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CHAMPAGNE 

 

NV Billecart-Salmon Brut Reserve      Halliday's Top 100 of 2004 - 94 points; Jancis Robinson - 17.0 points   $74.95 per bottle

NV Billecart-Salmon Brut Rosé      James Halliday - 96 points $125.00 per bottle  

NV Bollinger Special Cuveé Brut      James Halliday - 94 points; Jancis Robinson - 16.5 points  $85.95 per bottle

NV Chartogne-Taillet Cuvée Sainte Anne   A superb boutique champagne, great value  $59.95 per bottle  

NV Delamotte Brut     "Streamlined and lingering: a great non-vintage" - Huon Hooke, 95 points (Best Sparkling); "Rich, full bodied and elegant; an impressive wine" - Wine Enthusiast, 93 points; "One of the best buys in exquisitely crafted Champagne" - Robert Parker, 91 points  $64.95 per bottle  

2002 Dom Perignon Andy Warhol Collection     "A great wine and top vintage" - Huon Hooke, 97 points; "Magnificent champagne... supremely elegant" - Halliday's Top 100 of 2010, 96 points; The Wine Advocate - 96 points; "This is a joy to taste" - Anthony Rose, 95 points  $345.00 per bottle  

2002 Dom Perignon      "A great wine and top vintage" - Huon Hooke, 97 points; "Magnificent champagne... supremely elegant" - Halliday's Top 100 of 2010, 96 points; The Wine Advocate - 96 points; "This is a joy to taste" - Anthony Rose, 95 points  $225.00 per bottle  

2000 Dom Perignon      "Has the Dom hallmark fluid line and feline grace... a gloriously long and even finish" - Halliday's Top 100 of 2008, 97 points; "A gorgeous, seductive wine that floats on the palate with remarkable grace... elegance personified, and in this vintage the wine fully merits its lofty reputation" - The Wine Advocate, 94 points; "This is a classic Dom Perignon vintage" - Wine Enthusiast, 95 points; "Stunning example of this great wine... A great Dom" - Ray Jordan  $250.00 per bottle  

2000 Dom Perignon Two Flute Glass Pack     A very special gift pack comprising one bottle of 00 Dom Perignon and two Dom Perignon glass flutes   $320.00 per bottle  

NV Egly-Ouriet Grand Cru Tradition Brut     Winner of the New York Times' tasting of luxury Non-Vintage Champagnes; One of Champagne's Top 5 producers - Andrew Jefford; "...wonderful length & refreshing" - Jane Faulkner; "...very impressive" - Huon Hooke   $99.95 per bottle

NV Gardet Brut Premier Cru     "... style, finesse" - Decanter World Wine Awards 2006   $63.50 per bottle  

NV Gardet Brut Special     $63.50 per bottle  

1999 Gardet Cuvée Charles Gardet     $170.00 per bottle  

1996 Gardet Cuvée Charles Gardet     $199.00 per bottle  

NV Gosset Grande Reserve Cuvée      Halliday's Top 100 of 2005 - 95 points; "Great champagne" - Epicure Uncorked ***** & Wine of the Week; Gourmet Traveller Wine's Value-for-Money Winner; Jancis Robinson - 17.0 points     $89.95 per bottle  

NV Jacquesson Cuvée 733     $69.95 per bottle

NV Krug Grande Cuvée Brut     James Halliday - 97 points; Gourmet Traveller Wine - 96 points    $269.50 per bottle

1996 Krug Vintage    "An utterly extraordinary wine" - James Halliday, 100 points"; A powerful, majestic Champagne" - Wine Spectator, 99 points; "Krug regards the '28, '90 and '96 as its three finest wines of the 20th century"  $750.00 per bottle

NV Larmandier-Bernier Blanc de Blancs 1er Cru    "Knee-tremblingly exciting" - Gourmet Traveller Wine; "This wine is a fantastic expression of that chalky terroir" - Max Allen; "Beautiful" - The Wine Front, 93 points; "It's fabulously dry and crisp but, through ripe, concentrated fruit, is not in the least austere" - Tony Harper; Top Twenty drops for 2005 - Sophie Otton     $79.95 per bottle

NV Larmandier-Bernier Brut Tradition 1er Cru    "Great finesse and harmony, and extroadinary persistence" - Huon Hooke; "This NV drinks with style and distinction to rival most houses's vintage wines" - Nick Stock, 93 points; "A champagne house making wines of superb quality... The savoury, appetising finish is super-long and satisfying" - Epicure Uncorked, Best Champagne *****     $74.95 per bottle

NV Louis Roederer Brut Premier      "As good as many champagne houses vintage wines" - Ralph Kyte Powell; Jancis Robinson - 17.5 points; Gourmet Traveller Wine - 91 points    $69.95 per bottle

2002 Louis Roederer Cristal     "This is easily the best we've seen since the scintillating 1996 Cristal. Intensity and fine concentration are the hallmarks of this Champagne... The palate is needle-like in its precision, with piercing acidity and fine floral notes, clean and long. Not one to be missed!" - Nick Stock, - 97 points; James Halliday's Top 100 Wines for 2009 - 97 points; "The best Cristal since 1996 and may even, in time, rival the almost perfect 1990... an absolutely classic Cristal... vibrant, rich, perfectly balanced and fine" - Phillip Rich, Top 20 wines 2008; "Extraordinary grace and elegance... It is a gorgeous, seductive Cristal of the highest level" - The Wine Advocate, 96+ points   $395.00 per bottle

2000 Louis Roederer Cristal       $395.00 per bottle

NV Moet & Chandon Brut Imperial    James Halliday - 95 points; Jancis Robinson - 16.5 points   $56.95 per bottle  

1999 Moet & Chandon Grand Vintage   $99.50 per bottle

NV Moet & Chandon Rosé   Wine Spectator - 91 points   $84.95 per bottle  

NV Nicolas Feuillatte Brut Réserve Particulière      The world's third largest selling French Champagne; "A fab French fizz" - Eastern Courier Messenger; "... the inclusion of some older base wine... Wonderful finish with plenty of secondary flavours emerging from the back palate" - Tony Keys  $59.95 per bottle

NV Perrier Jouet Grand Brut      "This is what you expect a prestige Champagne to look, smell and taste like" - Wine Enthusiast, 93 points; "All smoothness on the palate" - Wine Spectator, 92 points  (90-94 pts outstanding)   $69.95 per bottle

NV Piper Heidsieck Cuvée Brut       James Halliday - 93 points; Wine Spectator - 91 points  (90-94 pts outstanding)   $49.95 per bottle

1998 Pol Roger Sir Winston Churchill      "Its quality is instantaneously obvious, full of power and grace... fine, silky citrus and nectarine fruit which caresses the palate into paroxysms of joy" - James Halliday's Top 100 of 2008, 97 points; "Shows great aging potential" - Wine News, 96 points   $245.00 per bottle

1999 Pol Roger Vintage Brut       "When it comes to value for money this was the winner by a very strong margin... there is every facet of elegance, finesse and distinction that you might expect… this is one glorious and affordable luxury that you simply must not live without" - Matthew Jukes; "An outstanding vintage from a house so popular in Australia. ... Velvety texture, mid-palate creaminess, impeccable balance and crisp, natural acidity to finish" - Peter Forrestal; "Possesses notable harmony and balance, with terrific length and a long, sweet finish. Simply put, this is gorgeous stuff" - Robert Parker, 91 points   $109.95 per bottle

NV Veuve Clicquot Brut      Wine Spectator - 88 points (85-89pts very good)    $67.50 per bottle

1998 Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame   Halliday's Top 100 of 2007 - 97 points; Stephen Tanzer - 92 points   $239.00 per bottle

2002 Veuve Clicquot Vintage Reserve   "A very long citrus and apple palate, with touches of biscuit on the extended finish. Reputation and quality combine to make this wine a bargain" - James Halliday Top 100 Wines of 2010, 95 points $99.95 per bottle