{"title":"French Wines","description":"\u003ch1 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBest French wines available at the Liquor Wine Cave\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrance is the third-largest wine-producing country after Italy and Spain, but it leads the popularity charts, as it has done so for centuries. French winemakers have influenced every wine-producing country in one way or another. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn fact, the most planted varieties worldwide are French, including Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay. And it’s not only the grapes; the grape growing and winemaking techniques perfected in France since ancient times are now used globally. From the types of bottles used by everyone to the oak barrels where most of the world’s red wine ages — it all comes from France. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFor more information, we highly recommend you visit our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/liquorwinecave.com.au\/pages\/the-ultimate-guide-to-french-wines\" title=\"Guide for French Wine\"\u003eguide\u003c\/a\u003e on French wine.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"a-phi375","title":"PHILIPPONNAT RoylRes Brut 375ml","description":"\u003cp\u003eRoyale Reserve Brut is the purest expression of the Houses style. Offering a superb balance between structure, persistence and vinosity, this curvee reveals the essential character of the Mareuil-sur-Ay terrior (w mainly Pinot Noir grapes are grown, which is the predominant in the blend). After three years aging on lees, Royale Reserve Brut is pleasantly mature while losing nothing of its freshness, making it an ideal apertif wine. Its vinosity enhances white meat, cold meats and fish.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Philipponnat","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40789337407647,"sku":"A\/PHI375","price":90.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/2322\/1151\/files\/01_royale_reserve_brut_detoure_2016-337634.jpg?v=1710333862"},{"product_id":"a-phi750","title":"Philipponnat Royale Réserve Brut 750ml, Champagne","description":"\u003cp\u003eIdeal as an aperitif before a good meal. Puff pastry, hors d’oeuvres and pork-butchery. Seafood and grilled or steamed fish, roast poultry and white meats.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Philipponnat","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40789337571487,"sku":"A\/PHI750","price":151.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/2322\/1151\/files\/01_royale_reserve_brut_detoure_2016_6e081946-5d1e-4296-8b27-aca6cd537eab-764479.jpg?v=1710333693"},{"product_id":"a-phiros","title":"Philipponnat Royale Reserve Rose Brut Champagne","description":"\u003cp\u003eLight in colour and packed with intense flavour, this is a fresh and elegant wine. In keeping with the House style, Royale Rosé is distinctive for its delicate bouquet of complex, fruit-filled aromas. In the mouth the attack the precise, with hints of spice enhanced by notes of fruit. This elegant Rosé© is perfect as an aperitif and goes marvellously well with smoked meats and fish, charcuterie and desserts made with red summer berries.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Philipponnat","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40789337669791,"sku":"A\/PHIROS","price":192.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/2322\/1151\/products\/Philipponnat-Royale-Reserve-Rose-Brut-Champagne-B.W.S-1664892288-180966.jpg?v=1671251929"},{"product_id":"vvpbnvbr","title":"Paul Bara Brut Reserve NV","description":"\u003cp class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eReserve Brut Champagne NV \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e80% Pinot Noir, 20% Chardonnay. The current disgorgement (May 2020) is based on the 2013 vintage (50%) with 50% vin de reserve and a Brut dosage of 7g\/l.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'The Paul Bara Brut non-vintage is a terrific bottle of bubbly, with excellent complexity on both the nose and palate and a very elegant and refined mouth feel. On the palate the wine is fullish, crisp and focused, with excellent mid-palate depth, very refined mousse, bright acids and really outstanding length and grip on the complex finish. The Paul Bara is all refined elegance and great intensity of flavor. A truly superb bottle of Brut NV\u003c\/em\u003e. 2010-2025+.' 92 points, John Gilman, View From The Cellar.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paul Bara","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40789338980511,"sku":"VVPBNVBR","price":129.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/2322\/1151\/products\/1106687x-409129.jpg?v=1709033702"},{"product_id":"vvpbnvros","title":"Paul Bara Grand Rose de Bouzy NV","description":"\u003cp class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGrand Rose\u003c\/em\u003e Brut Champagne NV \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 750ml\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e70% Pinot Noir, 18% Chardonnay, 12% Bouzy rouge. 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It’s thrillingly primary and enticingly moreish, with just a subtle allusion of ginger-cake spice beginning to appear on a long finish.' \u003c\/em\u003e94 points, Tyson Stelzer, The Champagne Guide 2020-2021.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e’\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe NV Brut Grand Rosé is fabulous.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Bright and punchy, the Rosé fleshes out beautifully in the mid-palate and into the finish as the Pinot gains volume. The Grand Rosé has enough charm to drink well as an aperitif, but there is serious depth here too. Cranberry, orange peel, dried rose petal and a hint of cinnamon develop over time. The Grand Rosé is simply impeccable from start to finish. More importantly, it is absolutely delicious. Disgorged: December, 2019. Drink 2020-2028.’ \u003c\/em\u003e92 points, Antonio Galloni, Vinous, November 2020.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'A multi vintage blend of 18% Chardonnay, 70% Pinot Noir and 12% Bouzy rouge. The latter is the still red wine of the village Bouzy (famous for its Pinot Noir) and from which this wine takes its colour. Salmon pink appearance, so appealing to the eye. With lacy aromas of blood orange, with a touch of orange zest and red currants, the palate is bursting with small red berry fruits, the red currants again, both combining with rose hip notes throughout a medium length finish. Pair this with gravalax (sugar-cured salmon) on arrival and continue on with salmon fillet main if you like.' \u003c\/em\u003eFrank Wilden, Business Insider Australia, February 2018.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'Paul Bara’s Grand Rosé is a beautifully made bottle that really shows the high caliber pinot noir that hails from the village of Bouzy. The wine is fairly dark for a Rosé, with a lovely deep salmon color, and offers up a simply stunning bouquet of blood orange, cherries, sourdough bread, complex minerality, gentle smoky notes and a nice touch of citrus peel in the upper register. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eStylistically, this is very similar to Dom Perignon Rosé. 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Power meets tension in a celebration of impressive fruit sources, showcasing their pedigree in depth and tension, blessed with all the toasted brioche and spice of long bottle age, illuminated by bright malic vitality and Gosset's signature of prominent, gently rolling, fine chalk mineral finesse. A very fine mousse wraps around a spine of magnificent, ripe yet confident malic acidity. Chalk minerality is heightened to profound levels, lingering very long with frothing salt mineral texture. Every detail lingers with generous length and accurate line. This is a Grande Réserve of greater precision, harmony and persistence than ever before – the finest I have seen this cuvée.’ \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e95 points, Tyson Stelzer, The Champagne Guide 2020-2021.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gosset","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40789342453919,"sku":"VVGOSGR375","price":105.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/2322\/1151\/products\/gossetgrandereserve-S-w-2-576416.jpg?v=1709033690"},{"product_id":"vvgosgr750","title":"Champagne Gosset Grande Reserve NV","description":"\u003cp class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNV \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGrande Réserve\u003c\/em\u003e Brut\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e45% Chardonnay, 45% Pinot Noir, 10% Pinot Meunier; predominantly Aÿ, Bouzy, Ambonnay, Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, Villers-Marmery; aged a minimum of 3 years on lees; 8g\/L dosage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e’The tension and energy of Grande Réserve are on full display in the great 2013 base vintage, filled with crunchy, exact red gala apple, lemon and even a hint of fennel. Power meets tension in a celebration of impressive fruit sources, showcasing their pedigree in depth and tension, blessed with all the toasted brioche and spice of long bottle age, illuminated by bright malic vitality and Gosset's signature of prominent, gently rolling, fine chalk mineral finesse. A very fine mousse wraps around a spine of magnificent, ripe yet confident malic acidity. Chalk minerality is heightened to profound levels, lingering very long with frothing salt mineral texture. Every detail lingers with generous length and accurate line. This is a Grande Réserve of greater precision, harmony and persistence than ever before – the finest I have seen this cuvée.’ \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e95 points, Tyson Stelzer, The Champagne Guide 2020-2021.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gosset","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40789343436959,"sku":"VVGOSGR750","price":149.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/2322\/1151\/files\/a9VVL0mKTUKKkvRfGI79tw_pb_x600_6d7b026e-fee1-4e63-9d59-3a0c4e26543a.png?v=1713305721"},{"product_id":"vvgosros750","title":"Gosset Champagne NV Grand Rose 750","description":"\u003cp class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e50% Chardonnay and 50% Pinot Noir (including the addition of 8% red wine) from the villages of Avize, Ambonnay, Chouilly, Villers-Marmery, Verzenay… aged a minimum of 3 years on lees. 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It glides very long and harmonious.' \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e95 points, Tyson Stelzer, The Champagne Guide 2020-2021.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gosset","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40789344190623,"sku":"VVGOSROS750","price":192.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/2322\/1151\/files\/Gosset-Champagne-NV-Grand-Rose-750-B.W.S-1664892381-830782.jpg?v=1714113357"},{"product_id":"vvgosgrmag","title":"Champagne Gosset Grande Reserve NV 1.5L","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eComposed of 33% Pinot Noir and 67% Chardonnay from Côte des Blancs, Villers-Marmery, Ambonnay and Cumières. 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This pristine fruit melds seamlessly with the brioche, almond nougat, shortbread, fresh vanilla and spice of lees age, and reductive nuances of struck flint. Ripe yet full and energetic malic acidity brings drive and focus to a finish of impressive length and tension, energising frothing salt minerality of heightened presence. It holds excellent harmony and poise on the finish, with fruit, minerality, dosage and malic acidity intricately entwined and uplifting. 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