Champagne
In 1668, Dom Pérignon is said to have discovered how to make sparkling wine; today his technique is used the world over, although Champagne continues to make some of the finest. France’s most northerly wine region, Champagne is now home to 15,000 growers and 290 ‘houses’. A blend of grape varieties is usually required: white Chardonnay to add fruit and elegance, and two reds – Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier – to provide body and backbone.
H/Bottle
£16.75
H/Bottle 12 x 37.5cl 111cs
Bottle
£28.50
Bottle 6 x 75cl 109cs
Magnum
£61.00
Magnum 3 x 150cl 298cs
D. Magnum
£150.00
D. Magnum 1 x 300cl 24cs
Under the gifted management of Gilles Marguet, Le Mesnil is making stunning Grand Cru Champagnes from Chardonnay. Located in one of Côte des Blancs’s greatest villages, Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, it produces Champagnes that are smooth and rich with fine acidity at the basic level; while the vintage wines offer a significant step up, with crisper, richer and fuller fruit that will develop a toasty finesse.
Bottle
£26.40
Bottle 6 x 75cl 163cs
Simon Field MW, Wine Buyer
Bottle
£27.00
Bottle 6 x 75cl 15cs
This is a classic apéritif Champagne. Deliciously light, crisp citrus and apple orchard flavours mingle with sundry red-berried fruit. It is beautifully plumped out in the middle, courtesy of Premier Cru Pinot Noir fruit from the evocatively named village of Dizy, ending with delicate toasty notes.
Bottle
£28.95
Bottle 6 x 75cl 2cs
Bin end – limited quantities at a discounted price.
Lahaye, unsurprisingly given their Bouzy location, make an outstanding Blanc de Noirs, with biodynamic dexterity and generous ageing. The wine has been aged 20% in tank and 80% in vat with lees stirring to add even more depth to an already impressively profound piece of work. The Pinot is all of the Noir variety and the dosage is 5 g/l.
Simon Field MW, Wine Buyer
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Bottle
£31.50
Bottle 6 x 75cl 2cs
Louis Roederer, a wonderful family-owned Champagne House founded in 1776, has a tremendous reputation for quality. It has remained an independent, family-owned company and is now managed by Frédéric Rouzaud, who represents the seventh generation of the lineage. Eighty percent of the firm's needs are supplied by their own, magnificent, 444 acres of vineyard holdings.
This wine is without doubt one of the very top non-vintage Champagnes. Its elegant complexities come from the barrel-ageing of a high proportion of the blend, together with at least four years' maturation in bottle before disgorging.
The quintessence of the House style, Brut Premier offers quality and glamour as well as excellent value. A structured, elegant wine, it is deliciously creamy with almond and toast characteristics alongside the complexity and roundness that are the hallmarks of this House.
Bottle
£31.50
Bottle 6 x 75cl 108cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Until 31st December 75cl bottles of Pol Roger, Réserve are discounted by 25% off the single bottle price.*
Pol Roger is perhaps best known as Winston Churchill's favourite Champagne. The House remains family-owned and has a reputation for producing Champagnes of finesse and elegance which age very well. Pol Roger Brut Réserve, made from equal parts of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier, is consistently one of the very best non-vintage cuvées on the market, largely due to the high proportion of aged reserve wines in the blend.
This has a truly wide appeal and is perfect for lovers of exuberantly styled Champagnes. Feminine and fruity in its youth, it takes on a fuller flavour with age. The added reserve wines are specially selected to achieve the requisite elegance, balance and harmony. It’s perfect for the cellar as well as current drinking, which is an excellent excuse to buy more than one case.
* Discount only applies to 75cl bottles and does not apply to any other sizes or formats. Discount already applied to product price, no further discount will be applied at checkout.
Bottle
£31.50
Bottle 6 x 75cl 384cs
Magnum
£86.00
Magnum 3 x 150cl 63cs
The reputation of Bouzy resides in the quality and style of its Pinot Noirs, generally ripe, rich and very expressive. All three of these adjectives apply to this, the signature wine from Champagne Bara: a charming, forward Champagne, with a nose evocative of nectarine, plum and spice, then delicious flavours in the mouth which combine ripe fruity notes, a very fine mousse and an elegant, finely sculpted finish.
Juhlin's Champagne Guide, 2008
Bottle
£32.00
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
A blend par excellence; Special Cuvée is the purest expression of Bollinger's house style. Its biscuity nose is endowed with hints of white fruit and the rich, full-bodied palate is perfectly balanced by fresh acidity and a soft, delicate mousse. A stylish Champagne that is ideal to drink now or in the next two or three year.
Bottle
£33.75
Bottle 6 x 75cl 66cs
Champagne R&L Legras Brut is a pure and very satisfying expression of Chardonnay; the Brut has been aged for three years on its lees and has a modest dosage of six grams per litre. The floral aromas are complemented by an autolytic yeastiness and yellow fruits on the palate. Linear and focused, yet not without an attractive depth of flavour, the wine has a long mineral finish.
Bottle
£33.95
Bottle 6 x 75cl 59cs
Who better than Benoît Marguet, doyen of Ambonnay, to complete our UKC Grand Cru trilogy? Sourced from the finest Grand Cru villages, this is perfectly balanced and richly structured. It is an exuberant and beautifully fragrant wine, with red berries and other summer fruits dancing harmoniously on the palate.
Bottle
£36.00
Bottle 6 x 75cl 120cs
Low or zero dosage Champagnes are very modish at the moment, but can be extremely difficult to get right, the region’s historical infatuation with sugar being as a result of climatic obligation rather than any whimsical pursuit of pleasure. So to make a wine with no sugar, and to entitle it Pure, is courageous indeed. Pol Roger, it should come as no great surprise to learn, has risen to its own challenge, and has done so with considerable aplomb.
The key seems to be to stick with the winning formula, namely a third each of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier, but to select from specific vineyards and to age it a little longer, thereby engendering a natural softening. Spicy, with notes of crushed apple, broiche and peach stones, this is a very successful wine. Suitably cerebral to accompany any lively debate over a plate of 12 Fine de Claire Oysters.
* Discount only applies to 75cl bottles and does not apply to any other sizes or formats. Discount already applied to product price, no further discount will be applied at checkout.
Bottle
£36.00
Bottle 6 x 75cl 40cs
Billecart-Salmon is renowned for the quality of its delicate rosé – and rightfully so. This is a delightful rosé with a charming, fruity nose and palate with hints of roasted nuts.
H/Bottle
£38.00
H/Bottle 12 x 37.5cl 3cs
Bottle
£65.00
Bottle 6 x 75cl 47cs
Moët et Chandon’s Brut Impérial, the House’s non-vintage cuvée, is still the number one best-selling non-vintage Champagne. Enticing with green apple and citrus fruit notes, it has an impressive depth and elegance.
Bottle
£38.95
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Davy Zyw - Wine Buyer
Bottle
£39.00
Bottle 6 x 75cl 102cs
This is without doubt one of the finest, yet least known, Grande Marque Champagnes, made with mainly Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier. This Champagne is lively, elegantly textured and fresh, with a very long finish.
Bottle
£39.95
Bottle 6 x 75cl 30cs
Magnum
£85.00
Magnum 3 x 150cl 19cs
A rare beast, completely devoid of dosage, the wine’s dryness is complemented by an extraordinary wealth and concentration of fruit. Cerebral nourishment with bubbles.
Bottle
£44.00
This cuvée was first introduced in 2007.
The nose is packed with red fruit (raspberry, strawberry and redcurrant) alongside rose petal and lavender. The palate displays great rosé character with hints of verbena as well as Granny Smith apple. The mousse is very fine and the finish both long and elegant.
Bottle
£44.00
With its famous yellow label, this non-vintage Champagne is recognised as Veuve's flagship wine. It is a blend of around 50 Cru village and reserve wines from different vintages. Exhibiting fruit, finesse and style, this is a rich, classic Champagne with a yeasty bouquet that truly deserves its status as a Grande Marque.
Bottle
£44.00
Bottle 6 x 75cl 10cs
Made from 40 percent Chardonnay and 60 percent Pinot Noir, R de Ruinart makes use of 40 percent reserve wine and is aged on its lees for three years. The wine is elegant with floral notes to the fore and hints of white peach and acacia on the palate. An excellent apéritif wine, this is a splendid introduction to the delights from this most ancient of Champagne Houses.
Bottle
£45.00
Bottle 6 x 75cl 47cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
All Pinot Noir from this fantastic House, the most celebrated co-operative in Champagne by some distance. Mailly is ideally suited to black grapes, its extended ripening period and the ensuing complexity of flavour perfectly captured here. Rich, creamy and food friendly, this is one of the best Blanc de Noirs on the market.
Bottle
£45.00
Bottle 6 x 75cl 3cs
Bottle
£45.00
Bottle 6 x 75cl 34cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle
£46.95
Bottle 6 x 75cl 20cs
The wine has a generous pink colouring and attractive rose petal aromatics, followed by notes of crushed raspberry and soft spice. The red fruit personality of the wine is sufficiently charismatic to make this a very good partner across the meal, from game terrine all the way through to a tarte tatin!
(Simon Field MW, BBR Buyer)
Bottle
£48.00
Bollinger is famed for its rich and savoury style of wines, dominated by Pinot Noir and underwritten by oak fermentation and extensive lees maturation. It seemed only a matter of time before the release of a non-vintage rosé and this wine has been well worth the wait.
Dry, powerful and very serious indeed, this highly polished rosé combines notes of plum, patisserie, cinnamon and spice. With structure and weight and harmony of vibrant flavours right across the palate, this is a delicious accompaniment that can match a variety of dishes.
Bottle
£50.00
Bottle 6 x 75cl 3cs
This beautiful Champagne uses fruit from 20 Grand and Premier Cru vineyards and is a blend of 60 percent Pinot Noir and 40 percent Chardonnay. Aged for eight years in the House cellars, this is a complex and layered wine. Stone fruit, lemon and grapefruit show on the nose; to taste, there’s apple, stone fruit and citrus wrapped up with lovely, balanced acidity.
* Discount only applies to 75cl bottles and does not apply to any other sizes or formats. Discount already applied to product price, no further discount will be applied at checkout.
Bottle
£51.75
Bottle 6 x 75cl 31cs
Premier and Grand Cru sites only supply the grapes for this excellent rosé, which is made up of 45 percent Chardonnay and 55 percent Pinot Noir, with 18 percent of the latter added as red wine. A subtle nose of rosehip, spice and wild strawberry; on the palate the wine marries exuberant fruit with a richly velvety texture. Ruinart is famous for their Rosé; justly so it would seem.
Bottle
£55.00
Bottle 6 x 75cl 15cs
Simon Field MW, Wine Buyer
Bottle
£55.00
Bottle 6 x 75cl 23cs
Brilliant salmon pink in the glass, the nose is inviting and complex, with red berries, roses and blood orange zest, followed by savoury notes typical of the vinous and powerful Pol Roger style. The palate is foaming and elegant, with ripe forest fruits, pink peppercorns, figs and strawberry shortcake notes, framed by an earthy yet uplifting note of Pinot Noir and a crunchy red-berry intensity. It seamlessly showcases the warmth of the vintage and the sophistication of winemaking.
* Discount only applies to 75cl bottles and does not apply to any other sizes or formats. Discount already applied to product price, no further discount will be applied at checkout.
Bottle
£55.50
Bottle 6 x 75cl 25cs
Simon Field MW, Wine Buyer
Bottle
£60.00
All the hallmarks of Grand Cru are here, with brioche and flowers on the nose and an elegant palate which marries notes of lemon grass, gingerbread and honeysuckle. The wine effortlessly combines structure and finesse, and reverberates with a really authoritative Grand Cru crescendo on the finish.