July 30, 2015
Happy Champagne Thursday! It's been a bit of a crazy week. We went to the Toronto Festival of Beer over the weekend (thanks for the mini-honeymoon, Jake!), and Shane was away Tuesday through until tonight. I went up to Peterborough to visit him for dinner on Wednesday (thanks for a delicious dinner, Hot Belly Mamma's, honestly, those sweet potato fries...). Busy busy. It feels like forever ago that we were sitting in Belleville getting the first peeks at the wedding photos - but it was only last week!
So this week I got us a bubbly from the Loire region in France. It was the Chateau Moncontour Tete de Cuvee Brut Vouvray. It started out with a big pop, seriously, I think it dented our ceiling. It started to fizz up, and sprayed a little all over when Shane tried to stop it by putting his hand over the top... this was before he had the brilliant idea of putting his mouth over the top... After he got to the sink, he mimicked himself, pretending to blow up like a balloon from all the bubbles.
When we finally got settled, and poured the first couple glasses, we noticed that this one is a little darker in yellow colour than they have been lately. Our amateur noses didn't get a whole lot of smells going on. When we first tasted it, it was SUPER tart, a little sour, and nicely dry. The bubbles are larger, but it didn't seem as fizzy as some others we've had (although, who knows how many we lost with our dramatic opening...).
It got a little sweeter for me about halfway through the first glass as my mouth adapted to the tart, and then went sour again on me at about glass 3. We both noticed that this one made us burp, so maybe not a great choice for us if we were having company.
We didn't find that this sparkling wine had much depth though, we were a little disappointed. As ridiculous as this sounds, it tasted like bubbly white wine. I know, I know, there are hundreds of types of white wine, and they all have their own flavour profiles, and they all have very distinguishing qualities... but you know when you first tried white wine, before you knew what to look for, or how to drink it, or anything about wine, and it just tastes like, well, wine? That's what this one reminded us of. It was very "vanilla", middle of the road, not much going on, but not offensive either. It would be a safe choice for a dry bubbly.
It did the job though, by Glass #3 Shane had whistled an "s" when he was mocking the judges on Masterchef ("biggest Shock of the season"). It sounded like I was having a drink with Owl from Winnie the Pooh. Also, it was very threatening to Shane. We didn't have the bottle in the fridge for a long time, so we put it in a bucket of cold water while we were sipping. When Shane went to pour me another glass, Tyson decided he was thirsty and proceeded to lick the water off the bottle, making it almost spill everywhere, or as Shane said "threatening to spill".
It was a lovely, relaxing, albeit late evening.
~S
Verdict: probably wouldn't get this one again, but not because it was bad, just because it was forgettable...
So this week I got us a bubbly from the Loire region in France. It was the Chateau Moncontour Tete de Cuvee Brut Vouvray. It started out with a big pop, seriously, I think it dented our ceiling. It started to fizz up, and sprayed a little all over when Shane tried to stop it by putting his hand over the top... this was before he had the brilliant idea of putting his mouth over the top... After he got to the sink, he mimicked himself, pretending to blow up like a balloon from all the bubbles.
When we finally got settled, and poured the first couple glasses, we noticed that this one is a little darker in yellow colour than they have been lately. Our amateur noses didn't get a whole lot of smells going on. When we first tasted it, it was SUPER tart, a little sour, and nicely dry. The bubbles are larger, but it didn't seem as fizzy as some others we've had (although, who knows how many we lost with our dramatic opening...).
It got a little sweeter for me about halfway through the first glass as my mouth adapted to the tart, and then went sour again on me at about glass 3. We both noticed that this one made us burp, so maybe not a great choice for us if we were having company.
We didn't find that this sparkling wine had much depth though, we were a little disappointed. As ridiculous as this sounds, it tasted like bubbly white wine. I know, I know, there are hundreds of types of white wine, and they all have their own flavour profiles, and they all have very distinguishing qualities... but you know when you first tried white wine, before you knew what to look for, or how to drink it, or anything about wine, and it just tastes like, well, wine? That's what this one reminded us of. It was very "vanilla", middle of the road, not much going on, but not offensive either. It would be a safe choice for a dry bubbly.
It did the job though, by Glass #3 Shane had whistled an "s" when he was mocking the judges on Masterchef ("biggest Shock of the season"). It sounded like I was having a drink with Owl from Winnie the Pooh. Also, it was very threatening to Shane. We didn't have the bottle in the fridge for a long time, so we put it in a bucket of cold water while we were sipping. When Shane went to pour me another glass, Tyson decided he was thirsty and proceeded to lick the water off the bottle, making it almost spill everywhere, or as Shane said "threatening to spill".
It was a lovely, relaxing, albeit late evening.
~S
Verdict: probably wouldn't get this one again, but not because it was bad, just because it was forgettable...
- Brand: Chateau Moncontour
- Type of Grape: Chenin Blanc
- Sweetness: 14g/L
- Price: $17.95
- Tasting Notes: Mild flavour, very tart, no lingering aftertaste (this would lend itself to pair well with most foods that you would normally serve white wine with, a creamy chicken pasta dish would be nice)
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