Recent Offers — #Champagne
Special Price! OWC Available, 2012 Salon Cuvee 'S' Le Mesnil Blanc de Blancs
Salon is undoubtedly considered to be the top echelon of Champagne by many wine connoisseurs around the world, yet it is so rare that not many people have had the chance to taste this quintessential Champagne. A tiny house on the Cote des Blanc, they make just only one Cuvee with 100% of its Chardonnay grapes coming from the Grand Cru-class Le Mesnil vineyard in Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, and is only made in the best vintages (the other vintages go into Champagne Delamotte); and is aged for relatively longer periods of up to a decade in the bottle before they are released! Before...
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- Tags: Blanc de Blancs, Champagne, Le Mesnil
2002 Laurent-Perrier Millesime, 93pts William Kelley, "My favorite vintage of the decade chez Laurent-Perrier"
I am delighted to offer a small parcel of 2002 Laurent-Perrier Brut Millesime at an excellent price point that you should take a look. From one of the best vintages which is highly regarded as 1996 and 2008, the champagne from 2002 started to evolve and stepping into an excellent drinking window nowadays. Wine Advocate’s William Kelley sampled the 2002 Laurent-Perrier Brut Millesime in March 2021 and awarded an excellent 93pts score to it, mentioned that it has “lovely depth and a sapid finish” and “Along with the 2008, this is my favorite vintage of the decade chez Laurent-Perrier”, at only HK$850 per bottle...
Selosse's Protege: New Parcel of Jérôme Prévost La Closerie Les Béguines
La Closerie was established in 1987 by Jérôme Prévost, who inherited the 2 ha vineyards from his grandmother which is known as Les Béguines. Jérôme's grandmother didn’t cultivate the vines herself but rented them out instead. Jérôme then worked on the vines himself as he took over, and sold his grapes out to the negoce, but a few years later, he considered producing his own wines. As he did not have any winemaking experience, he decided to work at Jacques Selosse under Anselme Selosse as a trainee. With Anselme's encouragement, he started working on his own wines from 1998 and released his first wine in 2001,...
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- Tags: #La Closerie, Champagne, non-vintage
Just Arrived! Frédéric Savart Ephemere 014 Grand Cru from HK$460 per Bt
Champagne Savart started to produce Champane in 1970s by Daniel Savart and now passed the ruin to Frédéric Savart who is the son of Daniel. Frédéric Savart made a lot of changes in the house and worked actively in the vineyards to give expression of the purest nature from the Champagne. They own about 6 hectares of vineyards in Montagne de Reims and Villers-aux-Noeuds, all of these vineyards are classified as Premier Cru which 4 hectares are Pinot Noir and 2 hectares are Chardonnay. A collaboration between Frédéric Savart and Dremont Pere & Fils, the Éphémère cuvée is a limited...
Krug Grande Cuvée in Rare and Desirable Magnums - HK$4,650 per Mag
A world-famous Champagne house representing some of the very best quality champagne, Krug never fails to impress and satisfy its drinkers. Unlike other champagne houses, Krug’s non-vintage Grand Cuvée is regarded as the house's top production. The cuvee is re-created every year, blended from meticulously selected individual wines from more than 10 different years.The most recent release is their 168th Edition which was composed around the 2012 harvest - a beautiful year with a low yield due to the frost, rain, storms and hale during winter and spring but was followed by the driest ripening season since 1974 - and was crafted to...
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- Tags: Champagne, Grande Cuvée, Krug