Wine, Chocolate & Cheese for a Special Gathering
Just in time for the holidays. You and your guests will be sipping pretty, from fine French Champagne to un-oaked Chardonnay, Australian Shiraz, and Argentinian Cabernet Sauvignon. Serve crackers and your choice of cheese on a solid olive wood board. Add a delectable selection of chocolates, and you’re ready to party!
This basket includes the following. (Click on the links for more info.)
- Veuve Clicquot Champagne Brut, from the famous French Champagne house founded in 1772.
“Yellow Label is the signature of Veuve Clicquot’s quality and style, recreated every year thanks to their priceless collection of reserve wines. Its brilliant yellow label reflects the Champagne’s bright personality and impeccable winemaking credentials.” Read more about this champagne house’s fascinating history >
Tasting Notes
Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label manages to reconcile two opposing factors - strength and silkiness - and to hold them in perfect balance with aromatic intensity and a lot of freshness. This consistent power to please makes it ideal as an aperitif, and perfect as the Champagne to enjoy with a meal.
- 2021 River Road Un-oaked California Chardonnay. Enjoy this Un-Oaked Chardonnay with a variety of seafood and chicken dishes.
"The rich, slightly sweet, apple flavors are enticing and prove that California is indeed the Sunshine State. This Un-Oaked Chardonnay is crisp and clean, and it slightly lingers on your palate with apples, followed by citrus and pear flavors."
“Only select parcels of Shiraz grown on both red & black soils over limestone on the Davey Estate vineyard are chosen for this wine. The wine is hand-crafted in small open & static fermenters to maximize the potential of each small parcel of fruit. Maturation for an average of 13 months in new – 6-year-old fine-grained American and French oak hogsheads – softens, enhances & integrates the fruit & structural components of the wine.”
Tasting Notes from Decanter, Wine Score: 93/100
Perfumed and floral with blueberry, rose, strawberry notes. A concentrated palate with evident oak, a touch of eucalyptus, and mint.
- Mascota Vineyards 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon, Mendoza, Argentina.
“The flagship range of La Mascota wines is the most important range for the winery making up the majority of their production... The La Mascota line includes monovarietal Malbec, Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz, and Cabernet Franc red wines aged in French and American oak barrels for up to a year.” Read more about Mascota Vineyards >
Tasting Notes
La Mascota Cabernet Sauvignon displays a deep red color with hints of violet. Aromas of licorice, cassis and warm raspberry jam. Elegant touch of roasted pepper and chocolate. Full-bodied, complex and very long aftertaste.
Chocolates (1 each)
- Lindt Excellence Bars
- Mackie’s of Scotland
- Trader Joe’s
- Dark Chocolate Orange Sticks
- Dark Chocolate Covered Mini Pretzels (12 oz bag)
Cheese
- Cheese Board Rustic, artisan-made, solid olive wood cutting board with a handle.
Made in Foligno, Italy by Arte Legno. 11/12” x 5” x .4” Skilled craftsmen mold with their experience and mastery of the precious olive wood, creating pieces truly useful and unique in our daily lives. Learn more about Arte Legno >
- Trader Joe’s Cracker Assortment. Four Individually Wrapped Varieties. 13.7 oz.
- $25 Trader Joe’s Gift Card to select your choice of cheeses.
Beautifully gift-wrapped!
Veuve Clicquot - Yellow Label Champagne Brut /Madame Clicquot, the first lady of a Champagne Empire
Lindt Excellence ASMR experience
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