutcliffe says in
her book on champagne that Gosset are
masters of rosé, and rates the Grande Réserve Rosé
as one of the best of
all. The Grande Millésime is absolutely stunning and will age for
decades.
NV
Gosset,
Excellence
Brut
Price: £29.95 Bin No. CH25
NV
Gosset,
Excellence Brut (Magnum)
Price: £69.95
Bin No. CH29
NV Gosset,
*
Grande Réserve (gold medal IWC)
Price: £39.95
Bin No. CH26
NV
Gosset,
Grande
Réserve (Magnum)
Price: £89.95
Bin No. CH32
NV
Gosset,
*
Grande Réserve Rosé
Price: £46.95
Bin No. CH27
NV Gosset, Grande Réserve Rosé
(Magnum)
Price: £99.95
Bin No. CH23
 1996 Gosset,
Grande
Millésime
Price: £64.95
Bin No. CH28
1999 Gosset,
Grande
Millésime
Price: £54.95
Bin No. CH31
1998
Gosset,
Celebris
Price: £94.50
Bin No. CH255
2003
Gosset,
Celebris Rosé
Price: £119.50
Bin No. CH256
NV Gosset,
Celebris
Blanc de Blancs
Price: £119.50
Bin No. CH2551
TAITTINGER - Reims
In 2005 Pierre-Emmanuel Taittinger
took over the reins of this famous, family-run champagne house.
The Brut Resèrve has a high Chardonnay percentage (40%) while the famous
Comtes de Champagne
is a ‘blanc de blancs’ made from 100% Chardonnay from the finest Grand Cru
vineyards. Try their second label,
Saint-Évremond for a delicious elegant Champagne.
NV
Saint-Évremond
Brut
Price: £18.95 Bin No. CH73
NV
Taittinger
Brut
Resèrve
Price: £29.95
CH70
NV
Taittinger
Prestige
Rosé
Price: £36.95
CH71
1998
Taittinger
Comtes de Champagne
Price: £119.95
CH72
VEUVE CLICQUOT PONSARDIN -
Reims
One of the greatest ‘Grandes
Marques’ making a rich, full-bodied style.
NV
Veuve Clicquot,
Yellow Label
Brut
Price: £31.95
Bin No. CH37
1996/98
Veuve Clicquot,
La Grande Dame
Price: £94.95
Bin No. CH39
POL ROGER -
Épernay
One of the
greatest names in Champagne - and Winston Churchill’s favourite -
Pol-Roger
was
founded in 1849 and owns 85 hectares, mostly in the Épernay area.
The White
Foil Brut has a typical Pinot Meunier flowery fruit, with Pinot Noir
steely
depth. Cuvée Winston Churchill is one of the most complex prestige
cuvées
and is made in Churchill’s favourite style with the Pinot Noir
predominating. Although the
house refuses to reveal the exact blend, it is
probably around 70% Pinot Noir.
NV
Pol Roger,
White Foil Brut
Price: £28.95
Bin No. CH41
NV
Pol Roger,
White Foil Brut - Magnum
Price: £64.95
Bin No. CH42
NV
Pol Roger,
Demi-Sec
Price: £29.95
Bin No. CH46
1998/99
Pol Roger,
Vintage
Price: £44.95
Bin No. CH47
 1998
Pol
Roger,
Cuvée
Sir Winston Churchill
Price: £99.95
Bin No. CH45
BOLLINGER - Ay
Founded in 1829, Bollinger is one of the
few houses that is still wholly family owned.
The wines are Pinot Noir
dominated and over 2/3rds of the grapes come from Bollinger’s
own vineyards
which are themselves of mainly Grand and Premier cru status. Stylistically,
Bollinger always combines power with finesse, with the
RD 1998
one of the great prestige
cuvees of the
region. Disgorged by hand and with minimal dosage, this is a veritable
blockbuster!
NV
Bollinger Special Cuvée Brut
Price: £32.95
Bin No. CH06
NV
Bollinger Special Cuvée Brut -
Magnum
Price: £74.95
Bin No. CH061
1999/2000
Bollinger Grande Année
Price: £59.95
Bin No. CH07
1998
Bollinger RD
Price: £109.50
Bin No. CH071
LOUIS ROEDERER -
Reims
One of the great names of
Champagne, Louis Roederer is still family owned and has
substantial
vineyard holdings. The Brut Premier has a high Pinot Noir percentage
and
has rich fruit flavours with a stylish full bouquet.
 NV
Louis
Roederer,
Brut Premier
Price: £28.95
Bin No.
CH17
2002
Louis Roederer,
Cristal
Price: £129.95
Bin No. CH18
KRUG - Reims
As Tom Stevenson says in his
Encyclopaedia of Champagne:
‘Krug is Krug is Krug.’The superb ‘Grande Cuvée’
is best summed
up by Rémi Krug himself, ‘If Grande Cuvée is a basic non-vintage,
then a
Rolls Royce is just a car, and the Pope just a priest.’ Rich and
intense, it
has some 35 - 50% of reserve wines blended in and will age for up to
ten years.
NV Krug,
‘Grande
Cuvée’
Price: £104.95 Bin
No.CH19
NV Krug,
‘Grande
Cuvée’
Magnum
Price: £275.00 Bin
No.CH19
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