Tour de Champagne in Atlanta

[dananne]

Anne and I were lucky enough to score free tix to this event, held last Saturday night at the Intercontinental Hotel. In all, we tasted about 35 different wines. I didn't take detailed notes, but I lumped many into the different categories below. Prices are local, when indicated.

Best of tasting (in no particular order):
Tattinger Prestige Rose ($70)
Bollinger La Grande Annee ($112)
Lanson Noble Cuvee
Pol Roger Brut 1996 ($84)

Best QPR (again, in no particular order):
Besserat de Bellefon Rose ($43)
Besserat de Bellefon Brut ($40)
Mailly Grand Cru Brut ($44)

Most fun to drink:
Moet Chandon Nectar Imperial (sec -- would be a delightful dessert wine) ($40)

Disappointments:
Deutz Blanc de Blanc 1996 ($80)
Diamant Bleu Gran Cru 1996 ($110)
Most of the whole Gosset lineup

Best consistency (2 or more wines tasted):
Moet Chandon
Tattinger
Bollinger
Mailly

[Innkeeper]

Boy! Things haven't changed much over the years.

However, Roberto would take issue with some of these.

[brappy]

What a cool tasting! Out of curiosity, would the disappointments have been good if the price would have been 50% less or were they just simply not worth drinking?

mark

[dananne]

Sorry, I missed this question until now. As for the disappointments, the Deutz would have been much nicer at about 1/2 the price. The Diamant went quickly to the buckets; in fact, if I had a time machine, I'd go back and decline the pour. Same with the Gosset stuff.