Champagne Party by Elena and Roma Vol. 1
A small and humble party dedicated to Champagne wines organised by Elena Menshikova.
By Boris · Hosted by Roman Remeev
You know. When someone calls you on a tasting full of expensive wines from your wishlist, it's hard to say no. Nec Plus Ultra? Les Pierrières based on 2017? Vauzelle Terme? Cuvée des Caudalies Millésime? Just shut up and take my money.
So here comes Olena Menshikova with a basket full of desired wines. And she wants to help two injured kids that lost their parents and house due to the war. Her actions? She throws a charity event to raise money for these kids. In the morning after the event, she is getting close to the goal of 150,000 UAH. You can help her, which I urge you to do. As they say, there is no such thing as a small donation.
Moët & Chandon Dom Pérignon Brut 2012
This wine was the only one to be served blind. The idea was to have a benchmark along the wine tasting.
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Join to read it and the restDe Sousa Cuvée des Caudalies Grand Cru Millésime Extra Brut 2010
100% Chardonnay from Avize and Oger. The average age of vines is more than 60 years. Vinified and aged in oak barrels for 10 months. Around 81 months on lees. Disgorged on 11th of April, 2018 (Wednesday, by the way).
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100% Pinot Noir from a tiny plot in Aÿ (Vallée de la Marne) of 0.3 hectares planted in 1980 by Jean-Hervé Chiquet. Vauzelle Terme spent ~96 months sur lie. Disgorged in May 2022.
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Join to read it and the restUlysse Collin Les Pierrières Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut (2017) NV
40-year-old Chardonnay have southern exposure and are planted on chalky soils that also feature chunks and pockets of a rare black flint or silex noir unique to Coteaux du Petit Morin. Pierrières was Olivier Collin's first bottling, and only bottling, in the 2004 vintage. The fruit is hand-harvested, the clusters destemmed and the grapes gently pressed; the juice is fermented spontaneously and slowly (up to six months) with natural yeasts in mainly-used Burgundy barrels. Reserve wines are held in foudres and tonneaux. The wine is based on 2017. It's bottled without fining or filtering and aged for 36 months on lees.
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It's not intended to be the best wine, but a cuvée that we push to the extreme.
[...] liveliness is more the focus here than complexity and richness.
- Alice Paillard
A 50/50 blend of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from 7 of the most sought-after Grands Crus of the Champagne terroir: Oger, Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, Chouilly, Cramant, Verzenay, Mailly-Champagne, and Bouzy. Grapes are vinified and matured in small, old oak barrels for 10 months. Then the wine spends 10 years on lees followed by two years of post-disgorgement rest before release.
Bottle #14187 / 18798.
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A 60/40 blend of Saignée Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from 45-year-old vines in Rilly-la-Montagne, vinified in barrels for 10 months without malolactic fermentation.
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