Boviere Grand Cru Champagne

The price list attempts to describe the various qualities of champagne which we sell. However, the best words in the world can't really compete with your taste buds and we hope that you will initially try what appeals to you, let us know what you think, and then make your way through the entire list. We could put together a mixed selection in cartons of six: please get in touch and we will try to provide you with what you would like to try.

Boviere Vintage champagne is only made in years when the grapes are good enough to justify the extra cost of Vintage registration, the special bottling and the costs of longer maturation in the cellars cut into the hillside beneath the producer's premises in the village of Verzenay. If the Bovieres declare a Vintage it is not a marketing exercise - it's a declaration of excellence.

The Boviere vineyard is very small and there is a finite amount of champagne we can import from them. Basically, when it's gone it's gone and we all have to wait until the next year's release which happens in May. If you would like to pre-order for a special event, please let us know and we will endeavour to put stock aside for you until you can take delivery.


Brut

A lovely, generous wine of pale golden colour with initial nose of small red fruits and appealing bready notes. Tight, creamy mousse with a slight residual sweetness. A very pleasing champagne and a great favourite with our customers and suitable for all occasions. Of a pale golden colour, the power of the Pinot Noir grape (80%) dominates, and is fleshed out with the elegance of the Chardonnay grape(20%).

Availability:
Case of 6 bottles (75cl)£180
Magnum (1.5l)Apart from the obvious benefits, they make wonderful presents£65

Blanc de Noirs

An elegant wine with initial citrus notes and a finely integrated mousse. Develops into a warmer palate, but nonetheless refreshing and with a good balance of minerality. An ideal aperitif, it will also suit lobster, scallops and crab particularly well. Alison Townshend says: "I would describe it as an elegant liquid silver of a champagne"

Availability:
Case of 6 bottles (75cl)£210

Brut Rose

An elegant rose colour with a hint of coral. Fragrant nose of orange blossom and wild strawberries opening to forest fruits on the palate. A supple wine, with evident joie de vivre! Alison Townshend says: In my view the new release needs keeping for a couple of years. You are welcome to buy and keep, on the other hand I shall advise when I think it is ready!

Availability:
Case of 6 bottles (75cl)£204

Demi-Sec

A well rounded, traditional demi-sec with gentle sweetness and a honeyed softness. Ideal on its own or as a partner for foie gras and fruit tarts Or, in England, perhaps a summer pudding. Pale gold colour. Elaborated on the same basis as the « Tradition » but slightly sweeter.

Availability:
Case of 6 bottles (75cl)£174

Cuvee de Prestige 2016

Of an intensive golden colour. Delicate nose, fresh chalk, toast flintstone, then it opens up to peach, strawberry. Full on the palate with density, a complex aromatic expression, long and velvety finish, quite mineral with a touch of black grape and pear. Excellent now but will always keeps well at a cool temperature.

Availability:
Case of 6 bottles (75cl)£180
Magnum (1.5l)Apart from the obvious benefits, they make wonderful presents£85

Vintage 2007

Of a pale golden colour with fine bubbles. Complex and supple. Nose on green apple, notes of cashew, dried apricots and dried grapes. On the palate intensive and dense, a complex aromatic expression, a long and velvety finish, on yellow fruits (peach, nectarine and chalk flavours). One for passionate champagne connoisseurs, this wine is sensational.

Availability:
Case of 6 bottles (75cl)£360

Cuvée Memory

We have a newcomer to the range from Denis Bovière called Cuvée Mémory which is a very interesting champagne indeed. We were sent a bottle as a present from the vineyard last November and instantly put our name down for 24 bottles.

Cuvée Memory was. made by Florian Bovière using a Solera (a perpetual reserve stock dating from 2015( and dedicated to the memory of his grandfather Jean. There is very limited numbered stock. A great addition to the Bovière's wide range of champagnes all developed by the familiy and their long-standing oenologist working with the superb bounty of Grand Cru grapes on consistently top ranked land in the Verzenay commune.

The tasting notes on the Bovière website follow verbatim, with an idiosyncratic translation: "Powerful and greedy nose of fruit paste (orange, peach, pineapple) with delicate woody notes of vanilla, then opening on blackcurrant cream, raspberry in brandy and honey. Rich and powerful on the palate, still on ripe fruit. The dosage is balanced and gives a nice structure. The finish is saline."

Alison Townshend comments: On a glorious sunny summer's morning, imagine lying on a bed of heather with the sun's warmth beginning to waken the scents of the heather, wild herbs and flowers which rise up around you (that is the nose) and then enjoying a mouthful of incredibly smooth but sparkling wine which, curiously, ends up on a dry note. So, you really do need another mouthful. Terribly addictive... Like nothing else the Bovères have ever produced. At least buy one or three to keep for Christmas or your wedding anniversary, or for a really bad day that needs dealing with in a definitive way.

Availability:
Cuvée Memory - bottlePacked in wooden casket£80