Lucien Collard Grand Cru 2014 Champagne
Champagne 12.5% ABV ABV Lucien CollardLovely with our Christmas dinner
We had this with smoked salmon starters on Christmas Day and it was spot on. Really confident flavours, quite rich but still fresh and crisp. The finish hangs around in a good way. My wife said it was the best champagne we've had at home and she's not easily impressed.
Good but I expected more for the price
The wine shop guy recommended this over some bigger name champagnes and it is nice — clean finish, well balanced, definitely a step up from supermarket fizz. But at over sixty quid I kept wanting it to blow me away and it didn't quite get there. Would maybe try it again if it was on offer.
Proper champagne, no messing about
Had this at a friend's dinner party and immediately asked where she got it. There's genuine depth to it — layers of flavour that keep revealing themselves as you drink. Not one of those champagnes that's all bubbles and no substance. Already ordered a couple of bottles for ourselves.
Birthday treat that delivered
Bought this for my 40th and honestly it was the highlight of the night. Really expressive stuff — you get loads going on in the glass before you even take a sip. Proper layered flavour too, not just fizz and nothing else. At £61.50 it's not cheap but for a Grand Cru on a special occasion I'd say it's fair.