What a coincidence! I just bought the 2013 Dom Perignon last night. It has always been my favorite vintage champagne. It just so happens to be my eldest daughters birth year. We will enjoy it on her 21st birthday.
Hahahah, it would be interesting to see what I think of them in blind! But in that case I would have wanted to have three wines at least! Will get my piggy bank and start to collect money for the next tasting! 🤭🫣
It's so interesting you mentioned smoke as an aroma note on the Cristal. I was fortunate to try the 2015 quickly in a tasting this year and for a split second, upon entering my palate, it reminded me of some premier mezcals I've tasted (of which smoke, is a common tasting note). Glad Dom Perignon held its own in this tasting, as Cristal is quite more expensive in my market lol. Thanks for another great video 👍
Krug Vintage are amazing champagne, without a doubt, and they always show characteristics of specific year. For me - the true Krug style is Krug Grand Cuvee, I wish I could choose it more often. 🤤
Cristal is one im yet to try. Had several vintages of Dom perignon but Cristal has evaded me. I very nearly bought some 2008 Cristal recently but chickened out. Maybe I'll cave soon 🤔
It’s so exciting watching you taste these delicious champagnes. I love them so much and I get so excited inside watching other people enjoy them too. ❤️
Thank You! It is great to hear that people enjoy these videos. Champagne always brings joy in my face, if that is a special bottle as these, even more so. 🥂 Cheers!
Great video! As for other champagne videos, I personally would be interested in a comparison of non-prestige cuvée vintage champagnes (Moët & Chandon Grand Vintage / Louis Roederer Vintage / Veuve Clicquot Vintage for example). Another idea would be comparing one house's non-vintage with their vintage and prestige cuvée. Thanks again for the great content. Have a great holiday!
Great timing for me with this upload, I was just yesterday looking for tasting notes for the 2013 Dom (anniversary year for my partner and I) as I'm looking to buy. Great vid, thanks!
It was a truly great Champagne, and I wish I would have bought more bottles. But.. this is not a price I can buy wine in cases. 😔 If You and Your partner love Champagne 🍾 This is a beautiful gift! 😌
Great wines, the reputation is well deserved! I’ve had both. Earliest was a 96 Cristal, but have had 98, 2000, 06, 08 and 2012 Rose. The 08 and 12 were my favorites. Had few DP too, 04, 08, 13 including a 1998 P2. Super amazing, but I like the Cristal better.
@@NoSedimentyes true, but i saw that you could get them for 174 euros on fleggaard in Harrislee 😊 that’s about 94 € cheaper than the cost here up in Denmark😊
The 2013 Dom P tastes very similar to Charles Heidsieck in my opinion. Personally didn’t enjoy the 2013 Dom, compared to profile of a Taittinger of Cristal, but still appreciated the taste from the vineyard! Very well could have been the bottle, too. I’ll revisit 2013 if I cant find a 2009! Great side-by-side contrast
Gurl, you went there lol! Great presentation and very timely info given the Holiday season, but also very helpful in easing the intimidation factor these Classic Champagnes can often present for those new to these High-End bubbles. I think it would be awesome if you would do a presentation comparing a current release of either of these champagnes with a well-aged back vintage to discuss the sometimes profound evolution these Champagnes can experience in the bottle. You could also incorprate a discussion of the amazing P2 and P3 releases of Dom Perignon. Thanks again and Merry Christmas!
Last night we had a 2008 Veuve Grande Dame, fantastic. When I open a vintage champagne that is the special occasion. Would love to see a review of vintage champagne from grower producers. Two of my favorites are, Paul Bara, and Andre Cloutte. Cheers & happy holidays, also great jacket.
I have'nt had a privilege so far to taste neiter of them, but I'm sure you can't go wrong with either, although my personal preference is for the Cristal. Simply because I love Louis Roederer, which I know quite well from their regular blends, and I still have no idea about the Dom Perignon.
Unfortunately the prices are so high, that it is becoming increasingly difficult for a regular wine consumer (lovers) to enjoy these bottles. I keep talking with wine professionals world wide and unless they don’t have impressive collection themselves, currently many rely on the generosity of friends like minded people, who share their great bottles with them.
Brava!I have Louis Roederer Cristal Rosé 2014 for this New Year celebration!!I can't wait!!Have a nice holidays and it is so good always to see your videos full of amazing info and joy🍾🥰
I had a 2004 DP in 2019 to celebrate our 15th wedding aniversary, 2004 Pol Roger Winston Churchill lined up for next year's. The 2004 DP was fantastic, really memorable. Not tried Crystal. Also had a 2002 DP recently, but the 2004 left more of an impression.
For me it is similar, I do like 2002 vintage, but 2004 has been one of my favourite Champagne vintage for a while now. It just offers so much so early! 🍾
Nice jacket. I'll be drinking Bollinger Spécial Cuvée Brut and eating shrimp, like the lowly commoner that I am :D Thanks for all your good content. Merry Christmas.
Bollinger and Shrimp sounds absolutely great and I love that setting. We here have more traditional food, like pirogi, roasts and sautéed sauerkraut. 🙌🙌🙌 May Your Holiday season be joyous and warm! 🍾
@@NoSediment Thank you kindly. Shrimp isn't my Christmas dinner though :p I'll have that later in the week between now and new years eve. Christmas eve I eat lutefisk which is tradition in Norway, as well as Sweden and Finland, especially the northern parts. Very good and unique food, though most people today are afraid of it. If you wonder what it is, it's easier if you google it. Maybe you'll find it scary too :D
I’ll say I want to see you make a video tasting Salon 2008, cause I think you mentioned it as bottle you wanted to try in an earlier video 😊. I’m not usually a bubbles guy, nor am I usually a Rose fan, but I had a De Venoge Louis XV Rose Brut at a friend’s anniversary dinner party that I was pleasantly surprised by. thought that one was great 😀.
OMG I want to make this video so much as well. However, that bottle costs several thousands and to my knowledge is only bottled in Magnums, which makes it even more expensive and hard to get. 🥺🥺🥺 currently I see no possibility of this happening. 😓😓😓 Believe me, I am sad. 😔
I don’t know, it depends on the vintage. I do like Comtes de Champagne, they manage to deliver outstanding quality vintage after vintage. Salon has been my favourite for a while, while I could afford it. 🍾
I'm a french dude who works in a wine shop in France. So I used to drink champagne of all prices, alot. And infortunatelly (even if I never tasted) DP or Cristal would be a better choice... But also, if you never drank a champagne start by classic things, not even for celebrate anything, Champagne is nothing more than a sparkling wine. You will love wayyy better the next big one you buy!
Had loads of Dom Perignon 2013 and just got bottles of Cristal 2015 but not had any yet, had loads of vintages from both champagnes and perfer the Louis Roederer Cristal
You are a lucky one! 🙌🙌🙌 I think at this point noone doubts the quality, and just as You say - it is a question of what style each of us prefers! 🥂 Cheers and Happy New Year! 🍾
Hello 😀 absolutely love your content, and i agree on so many things you say! with that being said, i am on the verge of my exam for Advanced MS soon 😊🤞could you please rate Palmer Grands Terroirs 2012 MG (which is fairly affordable thinking of the quality you get) scored 96 points from Essi Avellan, up against Charles Heidsieck 2012 BB? Both are a few of my absolute favorites from 2023 🥂 thanks! And if not, absolutely rock your channel regardless 🥰
@@NoSediment Nice do you know anything about when the next vintage of dp Will be released is there normally a surden release date dp releases it’s vintages
For me Krug has characteristics unattainable by both and when I evaluate Champagne wines it is always my point of reference. I find Crystal excellent but very "pimp", ideally approachable by a joyful company of friends while Krug has such a demanding complexity that I would not recommend it to those who like to distract themselves with a glass in hand but only to those who want to try a unique organoleptic experience. The Dom is exactly halfway between the two because it combines freshness and fun with an aristocratic personality and great depht.
@@NoSedimentYes,yes and yes... Its state controlled (vine monopoly) There is a standard tax for all vines,no matter the cost for each bottles. In Norway cheap wine is expensive, and expensive wine is cheap....
Priecīgus Ziemassvētkus Agnese! so far I only had Dom Pérignon (I opened a 2003 two years ago) and it was awesome, even though I can't really justify the premium over, say, a regular Billecart-Salmon or a Roederer, which do 98% of the job for 25% of the price. that said, I'm currently searching for something that could be a theme for a future video here: good value prestige cuvées - for as much an oxymoron this idea seems to be. Perrier-Jouët prices their Belle Époque at half the price of a Cristal, and Taittinger's Comtes de Champagne (which I know is a favourite at Domaine de No Sediment in Riga) is also less pricey than the two bottles you featured today. not to mention Amour de Deutz or the prestige offerings from grower producers. maybe it doesn't make sense to talk about value in this price point but this is an idea that I've been flirting with for some time...
Thank You for Your suggestion. I think this is great topic and certainly something to explore further! I will keep this in mind when making future videos! 🫡
I tend to prefer cristal than DP But after i not drinking P2 or P3 I prefer also mostly krug even regular or vintage Not fan of comtes de champagne After for me most of champagne are to chardonnays And my teeth react like too much acidity But in same time salon never impressed me Weird? maybe… So i a not a great fan of structural champagne with acidity or mouth watering U could try the hebrart special club 2018 ( i never drink the 2019 for now) I find it like krug with a changing wine all the glass All in one i have the great difficulties to enjoy and rank heavy priced champagne Whereas for red/withe or dessert i can feel the difference when u start climb the ladder of price
You will know, the promo is exact zero! All I say is honest and noone has payed and even provided the bottles for free. Also payed for those full price! So cheers! 🥂
You should have said "There is nothing more fake luxury" than Ace of Spades. The Moët you are comparing it to costs about $49 as opposed to Ace of Spades $300.
Without “t” at the end, Cuvee! ✨and to answer Your question, usually the top label from a producer from a top vineyards creating wines of the premium quality.
It is generally not recommended to swirl sparkling wines to increase the volume of fruit. The CO2 bubbles spreads the nose and volatile aromas of the wine. Besides flattening the wine the swirling increases the acid levels in the wine left in the glass. Swirl if you want but the CO2 bubbles does the work for you.
To begin with Champagne is a wine that has high acid levels. The Co2 bubbles disburse the fruit aromas and volatile compounds. By swirling the wine you diminish and let aromatics float into the air thus leaving a wine of high acidity sans the lost fruit nuances which highlights the acid left in the wine. Picture if you shake a bottle of soda and rid the fluid of the CO2 what is left is a flat dull drink. The Champagne producers work hard to capture those precious pearls of CO2 thru a pain staking aging process. By swirling the wine you are throwing those complex compounds to the wind and leaving a wine of natural high acidity. When I was visiting a famous Champagne producer many years ago the chef of the cave commented to one of my business associates who was swirling the contents of the glass to please don’t do that because we work so hard to age and capture those bubbles which brings those distinctive nuances that only can be found in Champagne. I know it’s counterintuitive because swirling air into red and white wines help bring out the hidden properties in the wines but with sparkling wines it seems to dissipate those qualities. Plus I find that using Champagne flutes restricts the finite nuances found in sparkling wines. I prefer regular white wine glasses which allows a larger surface for the bubbles to deliver their magic. Glass choice is a personal preference though. With the prices of those wines wines (which I have been enjoying for decades) Cristal and Dom being priced like they are you want get the maximum enjoyment out of them.
@@NoSediment I did’t say it changes the total acidity or ph levels. That is something you implied. Wine is a living compound which when disturbed changes it’s chemical structure. As I wrote it is counterintuitive because exposing red and white wine to more oxygen helps coax more of the hidden nuances out of the wine. Have you ever heard anyone decanting Champagne? I don’t think so. You don’t want to remove one of the main elements that makes sparkling wine so distinctive (those haunting CO2 bubbles). Try this experiment with two bottles of the same Champagne, shake one of the bottles viciously and pop the cork and release the foamy bubbles then open the undisturbed bottle and serve the wines side by side. A big taste difference! An extreme example but when you swirl the sparkling wine you are not opening up the flavors you are dissipating the flavor compounds into the air. This is a very academic conversation but wines this distinctive deserves merits serious thought. It’s not whether you agree or not, it is basic chemistry but very few consider. Thanks!
@winemoneysong with all due respect, World Sommelier Championship requests to decant Champagne. Watch them! Europe Championships as well. Many top restaurants offer to decant Champagnes. 🍾 and acidity is not something magical, it is something that You can measure. Just as residual sugar. 🤷♀️
@blaircalvin5025 just as with everything luxurious, price is rarely determined by how much it costs to produce. It is the quality, the name, the association with that brand and people wanting to be part of that circle, and in this case relative scarcity. 🤷♀️🤷♀️
I have tried Dom, Krug, Belle Opaque and grand dame. Yes they are good, yes their bubbles is very fine. But let me tell you something. It doesnt have to be about the best of the best to appreciate champagne. NV are as good. Give Bollinger, veue, baron rothchild, taittinger, lauren pierre, p jouget a try. You will absolutly be addicted to it. For me, these NV are the best and can beat Dom anytime. If i can share some bad experiance interms of my personal taste, i'd stay away from Moet and Drapier.
I think each of these Champagnes have their place and time, and they are beautiful on their own, I agree! And yet, sometimes You want to have something elevated in Your glass, something special. 🍾✨🥂
@@NoSediment Because it's a chemical additive that's unnecessary. My friend owns a winery and makes the best wine I've ever had that's sulfite free. He's got the lab tests to prove that as well.
Hahahaa, some wine professionals say that 100p is a joke because, where do You really start? What is the minimum? Somewhere at 70? What are the rest of the points for? Given automatically then? 🤭🤭 Anyway, Happy New Year!
