We’re back!
After being reunited last Sunday thanks to an on-time (!) flight into SFO, we decided our first order of business, logically, was to buy a bottle of sparkling wine and forget all other obligations. But, since we knew we would be hemorrhaging money over the next few months in an attempt to furnish our bare apartment, we decided to forgo anything too outlandish and save the fancy drinks for a later date.
With that in mind, we trotted over to the local grocery store and looked for a wine we might have seen a million times and had never actually purchased. We settled on a bottle of Chandon Blanc de Noirs ($20). Confession: one of us might have commented in the store that this vineyard was featured on an episode of Newlyweds. This kind of knowledge should never be shared.
However, unlike the unforgettable train wreck that was the marriage between a ditsy blonde and an out-of-work boy band member, this sparkling wine was a yawn. It had a bitter, alcohol smell in the glass, which carried over upon first sip. The predominant taste was that of bitter apples (or was it sour grapes? Jessica?) It was pleasantly carbonated, with a wet mouth feel. It also had hints of an almost pleasant sourdough bread taste, which diminished the bitter overtones after swallowing. But that was the extent of this wine’s complexity. It is easily the most one-note, bitter sparkling wine we’ve tasted so far. Our overall impression can be summed up as “generic.” Like cut-off jeans on a Texan.
Score: They both agree, this wine is a 2.
Recommended: No, especially for $20 a pop, there are easily better tasting wines in this price range.
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