Upstairs at Regional Wines

It's never too early to start getting into the festive spirit!

Join Will from Maison Vauron for a decadent evening of top-flight champagne and caviar. Taste grower champagnes from exceptional producers and grand crus vineyards, both non-vintage and vintage - and pair caviar served first neat as a "bump" and then as a canapé with stunning cool-climate bubblies from the chalky limestone soils of this infamous region.

Here's the lineup...

Albert Lebrun Champagne Blanc de Noirs Brut NV
Nathalie Falmet Champagne Brut Nature NV - Served with Caviar bump
Gatinois Champagne Grand Cru Brut NV 
Lacourte-Godbillon Champagne « Terroirs d’Ecueil » Brut NV – Served with Caviar canapé
Boizel Champagne Rosé Brut NV 
Gatinois Champagne Grand Cru Brut 2015

Accompanied by cheese and bread.

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At Regional Wines, Beers and Spirits - 15 Ellice Street, Wellington 6011.

Cancellations must be made no later than 48hrs in advance.

If sold out - please email John at online@regionalwines.co.nz to be placed on the waitlist.

This great Champagne is made by the Epernay based producer, Champagne Lombard, and it is staggeringly good quality with amazing balance and complexity for this price. 

Smooth, zingy, citrusy and beautifully toasty. A rare good deal. 

Vintage rose champagne is one of our favourite things and this one comes from arguably the most popular producer, Veuve Clicquot, owned by Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessey.

Veuve is named after the late, great Widow Clicquot, who was left not only a widow aged 27 but also in charge of running a champagne house. Her legacy is to have left both the brand and the region in better condition than she found them, mostly famously by inventing riddling; the turning of the bottle to remove the yeast sediment into its neck, prior to disgorgement. This resulted in higher quality, cleaner, fresher bubbles in both look and taste. Her quest was quality and she is widely credited with having raised it significantly in the Champagne region and in the bottles it produces.
This rose is typically a blend of base wines with 12% of still red Pinot Noir and aged for three years prior to disgorgement. 

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A secondary label from Billecart-Salmon offering the same stunning quality at a lower price point.

A sumptuous golden yellow in the glass with a very fine and crystalline bead. The nose is impressive with aromas of brioche, almonds, butter, apple, and pear leading to a round citrus mineral palate with very good balance between acidity and fruit.

Dom Perignon is one of the world's great prestige champagnes in name and in taste. Made only in single vintage years, this latest one is a blend of 50/50 Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, aged for eight years on lees, which retains freshness while allowing the yeast autolysis process to create complexity and power in this multi layered, intensely richly flavoursome sparkling wine. 

This tastes full bodied, dry, creamy with complex layers of flavour. Serve chilled in a large glass to it its complexity and freshness shine. 

This good value magnum of Moët Impérial comes from the large Champagne house of LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessey) and is typically a blend of 30 to 40% Pinot Noir, 30 to 40% Pinot Meunier with 20 to 30% Chardonnay for balancing crispness and freshness. It's made from Moët & Chandon's vineyards in all of the five main grapegrowing areas in the Champagne region.

Moët Impérial is typically a blend of 30% Pinot Noir, 40% Pinot Meunier and 30% Chardonnay and is made from grapes grown in several different sub-regions within the wider Champagne region.

It tastes medium to full bodied and dry with crisp acidity and a long finish. Flavours are of fresh apples and citrus. 

It is part of the large Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessey (LVMH) group; the world's largest champagne producer. 

This beautiful gift pack comes with two stunning branded champagne flutes.

Commercial Description

Taittinger Brut Réserve is a blend of Chardonnay (40%), Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier (60%) wines from over 35 different vineyards and vintages matured to perfection. 

This high proportion of Chardonnay, unique among fine non-vintage champagnes, and a minimum ageing of three years in the cellars, where it reaches the peak of aromatic maturity, makes Taittinger Brut Reserve a delicately balanced champagne, known for its consistently excellent quality all over the world.

Taittinger considers it an honour to produce a Brut champagne every year without exception. The brilliant body is golden yellow in colour. The bubbles are fine, while the foam is discreet yet lingering. The nose, very open and expressive, delivers aromas of fruit and brioche. it also gives off the fragrance of peach, white flowers (hawthorn, acacia) and vanilla pod. The entry onto the palate is lively, fresh and in total harmony. This is a delicate wine with flavours of fresh fruit and honey. 

Taittinger Brut Reserve, which acquires its maturity during three and four years ageing in the cellar, offers excellent aromatic potential. Taittinger Brut Réserve is the champagne for any occasion. a symbol of festivity, this wine is the ideal partner of celebration for the happiest milestones in a lifetime

Made from premium fruit from several Grand Cru villages in the Côte des Blancs this cuvée is the perfect harmony between elegance and freshness. Grape 100% Chardonnay

Top of the range Taittinger Champagne. Very pale yellow colour with fine, light bubbles. On the nose, a complex combination of tangerine, ripe fruit and raisin pastries. On the palate, rich, with flavours of grapefruit and liqourice. The Comte Blanc de Blancs promises excellent potential for ageing. 

Superbly balanced Blanc de Blanc Champagne.

Serge Gallois is a small-scale grower-champagne (récoltant-coopérateur) situated in the famous "Côte des Blancs" area of Champagne, known for its chalky soils that bring finesse and elegance to the wines.  

This is a Premier Cru wine, meaning that the grapes are sourced from high quality cru-rated vineyards from the village of Vertue - one of the highest rated villages in the Côte des Blancs. This is made with 100% Chardonnay and matured for 3 years on lees before bottling.

Bright, fine bead, aromatic and delicate florals combine with autolytic notes of brioche, citrus and stonefruit on the nose and palate.  Lovely freshness and minerality."

Viven Champagner Weisse 4.8% 330ml -Belgium Beer

Viven Champagner Weissen was first launched during the 2018 holiday season as an answer to the standard dark, sweet and rather heavy end-of-year beers. This wheat beer is brewed with champagne yeast. This creates a spicy aftertaste and sparkling, but very fine carbonation.

TASTING NOTES

Festive nose, special flavour structure. Deliciously creamy blonde with floral notes. Refreshing on the palate followed by a soft finish. The uncrowned king of the aperitif

Alc: 4.8%