First Batch

I finally, finally made my first batch of Christmas cookies yesterday - spiced prune drops and cranberry-pistachio biscotti. Since we sampled them after dinner, we opened the other bottle of Vilmart champagne that I ordered from Berry Brothers, the Grand Cellier, a 70/30 split of chardonnay and pinot noir. It was a nice-enough champagne, but a let-down from the description on the Berry Brothers website, which says that it tastes of praline and hazelnuts. It doesn't. It has more of a zesty floral nose, which turns into a slightly-sweet apple flavour. It doesn't have any of the richness that I expected, and was actually quite acidic in my stomach. At £35/bottle, I wouldn't buy this again, there are nicer sparklers out there and for better prices.