Champagne, November 13, 2021

This year we returned to our tradition of a November champagne tasting with the intention of choosing one for the repast. No need to cellar these, as they are ready to drink when bottled. With a relatively warm night, the pretasting was ourdoors in a beautiful courtyard.

The tasting format was modified to separately rank each group:
4 pretasting Roses
4 Blanc de Blancs
4 Blanc de Noirs

Roses (pretasting): These were judged by a hand count of first places votes only.

Rank	First Place Votes	Wine	Price (all from D&M)	Bottle
1	5	A. Margaine Brut Rose Champagne	$52.99	4
2	4	NV Bruno Paillard Extra Brut Rose Champagne	$62.99	1
3	3	Francis Orban Extra Brut Rose Champagne	$49.99	2
4	2	Ployez Jacquemart Extra Brut Rose Brut Champagne	$54.99	3

Blanc de Blancs: These were judged by the usual point system, as follows:

Rank	Points (16 voters)	Wine	Price (all from D&M)	Bottle
1	36 (5 first place votes)	Pierre Moncuit 2008 Millesime Extra-Brut Champagne	$76.99	8
2	40 (5 first place votes)	Doyard Vendemiaire Blanc de Blancs Brut Champagne	$52.99	7
3	40 (4 first place votes)	Pierre Gimonnet & Fils Blanc de Blancs Brut Champagne	$52.99	5
4	43 (2 first place votes)	Pierre Peters Cuvee de Reserve Blanc De Blancs Champagne	$65.99	6

Blanc de Noirs: Bottles 11 & 12 did not receive the correct number of votes, but we didn’t spend the time correcting the figures due to the room curfew and an obvious winner regardless of a recount.

Rank	Points	Wine	Price	Bottle
1	38 (5 first place votes, 17 voters)	Drappier Blanc de Noirs Brut Nature Champagne	$49.99	10
2	39 (5 first place votes, 17 voters)	Jean Vesselle Oeil de Perdrix Blanc de Noirs Brut Champagne	$54.99	9
3	37 (5 first place votes, 15 voters)	Jerome Coessens 2013 Brut Nature Champagne	$79.99	12
4	41 (2 first place votes, 14 voters)	Loriot-Pagel Brut Nature Champagne	$64.99	11