For this weekend, we opened our last bottle of this Veuve Clicquot champagne. It was one of the three bottles we set aside for the New Year countdown. Four friends came over to our house on New Year's Eve and we only finished a little over a bottle. I quickly resealed the unfinished second bottle for later.Mijo quickly put together a delicious steamed mussels as our late lunch and we decided to use the remaining champagne and opened the third bottle for pairing.
Champagnes and sparkling wines usually give me a bad hangover so I only drink it during special occasions or when there is something to toast about such as birthdays, Christmas or New Year's Eve. We had a half a bottle of non vintage Veuve Clicquot Brut champagne and we used it for a delicious steamed mussels and grilled sourdough breads brushed with salted olive oil. We opened a another one for pairing.
Tasting Date: week of January 1, 2013
Tasting Partners: Mijo Wine Name: Veuve Clicquot Brut
Producer: Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin
Region/Appelation: Reims, Champagne
Grape Varieties: Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier, Chardonnay
Vintage: non-vintage
Alcohol: 12%
Color Hue: golden light beige
Developments: medium body
Aromas: banana, citrus, melon, smoke, sulfur
Dry/Sweet: less sweet
Body: medium body
Acidity: medium to high acid
Tannins: low level
Flavors: banana, citrus, bacon
This wine is easy to romanticize because of the brand but it is a good wine over all. I also read the book The Widow Clicquot written by Tilar Mazzeo a few months ago so I was also looking forward to taste a wine produced from the Veuve Clicquot house.
~rl
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