5 Best Wedding Champagnes
“Going to the chapel and we’re gonna get married”. Before you hear those heavenly church bells, there’s something more important than getting your vows ready – acquiring the perfect bottle of champagne! Here are our 5 favourites – take your pick!
MOËT & CHANDON IMPERIAL
The iconic champagne of the century. There’s no occasion that Moët & Chandon does not complement! The beverage is made from over 100 different wines, of which 30% are reserve wines that are specially created to enhance the maturity, constancy and complexity. Moët & Chandon uses the suppleness of Pinot Meunier, the body of Pinot Noir and the finesse of Chardonnay to give its unique, fruity taste that tastes oh-so-sensual on the palate. Expect to taste hints of pears, apples and yellow-fleshed fruits, honey and fresh nuts amongst others.
POL ROGER VINTAGE
One of the finest of all French Champagne houses and in top form in recent years with their vintage releases. Vintage Pol Roger combines elegance and finesse with depth and complexity of flavour.
The Brut Vintage displays a bright yellow-gold colour enhanced by a continuous thread of lingering bubbles. The nose, instantly elegant, exudes delicate scents of citrus fruit (tangerine) announcing a beautiful freshness
This is a rich champagne of strong character, with vinosity, keeping nevertheless all its elegance and delicacy, it is the very soul of Pol Roger.
LAURENT PERRIER VINTAGE
Another vintage champagne from Laurent Perrier. This 1999 bottle of bubbly blends ripe fruit aromas with a subtle hint of the delicious crème brulee. Laurent Perrier Vintage 1999 is a blend of Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier and Chardonnay.
POL ROGER SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL
Champagne Pol Roger created their Prestige Cuvée in homage to Sir Winston Churchill mindful of the qualities that he sought in his champagne: robustness, a full-bodied character and relative maturity.
The champaagne displays a gorgeous white gold colour enhanced by a continuous thread of tiny bubbles. The delicate nose exudes scents of butter and brioche. Flavours of almonds and hazelnuts mingle with refined fragrances of yellow fruits dominated by the freshness of citrus fruits
Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill is only made in the very best vintages and is always released later than the other vintage dated Champagnes from Pol Roger.
LAURENT PERRIER ROSE
If your life motto is “Rose all day”, then this classy bottle of Laurent Perrier Rose will add the right touch of glam to your big day! The rose champagne is the benchmark around the world for its type, maintaining a constant high quality for over 40 years. Its bottle was inspired by King Henri IV. On the nose, there’s strong aromas of red berries from strawberries to Morello cherries and raspberries to black currants.
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