{"id":3514,"date":"2016-09-19T10:44:37","date_gmt":"2016-09-19T14:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adamchandler.beer\/?p=3514"},"modified":"2016-09-19T10:44:37","modified_gmt":"2016-09-19T14:44:37","slug":"30th-birthday-champagne-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/09\/19\/30th-birthday-champagne-thoughts\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 30th Birthday Champagne Thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"

I went to Bermuda<\/a> for my 30th birthday and brought 3 champagne bottles with me I had been holding for 2-3 years. They were all vintage bottles, each 10-15 years old.<\/p>\n

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1998 Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin La Grande Dame Brut,<\/a> a Canada find for 30% off due to the exchange rate. This was more earthy with a lot of really dry grape-skin and kiwi in the middle. Would most certainly have this one again.<\/p>\n

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Tarlant Cuvee Louis Extra Brut,<\/a> this was a magnum i picked up in early 2015 in France at Tarlant. I believe it was 130 Euros so around 150 USD at the time. Split 6 ways. It needed a lot of time to breathe but it was an exceptional wine. Cheese, funk, wood, must, apples, some citrus tinge at the end. Really beautiful.<\/p>\n

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2004 Dom Perignon Brut<\/a>, honestly I can never tell these vintages apart. It\u2019s a hyped, huge volume vintage champagne that never fails to impress me (except that one Rose we had over Christmas). Remarkable brightness with lots of oak and a bit of mustiness that fades after breathing a bit.