Green Champagne??

Happy (post) St Paddy's Day to everyone! I hope your day was filled to the brim with bright green shenanigans! We did the typical things: green clothing, green beer and corned beef, and then we dyed our champagne green!! Yikes! 

Other than that, we kept it pretty low key... not that those things were overly exciting, but you know. 

March 17, 2016

Even Tyson got into the spirit!

There was nothing new at the LCBO this week (we went in the morning and with Thursday being a delivery day nothing had been unpacked when we got there - trust me, our Champagne Guy checked but the new stuff was in the middle of the shipment). So we went with an old favourite: Momenti, by Vieni Estates. (Post 1, Post 2).

We dyed it green though, of course, which I think did change the flavour a little. On the nose, I got a slightly vitamin-y smell, where Shane got a sweet berry smell. Quite different, sometimes we're just not on the same page. 

We found that it had a nice and sweet start, but ended with a dry mouth feel. I also got a bit of a tart/sour taste halfway through the sips. 

It seemed to have a over-ripe peach flavour going on this time. Mixed with a hint of the tropics (how lovely does that sound, it was snowing here today!!). Nearing the end of the bottle I was getting sever sour-candy (cotton mouth?) going on, and it was starting to leave an icky taste in my mouth. I do think that this was the green dye more than the bubbly though. We'd been consuming green for a few hours already and we've had, and loved, this bubbly before. I think the green was just catching up to me. 

We will definitely get this again. It's a lovely, inexpensive bubbly to have in our back pocket. 

~S

• Brand: Vieni Estates
• Type of Grape: Vidal and Pinot Grigio
• Sweetness: 15g/L
• Price: $13.95
• Tasting Notes: Sweet berries, ripe peaches and a tropical feel. Would pair nicely with everything from brunch to potato chips!