Champagnes are
normally multiply blended wines - from 3 grapes, many different villages and
across different vintages. Single variety wines are not uncommon; varietal
Chardonnays (Blanc de Blanc) being the commonest. Salon (previously blogged) is
a single village wine whereas such wines as Krug's Clos de Mesnil and Clos
d'Ambonnay and the Bollinger VV Francais are all single vineyard wines. All the
aforementioned are vintage wines and very exclusive. This Champ Persin
champagne on the other hand is NV and sells for a few hundred dollars (HK). As
for the wine, it was a nice pale gold with good streams of fine to medium
bubbles. A soft acidic and slightly fruity nose is followed by an initial attack of an acidic
prickle, which leads onto an off-dry soft acid slightly fruity palate. The
rather aggressive acid prickle turns into a soft mousse leading to a soft acid
finish.
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