CHRISTMAS CHAMPANGE SHOWCASE Welcome to the Boatshed Wine Loft’s Annual Christmas Champage Showcase!

This is the perfect opportunity to taste over 18 premium cuvées whilst talking to experts in the field who will help you make your selections for this years festive season entertaining!

Today we will delve deeper into the fascinating world and will be be opening bottles from some of the best independent producers working in Champagne. Our focus is on exceptional viticulture and growers who are producing authentic terroir driven wines. We are excited to share wines from some of our favourite Champagne growers & family owned houses in the lead up to the festive season.

Please note that we are offering “best net” pricing on the wines - irrespective of how many you purchase.

www.boatshedmarket.com.au ETIENNE CALSAC Étienne Calsac is known as young gun of Champagne. He makes pure, expressive Champagne in very small batches. The family estate is made up of vineyards that are scattered in and around and in 2008, Étienne took over. He has converted to fully Biodynamic farming and makes very small quantities - only 3,500 bottles worldwide and owns a total of 2.8 hectares. RRP BEST NET Étienne Calsac Champagne L’échappée Belle 1er cru $89 $75 Blanc de Blancs (2016 Base) NV Étienne Calsac ‘Les Rocheforts’ Blanc de Blancs (2016 Base) NV $ 125 $99

GEOFFROY One of the more interesting producers of Champagne, Geoffroy makes Champagnes worth talking about. Taking over the reins of this father, Jean-Baptiste is a talented and passionate wine producer. His fanatical efforts in the vineyard followed by careful craftsmanship in the cellar have made him one of the most revered winemakers in the region.

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Geoffroy Rosé de Saignée 1er cru Brut NV $ 115 $99

BENOÎT MARGUET Based in the grand cru village of , Benoît is fifth generation and one of the most exciting natural producers at the moment being certified organic and biodynamic. He is one of very few vineyards to plough only using 2 horses since 2010. He sources fruit from Ambonnay, and Mailly and uses a very natural approach to fermentation using only wild yeasts. He is also sulphur free and uses small 225 litre oak barriques.

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Benoît Marguet 15 Shaman NV $95 $89

LA PARCELLE Perhaps the smallest the vineyard in the region, but such a wonderful producer! This minuscule single plot of Pinot Meunier is situated on a challenging 45 degree slope with a fortunate south facing aspect. The owners Julien and Stephanie produce a tiny 4 barrels of delightful biodynamic, 100% Pinot Meunier wine as well as a few bottles of Ratafia.

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Brut Nature 2014 $ 135 $ 125

www.boatshedmarket.com.au PIERRE DEVILLE Alban Corbeaux is the fourth generation of his family to work a 5 hectare parcel in grand cru , 60% Pinot Noir and 40% Chardonnay. From working sustainably to organics and now converting to biodynamics, the health of the soil and his plants is his primary concern. From there, little by little he is coaxing the best expression from his fruit. Two single- vintage, single-variety, small-batch releases are just the start, with three more cuvées still resting in the cellars. RRP BEST NET Pierre Deville Copin Grand Cru Blanc de Noir (2017 Base) NV $165 $145

EGLY-OURIET Egly-Ouriet is located in the Grand Cru Village of Ambonnay, famed for its Pinot Noir fruit. Producer Francis Egly practices biodynamic and organic principals in his vineyards which span through Bouzy and . Francis makes up a handful of highly talented and terroir-driven producers along with the likes of Anselme Selosse, Larmandier-Bernier and Vouette et Sorbée. These are wines first. He produces deep, powerful and intense styles of champagne. His minimum ageing is around 48-60 months (as declared on his informative back label) for his non-vintage wines, allowing time to express the inner strength and purity. RRP BEST NET

Egly-Ouriet Grand Cru Brut NV $179 $169

LARMANDIER-BERNIER At 15 hectares the estate is predominantly in Vertus, at the Southern tip of the Côte des Blancs, however there are also holdings in , , Oger and Avize. The estate is meticulously run by Pierre Larmandier and his wife Sophie. Pierre’s family have owned vineyards in the Côte des Blancs since the Revolution. The vineyards are biodynamically worked and the average age of the vines is 35 years. They have impeccable balance, concentration, texture and a purity and finesse that carries across the whole range. They rarely, if ever, skip a beat and any artifice of wine-making is seamlessly integrated revealing a mineral intensity and sense of place few producers in Champagne can match. RRP BEST NET

Larmandier-Bernier Longitude Blanc de Blancs NV $ 125 $99

LAHERTE FRÈRES “In Thierry Laherte and son Aurélien, the term “Champagne de terroir” makes perfects sense in a range that will delight lovers of authentic and tasty wines. The disgorgement date is mentioned on each bottle. An address in great shape.” La Revue du vins de RRP BEST NET

Laherte Frères Ultradition NV $89 $79

www.boatshedmarket.com.au AGRAPART Agrapart works an astonishing 70 micro-plots in the Côte des Blancs, mostly in Avize yet with plots in Cramant, and Oger as well. Production is tiny, with no more than 6000 cases produced in any given year, and vine age is among the oldest in the Côte des Blancs - between 35 and 60+ years old with around 70% of the vines at 40+ years. Yields are kept very low. Agrapart’s wines are of uniformly excellent quality, with a naturally vibrant and vinous character that makes them feel grown rather than made. RRP BEST NET Agrapart Terroirs Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs NV $ 139 $ 115

LOUIS ROEDERER The freshness, finesse, and brightness of Brut Premier make it the perfect wine for festive occasions. Its structured texture, richness, and length are distinctly winey. It is a full, complex wine that is both rich and powerful, whilst remaining a great classic. We are impressed by Louis Roederer’s increasing commitment to exploring biodynamics both with treatment of their vast vineyard holdings plus the recent acquisition of a 15 hectare biodynamic parcel from Leclerc Briant. RRP BEST NET

Louis Roederer Brut Premier NV - 750 mL $95 $69 Louis Roederer Brut Premier NV - 1500 mL $189 $175 Louis Roederer Brut Premier NV - 15 L PRICE ON REQUEST Louis Roederer Brut Nature NV $145 $ 125

CHARLES HEIDSIECK Charles Heidsieck is the smallest of the Grandes Marques champagne Houses. Based in the region of Champagne founded in 1851 by the french champagne maker Charles Camille Heidsieck, who became known as Champagne Charlie. He was focused on select- ing, blending and ageing wines to produce high quality champagnes, buying grapes from individual growers. In 1867 he purchased several old chalk quarries, called crayères which dated from the Gallo-Roman era, in order to create optimal conditions for wine maturation. Their cellars are now listed on the UNESCO World Hertiage List. RRP BEST NET

Charles Heidsieck Brut Réserve NV $ 119 $99 Charles Heidsieck Reserve Rosé NV $159 $149

www.boatshedmarket.com.au LALLIER Champagne Lallier is situated right in the heart of the historic village of Aÿ, over vaulted cellars dating back to the end of the 18th century. The Domaine stretches over 50 hectares of Grand Cru vineyards through the Montagne de Reims and the Côtes des Blancs (only the top 5% of Champagne is classified Grand Cru).

RRP BEST NET Lallier Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs NV $95 $75 Lallier Grand Cru Rosé NV $95 $75 RLallier R.015 (2015 Base) NV $89 $65

PAUL BARA Located in Bouzy just to the east of Epernay in the Valley, Champagne Paul Bara uses only their own estate grown fruit from 100% Grand cru rated vineyards to craft it’s small range of champagnes. Their superbly sited vineyard sites have over the years been sought after by many of the top Champagne houses, and whilemany other producers have been busily expanding, Paul Bara have remained producing the highest quality possible from these same 11 hectares for seven generations. RRP BEST NET

Paul Bara Grand Rose de Bouzy Grand Cru NV $ 115 $99

BONNAIRE Located in Cramant in the Côte de Blancs to the south of Epernay the Bonnaire family own some of the very best sites of Cramant making a range of beautifully precise blanc de blanc and Chardonnay predominant Champagnes. Bonnaire use only their own estate grown fruit from 100% Grand cru rated vineyards in Cramant and and Oiry together with small holdings in the Marne Valley and Bergeres-les-Vertus for a little Pinot Noir and Pinot Meuni- er to craft their small range of crystalline pure champagnes. RRP BEST NET

Bonnaire Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs NV $99 $95

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WINES RRP PRICE QTY Étienne Calsac Champagne L’échappée Belle Grauves 1er cru $89 $75 Blanc de Blancs (2016 Base) NV Étienne Calsac ‘Les Rocheforts’ Blanc de Blancs (2016 Base) $ 125 $99 Geoffroy Rosé de Saignée 1er cru Brut NV $ 115 $99 Benoît Marguet 15 Shaman NV $95 $89 Brut Nature 2014 $ 135 $ 125 Pierre Deville Copin Grand Cru Blanc de Noir (2017 Base) NV $165 $145 Egly-Ouriet Grand Cru Brut NV $179 $169 Larmandier-Bernier Longitude Blanc de Blancs NV $ 125 $99 Laherte Frères Ultradition NV $89 $79 Agrapart Terroirs Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs NV $ 139 $ 115 Louis Roederer Brut Premier NV - 750 mL $95 $69 Louis Roederer Brut Premier NV - 1500 mL $189 $175

Louis Roederer Brut Premier NV - 15 L PRICE ON REQUEST Louis Roederer Brut Nature NV $145 $ 125 Charles Heidsieck Brut Réserve NV $ 119 $99 Charles Heidsieck Reserve Rosé NV $159 $149 Lallier Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs NV $95 $75 Lallier Grand Cru Rosé NV $95 $75 Lallier R.015 (2015 Base) NV $89 $65 Paul Bara Grand Rose de Bouzy Grand Cru NV $ 115 $99 Bonnaire Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs NV $99 $95

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www.boatshedmarket.com.au Wishing you and your family a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

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