Champagne day

Yesterday was Champagne Day. It was an initiative created in 2009 by a Californian blogger and wine tutor. He had suggested that on the 4th Friday of October the world should celebrate Champagne. Gradually, over the last twelve years, more and more wine lovers around the world have participated in Champagne Day, which has become a universal event for Champagne lovers. Just another reason to enjoy a glass of Champagne - although who needs a reason.

So yesterday we took a short drive down the road to Gyé-Sur-Seine, where we did a delightful and intimate tasting at Marie Demets, a small family producer that started in 1950. We had visited Marie Demets in the summer, at the champagne festival, and really enjoyed their wines, so thought it would be a good one for Sharon to try. We all came away having experienced a very enjoyable champagne tasting.

We started with their Reserve Brut (70% Pinot noir, 30% Chardonnay), then tried their Blanc-de-Blanc (100% Chardonnay), before finishing off with their cuvée 19e siècle, which was very unusual as it had a bit of intended oxidation. We all felt this would work well with food, possibly a nice beef fillet, or potentially with Christmas Day dinner, so we bought a couple of bottles. We also decided to buy a magnum of their ‘Blanc-de-blanc’, the 100% Chardonnay, as we really enjoyed this.

There is a view point with a statue on a large column here called ‘Notre dame des vignes’ and it is literally 5 minutes drive away, up through the vines, so we took a drive there to take in the view and, of course, the opportunity of a group photo.