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The pairings are actually a multi-layered journey on the palate. The layers of these journeys are sometimes an unexpected flavor, sometimes a structure that tickles your palate, sometimes a memory. I will think of this journey as a sensory experience and divide it into structural (textural) and aromatic. I will share both through similarities, contrasts and complementarities.<ul fr-original-style="padding-inline-start: 20px;" style="padding-inline-start: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; list-style-position: inside; box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">🍷Similarities create explosions.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">🍷 Opposites create collisions.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">🍷 Complementarities create harmony.</li></ul><h3 fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-weight: 500; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">Oyster</h3>The most well-known pairing to champagne is crustaceans. Especially oysters and champagne is the most cliché pairing.&nbsp;Cliché means stereotypical. Unchanging, repetitive. When it comes to sparkling, oysters are our cliché pairing.<img src="https://images.aposto.com/2022/5/5/1654873432546.png" style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" width="550" ratio="1.81" fr-original-style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">Structural experience: similarities and explosion<ul fr-original-style="padding-inline-start: 20px;" style="padding-inline-start: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; list-style-position: inside; box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The wine shouldn't take a back seat, and the food shouldn't be the sole focus. We don't want them to dominate each other; we want them to be "one". The mouthwatering acidity of the champagne revitalizes the texture of the oyster, which is slipping away. Imagine squeezing lemon on fish, a similar texture. There are also the bubbles of champagne here; it tickles the palate- which has a refresing (and cleansing)&nbsp;impact.&nbsp;</li></ul>Aromatic experience: complements and harmony<ul fr-original-style="padding-inline-start: 20px;" style="padding-inline-start: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; list-style-position: inside; box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">An oyster that has the smell of the sea and a sparkling wine that has the smell of a lemon. Those who squeeze lemon on fish; this is exactly the aromatic harmony we are talking about. Plus, there is an umami effect. Oysters are very rich in umami. If you ask what umami is, I explained it in my article "1,2,3,4, Umami!", <a fr-original-style="" href="https://apos.to/i/gizemli-tat" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">here</a>. Have you ever picked up a bag of chips and couldn't put it down till the end? Or when you can't get enough of Asian cuisine, you've had too much soy sauce; have you had another plate? These are all from umami. It makes the flavor fuller, it coats the palate and you crave for more! In wine pairings, umami emphasizes the fruit notes of the wine further. With oysters rich in umami; the lemons and apples- or any other foods you are tasting- in the wine are feeling even more, boosted.</li></ul><h2 fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-weight: 500; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">French Fries</h2>I'll leave the clichés aside and move on to the pairings that I think you should try. The most important feature of &nbsp;food pairings in sparkling wine is its bubbles. That bubbly, palate tickling structure cleanses the palate no matter what you eat. The next bite is another journey, a new beginning.French fries are in question. We have a high fat content; the journey on the palate is long, very long. That's exactly why it's a perfect pairing with sparkling wine.<img src="https://images.aposto.com/2022/5/5/1654874395610.png" style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" width="550" ratio="1.81" fr-original-style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">Structural experience: contrast and collision<ul fr-original-style="padding-inline-start: 20px;" style="padding-inline-start: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; list-style-position: inside; box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">When you eat French fries; because of the high fat content, both the taste and the fat stay on the palate for a long time and do not disappear so easily. The bubbly palate tickling structure and acidity of the sparkling wine wash away the fat of the fries. The next bite is another journey, a new beginning. The harmony of sparkling wine and fries comes mostly from this structural experience; contrast and collision.</li></ul>Aromatic experience: similarities and explosion<ul fr-original-style="padding-inline-start: 20px;" style="padding-inline-start: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; list-style-position: inside; box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">A little saltiness, a little fat taste on the palate. The saltiness in the fries will emphasize the fruit in the sparkling wine. Does anyone sprinkle a little salt on an apple?&nbsp;"Me!"&nbsp;The salt brings out more of the aromas of the fruit. If you haven't tried it, I strongly recommend you to taste the apple with and without salt. We see a similar effect in the pairing of sparkling wine and fries. The salty and fatty fries boost the fruity flavors of the sparkling.</li></ul><h2 fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-weight: 500; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">Fried Chicken</h2><img src="https://images.aposto.com/2022/5/5/1654875004973.png" style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" width="550" ratio="1.81" fr-original-style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">Structural experience: contrast and collision<ul fr-original-style="padding-inline-start: 20px;" style="padding-inline-start: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; list-style-position: inside; box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">There is a similar structural experience with French fries: bubbles and their palate cleansing effect. Bubbles are not alone, let's not forget the acidity. The acidity of the wine helps the bubbles to wash away the fat on the palate. Good acidity cuts the fat like a knife 🔪 It's as if you've never eaten a fatty piece, and you move on to the next piece. It's a dangerous pairing! Here, the crispy crust of the fried chicken paired with the bubbles creates an interesting texture. Crispy chicken and sparkling wine. There is a clash, but also harmony.</li></ul>Aromatic experience: similarities and explosionWe see the same effect here as the saltiness in French fries. When the salty and fatty taste of the fried chicken comes together with the heavy fatty taste that tires the palate, the experience in the palate evolves. The fruits in the wine come to the forefront, even explode and take away the fatty taste.<img src="https://images.aposto.com/2022/5/5/1654875212162.png" style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" width="550" ratio="2.71" fr-original-style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"> Illustrations by&nbsp;<a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.instagram.com/estersaba.design/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Ester Saba</a>, a big cheers to you Ester!

Which food sparks with bubbles?

Sparkling Wine and Fries

As we enter the new year, many bubbles have opened, right and wrong, popping and not popping, flying and non-flying corks. Yes, our first topic is bubbles.&nbsp;"Not all sparkling wines are champagne," I say, and&nbsp;"Let's not call every sparkling wine champagne." In this article, I clarify this issue. There are two reasons why we call it champagne. The first is that it comes from the Champagne region of France, and the second is that it is produced traditionally. That fancy label you see on the shelf, or the sparkling wine you pop on New Year's Eve may not be champagne, beware. You don't want to throw champagne around anyway (I hope). There are five methods of sparkling wine production. The traditional method, transfer method, tank method, Asti method, and carbonation. This issue we'll dig into the traditional method here.<h2 fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-weight: 500; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">Traditional Method</h2>If we see&nbsp;"méthode traditionnelle=traditional method" on the label, we stop and respect it. Respect for labor and time. Because it is a very tedious process. I am sharing the traditional method production process step by step, simply, and step by step.<h3 fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-weight: 500; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">Step 1: Base Wine</h3>First, the base wine is made. Depending on the style of sparkling wine you want to produce, you could either barrel it or not, put it through malolactic fermentation or not; you make the dry wine. The alcohol content of the wine has to be around 9-11% abv. Because there will be another 1-2% abv in the second fermentation, be careful.<img src="https://images.aposto.com/2022/6/3/1657096004458.png" style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" width="550" ratio="2.01" fr-original-style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"> <h3 fr-original-style="text-align: left;" style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-weight: 500; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">Step 2: To Mix or Not to Mix</h3>You've made the base wine. Are you going to blend it with other wines or not now?<ul fr-original-style="padding-inline-start: 20px;" style="padding-inline-start: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; list-style-position: inside; box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Your champagne, your style. You can mix different grapes with different yields. Or you may not blend at all.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Aromatic and structural balance. For example, you can enrich the citrus aromas from Chardonnay with red fruits by adding Pinot Noir; you can also strengthen the body. Think of it like blends in dry wines.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Variety, complexity, richness, you name it. For example, you can achieve these notes by adding a barreled wine to a wine that has never seen a barrel. Or you can add an older wine to capture the flavor characters that come with aging.</li></ul><img src="https://images.aposto.com/2022/6/3/1657096125424.png" style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" width="550" ratio="2.01" fr-original-style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"><h3 fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-weight: 500; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">Step 3: Second Fermentation</h3>You take the base wine into the bottle and add a mixture called liqueur de tirage, which contains wine, sugar, and yeast. You know the soda caps, it's sealed with that. Inside this cap, there is a little plastic cap. Then it is positioned horizontally. Let the second fermentation begin! There is sugar and yeast. The yeast can't stop eating the sugar. Now, you get about 1-2% abv alcohol and a lot of carbon dioxide. This carbon dioxide is the bubbles in sparkling wines. The situation is a bit tense now. Because there are about 5-6 pressure atmospheres in the bottle right now. Be careful!<img src="https://images.aposto.com/2022/6/3/1657096219922.png" style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" width="550" ratio="2.01" fr-original-style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"><h3 fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-weight: 500; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">Step 4: Yeast Autolysis</h3>The second fermentation is over, and the yeast ate the sugar and died. What's left is yeast sediment in the bottle. This yeast breakdown over time and some chemical compounds emerge by this breakdown. It is called yeast autolysis. The chemical compounds produced by the dead yeast's breakdown sediment give the wine aromas like&nbsp;toasted bread and cookies. If you've ever had champagne and you got notes of toasted bread, cookies, brioche, that's exactly why!<img src="https://images.aposto.com/2022/6/3/1657096393712.png" style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" width="550" ratio="2.01" fr-original-style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"> <h3 fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-weight: 500; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">Step 5: Riddling</h3>The dead yeast in the bottle disintegrated, and the sediment is still there. It needs to come out. "Riddling" is done, so the bottle is moved from a horizontal position to a right-angled position. It is done very slowly. The idea is that the dead yeast sediment moves towards the very end of the bottle and accumulates there. There was a plastic mini-cap on the end of the bottle, and it was closed with a soda cap in step 3 - let's remember. There is a reason why this sediment accumulates at the end of the bottle. This&nbsp;"riddling" used to be done by hand. The bottles were placed horizontally on an angled and perforated surface, like an inverted letter V. Every day they had moved by hand to a vertical angle with a slight jolt-turn. As you can imagine, that's a lot of labor and time. This process took about 8 weeks. Some manufacturers do this, but of course, with an easier way. In cages called "gyropalettes," the bottles are moved collectively at an angle, and the 8-week process has reduced to days with this mechanization.<img src="https://images.aposto.com/2022/6/3/1657096663492.png" style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" width="550" ratio="2.01" fr-original-style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"><h3 fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-weight: 500; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">Step 6: Booom!</h3>"Riddling" is complete, and the sediment is at the end of the bottle. In the next step, the bottles have placed upside down in a cold solution, the aim do this is to freeze the sediment at the tip. Then they are held flat, the soda cap has removed, and booom! The plastic mini-cap and the sediment come out under pressure.<img src="https://images.aposto.com/2022/6/3/1657098329631.png" style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" width="550" ratio="2.01" fr-original-style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"> <h3 fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-weight: 500; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">Step 7: Closing</h3>A mixture of wine and sugar called liqueur d'expedition is added to the bottle and corked.<img src="https://images.aposto.com/2022/6/3/1657098387062.png" style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" width="550" ratio="2.01" fr-original-style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"> Sparkling wine made the traditional way is ready! You've probably guessed the next step.<img src="https://images.aposto.com/2022/6/3/1657098407437.png" style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" width="550" ratio="2.01" fr-original-style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"> Note: The illustrations are by <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.instagram.com/estersaba.design/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Ester Saba</a> . A big cheers to you Ester!Not all sparkling wines produced traditionally are champagne. As I mentioned at the beginning of this article, champagne must also come from the Champagne region. By looking at the bottle's label, we can tell if it's produced by the traditional method. If we see "méthode traditionnelle=traditional method" on the label, we could say that champagne has produced with the traditional method. If it's not indicated on the label, we could say that the other methods were used.

       

Bubbles, bubbly, bubble.

In this issue, instead of sharing a Grapest Hits&nbsp;list, I'm going to share one melody, <a fr-original-style="" href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3BYvXCcTRKkTpT3ARjDG5v?si=8bded7a19dd34953" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Clicquot&nbsp;</a>from <a fr-original-style="" href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/6pmxr66tMAePxzOLfjGNcX?si=j-cwK-CgRHWrjw2u_-9d_g" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Beirut's</a> The Flying Club Cup album. This melody is inspired by the story of "La Grande Dame De La Champagne", Madame Clicquot, the grande dame of champagne. The story of a woman whose name will never be forgotten. Madame Barbe-Nicole Clicquot Ponsardin, aka Veuve Clicquot (Widow Clicquot). The melody is&nbsp;<a fr-original-style="" href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3BYvXCcTRKkTpT3ARjDG5v?si=9e36af7eeab34557" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">here</a>. It's a sad melody, and the story is in the following lines. If you have it on, and the music of Beirut is playing in the background, which is both sad and strangely peaceful, let's start the story.<blockquote fr-original-style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); border-color: rgb(41, 174, 125); border-width: 4px; font-style: italic; padding-left: 10px;" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); border-color: rgb(41, 174, 125); border-width: 4px; font-style: italic; padding-left: 10px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; border-left-style: solid; box-sizing: border-box;">"But what melody will lead my lover from his bed?What melody will see him in my arms again?I'll sing of the walls of the well and the house at the top of the hillI'll sing of the bottles of wine that we left on our old windowsillI'll sing of the years you will spend getting sadder and olderOh love, and the cold, the oncoming cold"</blockquote>Why Veuve (Widow) Clicquot?Veuve Clicquot is one of the big champagne producers. You know the yellow label, or I'm sure you'll recognize it when you see it (below). Veuve means "widow" in French. So where does the name come from?<img src="https://images.aposto.com/2022/6/3/1657112836683.png" style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" width="550" ratio="1.35" fr-original-style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">Photo: <a fr-original-style="" href="https://veuveclicquot.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">veuveclicquot.com</a>&nbsp;The story of Madame Barbe-Nicole Clicquot Ponsardin begins in Reims in 1777. She is the daughter of a father who textile giant. At the age of 20, she married&nbsp;François Clicquot, a textile giant but also a wine producer. And she finds herself in wine production. Her marriage is short-lived. Her husband François Clicquot died of typhoid fever, popularly known as "black fever." It is where the word Veuve, means widow, comes.<h3 fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-weight: 500; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">A clear idea and a clear champagne</h3>Champagne was becoming very popular during this period. Bubbly, sweet, and enjoyable bottles were produced. But there was a haze in the bottles. The yeast sediment from the second fermentation creates cloudiness in the wine. Madame Clicquot asked the question that will change the fate of champagne:&nbsp;"How?" And with a clear idea, she produced a clear champagne. The idea is a set of holes to hold the bottles upright at an angle, inverted at the neck. At this angle, the yeast sediment in the bottle collapses down. They were -and still are- called these&nbsp;riddling racks. (I've shared a photo below). Then the bottle is opened under appropriate conditions, and this yeast sediment is removed from the bottle with pressure. Now we have a clear champagne! This "riddling rack" is still used today in the production of champagne. It's a significant part of the process (with all due respect to Madame Clicquot).<img src="https://images.aposto.com/2022/6/3/1657113104532.jpeg" style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" width="550" ratio="1.03" fr-original-style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"><hr fr-original-style="" style="height: 0px; overflow: visible; border-bottom: none; clear: both; user-select: none; break-after: page; box-sizing: border-box;"> &nbsp;Madame Clicquot was one of the first international businesswomen. At that time, it was not very common for a woman to take over the company's management. In fact, this initiative was highly criticized and many comments were made that she would not be successful. But "La Grande Dame De La Champagne" didn't hear much of this, which is why we are talking and telling her story today.The Veuve Clicquot producer has a "prestige cuvée" called "La Grande Dame". Prestige Cuvée is the producer's best champagne, produced from the best vineyards and grapes in the region. It makes sense that Veuve Clicquot calls these wines "La Grande Dame," paying an enormous reverence to Madame Clicquot in every bottle. Madame Clicquot has always believed in the power of the Pinot Noir grape. Let's not pass without quoting it:&nbsp;"Our black grapes give the finest white wines." is one of her words. He crowned his love for Pinot Noir with La Grande Dame products. Since 2008, all of the blends in this series have 90% or more Pinot Noir (the other grape is Chardonnay).In 2021, I had the opportunity to taste the La Grande Dame series. With the<a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.instagram.com/bosphoruswinesociety/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">&nbsp;Bosphorus Wine Society</a>, we said goodbye to 2021 with sparkling wines and prepared a good selection. This selection included Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame 2004 and 2006. Photos below, tasting notes <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CYCJo2jAPds/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">here.</a><img src="https://images.aposto.com/2022/6/3/1657120391305.jpeg" style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" width="550" ratio="0.75" fr-original-style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"><img src="https://images.aposto.com/2022/6/3/1657120401021.jpeg" style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" width="550" ratio="0.75" fr-original-style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"><hr fr-original-style="" style="height: 0px; overflow: visible; border-bottom: none; clear: both; user-select: none; break-after: page; box-sizing: border-box;">In 2012, they collaborated with Yayoi Kusama. She brought her fun, colorful and iconic designs to the bottle and box. Yayoi Kusama's polka dots are on La Grande Dame; like bubbles in champagne! I don't know if it's my love for Yayoi Kusama or not; I love the bottle and the box.<img src="https://images.aposto.com/2022/6/3/1657120467100.png" style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" width="550" ratio="0.79" fr-original-style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"><img src="https://images.aposto.com/2022/6/3/1657120476651.png" style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" width="550" ratio="1.44" fr-original-style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">Photos: <a fr-original-style="" href="https://veuveclicquot.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">https://veuveclicquot.com/</a>🎵 I'm ending this article with Beirut's tunes that make you cry and laugh and make you sway a little, listen to the melody again after this article, <a fr-original-style="" href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3BYvXCcTRKkTpT3ARjDG5v?si=326d6cb015954488" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">here.</a>"But what melody will lead my lover from his bed?What melody will see him in my arms again?"

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