Domaine Chandon Vintage Brut 2009

With the dominance of the Roman Empire taking over Europe in early times, the thirst for all things luxurious comes with it.  As the Roman times were characterised by stability and wealth, it allowed many farmers and religious organisation to focus on areas such as the production of wine and exotic types of meals.  During this time period the most famous area that was remotely close to Champagne was Burgundy so the people from Champagne planted the same grapes as they thought that they would do equally as well as the depth and length of the flavour that was coming out of Burgundy. The geography of the area doesn’t really resemble the mountainous area of Burgundy as Champagne is rather flat with beautiful open tracks farm land running as far as the eye can see. Add to that the rather lower temperatures during the ripening period and the fact that the wines wouldn’t start their secondary fermentation until the following spring and it is easy to understand how the bubbles emerged. Now Bubbles are so popular that the larger Champagne houses have searched for quality areas in a diverse range of countries.

Domaine Chandon Vintage Brut 2009

The winemaking is imbedding within this wine but it is the baked apple pie and roasted raspberries that move towards the front of the tasting descriptors. The wine flows well with a creamy base of goodness and for a high quality wine of this price, it is easy to see why this would please so many people. It did need an extra degree of acidic backbone and depth of flavour for massive points but at this price I am being picky.

Alcohol: 12.5%

Price: $27

Rated: 89

Drink: Now - 2015