Tasting Highlights: Blanc de Blancs Champagne

A dozen outstanding non-vintage sparklers perfect for the last days of summer
Bruce Sanderson
Posted: September 5, 2008

Made entirely from Chardonnay, blanc de blancs Champagnes offer freshness and elegance. The wines featured in this report range in style from the Comte Audoin de Dampierre and Ruinart, showing alluring pastry, honey, vanilla, butter and coffee aromas and flavors, to light-weight, crisp versions like the Gaston Chiquet and Jean Milan.

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