Thursday, January 20, 2011

Gruet Selection Brut






Had a wonderful meal with D and M over the weekend , at a restaurant near airport. the whole reason being is that it's near D ( M and I too , honestly ) favourite new -found wine shop.




As usual start the evening with some bubbly. Being a champagne snob as what D call me , we were planning to open a bottle or 2 of NV Gruet Champagne to quence thurst before drink some of the aged Burgundy




At $60 , we were expecting the champagne to taste like expensive sparking wines from down under BUT to our surprise the bubbles were abuntdent, moderately fine ,crisp with light fruit, fine mousse on the nose and best of all......not pungent smell of alcohol ( if u open a NV M+C , u will understand what i mean)




Light Straw colour , irratic bubbles .Short palate but can taste of apricot and caramel. of course, the taste is mild and do not lingers as long as i want it to be.




After the bubbles fizzle off and wine is less chill, it is still drinkable but just with a bit tint of sweetness.




Hardly nowadays to find a good value bubble for everyday drinking. this present with a alternative . Need to explore more!


Wednesday, January 12, 2011

OMG!!!!! Dom Perignon 1990


I admit i was 'ignorant ' last time when i said that i don't really enjoy Dom Perignon . During my 'younger days' ( few years back ) i've tasted DP 1995, 1996, 1998 , and recently 1999, 2000.
I have come to realize that the reason i did not enjoy it purely i was drinking htem too young! Dom Perignon ( 1638-1715) was the perfectionist in champagne making and never intended the wine to be drink sub optimumly.
After a rather dissapointing Krug champagne dinner ( MV, 96, 97 ) , DP 1990 was like tear drops from heaven during M's birthday dinner. Deep Yellow , near gold colour, fresh on the nose, fine delicate ( abundance) bubbles,nice mousse - hazelnut with tint of citrus aroma.
mid- fulll body, long finishing with a mild sweet at end palate.
simply marvellous.
Remember! don't gulp down all the champagne at one go....leave it to breathe a little and you'll notice some mild change , more intensity onthe taste. just gets better!
Market price going for $550- $850 now. Every drop was precious... defiantely go into my yearly ( if not monthly ) wish list