On Sunday I was hanging out and watching The Wedding Planner (a movie I hate myself for liking) for the umpteenth time when my husband appeared in the sitting room with a glass of champagne in hand for me. We're a bit long on champagne at the moment and he figured we should enjoy it since it's there. I'm not going to argue with that!
He had put a bottle of Ruinart NV in the fridge. I have friends who like this brand and when I placed my order with Majestic, I thought I would try it to round out the case.
Let me start by saying that this is not a bad champagne. But for the price point (£45/bottle) it just isn't all that. It's nice enough, good acidity coming out with some nutty-lemony flavours. It has a very long finish. The bubbles are fine. But I would rather have two bottles of the Canard-Duchene that we drank on Saturday than one bottle of this - which would cost me the same amount.
The other thing that's caught my attention about this champagne - the box it was in was incredibly overengineered. And while I like to put a link to the maker in my blogs, the Ruinart website was also flashy (making it dreadfully slow) and impossible to navigate - too clever by half and incredibly frustrating, so I never actually found the information that I wanted and therefore can't be bothered to link to it. I feel like what I paid for wasn't necessarily a great champagne, but a huge marketing team that's built a brand. I don't feel the need to drink a name, I'd rather drink something interesting and that I really love.
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