I had always wanted to try Perrier-Jouet, especailly their prestige cuvee Belle-Epoque in a painted bottle with an Art Deco flower design. It was the welcome drink at Valentine's dinner and was served from magnum. I must say I was a tad disappointed that night. The bubbles after the initial effervescence were plentiful but rather larger than I would have expected from a well known house. Only after a significant time did it settle into delicate streams of fine bubbles I was expecting. There is always an acid prickle with sparkling wines and champagnes, but the best wines settle into a nice creamy mousse, which failed to happen on this occasion. May be it was the bottle; it could even have been less than scrupulously clean galsses as far as the bubbles in the glass was concerned, but they rather detracted from my enjoyument that night.
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