My computer was down for a while as my husband and I painted our study, so I've been a bit remiss in reporting some bubbles that have been drunk. Of particular note was a bottle of Dosnon & Lepage champagne that my husband picked up from Roberson's wine shop on High Street Ken. We've not had champagne from this maker before, and the person at the store pitched this one - the blanc de blanc, Recolte Blanche - to my husband as Krug-like. How could we not try it?
While the champagne was very good, it was not at all Krug-like. It had a wonderful yeastiness on the nose, and lots of stong, fresh, clean flavour with a very long finish. But it lacked the richness and depth that you get with Krug. This isn't a criticism of the champagne, very few champagnes offer what Krug does which is why they're priced in the tens-of-pounds and Krug is priced in the hundreds-of-pounds. I just wish the people in the shops would stop making the comparison, as it's really unfair to what are otherwise pefectly nice champagnes. We still would have bought it had they just told us how good it was.
The other thing I really liked about this champagne was its bubbles. It had so many that the cork started to come out of the bottle the second my husband undid the wire cage. Big, fat, belch-inducing bubbles. My husband wasn't too sure about this aspect of the champagne, but it was right up my street!
Roberson's carries a couple of different varieties from this maker, including a Blanc de Noir, so the next time we're in the area, we'll be buying some more.
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