Champagne tasting

The champagne tasting last Wednesday was great fun and very interesting. Champagne is not only for weddings or celebrations. It’s a drink for all occasion. A little bit pricey though… But very fun and bubbly!

We started out with a Deutz Brut Rosé from 2000. Slightly pink with lots of raspberries in both taste and smell. But also some roasted almonds and a hint of citrus.

Next was Launois Blanc de Blancs Brut Cuvée Reservée. Light yellow with a smell of yellow apple and some aromatic flowers. The taste was also quite flowery with grapefruit. Personally I thought it tasted a lot like a good chardonnay. Which in some way was true since Blanc de Blancs means that the champagne is made only from the chardonnay grape.

After that we went on to Pommery Wintertime. Quite yellow with a distinct smell of autumn and old leaves. The taste was very full compared to the others withhints of bread and actually some chocolate. Maybe also some very ripe apples.

The last bottle was Cuvée St-Vincent Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru from 1990. Very yellow with smells of apples, citrus and some oak. The taste also had some oak with minerals and grapefruit in it.

My favourites from the evening were (of course) the pink champagne from Deutz and Launois Blanc de Blancs Brut Cuvée Reservée. My least favourite was Pommery’s Wintertime. Too rich for my taste. I do not want to be reminded of the autumn when I drink something fun and bubbly as champagne.