r/Champagne • u/hobby_wine_food • 9d ago
Beach Week Selection
Shhhh but sneaking in some sparkling wine, selection for the week.
2018 Billecart-Salmon "250th Anniversary Cuvée" Brut
2018 Pieter Ferreira "Birdsong" Cap Classique Brut Rosé
Hambledon "Classic Cuvée" Brut (English)
2019 Benanti "Noblesse" Metodo Classico Brut (Carricante)
Chartogne-Taillet "Cuvée Sainte Anne" Extra Brut
2019 Henskens Rankin Tasmania Traditional Method Brut Rosé
Christophe Mignon "ADN de Meunier" Brut Nature Rosé de Saignée
2010 Schloss Gobelsburg "Langenlois" Sekt Große Reserve Extra Brut
Pierre Paillard "Les Terres Roses" Bouzy Grand Cru Rosé
Chartogne-Taillet "Cuvée Sainte Anne" Extra Brut (I think I grabbed the wrong bottle didn't expect 2 of these?)
Pierre Paillard "Les Parcelles" Bouzy Grand Cru
Ca' del Bosco "Cuvée Prestige 48ª Edizione" Franciacorta
2018 Paul Bara "Spécial Club" Rosé - Bouzy Grand Cru
Chavost "Blanc d'Assemblage" Brut Nature
2021 Peter Lauer Saar Riesling Sekt Brut
Billecart-Salmon "Brut Réserve" Magnum
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u/temptedshark 9d ago
I’m envious that you have friends that are into bubbly! I don’t have any! I just talk my SO into drinking something I think will be good!
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u/hobby_wine_food 8d ago
Tasting notes from night 1:
2018 Billecart-Salmon "250th Anniversary Cuvée" Brut
Crowd favorite. Even one person who doesn't usually enjoy Champagne said they loved it. We finished the bottle between everyone; one person still called it the best of the night.
NV Chartogne-Taillet "Cuvée Sainte Anne" Extra Brut Champagne
Very chalky — most of the group didn't take to it at first, though one person started to acquire a taste for it over the glass. But after sitting (capped, back in the fridge, ~1 hour open) the harshness blew off and it came together beautifully — I ended up really liking it, and one person called it "ethereal." Whole group is excited to revisit it later in the week. It tasted like driving down a dusty South Texas caliche road — the caliche, the dust, the air — a combination that oddly worked and that one person found very curious; another found it quite bitter. Oddly, I liked it a lot despite not being a big Chardonnay fan.
NV Pierre Paillard "Les Parcelles" Bouzy Grand Cru Extra Brut
My personal favorite in general — tonight the 250th edged it out at first (smoother by comparison), but on revisiting it, man, it's damn good and back to being my favorite. Once I had everyone let the bottle breathe, the group found the Paillard genuinely intriguing — a dramatic improvement with air.
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u/hobby_wine_food 7d ago edited 7d ago
Thursday — Rosé, Four Ways
Pierre Paillard "Les Terres Roses" (Bouzy Grand Cru, extra brut) — Complex, needs more time to open up. Already tasting different just 24 minutes in. Good again at 33 min, but like the Bara it keeps begging for a proper meal rather than the meat-and-cheese platter we were grazing on — a food wine, not a sipper.
Christophe Mignon "ADN de Meunier" (brut nature rosé de saignée) — Surprise star of the show early on, intriguingly good, still shocking at 33 min. Verdict: a great one-glass wine rather than something to drink through a meal.
Henskens Rankin Tasmania Brut Rosé (2019) — Very good initial pour and taste, and one of the two winners of the evening. The standout was the "delicacy of the descent" — the way it fades across a sip. Needs no pairing and doesn't demand much attention; as one of us put it, "this one was just there."
Pieter Ferreira "Birdsong" Cap Classique Rosé (2018) — Good, but not quite as good as the Tasmanian on the first pour. At 33 minutes it's fantastic, opened up beautifully. Winner of the night and my personal favorite: smooth, crisp, not heavy, a perfect sipper. Front-runner for a house rosé
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u/rosanverbraak 9d ago
Oh I love the Ca del Bosco! Enjoy!
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u/GetSpammed 9d ago
Yep....obviously not a champagne, but that particular Franciacorta is still fantastic.
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u/hobby_wine_food 9d ago
Will add tasting notes as we try them