It was my husband's birthday yesterday, and the festivities of course involved some bubbles. We opted for a lovely red wine to go with our meal of rum and black pepper steak - but he always has apple pie for dessert on his birthday, and loves to have some champagne with it.
He chose a bottle of 2002 Vintage Veuve Clicquot that we purchased at Majestic Wine. We've drunk a variety of different champagnes from this maker before and always enjoyed them, although to be honest, most of the bottles were gifts rather than bottles we'd bought for ourselves. We were looking forward to trying this vintage champage, which we'd not had before.
My husband said that it went well with his apple pie, but we had a hard time really pinning down what this champagne was about. It was a little yeasty at the start, citrus-sour in the middle with just a touch of green apple (and yet somehow, also a mild sweetness), and with a smooth but short-ish finish. The bubbles were OK. We finally agreed that this is a greatest-common-denominator champagne. It's drinkable, but not special or unique. Everyone who drinks it can find something to like about it. But it wasn't what we've come to expect from a vintage champagne.
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