More Champagne!

Behind the expansion of the Champagne AOC.

catalog — two-thirds Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, with the remaining third from other Grand Cru villages in the Côte des Blancs (Avize, Cramant, etc.) Very pale in color, clear and brilliant, with a fine bead and good mousse, the...

and delicate in the mouth, austere pink grapefruit flavors dominated by steely minerals, chalky finish with bitter quinine aftertaste. EXCELLENT Pierre Moncuit Cuvée de Réserve Brut Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru RM Champagne Le Mesnil...

Salon is from the village of Le Mesnil sur Oger. Last night, we had another Champagne from Mesnil s/Oger — Pierre Peters, a Brut Blanc de Blancs, like the Salon — with Beluga caviar on toast points. Yum!

don’t seem to hear much about – in 1998 is Champagne – but more specifically in the Cote des Blancs – the chardonnay-based wines – e.g. Salon, various blanc de blancs, and R.M. (grower-producer)...

Me four— also totally dig the LP. One of the cleanest champagnes around. I don’t love Henriot myself. Might also recommend Barnaut and Moncuit— 2 small, independent grower champagnes (RM); Barnaut’s in...

By the way, this was the Chaîne des Rôtisseurs Dinner Menu: Hors D’oeuvres Sesame Tuna with Wakame Salad, Ginger and Wontons Foie Gras Terrine with Sour Cherries Fried Clams on Fried Lemons with Tartar Sauce Brut Réserve, Philippe...

with slices of black truffle. Make sure you have plenty of capacity on your gold card. As for cellars, Moet and Veuve will give you the slick, big-cellar experience, but my favourite stop was in the countryside at Pierre Moncuit...

Mesnil-sur-Oger for under $500, which is probably less than 2x retail. Way out of my price range, whatever the markup, but a pretty good deal relatively speaking.

vegetal notes, good length, finishes very dry. VERY GOOD minus 1996 Pierre Peters Champagne “Cuvee Speciale” Blanc de Blancs Brut Grand Cru Les Mesnil-Sur-Oger ($55, Vin Vino Wine, Palo Alto), 100% Chardonnay, cellared...

." This experience set us back $16 per person. Hard to part with it for what we received. Fortunately, we drank well with wines we’d brought from home. Corkage is $10/bottle. The NV A. Jaquart “Cuvee Speciale”...

-Vallois Prestige Brut, Jean Milan Oger Grand Cru, and 96 Paul Bara Bouzy Grand Cru. $165/6 bottles = $27.50/bottle. A screaming deal – maybe I should get another one. (g) Also bought the three Pierre Peters: NV Le Mesnil...

sauce to spice things up a little. These were the best oysters I’ve had all season. We washed down our oysters and cheeses with Bregon’s Muscadet sur lie, a match made in heaven for the minerally bivalves, and Pierre...

notes] PIERRE PETERS, Le Mesnil: Cuvée Réservée Blanc de Blancs, Grand Cru, $38 – Tightly wound nose, very vinous in the mouth, high-toned yet penetrating with impressive depth and complexity of yellow apple, chalky mineral,...