NV Gaston Chiquet Champagne Premier Cru Tradition Brut - France, Champagne, Champagne Premier Cru (1/13/2019)
Served with steamed lobsters and butter, this showed very well, with ripe citrus fruit, ample acidity and a long finish that started fruity, and then picked up a deeper minerality.
Excellent value for a little under $40.
May 2017 disgorgement.
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I love this wine. Always a favorite. I have a single magnum of this disgorgement.
Thank you for the note.
This is definitely one of the finest values in entry level Champagne, or should be at least. I remember buying a bottle in the “girls’ cellar” in Hautvillers for 20 € and being blown away by the QPR after popping it. One year later I was in New York and by random chance ended up in a shop called Oak and Steel (yeah I know, I am sure everyone here would now tell to avoid it, it if still exists). The employee was extremely proud of their grower Champagne section and gave a raving recommendation for this very wine in a half bottle, priced modestly at $35/0,375l.
I wish I had opened a magnum yesterday. The 750 ml did not last long.