Ployez-Jacquemart - Granite Champagne NV (750ml) 25% Chardonnay and raspberry round out the

and raspberry round out the velvet balanced structure and in her finesse

Merlot (11%)

This Rosso also reveals an especially spicy character with nutmeg and cinnamon that seems to come from the skins of the grape as much as it may come from 12 months in oak

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This vintage of the Illusionist Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon is especially dark and intense

Ployez-Jacquemart - Granite Champagne NV (750ml) 25% Chardonnay and raspberry round out theThe Granite cuve from Ployez Jacquemart is a special bottling that Laurence Ployez has fashioned to commemorate the ninetieth anniversary of the maison, from a wide palette of vintages and all three major grape varieties. The cpages is the easier side of the equation here, as the wine is composed of sixty one percent chardonnay, thirty one percent pinot noir and eight percent pinot meunier (with the latter all from the familys home village of Ludes on