Benchmark Champagne for quality at price. Warm honey nose. Rich pastry palate also gives red apple peel. Lasting finish. Buy in quantity as it sells out.

Grand Cru Chardonnay from an esteemed Le Mesnil grower, and a steal at this price. Lemon, green apple, and white flowers lead into a chalky, saline palate with real Côte des Blancs character. Fine bubbles and crisp acidity carry a clean, mineral finish. Precise, elegant, and a benchmark entry point into grower Blanc de Blancs.

The Launois "Cuvée Réserve" Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Brut Champagne is the all-time undisputed champion of K&L's Direct Import Champagne portfolio and our largest grower-producer. Founded in 1872, Launois is headquartered in a remarkable chateau in the village of Villers-aux-Bois and is currently helmed by eighth generation vignerons Severine and Caroline Launois. The estate’s Grand Cru vineyards are in Mesnil-sur-Oger and Cramant in the heart of the Cote de Blancs. The Launois Cuvée Réserve Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs is the flagship NV champagne and their other Blanc de Blancs (100% Chardonnay) are variations of this unbelievably affordable sparkling masterpiece. The “Quartz” is bottled under 5 atmospheres of pressure instead of six and is secretly a single vineyard -- "Les Chetillons" in the Grand Cru village of Mesnil. The “Clemence” has an extra year of aging on the lees, 4 years total, which gives it a leesy profile; and the “Maxime” is a vintage Grand Cru bottling, currently 2018 (a great "solar" vintage with balance ripe fruit). The NV “Dorine” is sourced from a chalky patch in the Cote de Sezanne and is barrel fermented. The NV “Vinum Dei” (“Wine of God”) is the only blend - 60% Chardonnay and 40% Pinot Noir; and the “Valentine” is a 100% Pinot Noir Brut Rosé, also sourced from Sézanne. At the top of the Launois pyramid are the prestige "Helia" bottlings - both vintage - the 2017 "Helia" Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs and the 2018 "Helia" Grand Cru Rosé. The base for the Helia rosé is entirely grand cru Chardonnay from Mesnil and Cramant with just under 10% of red wine added from the family's Sézanne Pinot Noir plots.