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make mine champagneby amy reileyIf you’re a regular reader of my column, you already knew how I’d start the year: brimming over with bubbly. This time, it’s great Champagne – the sort of stuff to ring in the New Year and to toast your lover with every accomplishment in the year ahead. |
Bruno Paillard
Blanc de Blancs Reserve Privee
Aromas are yeasty and delicate, although the flavors are all fruit. This is a lovely, elegant wine, perfect for a brunch or ladies who lunch. $60
Nicolas Feuillatte
Blanc de Blanc 1998
This might be one of Champagne’s biggest bargains. A finely crafted wine that could easily stand up to wines twice the price, the Feuillatte offers floral and licorice aromas, great weight and a fresh, clean, lemony finish. $40
Lanson
Noble Cuvee Brut 1998
Super sexy, creamy in the mouth, yet very sleek, this brut offers lovely aromas of baking dough and citrus flavors with a slick, clean lime finish. $125
Dom Ruinart
Vintage 1996
A gorgeous, classic Champagne, this is the sort of wine you imagine being served at a society wedding or at the captain’s table on the QE 2. Fine, almost microscopic bubbles offer a delicacy missing in many sparkling wines. $175
Taittinger
Comtes de Rose 2002
A big-bodied beauty with hints of ripe raspberries but with an underlying earthiness, this is a serious wine worthy of a lavish meal. $200
Krug
Rose
A gorgeous, lusty, full-bodied wine, this textbook perfect rose offers hints of wild strawberries, an earthy gamey-something, and just a hint of baking spice. $300
