Champagne and Sparkling Wine Tasting at Wine Watch Saturday, November 21st 7:00pm
“Too much of anything is bad, but too much Champagne is just right.”
Mark Twain
We have a couple of great wine drinking weeks coming up and then it’s Thanksgiving, the year is almost over and, in a few weeks, we go into holiday mode till after Christmas. Just a few more weeks also to our biggest wine tasting of the year the pre- holiday Champagne and sparkling wine tasting coming up on Saturday November 21st.
This is one of our annual events and one of the most popular, the Champagne and sparkling wine tasting has become one of the hottest events that we do all year. Not only will we have an incredible line-up of Champagne and sparkling wines from your everyday non-vintage brut, rose brut, to tete de cuvee vintage Champagne, but we will also be sampling some great methode champenoise sparklers from California and Cava from Spain. There will be over 60 sparkling wines in all available to tasting and Wine Watch will be here serving up a few tasty treats to accompany the bubbles. The fee for this tasting is $115 + tax. Can you think of a better way to start the holiday season? For reservations call 954-523-9463 or e-mail andy@winewatch.com.
Champagne and Sparkling Wine Tasting at Wine Watch
Saturday, November 21st
7:30pm
NV Simpsons Wine Estate 'Chalklands' Classic Cuvee Vintage Sparkling, England
Price: $49.00 Your Price: $44.10
Tasting Notes: Created from Estate grown Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier grapes, our Classic Method Classic Cuvée is the epitome of English elegance. Pale gold in color, with a delicate mousse, it has a delightfully fresh nose with notes of crisp green apple and flint. These flavors are amplified on the palate, which has linear precision and impressive structure and length.
2020 Simpsons Wine Estate 'Flint Fields' Sparkling Blanc de Noirs, England
Price: $67.00 Your Price: $60.30
Tasting Notes: With a golden hue and a fine, persistent bead, this wine has luxurious, pâtisserie and citrus peel aromas. On the palate it shows precision and poise, with quince and rosehip notes, perfectly married with hints of frangipane and wonderful savoury nuances. It is bone dry and has a smooth, elegant finish.
2018 Simpsons Wine Estate 'White Cliffs' Blanc de Blancs England
Price: $71.00 Your Price: $63.90
White Cliffs Blanc de Blancs 2018 embodies English purity and style: Pale gold with a fine mousse, this wine has classic aromas of citrus and green apple, balanced with subtle, toasted brioche notes and distinctive minerality, ending in a rich, persistent finish.
2020 Simpsons Wine Estate Canterbury Rose Sparkling England
Price: $56.00 Your Price: $50.40
This wine is rose gold with a very fine, caressing bead. On the nose it has hints of citrus peel and rosehip with savoury patisserie nuances, illustrating both finesse and balance. On the palate there are vibrant grapefruit flavours layered with red berry fruit. The extended lees ageing has enhanced this wine’s elegant structure and its generous, lingering finish.
NV Champagne Tribaut-Schloesser Le Brut Origine (3 LITER)
Price: $351.00 Your Price: $315.90
NV Champagne Tribaut-Schloesser Le Brut Origine Magnum
Price: $119.00 Your Price: $107.10
NV Champagne Tribaut-Schloesser Le Brut Origine 8 Terroirs
Price: $47.00 Your Price: $42.30
This is a 5th generation family owned property and they have 150 acres of vines, they use oak for the aging, they buy 15% of the fruit from a cousin, producing 35,000 cases a year. Vineyards in 14 different terroirs, 3yrs 8 grams per liter, a honeyed character. A blend of 40% Pinot Noir, 30% Chardonnay, 30% Pinot Meunier. From 8 Terroirs Brut Origine is a fruity and middle-full body Champagne with a low dosage of 8grs of sugar per liter.
MV Champagne Tribaut-Schloesser Le Blanc de Chardonnay Extra Brut
Price: $60.00 Your Price: $54.00
100% Chardonnay. 30 to 40% of the blend was made with reserve wine matured in French oak barrels. This wine is aged for a minimum of 48 months on the lees in the chalk cellars before disgorgement.
A powerful yet elegant floral bouquet, with toasted and buttery aromas. Beautiful complexity and structure on the palate, with distinct mineral notes, wild honey and toasty flavors, followed by a pleasant dry finish.
Best appreciated with oysters, crayfish or any delicate seafood. Connoisseurs will also love it as an aperitif.
NV Champagne Tribaut-Schloesser Brut Nature Blanc De Noirs
Price: $58.00 Your Price: $52.20
50 % Pinot Meunier – 50 % Pinot Noir
Produced in 4 terroirs:
Romery, Eceuil, Damery & Olizy
This original blend of Champagne is aged partially in oak barrels resulting in a powerful aromatic profile and exceptional elegance on the palate. Aged for 30 months on its lees before disgorgement. No dosage at disgorgement
2015 CHAMPAGNE Tribaut-Schloesser MILLESIME BRUT CHAMPAGNE
Price: $75.00 Your Price: $67.50 Quantity in Stock: 3
Tasting Notes: Hints of meringue, bitter almond, ripe grapefruit and brioche. Supple on the palate with present acidity that melts into honeycomb
NV Champagne Tribaut-Schloesser Cuvee Rene Extra Brut Champagne Magnum
Price: $215.00 Your Price: $193.50
NV Champagne Tribaut-Schloesser Cuvee Rene Extra Brut Champagne
Price: $110.00 Your Price: $99.00
Assemblage: Chardonnay 70%, Pinot Noir 30%. 20 to 30% of the blend made with reserve wine. This wine is a selection of the best parcels from the Tribaut vineyards. It is aged for 6 to 8 years on the lees in the chalk cellars before degorgement.
Tasting: This is the non vintage flagship from the House Tribaut. The Chardonnay ensures that this aged Champagne is full of freshness, fruitiness and liveliness, in balance with an outstanding maturity shown by vanilla, nutty and honey flavours, as well as an ample structure.
Drinking tips: Perfect to serve with a terrine, foie gras, or a game dish. It can also be enjoyed with a soft cheese or at the end of a meal.
NV Champagne Tribaut-Schloesser Rose Brut 8 Terroirs
Price: $60.00 Your Price: $54.00
Assemblage: Pinot Noir 60%, Pinot Meunier 40%. 20 to 40% of this blend was made with reserve wine. This wine has aged for a minimum of 48 months on the lees in the chalk cellars before disgorgement.
Tasting: A fruity and elegant Champagne, with a superb light salmon color. The palate is dominated by red fruit flavors such as blackcurrant and raspberry. Nice mature complexity on the palate.
Drinking tips: Perfect for celebrating a beautiful sunset as well with chocolate brownies and strawberry cheesecake. Also pairs well with white meat and delicate Asian food.
Jackson Family - SGWS
NV Chapel Down Brut Kent, England
Price: $45.00 Your Price: $40.50
(89 Points) Brisk, bright green-apple freshness hits the nose first, almost with urgency. The palate has that same, pervasive urgent freshness, carried on frothy, vivid foam and shimmering with zesty lemon notes. As the wines gets more air, it appears rounder. The finish is dry and vivid. Anne Krebiehl MW - Wine Enthusiast
NV Chapel Down Rose Brut Kent, England
Price: $45.00 Your Price: $40.50
(90 Points) Raw almond, strawberries still on their stems, and floral aromas open this English rosé. The palate is dry overall, but a hint of sweetness is detectable. Lovely beads of bubbles and a crisp acidity add plenty of freshness, and a lingering red berry finish makes another sip an easy endeavor. Christina Pickard - Wine Enthusiast
2019 Chapel Down Reserve Brut Kent, England
Price: $78.00 Your Price: $70.20
(Winery Notes) Chapel Brut Reserve 2019 is an award-winning wine created exclusively for our restaurant, hotel, and bar accounts.
Brut Reserve 2019 is a traditional blend of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier and Pinot Blanc and is aged for 18 months on lees. Produced from the 2019 vintage which saw a warm and dry spring followed by an extended summer season, the hand-harvested fruit is sourced primarily from our Kent vineyards.
This English sparkling wine is crisp, fresh and elegant, with notes of apple, light red berries and brioche. As an ‘extra brut’ it is ideal with food, especially grilled chicken and seafood, or enjoyed as an aperitif.
Our Head Winemaker, Josh Donaghay-Spire, shares his personal tasting notes of this exclusive English sparkling wine, all filmed at our Chapel Down home in Tenterden, Kent.
2014 Henriot Brut Millesime Champagne
Price: $127.50 Your Price: $114.75
A blend comprising some ten Premier and Grand Cru Villages, this vintage celebrates what could only be described as a unique year. As soon as the first grapes were picked, we knew this was going to be a great harvest, which only became more apparent throughout the ageing and blending process. Pinot Noir and Chardonnay in perfect balance will transport Champagne lovers to a world of subtle sensations presenting springtime freshness, mineral character and a breadth of aromas spearheaded by fruit notes. This exceptional year, in pure Henriot style, brings great ageing potential to this elegant and generous Champagne, which will evolve resolutely over time. -champagne-henriot.com
2012 Henriot Brut Rose Millesime Champagne
Price: $142.50 Your Price: $128.25
(97 points) "Aromas of smoke and raspberry cede to a delightful mousse on the palate, with brisk acidity propelling complex notes of pear, melon and brioche. Well-judged, elegant and impressively long, this never wavers in its elegance. (2020)" Decanter
2013 Henriot Cuvee Hemera Brut Champagne
Price: $210.00 Your Price: $189.00
(94 Points) An elegant Champagne, with tension and focus to the flavors of baked pear, grapefruit peel, pine, salted almond and crystallized honey as they mesh with a spine of fine chinalike acidity and satiny mousse. Minerally on the lasting, clean-cut finish, with accents of smoke, chalk and oyster shell. Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Drink now through 2038. 1,500 cases made, 130 cases imported. Wine Spectator
LVMH – SGWS
NV Krug Grande Cuvee Champagne 173rd Edition
Price: $330.00 Your Price: $297.00
(96 points) "Vibrant and rich, statuesque yet graceful, this lovely Champagne offers an expansive range of patisserie apple and pear fruit, grilled macadamia nut, lime and tangerine peel notes, with fragrant saffron, clove, espresso and mineral accents. A lithe, focused spine of lemony acidity and an underlying streak of salinity are enmeshed in the flavor profile, and the fine, satinlike mousse carries everything on the long, mouthwatering finish. Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Meunier. Disgorged winter 2023–2024 (Krug ID 124003). Drink now through 2040 (9/10/25)" Wine Spectator
2015 Moet and Chandon Grand Brut Vintage Champagne
Price: $130.50 Your Price: $117.45
Bright, pale yellow, with green reflections and a fine, persistent bead. The nose hints of fresh white flowers, which develop into aromas of sweet pastry, walnuts and hazelnuts, then ripe pear, white peach and nectarine. A supple and soft-textured champagne, its initial sweetness gives way to a more structured acidity. A persistent finish reveals a hint of iodine underscored by a zesty note of pink grapefruit.
2015 Moet Chandon Vintage Rose Brut Champagne
Price: $135.75 Your Price: $122.18
Initial aromas of dark berries. Hints of fig and wild strawberry combine with spicy notes of pink and aromatic peppercorn, and allspice. The fruit is concentrated, dark and deep. The tannins create angles, revealing facets like a jewel in the rough. A mouthwatering bitterness of sloe and cranberry with notes of mint and aniseed refreshes the finish.
Blend: 52% Pinot Noir, 27% Chardonnay, 21% Meunier
2015 Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin Champagne Brut Vintage Gold Label
Price: $101.25 Your Price: $91.13
This wine stands out for its elegance, tension and energy. The first impression is of its tension, verticality and minerality, after which the wine unfolds its aromas of toast, roasted coffee beans and praline. The excellent structure makes this a fine, upstanding vintage.
Winebow
NV Drappier Carte d'Or Brut Champagne
Price: $60.00 Your Price: $54.00
The Drappier Carte d’Or expresses all the aromas of the noble grape variety Pinot Noir. This in fact constitutes at least 80% of the blend. A red grape producing white juice, it is sought after not only for its structure but also for its very characteristic fine notes of red fruits.
NV Drappier Blanc de Blanc Signature Brut Champagne
Price: $83.00 Your Price: $74.70
(92 Points) Beautifully aromatic, with abundant ground spice, graphite and toasted coconut notes, this mouthwatering Champagne features a satiny mousse and a rich profile of dried papaya, glazed nectarine, grated ginger and chopped almond, all set on an elegant frame. Wine Spectator
NV Drappier Brut Rose de Saignee Champagne
Price: $82.50 Your Price: $74.25
(92 Points) "Lightly floral on the nose, with hints of lavender and verbena, and spicy on the palate, offering ground clove and anise accents to the flavors of pastry dough, wild cherry, golden raisin, grated coconut and fleur de sel. Harmonious and elegant throughout, presenting a long, mouthwatering finish." Wine Spectator
Nv Drappier Brut Nature Champagne Zero Dosage
Price: $79.00 Your Price: $71.10
Historically, Michel Drappier was one of the Brut Nature pioneers in Champagne in the 80’s Purest version of Pinot Noir champagne: no sugar added (dosage), no filtration, no fining, no discolouration Complementary / different in a wine list ; not a traditional brut, not a Blanc de Blancs.
NV Laurent Perrier Ultra Brut Champagne
Price: $85.00 Your Price: $76.50
This truly unique Champagne is made without the addition of any sugar (dosage). In the 19th Century, Laurent-Perrier was well known for our "Grand Vin sans Sucre" and is now one of the last Champagne houses to still produce a Champagne of this type. The grapes selected for this wine have a natural acid/sugar balance, so even when fermented to complete dryness no dosage is required. The wine ages on its lees for at least four years and upon disgorging is topped off with wine from the same cuvee. No sugar whatsoever is added to Laurent-Perrier Ultra-Brut at any time. An incredibly versatile Champagne, L-P Ultra-Brut matches well with everything from fresh goat cheese to sushi. The classic and unparalleled food pairing is with oysters. Appearance: Lipid, bright yellow with a fine bead. Nose: Intense and forward, with citrus and honeysuckle notes and a unique mineral component, oftentimes likened to a fresh sea breeze. Taste: Surprising depth and power with a purity and concentration of flavor all its own. Amazingly well balanced and absolutely bone dry. Blend: 55% Chardonnay, 45% Pinot Noir
NV Laurent Perrier Rose Brut Champagne
Price: $105.00 Your Price: $94.50
The Cuvée Rosé from Laurent-Perrier is the most recognized rosé champagne in the world. It is also one of the few rosés still made by the saignée method. Held in an elegant bottle inspired by King Henri IV, it has been widely acknowledged for its consistent high quality for more that 40 years, and it is the benchmark for rosé champagne around the world. Laurent-Perrier Cuvée Rosé is truly remarkable for its highly expressive bouquet, stemming from very careful preservation of fresh fruit aromas during the wine making. Made with 100% Pinot Noir from 10 different "crus " (or villages), from the North and South areas of the Montagne de Reims, as well as the famous Cote de Bouzy. Grapes from carefully selected plots are meticulously sorted and de-stemmed before going into the vats, and the controlled maceration helps with the color extraction and the development of the full aromatic richness of the Pinot Noir.
NV Laurent-Perrier Heritage Brut Champagne
Price: $113.25 Your Price: $101.93
(93 Points) This new multi-vintage cuvée feels very at home in Laurent-Perrier's lineup, displaying some density and concentration evident in the choice of the reserve wines from all around Champagne which constitute the blend from 2019, 2018, 2016 and 2014. Led by 55% Chardonnay, with the balance Pinot Noir, there's a super-ripe, juicy orange fruit and tropical lilt to the profile here, with succulent apricot, pear and lemon peel pulled into quite a firm, tightly bound coil of structure. It's detailed with an energizing, super subtle twist of quinine-like bitterness and some richer roasted almond notes hinting at maturity. For now it feels complete, yet not fully unwound. There's fine, compressed intensity here that will emerge beautifully with a little time on cork or, failing that, enough time to warm up in the glass. Decanter
MV LAURENT PERRIER GRAND SIECLE GRAND CUVEE CHAMPAGNE BRUT #27
Price: $279.00 Sale Price: $249.00
(95 Points) Disgorged in January 2025 with a dosage of seven grams per liter, the forthcoming NV Grand Siècle N°27 already demonstrates considerable promise. A blend of the 2015, 2013 and 2012 vintages—predominantly anchored in the youngest—it draws from eight villages, comprising 60% Chardonnay and 40% Pinot Noir, with an intentional emphasis on Chardonnay to counterbalance the concentration of Pinot Noir. The 2015 imparts expressiveness, echoing the 2012, while the cool, late-ripening 2013 contributes freshness and cut. Unfurling in the glass with aromas of pear, peach, lemon confit and freshly baked bread, framed by a subtle smoky reduction, it is full-bodied and concentrated, built around a generous and charming core of fruit, underpinned by tangy acidity driving toward a long, resonant finish. Slightly fleshier and broader shouldered than the Grand Siècle N°24 tasted alongside, it indicates yet another distinguished Grand Siècle in the making. Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Touton
NV Charles de Cazanove Champagne 1er Cru Brut
Price: $52.50 Your Price: $47.25
NV Charles de Cazanove, Champagne Brut Rosé
Price: $48.00 Your Price: $43.20
2009 Charles de Cazanove, Champagne Brut Stradivarius
Price: $87.50 Your Price: $78.75
NV Bellavista 'Alma' Assemblage Franciacorta DOCG
Price: $41.00 Your Price: $36.90
2020 Bellavista Franciacorta Brut Vendemmia Rosé
Price: $57.75 Your Price: $51.98
SOMMSELECTION
NV Champagne Philippe Gonet Blanc de Blancs Cuvee “Signature” NV in Le Mesnil
Price: $55.50 Your Price: $49.95
NV Champagne Philippe Gonet Blanc de Blancs “3210” in Le Mesnil
Price: $75.00 Your Price: $67.50
NV Champagne Philippe Gonet Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru “Roy Soleil” NV in Le Mesnil
Price: $90.00 Your Price: $81.00
2018 Champagne Philippe Gonet Blanc de Blancs Millesime Le Mesnil
Price: $117.00 Your Price: $105.30
NV Champagne Philippe Gonet Rose Le Mesnil
Price: $66.00 Your Price: $59.40
NV Champagne Eric Taillet Brut Rose "Cuvee Luminosi''T" Baslieux-sous-Chatillon
Price: $105.00 Your Price: $94.50
NV Champagne Verrier & Fils Brut Cuvee “Fleuron” in Etoges
Price: $48.00 Your Price: $43.20
Reyes
NV Taittinger Brut La Francaise Champagne
Price: $55.00 Your Price: $49.50
NV Taittinger Prestige Rose Brut Champagne
Price: $85.00 Your Price: $76.50
NV Taittinger Prelude Grands Crus Champagne, France
Price: $127.50 Your Price: $114.75
2018 Taittinger Brut Millesime Champagne
Price: $135.00 Your Price: $121.50
NV Taittinger Le Folies De La Marquetterie
Price: $135.00 Your Price: $121.50
Twenty One Wines and Spirits
NV Champagne Leclerc Briant Reserve Extra Brut, Epernay, France
Price: $60.00 Your Price: $54.00
NV Champagne Leclerc Briant, Champagne Extra Brut Rosé
Price: $89.00 Your Price: $80.10
NV Henri Giraud Esprit Brut Nature Champagne
Price: $75.00 Your Price: $67.50
NV Champagne Jeeper Brut Grande Reserve Blanc De Blanc
Price: $81.00 Your Price: $72.90
NV Champagne Jeeper Brut Grand Rose
Price: $85.00 Your Price: $76.50
Westborn Weatherford Reserve Extra Brut California
Price: $35.00 Your Price: $31.50
Menu
Cheese and Charcuterie
Baked Truffle Fries with Parmesan
Tuna Tar with Elderflower Aioli
Sonoma Chicken Salad Sliders
Baby Potatoes filled with Caviar and all the fixins
Crab Dynamite Phlyo tartlets
Mushroom Mascarpone Flatbread with Lemon Zest and Fresh Basil
The fee for this tasting is $115 + tax, for reservations call 954-523-9463 or e-mail andy@winewatch.com.
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