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Franck Bonville "Brut Selection" Blanc de Blancs Champagne

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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: 2005 (10%), 2006 (20%) et 2007 (70%). 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)

Franck Bonville "Brut Selection" Blanc de Blancs Champagne

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Price: $29.99

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By: Illya Haase | K&L Staff Member | Review Date: 7/29/2010 | Send Email

One of the best finds for me at the champagne tasting!Its off-dry,beauitful fruit,with a nice toasty nose.All this from third generation wine making.Family holdings consist of 15 hectares of grand cru vineyards.The wine making here is all about elegance and finesse and allowing the terroir to speak for itself.

By: Doug Davidson | K&L Staff Member | Review Date: 6/19/2010 | Send Email

This Champagne is always a staff favorite, for good reason. Crisp cirus and green apple fruit, with great mouth-watering acidity -- awesome with fresh goat cheese!

By: Jeff Garneau | K&L Staff Member | Review Date: 2/9/2010 | Send Email

This may be the best deal in Champagne that K&L offers. 100% Chardonnay. 100% Grand Cru fruit from some of the best vineyards in the Côte des Blancs. Don't write this wine off because you didn't pay more for it! This is an outstanding Champagne at an unbelievable price. It will delight you with its rich, creamy texture. Ripe pear and chalky mineral notes give way to toasty, fresh baked apple tart on the mid palate. The wine finishes with a crisp, zingy citrus note of Meyer lemon. Enjoy this wine alone, as a refreshing aperitif or together with chilled, cracked Dungeness crab.

By: Christie Cartwright | K&L Staff Member | Review Date: 2/1/2010 | Send Email

My favorite Champagne under $50 by far! This has no hard edges at all; it's completely seamless from start to finish. Crisp, with elegance, round and creamy richness, the Bobville is full of bright fruit and mineral notes. As much fun as bubbly gets! Try it ASAP!

By: Mike Barber | K&L Staff Member | Review Date: 1/21/2010 | Send Email

This is always one of our best direct import Champagnes in this price range. Crisp, clean and delicious, with bright flavors and a wonderful finish.

Top Value! Drink from 2010 to 2013

By: Michael Jordan | K&L Staff Member | Review Date: 1/20/2010 | Send Email

My favorite producer of all of our Direct Imports. This wine is 100% Chardonnay. Crisp, clean with generous citrus and mineral notes. A blend of 2000, 2001 and 2002.

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

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

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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Additional Information:

Varietal:	Chardonnay - It's hard to believe that up until about 30 years ago, this extremely popular varietal hid behind the veil of geographical names like Chablis and Puligny-Montrachet. Now grown all over the world and bottled by its varietal name, Chardonnay has achieved a level of branding unlike any other wine. Surprisingly, though, what you get when you buy Chardonnay can differ greatly from country to country and even within one country, depending on the climate where it's grown and how it is vinified and aged. From fresh, crisp and minerally with apple and lemon notes to rich and buttery with tropical fruit overtones, Chardonnay runs the gamut. In France's Burgundy, Chardonnay is the source of the prized wines of Chablis, Corton-Charlemagne, Mâcon, Meursault and Montrachet. It also the foundation of exceptional Champagne, where it is blended with Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier or vinified on its own into Blanc de Blancs. It is also extremely popular in California, and is gaining popularity in Australia, New Zealand, Italy, Spain and South Africa.
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.
Sub-Region:	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.