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Merry Xmas!!!!

Its Xmas! Norway is covered in snow. The fireplace is warm and cosy. Its time for presents and Xmas songs. Foie gras , rib of lamb, Xmas pudding etc etc. and of course something nice to drink.

Festive seasons cry out for champagne and this year our precious euros were spent on a Dom Perignon 2000. Groovy packaging, bottle and a tiny brochure. Small cute bobbles in the glass, but then what?

Nothing special I am afraid.

It could have been any other multi thousand bottling from any other big champagne house. Dont get me wrong, it was not bad but compared to the 1996 and 1990 stuck in my memory it was a big disappointment. Gone was the big body, nutty and toasty smell and taste, left was an acidic mineral taste that was nothing special, nothing worth paying 100€ for.

I rather buy three bottles of the Henriot 1998 instead, much better quality and one third of the price.
What they also manage to write on their web page is stunning. The 2000 vintage from Dom is a disaster I believe:

Dom Pérignon Vintage 2000

"Come I am tasting the stars" is an attributed quote to Dom Perignon when he tasted champagne for the first time. At a price of 100€ I could have bought three bottles from another champagne house and a new star for the Xmas tree....

Merry Xmas everyone! there are luckily more good wines in the cellar....
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