Spec me Some Good Champagne

randomshenans · 5 Dec 2012 at 07:35

Bougogne whites are my first choice at the moment.

I didn't rate the Ruinart. I thought it didn't deliver for the cost. It's not bad by any means mind.

That bottle tops the tsarine!

Martynt74 · 17 Dec 2012 at 10:30

Well here we go. I caved and gave it a bit early as i was getting into a nasty habit of buying extra bottles for the sake of it!

Left to right

Jaquart...Bollinger...Taittinger...Camel Valley (not champagne but always fancied it)...Vranken...Gosset...Ruinart...Heidsieck Monopole

Then shoved at the back theres Veuve and Moet in boxes and then Lanson and Nicholas Feuillatte behind them. The Gremillet was kept downstairs to drink but not had it yet.

randomshenans · 17 Dec 2012 at 11:18

Good effort.

I had a bottle of Pol Carson at the weekend, it was surprisingly nice. I thought it would be a meh bottle but I rather enjoyed it and it's fantastic value as well.

Champagne and ribs. Serious combo.

Martynt74 · 19 Dec 2012 at 19:37

Well we cracked open the Gremillet earlier as we're at an airport hotel before we fly to Rome. If any of you get chance to try it go for it. It's a fantastic champagne, more so at only £24 a bottle

Voltar · 21 Dec 2012 at 13:31

taB said:
Hah, missed this. I can and you could too

You can get 1er Cru wine from Domaine Leflaive for around £70. The Meursault 1er (Sous dos d'Ane) fits in this price bracket and of the Puligny-Montrachets the Clavoillon does also (£595/12 in bond release price for 2010 so £61.78 a bottle taxes paid). Personally I really like the style of Clavoillon.

Pucelles, Folatières and Combettes (1er Cru) are all a bit more expensive at around £100-£120 a bottle. Then you get into the Grand Crus but they're another step forward on price.

Personally though I tend to buy the Bougogne Blanc...

Hmm. Where are you finding these prices from? 1er Cru Montrachet from Domaine Leflaive does not fall into the £70 bracket. However you can buy their P-M for about that in bond, yet that isn't 1er Cru.

taB · 21 Dec 2012 at 13:42

Voltar said:
Hmm. Where are you finding these prices from? 1er Cru Montrachet from Domaine Leflaive does not fall into the £70 bracket. However you can buy their P-M for about that in bond, yet that isn't 1er Cru.

Village Puligny is about £45 on release taxes paid, I'll send you a Trust thing with more info.

Liquid_Entity · 21 Dec 2012 at 14:02

Awesome !! I just checked this thread earlier to see what Champagne would be good to get for Xmas.

Just won 2 bottles of Champagne in the work Xmas raffle....

1 x Monopole Heidsieck & Co Gold Top from 2007
1 x Monopole Heidsieck & Co Blue Top Brut

Are these good??

Craig1981 · 21 Dec 2012 at 14:50

Only 4 more days before I'll finally get to crack open that bottle of rose champagne I bought months ago

vicisthebest · 23 Dec 2012 at 16:11

I bought some Veuve Clicquot at tesco last night, priced at £30.99 but went through till at £28.99 - awesome

wozzizname · 25 Dec 2012 at 11:02

Having some Pol Roger White Foil today as the wine shop had sold out of Roederer.

Voltar · 25 Dec 2012 at 11:10

wozzizname said:
Having some Pol Roger White Foil today as the wine shop had sold out of Roederer.

Not the end of the world really with that scenario.

Think it's just Perrier Jouet for us today. Saving my DP '98 for a little bit longer I think...

randomshenans · 25 Dec 2012 at 19:32

It has been a good day. I'm stuffed and now sipping some red...

Stuffed down with this...

My god, I can barely fit in this red. Barely. Just. I'm trying.

Mad old tory · 26 Dec 2012 at 08:33

Had a bottle of 2007 Nyetimber yesterday before lunch. I'm no sparkling wine expert but I really enjoyed it and found it much better than a lot of the champagne I've had previously.

rG-tom · 26 Dec 2012 at 20:23

randomshenans said:
It has been a good day. I'm stuffed and now sipping some red...

Stuffed down with this...

My god, I can barely fit in this red. Barely. Just. I'm trying.

the food, the drink and the house especially looks amazing

your place?

randomshenans · 7 Jan 2013 at 11:33

Mother & step father's place oop mountains and it is awesome. I love it there.
My mountain retreat is much smaller

Martynt74 · 7 Jan 2013 at 11:37

Certainly does look very good.

Anyone tried Charles Mignon champagne before? Aldi are doing a bottle of NV Grand Cru for £22.99 which looks pretty reasonable.

Also not sure if it was worth it but they were doing a bottle of 2004 Margaux for the same price which intrigured me and subsequently bought. Not sure if it was a good deal though!

Voltar · 7 Jan 2013 at 14:48

Marvt74 said:
Certainly does look very good.

Anyone tried Charles Mignon champagne before? Aldi are doing a bottle of NV Grand Cru for £22.99 which looks pretty reasonable.

Also not sure if it was worth it but they were doing a bottle of 2004 Margaux for the same price which intrigured me and subsequently bought. Not sure if it was a good deal though!

What was the 2004 Margaux? Could potentially be very nice.

Martynt74 · 7 Jan 2013 at 14:57

This was the one

http://www.by-invitation.com/chateaux-marquis-dalesme-becker-margaux-2004/

The above review certainly makes it sound good!

They also had a bottle of Chatteauneuf Du Pape for £9.99 which seemed good value but my wallets taken a beating recently and i fancied the Margaux instead.

Voltar · 7 Jan 2013 at 15:04

Should be good '04 Margaux is nice. Never heard of that Cru Classe though.

covenantuk · 8 Jan 2013 at 08:32

Anyone noticed the insane price increases at retail over the last year or two for Bollinger? I bought a case on offer at Tesco 2 years ago for £25 a bottle. It's currently retailing at £41 (occasionally on offer at £10 off which shows you how much markup is going on).

Although I drink top quality Cava as an every day bubbly (the missus is Spanish) and pick out better champagnes for really special occasions, I'm a big fan of Bollinger for normal birthdays/occasions etc as I've yet to find someone who doesn't like it.

For info, if you want to stock up on Bollinger, Costco sell it by the case at £29/bottle equivalent.