Event

IN STORE TASTING ARE BACK FOR
 OPEN BOTTLE 
WE STILL ENCOURAGE CURBSIDE PICKUP OR DELIVERY!!


(All purchases must be accompanied by a credit card.)

Champagne House
Roland Champion
Chouilly, Champange France
A special Event for Open Bottle this week!


Come meet the Winemaker of 
Roland Champion Champagne 

Carole Champion
 in the shop 
400PM – 700PM on Thursday
for a fun and educational evening!
She will be tasting  three of her fabulous Champagnes and signing bottles!

Back in January I spent the afternoon with Carole and her family tasting their incredible array of Grand Cru Champagnes. They were even so kind to open both a 1959 and 1969 vintage bottling for our education and enjoyment!
 
Roland Champion is a Grower Champagne, or Récoltant Manipulant (RM). RM is a classification given to vineyard owners who plant thevines, grow the grapes and harvest them. They also make the champagne, label it and sell it, which is why it"s called grower champagne or single origin champagne. All authentic champagne must have one of four two-letter designations. RM is the only one where the entire process of making champagne is controlled by a single house: the only one where the grower is responsible for everything from the soil to the label to be classified RM.

The Wines!!
Roland Champion Champagne Blanc de Blancs
Grand Cru, Non-Vintage, Brut, Dosage Zero
$64.99
This is a Zero Dosage, meaning no liqueur d"expedition was added during the disgorging process. It is the same base as the Grand Cru Blanc de Blanc Chouilly NV as it is also made from 100% Chardonnay and is produced from the free run juice only. Offers a fresh aromatic nose, a medium gold color with very attractive aromas of yeast and lemon tart.  Begins tight but gains weight and richness in the middle palate, offering pliant orchard fruit and baking spice flavors and a tangy bite of lemon zest.


Roland Champion Champagne Blanc de Blancs
Grand Cru, Non-Vintage, Brut, Eclat de Craie
$69.99
This cuvee is made from 100% Chardonnay and is produced from the free run juice only.
The nose here is about the richness of warm biscuits and hazelnuts, dried fruit and spice, like a Platonic, ineffably light fruitcake; in the mouth, however, it’s about a structure that encompasses an incredible marriage of power and elegance, like the delicacy and strength of the finest bone china. And there’s something porcelain-like about this Champagne, in its notable crisp, lively character,
its transparency and its slightly chalky, shale-like mineral elements.
Forget the Champagnes that come on with heavy toasty, caramel qualities;
here, instead, is a wealth of subtlety and nuance touched with a racy, dynamic edge. 


Roland Champion Champagne Cuvee Aramis Brut
70% Pinot Meunier, 20% Pinot Noir and 10% Chardonnay
$44.99
Brilliant pale yellow straw color. Lively, complex aromas of honeyed biscuit,
 buttery praline, and poached Asian pear with a supple, lively, effervescent, dry-yet-fruity medium-to-full body and an elegant, long creme brulee, white balsamic reduced lemon, spiced nuts and tangerines, and grassy earth and minerals finish with well-integrated, fine tannins.
A layered and vibrant champagne with cascading waves of fresh and mature flavors.


Special Sale Pricing 

10% off the first Bottle
or
Mix and Match Four 
or more Bottles on the table
and
SAVE 20%

 Call us
at

703-668-WINE(9463)