Also should I buy Taisne Riocour Grande Réserve or Jacquart Mosaïque Signature 5 ans d'âge?
Yes we get it Stewart, your parents have money
>>22020599I‘m not Stewart. I want to know more about these wines.
>>22021122what are you serving them with
>>22021168Beef fillet, roast beef, salmon, and just for weekend drinking. Usually I like Tattinger and Roederer, but I shop around.
>>22020539it’s still just nowhere near brut enough for me. I had one glass then just gave the rest to my wife and kids
>>22021272champagne is overkill for that. get cremant du jura, great stuff from there
>>22021326Cremant de jura isn't exactly cheap, do you live in france?
>>22021543Sweden, a good bottle is 20-30 €/$. Otherwise get premium cava like Alta Alella Mirgin Reserva Brut, 15 €/$ here.
>>22020539I don't think brut naturel or extra brut pairs well with anything. It's exclusively a toast-sip wine.
>>22021715this guy doesn't eat raw seafood
>>22021756There's no fucking way a brut naturel or extra brut would pair with sea urchins, and I hate raw oysters, so I wouldn't try that pairing in the first place. And sashimi would be ruined by such a sharp wine.
>>22020539>IrroyTaittinger, stay away. Simple.>Taisne RiocourIndependent producers post 2018, yes, you should try them.>Jacquart Mosaïque Signature 5 ans d'âgeNo, same reason as Taittinger: large conglomerate. You pay for the ads and marketing, not the wine's quality. Not to be confused with André Jacquart, a top tier producer.The tl;dr of it is: you basically have 2 factions in Champagne: big firms who spend most of their revenue on marketing but buy their grapes elsewhere and small producers who invest in quality instead of quantity. The former do have their own good wines, but you're always, without exception, paying too much. The latter are good enough they'll pair with anything (100€ starting price), They'll match an appetiser just as easily as a dessert.For those of you looking for alternatives to Champagne: you ought to look north. Forget about crémants, prosecco and cava. The better alternatives nowadays come from Belgium and the UK. Climate change is very real in the wine world.
>>22022572What about Regent et Fils, from Epernay? I remember some relatives having a few bottles almost a decade ago.
