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Date January 17, 2019 
Title Perfect For Valentine's Day! 
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Dear Arthur’s Cellar Wine Club Member:

“Great love affairs start with champagne and end with tisane.”

– Honoré de Balzac, French novelist and playwright

Jan_2019_clip_image002.jpgIt was ten years ago! The LCBO selected our Champagne Forget-Brimont 1er Cru Rosé Brut to be one of the featured wines in their 2009 Valentine’s Day issue of the VINTAGES magazine. It is difficult to read the small print, but the price then was only $53.95 the bottle. Guess what? It is just $52.15 today. This is the perfect Champagne for starting or continuing a great love affair. There are but 18 bottles currently available, so please order soon to ensure delivery before February 14th.

If you would like me to order for you, send me an email telling me what you would like and I’ll be pleased to order it from the LCBO for you. Just let me know if you want it delivered to your door by Canada Post ($12) or sent at no cost to your preferred LCBO store (please tell me which one that is). Then send us a cheque or an electronic funds transfer (I’ll confirm the amount after ordering).


Rosé Brut 1er Cru - 12.0% Alc./Vol.   LCBO Product # 926633         Just $52.15 the bottle - 18 bottles available

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This is the Champagne for those most festive occasions. It is also an ideal apéritif. Its rose colour comes from adding a touch of red wine from Brouzy to the Forget-Brimont reserve cuvée. The grape composition is 40% Pinot Noir, 40% Pinot Meunier and 20% Chardonnay (Premier and Grand Cru grapes only!). In the glass the beautiful light salmon colour provides an ideal backdrop for its steady stream of tiny bubbles.

Alison Napjus had this to say about it in the November 15, 2012 edition of the ‘Wine Spectator’ – “This offers lovely balance, a finely detailed texture and delicate acidity that focuses the subtle flavors of ripe plum, wild strawberries, and melon fruit. A hint of almond-tinged financier and mineral notes add complexity. $67 (note the price in US$!!) - 91/100


Brut 1er Cru – 12.0% Alc./Vol.   LCBO Product # 926617                 Only $47.05 the bottle - 5 bottles available

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This is great Champagne at a great price. The grape composition is 40% Pinot Noir, 40% Pinot Meunier and 20% Chardonnay (all Premier and Grand Cru). A pale golden colour with a delicate nose of fresh green apples, white flowers and hazelnuts, it has a very fresh, deep structure and is well-balanced with good length. What a great way to start any party and also a wonderful accompaniment for white meats.

Here’s what Alison Napjus said about it in the December 31, 2012 edition of the ‘Wine Spectator’ – “Firm and focused by racy acidity, this is lightly chalky in texture, offering tightly knit flavors of ripe Gala apple, anise, black currant candy, fresh ginger and biscuit. Fine balance. $63 (wow, note the price – US$!!) – 91/100”. Robert Parker rated it a 90!

And, it costs much less than you would pay for regular mass-marketed Champagne. Here are some examples of the prices of ordinary Champagne currently available at the LCBO (not a 1er Cru in the bunch, let alone one with Grand Cru juice as well):

Piper Heidsieck Brut
$60.00
Möet & Chandon Brut Imperial
$67.65
Mumm Cordon Rouge Brut
$62.95
Veuve Clicquot Brut
$72.80


Know anyone who would like to start or rekindle a great love affair (or who would simply love a great bottle of bubbly)? If so, please let them know about these.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Jim, Hélène and Kate

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