Franck Bonville Brut Selection Blanc de Blancs Champagne

SKU #1002262

This is another terrific bargain, purchased directly from France. All of the fruit comes from the Bonville's own estate vineyards in the marvelous Grand Cru of Avize. It is all Chardonnay blended from three very good years: '00, '01 and '02. This Champagne has exotic, ripe fruit aromatics and as the glass warms up there are also traces of clean clay and earth, just like in great Chablis! On the palate the Champagne has great fruit and a wonderful full texture. This is a perennial staff favorite, with cases and cases being sold to our own sales team. (Gary Westby, K&L Champagne buyer)

Price: $29.99

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By: Jeffrey Jones |  K&L Staff Member  |  Review Date: 11/2/2009  | Send Email
What a great producer Franck Bonville is! This excellence shows in the Brut Selection Blanc de Blanc. When one opens the bottle and pours some of this Champagne into a glass, beautiful aromas are the first teasing impression. The Champagne is dry and crisp with clean delicate flavors. Great alone or with lighter foods.

By: Jacques Moreira |  K&L Staff Member  |  Review Date: 10/20/2009  | Send Email
If there is such a thing as a Champagne for everyday use, well this has to be it. Not because of the price, but for its quality and poise. Very crispy, citrousy end elegant. Perfect for hors d'oeuvres, seafood, egg dishes, guacamole, goat cheeses, and "fantastic" with caviar!

By: Mari Keilman |  K&L Staff Member  |  Review Date: 7/14/2009  | Send Email
Talk about the perfect summertime Champagne!!! Crisp, refreshing, and vibrant with just the perfect balance of citrus and acidity coupled with copious amounts of teeny tiny bubbles. It was the perfect compliment to my fresh chips and salsa!

By: Doug Burress |  K&L Staff Member  |  Review Date: 7/7/2009  | Send Email
One great everyday Champagne! All Grand Cru Chardonnay from Avize. I love to end a long day with a bottle of this crisp, fruity, fabulous sparkler! Franck Bonville champagne is an excellent Champagne to pair with shellfish, particularly crab.

By: Joe Manekin |  K&L Staff Member  |  Review Date: 7/6/2009  | Send Email
Very easy to like - soft textured, citrus and cream flavors. Plump, round and delicious. For someone who usually goes for a bit lean and austere, I'm always surprised I like this as much as I do. It's just delicious stuff.

By: Freddie Benorden |  K&L Staff Member  |  Review Date: 6/2/2009  | Send Email
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Gary Westby introduced me to this Champagne several years ago and I've been a huge fan ever since. It is one of the most affordable Champagnes in our inventory and also one of the best tasting. Fresh, focused fruit, round supple mid palate, and a long mineral finish. Forget about it.
Drink from 2009 to 3009

By: Anne Pickett |  K&L Staff Member  |  Review Date: 4/27/2009  | Send Email
This Bonville rocks! I love this 100% Chardonnay cuvee for its toasty aromas, full, creamy mouthfeel and fresh, crisp finish. We just had the Bonville with some assorted hors d’ouevre, but it gulped down pretty OK, too!!
Top Value!

By: Scott Beckerley |  K&L Staff Member  |  Review Date: 12/27/2008  | Send Email
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There is simply no better Blanc de Blanc in the store at this price! Classic Avize minerality with crisp apple-y fruit, lemons, limes and wet stone aspects. A wonderful Chamnpagne with caviar or baked Brie. Too good of a value to pass up. We can also go for months without having this sparkler in stock. Also available in 375ml and magnum. It also comes in a gorgeous 2002 vintage as well!

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Varietal:

Chardonnay

- The white grape of Burgundy, and probably the most familiar name to American consumers. In Burgundy, the name of the grape generally does not appear on the label-only the place where it was grown (e.g. Meursault, Puligny Montrachet, etc.). It is also the grape of Chablis, where it's habit of early ripening puts it at risk for Spring freezes and hailstorms. It is responsive to a wide variety of wine-making techniques, and use in Champagne as well. The American style has often been to put Chardonnay fully through a secondary, malolactic fermentation, producing a wine that is often fat and rich. In Burgundy, by contrast, Chardonnay produces white wines of great power, but also of great acidity and crispness. It usually maintains a high level of alcohol, and the tremendous diversity of Chardonnay winemaking styles across the globe make wines from this grape one the most interesting and popular varietals. Here is a list of our bestselling Chardonnay
Country:

France

- When it comes to wine, France stands alone. No other country can beat it in terms of quality and diversity. And while many of its Region, Bordeaux, Burgundy and Champagne most obviously, produce wine as rare, as sought-after and nearly as expensive as gold, there are just as many obscurities and values to be had from little known appellations throughout the country. To learn everything there is to know about French wine would take a lifetime. To understand and appreciate French wine, one only has to begin tasting them. Click for a list of bestselling items from all of France.
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Champagne

- The French region of Champagne (comprised of the towns of Rheims, Epernay, and Ay) was the first region in the world to make sparkling wine in any quantity. Today, the name of the region is synonymous with the finest of all sparkling wines, and winemaking traditions of Champagne have become role models for sparkling wine producers, worldwide. Surprisingly, the region of Champagne is now responsible for only one bottle in 12 of all sparkling wine produced. Styles of champagne range from the basic brut (often blends of several vintages), single vintage champagnes, and rose. View our bestselling Champagne.