Having had such a bad bubbly experience on Wednesday, my husband and I decided to open what we knew would be a sure winner last night - Billecart-Salmon's Vintage 2004, a low dosage, extra-brut champagne made primarily from pinot noir grapes.
This wine is stunning. It smells like my kitchen does when I have bread rising - pure, raw, yeasty scents. It tastes like nothing I've ever tasted before, with such complex but balanced flavours that it's impossible to say 'it tatsts like this...'. It has no sweetness to it whatsoever, which I loved. It's tart without being acidic. Very strong fruit and citrus flavours to start, but melding into more vanilla and biscuit flavours at the finish. Fine, fizzy little bubbles, although I would have liked more of these. It absolutely wowed me, even being drunk with such humble fare as our chicken and chorizo salad and homemade apple and cranberry crumble.
It's not a light sipper, though - my husband commented that because of its complexity, it's not the sort of thing he could drink every day. This champagne wants (and deserves) your full attention.
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