Gosset Grande Réserve Brut

Champagne, France

Louis Roederer Collection

Louis Roederer

Collection 246 is the house's 246th blend since its foundation: 54% Chardonnay, 35% Pinot Noir and 11% Meunier, built on 2021 base wines with 30% perpetual reserve going back to 2012 and 10% young-vine juice from Cristal plots aged in cask. The bouquet gives mirabelle plum, nectarine and candied lemon, with vanilla toast from the 24% of wines vinified in French oak foudres and a fine reductive shellfish note. The palate is light and delicate — peach and pollen, soft creamy bubbles, savoury dry-chalk grip — finishing serene with the Perpetual Reserve's smoky, toasty lift.

$100.00

6 for $570

Bouzy Grand Cru, Champagne, France

Paul Bara Brut Reserve Champagne

Champagne Paul Bara

The signature cuvée of Paul Bara, one of Bouzy's rare récoltants-manipulants — growers who make Champagne only from their own grand cru fruit. 80% Pinot Noir with 20% Chardonnay off Bouzy's deep chalky subsoil, fermented in stainless steel with no malolactic conversion and aged on the lees. Light yellow-gold with a fine, abundant mousse: ripe fleshy fruit and Mirabelle plum open into spice, honey, bergamot and orange peel, with yellow peach and a subtle peppery note on a fresh, mineral palate.

$112.00

6 for $604.80

Champagne, France

Laurent-perrier la Cuvee

Laurent-Perrier

Laurent-Perrier's signature non-vintage brut leans unusually hard on Chardonnay — over 50%, with 30 to 35% Pinot Noir and 10 to 15% Meunier, plus 15 to 30% reserve wines drawn from around 100 crus. Four years maturing in the cellars gives fine bubbles and a persistent mousse over pale gold. The nose is delicate — fresh citrus and white flowers — and the palate moves through vine peach and white fruit, balancing freshness against delicacy with the fruit still ringing on the finish.

$91.00

Champagne, France

Taittinger NV Brut

Taittinger (Champagne Taittinger)

Non-vintage Brut Réserve, a blend of 40% Chardonnay, 35% Pinot Noir and 25% Pinot Meunier drawn from more than 40 vineyards and blended across four vintages. Its Chardonnay proportion is unusually high for a house Brut, which independent reviewers credit for giving it more freshness and elegance than the typical Pinot-heavy non-vintage style. Fermented in stainless steel, then finished with reserve wines folded in for consistency between releases. Professional tasting notes describe green apple, grapefruit and toasted brioche on the nose, with crushed raspberry and apple blossom on the palate, a fine persistent mousse and a clean, structured finish.

$85.00