Honestly, this is kinda what I do, too, but I buy lots of wine sight unseen —- maybe I should start looking up images before I pull the Buy trigger.
- NV Jacquesson & Fils Champagne Cuvée No. 745 Extra Brut - France, Champagne (08-02-2024)
Base 2017 with reserve wines from the 2-3 previous vintages. Disgorged March 2022 with 0,75 g/liter dosage.
I've always really been a huge lover and recommender of Jacquesson, and while I still love the style of the 700-series, I really think it's sad with the quite large increase in pricing every year... Now the new releases are around €60-65 and just 5 years ago I could find them at €40-45... 50% increase is hefty, and it's moving into a price range with so much tough competition. Stopped buying the DT-version completely now at €100.
Back to the champagne. Really enjoying these editions with no or very low dosage - the years with a high ripeness really carry it well.
Yellow apple, ripe pear, pickled lemon, lemon curd, lemon zest, brioche, yeast and Piemonte hazelnut that is quickly taken over by a racing acidity with green apple, lime, unripe stone fruits, yuzu and a really crisp minerality.
Still loving the style and champagne; don't love the price. (92 points)
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@AstridKG, what champagne glass is that?
Even steeper pricing here, and I’m in 100% agreement with this statement.
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Trying the Liquid Farm / Pertois Moriset grand cru BDB champagne this evening from BDay. 100% grand cru chardonnay, all from Les Mesnil sur Oger. Combo oak and stainless, bottled extra brut at around 3-3.5g/l. Should be fun. Liquid Farm knows what they’re doing with chardonnay and Pertois Moriset knows what it’s doing with champagne. Excited at least to try it. Then will follow soon with the Liquid Farm 2021 BdB sparkling wine.
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Still only ~US$60 here for the 745, but, yes, 742 was only US$47 here 3.5 years ago. Which I guess is why the more recent editions have fallen off my radar.
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It’s the Sophienwald champagne:
www.theperfect.glass/collections/glasses/products/the-champagne
Looking forward to this note! I was pondering those, but never pulled the trigger
My fav of all champagne stems {and all of their other glasses}. Changed out Riedel Sommelier and Zaltos for these and very happy to have done so.
Awesome. We’ve broken 4 of our 6 Grassl champagne stems. I often use my Glasvin Kane stems, which are great for champagne but for the lack of base-bowl etching. Given the quality of the glass (the actual material), champagne appears and drinks almost like a still wine in them after five minutes or so, though with that carbonated prickle. I like the more constant bead of a champagne stem, though prefer the working bowl of the Kane stem. The Sophienwald looks like a very good compromise somewhere in between.
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I am devoted to the Grassl Mineralite for Champagne, but it would be pretty cool to have a version with a little etch at the bottom of the bowl — a “Champagne version”, if you will — whaddya say @Chris_Freemott ?!?
Make nucleation sites at the glass bottom with an etching pen. No need for anything fancy.
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Thank you! Added to cart. 
We could give these to our engraver, and see if we can create a rough surface.
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Assuming the same price point, I would buy eight stems if you do this.
Frankly even charging $1 or $2 more a stem and adding a -C or *C to it for champagne or *S for sparkling would be totally fair. I think I’d be in for some with that. Would understand that if you’re getting an additional commercial service, there is a value add that the consumer will eventually have to clear to maintain margin. I don’t begrudge anyone that.
Agree 100%. “same price point” is “in the same neighborhood” in my head. Would really enjoy the -C or *C or *S etched on the base, too, but that wouldn’t be necessary.
I use the Mineralite for Riesling, but haven’t used them for Champagne in quite awhile. Do you use them for a certain kind of Champagne (e.g., young, vintage, BdB, etc.) or for all/most Champagne?
all/most. But my Champagne drinking isn’t terribly varied; it’s usually young and super dry.
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- 2017 Marguet Champagne Premier Cru Vertus - France, Champagne, Champagne Premier Cru (2/9/2024)
Last tasted this when I visited Benoit back in the Spring of 2022. Hard to think that was almost 2 years ago....so when I found some of this for sale at retail, I figured I would give it a go again as the wine intrigued me when I tasted it with him. There is some of the Marguet clovey wood infused into the wine but it seems more seasoned in tone, not overt. Light honeysuckle and citrus aroma. When I let the chill drop from the wine, then it can show the fruit signature that's here and it's pretty consistent to what I found in 2022. There's the banana here, along with the orange, and this time there is some apricot flesh. Finishes with fennel, light green citrus and a touch of buttered bread. Delicious and I'd say this is in a real good place to make a smile.
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