Selection with Condition Photos
At Cru World Wine, we understand that bottle condition is crucial when it comes to purchasing wine, especially when buying back vintage wines. That's why we've created our "Selection with Condition Photos" page - a curated selection of wines that includes detailed photos of each bottle, so you can make an informed decision before making a purchase. Our photos show the condition of the bottle, including any signs of wear or damage, giving you the confidence to make an informed purchase decision.
Selection with Condition Photos
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Champagne | 2 | - |
Inc. VAT
£261.60 |
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Discover the indulgent Nicolas Feuillatte Palmes d'Or 2008, a quintessential embodiment of excellence from the famed Champagne house, Nicolas Feuillatte. With paramount attention to detail, this vintage was meticulously crafted in the prestigious vineyards of Epernay, in the heart of the Champagne region. Reflective of the 2008 harvest, this Champagne features distinct freshness and exceptional balance. A sophisticated blend of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, its ageing process in the cellars achieves sublime depth and complexity. Celebrated for its elegance and refined fruity notes, it greets the palate with divine shades of white flowers, crisp apple, and gentle pear undertones. This Champagne exudes a golden hue, encased in a stunning, intricately designed bottle. Revered among connoisseurs, every sip of Nicolas Feuillatte Palmes d'Or 2008 is a testament to the beauty of masterful winemaking; it is the epitome of luxury that discerning drinkers revere and seek in a fine Champagne. |
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Champagne | 1 | - |
Inc. VAT
£1,402.09 |
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Champagne | 1 | - |
Inc. VAT
£887.29 |
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Champagne | 1 | - |
Inc. VAT
£770.65 |
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Champagne | 1 | 94 (WE) |
Inc. VAT
£1,450.84 |
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Wine Enthusiast (94)This pale-colored wine with its crushed raspberry perfume, is now reaching its peak. It is rich with a dosage that gives it a soft character without losing any of the crisp fruit. The wine is balanced, hinting at toast while still tangy and tight. Drink this delicious wine now. |
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Champagne | 6 | 93 (VN) |
Inc. VAT
£510.41 |
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Vinous (93)The 2011 Extra-Brut Clos des Goisses is bright and perfumed, with lovely Chardonnay energy driving the citrus, floral and savory notes. In 2011, Clos des Goisses is a touch lithe, but its balance is simply impeccable. Given the challenges of the year, I would not push my luck on aging. If there is one wine I would be willing to bet on, at least for the medium term, it is Clos des Goisses. Dosage is 4.5 liters per gram. |
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Champagne | 1 | - |
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£1,209.64 |
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Champagne | 1 | - |
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£4,615.36 |
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Champagne | 1 | - |
Inc. VAT
£1,694.83 |
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Champagne | 1 | 92.0 |
Inc. VAT
£2,859.89 |
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Champagne | 1 | 97 (JS) |
Inc. VAT
£787.24 |
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James Suckling (97)This is a deep and profound 2002 with such fine bubbles that have the texture of fine silk. Full body. Extremely dense and compact. Just rolls over your palate. Superb quality and satisfaction, after all this time. Drink now. |
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Champagne | 1 | - |
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£2,240.98 |
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Champagne | 1 | 98+ (JD) |
Inc. VAT
£788.42 |
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Jeb Dunnuck (98+)The 2008 Champagne Rare Rosé is straight-up sensational. Only the second time they’ve produced this cuvée, it offers a deep, full-bodied, powerful yet chiseled and laser-focused style carrying loads of wild strawberry fruit as well as notes of orange blossom, spice, and crushed rocks. Backward, austere, yet simply loaded with potential, it needs a solid 4-5 years of bottle age and will drink brilliantly for two decades or more. |
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Champagne | 1 | 93 (RP) |
Inc. VAT
£4,717.07 |
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Wine Advocate - Robert Parker (93)No tasting note. |
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Champagne | 1 | 97 (JS) |
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£7,339.24 |
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James Suckling (97)This is phenomenal with mineral, sliced apple and honeysuckle aromas and flavors. It's full-bodied and so refined. Racy and intense. So youthful and long. Like a great and fresh Batard-Montrachet. Long life to go. |
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Champagne | 1 | 100 (DC) |
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£2,850.41 |
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Decanter (100)An almost ideal growing season with no periods of extreme weather, ending with a cool but sunny September. Harvest began on 16 September. The very classy nose has a mineral-infused character underlying its spicy, floral scents. This Salon has the power to be long-lived and the freshness and vivacity to be already enjoyable, but also to be an ideal companion for a gastronomic meal. Perfection. |
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Champagne | 1 | 100 (WE) |
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£1,257.20 |
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Wine Enthusiast (100)This new release from a great vintage for Chardonnay in Champagne is a perfect blanc de blancs, showing a wealth of intensity from the crisp, chalky, mineral tones to the perfumed apple notes. The aromas hint at developing toastiness that adds depth and complexity. The wine is still young and it will age for years. Drink from 2020. |
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Champagne | 1 | 100 (WA) |
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£5,886.41 |
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Wine Advocate (100)Disgorged in January 2019 with six grams per liter dosage, Salon's 2008 Brut Blanc de Blancs Le Mesnil is a striking wine, unwinding in the glass with scents of citrus oil, fresh bread, crisp green apple, white flowers, smoke and oyster shell. Full-bodied, layered and incisive, it's deep and concentrated, with a tightly coiled core of fruit that's underpinned by a racy spine of acidity. Seamless and unerringly precise, it concludes with a long and penetratingly mineral finish. Immense though its potential for aging is, its intensity and balance make it pleasurable as well as persuasive, even today. Given the eye-watering price of this magnum-only release, I was determined to hold the wine to the highest possible standards, but it surpasses even the prodigious 1996 and surely ranks as the finest Salon since at least the 1970s. In short, this is a Blanc de Blancs that admits no argument. |
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Champagne | 1 | - |
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£1,910.44 |
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Champagne | 1 | 94 (VN) |
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£2,758.84 |
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Vinous (94)Tasted over dinner in July 2009. |
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Champagne | 1 | 97 (VN) |
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£4,909.24 |
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Vinous (97)Taittinger’s 1996 Comtes de Champagne is another highlight. The flavors are only now beginning to show elements of complexity, a great sign for aging. Gently spiced and buttery notes suggest the 1996 is about to enter the early part of its maturity, where it is likely to stay for another decade or so. |
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Champagne | 2 | 98 (VN) |
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£429.60 |
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Vinous (98)We started with the 2006 Taittinger Comtes de Champagne, which is every bit as racy and seductive as it has always been. It’s a great, great vintage for Comtes. |
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Champagne | 2 | 98 (VN) |
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£811.24 |
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Vinous (98)We started with the 2006 Taittinger Comtes de Champagne, which is every bit as racy and seductive as it has always been. It’s a great, great vintage for Comtes. |
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Champagne | 1 | 98 (JS) |
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£361.20 |
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James Suckling (98)This is a step up from the linear and fresh 2006. It shows subtle depth and power with a dense block of vivid fruit that's highlighted with lemon zest, green apples and hints of white peaches. Just the right amount of praline and nuts on the nose. Fine and tight bead give the Champagne a luxurious mouthfeel. One for now or the cellar. Drink or hold. |
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Champagne | 1 | - |
Inc. VAT
£876.25 |
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Champagne | 1 | - |
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£2,571.23 |
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Champagne | 1 | - |
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£942.25 |
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Renowned for its extraordinary complexity, the Ulysse Collin Les Enfers Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut 96 months Base 2010 NV offers a timeless expression of prestigious Champagne terroir. Crafted in France's celebrated Congy vineyard, grapes were hand-picked and fermented in oak barrels, completes 8-years on lees, to develop its distinguished enigmatic character. Esteemed vineyard-master Olivier Collin, a disciple of celebrated Anselme Selosse, resurrected this once confiscated family estate with the unwavering pursuit of perfection. His meticulous 'parcellaire' approach ensures each bottle encapsulates its vineyard's distinct personality. This Blanc de Blancs thrills the palate with vibrant champagne acidity, excepcionally balanced by rich, wonderfully biscuity, toasty notes. Endowed with a persistent finish, Ulysse Collin Les Enfers superbly demonstrates Collin's signature style; deeply flavoured, complex, and enticingly fresh. Experience the exquisite finesse of Ulysse Collin Les Enfers Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut 96 months Base 2010 NV, an absolute triumph in the world of fine wines. |
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Champagne | 1 | 100 (WA) |
Inc. VAT
£2,649.62 |
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Wine Advocate (100)Disgorged in March 2020 with 2.4 grams dosage, the NV Extra-Brut Blanc de Blancs Les Enfers (2014) 60 months is based on the 2014 vintage. Indeed, it's the same tirage that was released last year after 48 months on lees, but its additional year sur lattes has transformed it into an altogether different wine, one that attains new levels of texture, sapid nuance and quite simply excitement. Unwinding in the glass with scents of freshly baked bread, honeyed pears, pomelo, blanched almonds, praline and white flowers, it's full-bodied, layered and multidimensional, with a textural attack segueing into a deep and concentrated mid-palate that's pure and precise, girdled by racy acids and complemented by an elegantly pillowy mousse, concluding with a long, intensely mineral finish. It is testimony to Olivier Collin's immense ambition and relentless work ethic that he has achieved such results not in the celebrated terroirs of the Côte de Blancs or the Montagne de Reims, but rather in the little-known Val du Petit Morin, and in the process, he is expanding the parameters of the possible in Champagne. |
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Champagne | 1 | 100 (WA) |
Inc. VAT
£2,649.62 |
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Wine Advocate (100)Collin's NV Extra-Brut Blanc de Blancs Les Roises (2015) 60 months is an arresting, thrilling wine that bursts with aromas of peach, confit lemon, mandarin oil, buttery pastry, almonds and white flowers. Full-bodied, deep and multidimensional, with huge concentration and mid-palate amplitude, it's vibrant and precise, with a pillowy mousse and an immensely long and intensely saline finish. Despite my best intentions, as soon as I tasted this Les Roises, I knew that my self-imposed embargo on any further 100-point scores for Champagne in 2021 would have to be broken. And the frightening thing is that Collin shows no signs of relenting in his quest to expand the parameters of the possible in Champagne! While bottles of this tiny disgorgement won't be easy to find, anyone eager to taste one of the region's contemporary benchmarks should make every effort to seek one out. |
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Champagne | 1 | 93 (VN) |
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£298.40 |
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Vinous (93)(made from fruit grown in eight different grand crus, mostly Verzenay and Avize; lot 5122815): Vivid gold. Heady aromas of orange, white peach and smoky minerals, with a note of buttered toast adding depth. Densely packed citrus and pit fruit flavors show chewy texture and a bright mineral quality that adds vivacity. Rich but lively and precise, finishing very long, with notes of candied fig and toasty lees. |
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Champagne | 2 | - |
Inc. VAT
£261.60 |
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Discover the indulgent Nicolas Feuillatte Palmes d'Or 2008, a quintessential embodiment of excellence from the famed Champagne house, Nicolas Feuillatte. With paramount attention to detail, this vintage was meticulously crafted in the prestigious vineyards of Epernay, in the heart of the Champagne region. Reflective of the 2008 harvest, this Champagne features distinct freshness and exceptional balance. A sophisticated blend of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, its ageing process in the cellars achieves sublime depth and complexity. Celebrated for its elegance and refined fruity notes, it greets the palate with divine shades of white flowers, crisp apple, and gentle pear undertones. This Champagne exudes a golden hue, encased in a stunning, intricately designed bottle. Revered among connoisseurs, every sip of Nicolas Feuillatte Palmes d'Or 2008 is a testament to the beauty of masterful winemaking; it is the epitome of luxury that discerning drinkers revere and seek in a fine Champagne. |
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Champagne | 1 | - |
In Bond
£1,162.00 |
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Champagne | 1 | - |
In Bond
£733.00 |
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Champagne | 1 | - |
In Bond
£639.00 |
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Champagne | 1 | 94 (WE) |
In Bond
£1,193.00 |
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Wine Enthusiast (94)This pale-colored wine with its crushed raspberry perfume, is now reaching its peak. It is rich with a dosage that gives it a soft character without losing any of the crisp fruit. The wine is balanced, hinting at toast while still tangy and tight. Drink this delicious wine now. |
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Champagne | 6 | 93 (VN) |
In Bond
£420.00 |
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Vinous (93)The 2011 Extra-Brut Clos des Goisses is bright and perfumed, with lovely Chardonnay energy driving the citrus, floral and savory notes. In 2011, Clos des Goisses is a touch lithe, but its balance is simply impeccable. Given the challenges of the year, I would not push my luck on aging. If there is one wine I would be willing to bet on, at least for the medium term, it is Clos des Goisses. Dosage is 4.5 liters per gram. |
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Champagne | 1 | - |
In Bond
£992.00 |
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Champagne | 1 | - |
In Bond
£3,782.00 |
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Champagne | 1 | - |
In Bond
£1,399.00 |
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Champagne | 1 | 92.0 |
In Bond
£2,364.00 |
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Champagne | 1 | 97 (JS) |
In Bond
£640.00 |
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James Suckling (97)This is a deep and profound 2002 with such fine bubbles that have the texture of fine silk. Full body. Extremely dense and compact. Just rolls over your palate. Superb quality and satisfaction, after all this time. Drink now. |
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Champagne | 1 | - |
In Bond
£1,829.00 |
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Champagne | 1 | 98+ (JD) |
In Bond
£649.00 |
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Jeb Dunnuck (98+)The 2008 Champagne Rare Rosé is straight-up sensational. Only the second time they’ve produced this cuvée, it offers a deep, full-bodied, powerful yet chiseled and laser-focused style carrying loads of wild strawberry fruit as well as notes of orange blossom, spice, and crushed rocks. Backward, austere, yet simply loaded with potential, it needs a solid 4-5 years of bottle age and will drink brilliantly for two decades or more. |
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Champagne | 1 | 93 (RP) |
In Bond
£3,886.00 |
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Wine Advocate - Robert Parker (93)No tasting note. |
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Champagne | 1 | 97 (JS) |
In Bond
£6,100.00 |
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James Suckling (97)This is phenomenal with mineral, sliced apple and honeysuckle aromas and flavors. It's full-bodied and so refined. Racy and intense. So youthful and long. Like a great and fresh Batard-Montrachet. Long life to go. |
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Champagne | 1 | 100 (DC) |
In Bond
£2,370.00 |
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Decanter (100)An almost ideal growing season with no periods of extreme weather, ending with a cool but sunny September. Harvest began on 16 September. The very classy nose has a mineral-infused character underlying its spicy, floral scents. This Salon has the power to be long-lived and the freshness and vivacity to be already enjoyable, but also to be an ideal companion for a gastronomic meal. Perfection. |
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Champagne | 1 | 100 (WE) |
In Bond
£1,045.00 |
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Wine Enthusiast (100)This new release from a great vintage for Chardonnay in Champagne is a perfect blanc de blancs, showing a wealth of intensity from the crisp, chalky, mineral tones to the perfumed apple notes. The aromas hint at developing toastiness that adds depth and complexity. The wine is still young and it will age for years. Drink from 2020. |
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Champagne | 1 | 100 (WA) |
In Bond
£4,900.00 |
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Wine Advocate (100)Disgorged in January 2019 with six grams per liter dosage, Salon's 2008 Brut Blanc de Blancs Le Mesnil is a striking wine, unwinding in the glass with scents of citrus oil, fresh bread, crisp green apple, white flowers, smoke and oyster shell. Full-bodied, layered and incisive, it's deep and concentrated, with a tightly coiled core of fruit that's underpinned by a racy spine of acidity. Seamless and unerringly precise, it concludes with a long and penetratingly mineral finish. Immense though its potential for aging is, its intensity and balance make it pleasurable as well as persuasive, even today. Given the eye-watering price of this magnum-only release, I was determined to hold the wine to the highest possible standards, but it surpasses even the prodigious 1996 and surely ranks as the finest Salon since at least the 1970s. In short, this is a Blanc de Blancs that admits no argument. |
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Champagne | 1 | - |
In Bond
£1,576.00 |
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Champagne | 1 | 94 (VN) |
In Bond
£2,283.00 |
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Vinous (94)Tasted over dinner in July 2009. |
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Champagne | 1 | 97 (VN) |
In Bond
£4,075.00 |
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Vinous (97)Taittinger’s 1996 Comtes de Champagne is another highlight. The flavors are only now beginning to show elements of complexity, a great sign for aging. Gently spiced and buttery notes suggest the 1996 is about to enter the early part of its maturity, where it is likely to stay for another decade or so. |
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Champagne | 2 | 98 (VN) |
Inc. VAT
£429.60 |
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Vinous (98)We started with the 2006 Taittinger Comtes de Champagne, which is every bit as racy and seductive as it has always been. It’s a great, great vintage for Comtes. |
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Champagne | 2 | 98 (VN) |
In Bond
£660.00 |
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Vinous (98)We started with the 2006 Taittinger Comtes de Champagne, which is every bit as racy and seductive as it has always been. It’s a great, great vintage for Comtes. |
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Champagne | 1 | 98 (JS) |
Inc. VAT
£361.20 |
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James Suckling (98)This is a step up from the linear and fresh 2006. It shows subtle depth and power with a dense block of vivid fruit that's highlighted with lemon zest, green apples and hints of white peaches. Just the right amount of praline and nuts on the nose. Fine and tight bead give the Champagne a luxurious mouthfeel. One for now or the cellar. Drink or hold. |
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Champagne | 1 | - |
In Bond
£727.00 |
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Champagne | 1 | - |
In Bond
£2,132.00 |
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Champagne | 1 | - |
In Bond
£782.00 |
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Renowned for its extraordinary complexity, the Ulysse Collin Les Enfers Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut 96 months Base 2010 NV offers a timeless expression of prestigious Champagne terroir. Crafted in France's celebrated Congy vineyard, grapes were hand-picked and fermented in oak barrels, completes 8-years on lees, to develop its distinguished enigmatic character. Esteemed vineyard-master Olivier Collin, a disciple of celebrated Anselme Selosse, resurrected this once confiscated family estate with the unwavering pursuit of perfection. His meticulous 'parcellaire' approach ensures each bottle encapsulates its vineyard's distinct personality. This Blanc de Blancs thrills the palate with vibrant champagne acidity, excepcionally balanced by rich, wonderfully biscuity, toasty notes. Endowed with a persistent finish, Ulysse Collin Les Enfers superbly demonstrates Collin's signature style; deeply flavoured, complex, and enticingly fresh. Experience the exquisite finesse of Ulysse Collin Les Enfers Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut 96 months Base 2010 NV, an absolute triumph in the world of fine wines. |
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Champagne | 1 | 100 (WA) |
In Bond
£2,200.00 |
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Wine Advocate (100)Disgorged in March 2020 with 2.4 grams dosage, the NV Extra-Brut Blanc de Blancs Les Enfers (2014) 60 months is based on the 2014 vintage. Indeed, it's the same tirage that was released last year after 48 months on lees, but its additional year sur lattes has transformed it into an altogether different wine, one that attains new levels of texture, sapid nuance and quite simply excitement. Unwinding in the glass with scents of freshly baked bread, honeyed pears, pomelo, blanched almonds, praline and white flowers, it's full-bodied, layered and multidimensional, with a textural attack segueing into a deep and concentrated mid-palate that's pure and precise, girdled by racy acids and complemented by an elegantly pillowy mousse, concluding with a long, intensely mineral finish. It is testimony to Olivier Collin's immense ambition and relentless work ethic that he has achieved such results not in the celebrated terroirs of the Côte de Blancs or the Montagne de Reims, but rather in the little-known Val du Petit Morin, and in the process, he is expanding the parameters of the possible in Champagne. |
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Champagne | 1 | 100 (WA) |
In Bond
£2,200.00 |
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Wine Advocate (100)Collin's NV Extra-Brut Blanc de Blancs Les Roises (2015) 60 months is an arresting, thrilling wine that bursts with aromas of peach, confit lemon, mandarin oil, buttery pastry, almonds and white flowers. Full-bodied, deep and multidimensional, with huge concentration and mid-palate amplitude, it's vibrant and precise, with a pillowy mousse and an immensely long and intensely saline finish. Despite my best intentions, as soon as I tasted this Les Roises, I knew that my self-imposed embargo on any further 100-point scores for Champagne in 2021 would have to be broken. And the frightening thing is that Collin shows no signs of relenting in his quest to expand the parameters of the possible in Champagne! While bottles of this tiny disgorgement won't be easy to find, anyone eager to taste one of the region's contemporary benchmarks should make every effort to seek one out. |
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Champagne | 1 | 93 (VN) |
In Bond
£246.00 |
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Vinous (93)(made from fruit grown in eight different grand crus, mostly Verzenay and Avize; lot 5122815): Vivid gold. Heady aromas of orange, white peach and smoky minerals, with a note of buttered toast adding depth. Densely packed citrus and pit fruit flavors show chewy texture and a bright mineral quality that adds vivacity. Rich but lively and precise, finishing very long, with notes of candied fig and toasty lees. |
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