Saturday was a sunny, warm day so we decided to hang out in the garden and sip champagne while we enjoyed the nice weather. We were hopeful about the bottle we had - an extra brut grand cru from Barnaut that we had bought the day before at Lea and Sandeman.
We've bought some nice wines before at Lea and Sandeman, and had bought this particular bottle because they had told us it's their house champagne. Out of all of the champagne producers that they import, this is the wine that they think best reflects all that's good about champagne.
We were totally underwhelmed.
Don't get me wrong, there's nothing bad about this champagne, it's perfectly drinkable. But it's supposedly a pinot noir blend, yet it had no distinct characteristics about it - I've had blanc de blancs with more unique flavours. We were having a hard time finding any words to describe it, other than that it's 'champagne-y'. For all of the bottles we've drunk at this price point, this is decidedly the least impressive, and to be honest, for the £23 we spent, I'd rather have a couple of bottles of cheaper but more interesting wine.
Thankfully the other bottle of champagne that we bought at Lea and Sandeman is from a producer we've bought before and love - we know that won't disappoint!
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