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• • Lobster
• • Tarts
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Champagne Leclerc Briant Cuvée Extra Brut NV		France
A delicious Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier blend from one of the oldest houses in Epernay.

Release Notes:

Price : $29.00  Qty:  Item No. : 19817  Our Rating : 91  Country : France  Region : Champagne  Grape : Pinot  Meunier Pinot  Noir  Alcohol : 12%

This Champagne is a blend of 70% Pinot Noir and 30% Pinot Meunier made from only the highest quality, first-run juice. A light and vigorours wine: the quintessential Brut Champagne.

Tasting Notes:

This Champagne is very versatile. The light nutty nose with some earthy aromas is followed by a palate of complex fruit (green apple) and hazelnut flavors with a hint of butteriness. A full-bodied champagne with good acidity and focus, and a great dry finish. This sparkler is great before a meal as an aperitif, during fine seafood meals (Lobster), and after a meal accompanying fresh fruit, fruit tarts, or chocolate.

Winery:

A small Champagne house whose focus is on quality and tradition. Records show the Leclerc family tending vines as far back as 1664. The house sold its first bottle in 1872.... Read more

Region:

It is said that champagne is a wine that has no rules. It can be drunk at any time of the day or night; some even drink it out of actresses... Read more