Got some big plans soon

"E90M3" (e90m3)
10/17/2020 at 12:24 • Filed to: necessary champagne drinking with E90M3

Got some preemptive celebratory items today. Dom is from the year I graduated high school, Moet is from the year I graduated Georgia Tech. In case you were wondering , I like C hampagne.

DISCUSSION (29)

Poor_Sh > E90M3
10/17/2020 at 12:35

If you like champagne so much, why don't you drink it?

ClassicDatsunDebate > E90M3
10/17/2020 at 12:37

You have a bottle of Veuve on your trunk lid.

Hay if you like bubbles....

Kinja'd!!!

E90M3 > Poor_Sh
10/17/2020 at 12:37

Oh, I do.

Kinja'd!!!

Svend > E90M3
10/17/2020 at 12:40

I'm partial to a bottle of Veuve, but I prefer Lanson.

Michael > E90M3
10/17/2020 at 12:40

I bet she says yes

Poor_Sh > E90M3
10/17/2020 at 12:41

Freshmen year of college I was a shit student and some rich lazy asshole invited me to skip a class and drink some Moet he just had a case of in his dorm. Like 2pm, had a red solo cup of it, and I was sh wasted. I do actually really like champagne but man that was a lesson I had to learn the hard way lol

jeepoftheseus > E90M3
10/17/2020 at 12:43

Get it man! You will never have more consolidated control over the ability to make someone you love happy than when you’ve got the ring in your pocket. Have fun!

DipodomysDeserti > E90M3
10/17/2020 at 12:47

Kinja'd!!!

E90M3 > Poor_Sh
10/17/2020 at 12:52

I had it twice in college. The first time was the Saturday after I got a job offer from Schlumberger, which I took. The second was the Friday I finished school. The first time was out of the bottle, the second time was in a solo cup, mainly because that’s all I had.

E90M3 > Michael
10/17/2020 at 12:53

It’s not today, just soon. She told me as long as I wasn’t in pajamas and there was no hairless cat involved, it’d be a yes.

Poor_Sh > E90M3
10/17/2020 at 13:01

Oh man i just remembered one Christmas both my parents had been gifted a bottle of dom from work colleagues. They brought it to the family party and everyone tried like a shot amount because it was dom but nobody liked it so I got the second bottle lol i had a good NYE

E90M3 > Poor_Sh
10/17/2020 at 13:04

I got a bottle of dom to share with my sister back for xmas in 2014, it was delicious. My mom isn’t a huge fan of champagne, but she does like dom.

Jb boin > E90M3
10/17/2020 at 13:09

You made me realize that i haven’t drank any since march !

And just in case you never tried, try to drink your older C hampagnes in more classic wine glasses types (like a Bordeaux or Burgundy ) and fill them less to have more of the aromas expressing on the nose (and served not too cold, obviously) .

E90M3 > Jb boin
10/17/2020 at 13:18

I’ve heard that before, but I’ve never tried it.

Jb boin > Poor_Sh
10/17/2020 at 13:19

The Dom is well overpriced (but it’s a good product), you pay for the brand and the LVMH shareholders ; there are many independent or smaller houses that are making very good products .

C hampagne is like any other wine, the glass, the temperature and what you are eating with it is very important.

Not every Champagnes are “festive” ones (or for the des ert ) that are supposed to be served ice cold and drank on flutes (i hate those), some are good pairing with food and can be used similar to even a red wine in some cases.

I personally like older Champagnes that are rounded and not served too cold, a good one can be drank at room temperature and won’t be excessively sour or bitter, even if they are not sweet .

Svend > Jb boin
10/17/2020 at 13:20

I’ve friends that have drank champagne* from a regular wine glass and not liked it and then the same champagne f rom champagne flutes and liked it.

*not older champagne.

So many times I’ve explained different drinks and the most suitable glasses for them. But invariably they just use what’s immediately to hand which is fair as they like it and it’s up to them.

Poor_Sh > Jb boin
10/17/2020 at 13:22

Ooh good info.

Poor_Sh > E90M3
10/17/2020 at 13:22

What if the cat is in pajamas?

Sovande > E90M3
10/17/2020 at 13:29

You and the girls getting together for some gossip?

E90M3 > Sovande
10/17/2020 at 13:39

Hell yeah

E90M3 > Poor_Sh
10/17/2020 at 13:39

I didn’t think of this, might be the solution.

Jb boin > Svend
10/17/2020 at 13:51

Yes, if it’s “festive” Champaign that is young and sour and ultra-dry (made to be drank ice cold with some very-sweet desert ), it will also attack the nose more violently on a larger glass while than on a flute as you have most of your nose outside of it (on a flute) :)

And i haven’t talked about the fermentation, a malolactic fermentation will make it rounder but will lose some of the aromas and complexity while adding “greasy” and brioche aromas.

And some part of the wine can be partially aged in casks which can also add different aromas and style.

And there are two totally different types of rosé Champagne (saignée and assemblage).

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All in all, i like to often buy different bottles from different houses to try different things, there are sometimes very nice surprises.

Svend > Jb boin
10/17/2020 at 14:00

I like to try new things but quite often I stick with what I like.

I do get a slight sense of pride when I go out with a few lady friends and the waiter asks what wines we’ll be having and they always look at me and say, ‘he’s the wine orderer’, as apparently I always pick the nicest wines.

I’m not a connoisseur by any means at all, just know what I like and can usually know within a couple of sittings what people in my company like.

I've had some nice surprises, not just with champagne, but also some where I've just thought, 'nope', and left the glass/bottle unfinished.