Fave Champagne with fried chicken?

WINE TALK
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BdB?
BdN?
(Etc)

Haven’t decided how I’m going to spice the chicken yet.

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I recently had a bottle of 2012 Michel Gonet Champagne Grand Cru Le Mesnil sur Oger Blanc de blancs with fried chicken…it was sublime.

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2008 salon

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BdB for me

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Just about anything with enough acid to strip the chrome off a bumper.

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Charles Heidsieck Brut Réserve Champagne. Cheap, cutting, stark. Always nude. Unless dark fried, then I cover the trumpet.

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Outstanding debut!

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We prefer BdB with fried chicken, thought not exclusively. More important is cut and focus, clean and pure. The broader more nutty champagnes I love generally don’t provide enough contrast for me when it comes to fried chicken pairing.

We have a world class fried chicken place nearby and usually pull a Diebolt-Vallois Cuvee Prestige. It’s pretty much perfect.

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Taittinger rose Comtes 2007 worked well. Better still the Bollinger PN Viz

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What’s your favorite minivan with champagne and fried chicken? I’d probably go early 1990s Dodge Caravan with fake wood panels.

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I prefer BdB with fried chicken. But I’m honestly not picky-any Champagne (Brut or drier) goes well with fried chicken.

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Brut Nature BdB for me. Enough acid to cleanse the palate and enough depth not to get lost against the chicken.

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What makes this combination great is the fat and acid pairing. So go with high-acid wine to make this best, and BdB does it for me.

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Agree with the others, so long as it has enough acid I’m happy.