1996 Perrier-Jouët Champagne Cuvée Fleur de Champagne $129
She Said:
"He" and I celebrate Christmas with a long-standing tradition. Each year, we go pick out wines or spirits that we would not normally buy - something exquisite. This year, one of the things we purchased was this Perrier-Jouët Champagne. I had had my eye on it for years because the bottle is so pretty. And, of course, it's expensive! With much anticipation, we opened the bottle and poured out our first glass. "Hmmm," I thought. "This is different."
I'm used to a light, bubbly, fruity Champagne (granted, I don't drink a whole lot of French Champagne but I've had my fair share - and several other people's fair shares, too, I would guess!) This Champagne, by comparison, tasted more like a non-sparkling wine. It had plenty of bubbles but it was definitely not a light bright wine. The first glass was questionable, in my opinion. But by the time we poured the last glass of it, we had acquired the taste and it was very good – just not what I expect from aChampagne
"He" and I celebrate Christmas with a long-standing tradition. Each year, we go pick out wines or spirits that we would not normally buy - something exquisite. This year, one of the things we purchased was this Perrier-Jouët Champagne. I had had my eye on it for years because the bottle is so pretty. And, of course, it's expensive! With much anticipation, we opened the bottle and poured out our first glass. "Hmmm," I thought. "This is different."
I'm used to a light, bubbly, fruity Champagne (granted, I don't drink a whole lot of French Champagne but I've had my fair share - and several other people's fair shares, too, I would guess!) This Champagne, by comparison, tasted more like a non-sparkling wine. It had plenty of bubbles but it was definitely not a light bright wine. The first glass was questionable, in my opinion. But by the time we poured the last glass of it, we had acquired the taste and it was very good – just not what I expect from a
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He Said:
Have you ever wondered how a $130 bottle of champagne tastes? I know I always have and this year, on Christmas Eve, I got to find out. Yep, this year She and I splurged big time and got ourselves a beautiful bottle of Perrier-Jouët Champagne. You know this bottle, right? Hand painted flowers on a beautiful green bottle? Oh man, I was dying to taste it! We usually drink Moet and Chandon White Star, which I think is great, but this was going to be something really special, I just knew it!
I popped the cork on the 'pagne and poured two glasses. Right away we noticed a difference. This wasn't the usual bright sparkly wine that we were used to. No, this actually had some color to it. "Hmmm...interesting", I interestingly thought to myself. With great trepidation and excitement, She and I looked at each other, raised our glasses to a toast, the wine touched our lips and...and...and we sipped.
*blink*
Ok, that's sort of weird tasting. I figured that I must need to get used to it a little. No prob.
Sip. Sip. Sip. Sip. And so on.
Well, when all was said and done, I actually did acquire a taste for it. In fact, by the time we finished the bottle, I was really wishing that we had more. Maybe just one more bottle. Ok, maybe two. Sadly, we did not, and so we moved on to more normal fare for the remainder of the evening (which was really quite lovely, even if I do say so myself).
So in the end, was it worth $130? In my mind, no. Sure, it was very smooth and was quite delicious but I would just as soon have my White Star, which is, bytheway, plenty pricey for me. I'm glad I tried the Perrier-Jouët, but I don't think I'll be buying it again in the near future. I guess my champagne tastes just aren't quite hoity enough.
Of course, if someone wants to buy me another bottle......
5 comments:
Interesting. I guess I'll pass for this year.
But the bottle IS beautiful.
good to know. I'm glad I haven't tried to buy a 130 bottle of wine :) er champagne...
I have to agree that I will choose to stick to my cheaper Asti as opposed to champagne. When I finished my Master's degree my brother and his wife bought me a bottle of Dom Perignon...I was all excited to drink it (we did so, with them when D and I became engaged). And still thrilled that they bought it for me, but not overly thrilled with the taste, it was not sweet but dry...guess I'll stick to some of the cheaper wines I've grown accustomed to.
I find champagne pretty vile - mostly because of the bubbles. Perhaps I might actually like the champagne you two tried.
I bought a bottle of that with two matching hand-painted champagne stems for our first Christmas together many years ago. You're right, it's a significantly different taste and once you learn it, it's very nice. At which time you'd like another bottle... but you already know that.
Happy New Year, you two!!
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