Great Grower Champagne
Plus New Krug Special Cuvee
10% off any mixed 6-pack (excluding Krug)! 

Pierre Gimonnet & Fils

"Gimonnet has always been a favourite of mine and I used to sneak into VC stores (their direct import at the time) when it was on a crazy special. It's always offered great value, with elegance, laser beam focus and generous chardonnay density. With more recent releases the wines are even more classy and classical. The top "Special Club" wines offer a great insight into three different Grand Cru villages and they are cheap! The latest Krug GC with its 2014 base, is a beauty and I have never tasted a better one!" Cheers, Randall

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Gimonnet 2015 1er Cru 'Fleuron' Blanc de Blancs
RRP: $145 Offer: $125!
"The state's traditional vintage Champagne, balances the creamy richness of Chouilly with the structure and minerality of Cremant" - Peter Liem, Champagne

Gimonnet 2010 1er Cru 'Fleuron' Blanc de Blancs MAGNUM
RRP: $295 Offer: $255!
100% Chardonnay. Gimonnet’s main vintage champagne, from good years. Stainless steel. 30% Chouilly grand cru, 42.5% Cramant grand cru, 9% Oger grand cru, 18.5% Cuis premier cru is a typical blend. Malo done. Dosage 4.5 g/l.
A little looser than the 2012. Nicely balanced and very appetising and direct." - Jancis Robinson.

Gimonnet 2015 Special Club Oger Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs
RRP: $236 Offer: $189!
Tightly wound and intensely mineral, this is a very serious and concentrated vintage champagne that just needs a bit more time in the bottle for the still discreet citrus notes to unfold. However, there are already so many layers of flavor on the tightly focused palate and at the long, very exciting finish. Disgorged in April, 2021. Drink or hold." 95pts - James Suckling 

Gimonnet 2015 Special Club Chouilly Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs
RRP: $236 Offer: $189!
Extremely limited!
A super-elegant and very graceful champagne that you sink into like a huge, velvet sofa. The ravishing orange-blossom aromas make this really hard to resist! Very suave and silky finish. From vines planted in 1951 and 1991. Disgorged in April, 2021. Drink or hold." 95pts - James Suckling

Gimonnet 2015 Special Club 1er Cramant Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs
RRP: $249 Offer: $213!
Extremely limited!
Very deep and concentrated with fantastic mineral freshness lifting the substantial body, this is a sparkling chardonnay masterpiece. Great candied-citrus and chalky complexity at the expansive finish, yet this remains so pure and straight. From vines planted in 1911 and 1982. Disgorged in April, 2021. Drink or hold." 96pts - James Suckling

Andre Clouet

"So I was bowled over when I tasted this estate-bottled Brut Nature (meaning no added sugar or dosage) from André Clouet.
It was magnificent. It made my palate sit up and beg for more. 
What's it got? Pinot Noir, that's what. All Pinot, all the time, in fact. The bubbly is 100 percent Pinot Noir grown in the village of Bouzy, a grand cru rated 100 percent in Champagne's official vineyard rankings.  Exceptionally dense, creamy, utterly dry and redolent of red berries (if you close your eyes and smell the wine you'd think you were drinking a full-fledged Pinot Noir-which, of course, you are), this is the most succulent sparkling wine I've ever tasted."  Matt Kramer, Wine Spectator

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Andre Clouet NV Silver Brut Nature
RRP: $85 Offer: $72!
"A bold and generous champagne for Brut Nature, the bone-dry finish mellowed by the ripe-apricot character, plus hints of toast and melted butter. Not super-elegant, perhaps, but gives a lot of pleasure and has entirely its own style. 100% pinot noir. Drink now." 93pts - James Suckling

Ander Clouet NV Rose No.3
RRP: $105 Offer: $85!
"A frank, generous and juicy but properly dry rosé champagne that has plenty of pinot noir red-berry character. Enough substance to easily handle the dining table. Long and bright, berry and citrus finish. 100% pinot noir, of which 8% was red wine. Drink now." 93pts - James Suckling

 Vilmart

"When I think of finesse in Champagne, Vilmart is one of the first names that comes to mind. Proprietor Laurent Champs has the magic touch in crafting exquisite wines that can stand with the very best….. The Vilmart style can be defined as timeless and classic. All of the Vilmart Champagnes are aged in oak, but with blocked malos, an approach that yields Chardonnays and Pinots of nearly incomparable finesse. Readers who haven't discovered Vilmart yet owe it to themselves to do so." - Antonio Galloni, Vinous

"Vilmart is among my favourite houses that have mastered the difficult challenge of delivering an elegant and full-flavored Champagne with finesse. If you don't know the house, do yourself a favour and give one of the cuvées a try, you'll thank me for the suggestion." - Burghound

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Vilmart 2014 Couer de Cuvee
RRP: $285 Offer: $245!
"Broad, rich and open. Very distinctive. Long. With strong mineral notes." - Jancis Robinson

Vilmart 2017 Grand Cellier d'Or
RRP: $165 Offer: $141!
"Rich and round with lots of interesting work around the edges. Very much an artisanal product! Lots to read into this wine." - Jancis Robinson

Vilmart NV Grand Cellier
RRP: $140 Offer: $112!

"Laurent Champs has run this family estate in the Montagne de Reims since 1989 when he took over as the fifth generation. He uses complete barrel fermentation in a range of sizes, and malo is routinely blocked. High proportions of Chardonnay are used here, unusual given the Montagne’s general reputation for Pinot Noir. All 11 ha (27 acres) are in Rilly with small parcels in Villers-Allerand too. This is 70% Chardonnay, 30% Pinot Noir. Base 2015, plus 50% reserve wines. All from Rilly, lieu-dit Les Hautes-Grèves. Fermented in large oak caks and ageing 10 months before bottling. Dosage 8 g/l.
Very fresh and aromatic. Really quite delicate. Definitely transparent in a 21st-century style." - Jancis Robinson

Vilmart NV Grand Reserve 
RRP: $115 Offer: $92!
"70% Pinot Noir, 30% Chardonnay. The only Vilmart wine with majority Pinot Noir. Blend of three years. Base 2012. Fermented in large oak, aged 10 months before bottling. Malo blocked. Disgorged June 2014. 10 g/l dosage.
Very pale greenish straw. Light but very interesting nose. Pretty admirable. Dancing and lively. One of the most ethereal of this range of growers' wines. Really lively and racy." - Jancis Robinson

Krug

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Krug NV Grand Cuvee 170eme Edition
(2014 base vintage)
RRP: $385 Offer: $365!
96pts - James Suckling
95pts - William Kelley, Wine Advocate
95pts - Decanter


Cheers, Randall, Jeff, Nick & Rose!