9 7/10 Screwcaps
This is simply the best non-vintage champagne (let alone wine in general) that I have ever tasted, and for the price, it damn well better! Fortunately, we have wonderful people that look after the Wine Team, including the Wine Team itself and was gifted this bottle to taste when the ball dropped. Fortunately, the ball wasn't dropped when this champagne was made. It is easy to reminisce about the pear and candy apple tastes, but what really separates this bottle is the barrel fermenting/aging. See, most champagnes are fermented/aged in stainless steel, which mostly leave a good to great finish. Krug and your higher up champagnes will use oak barrels in the old traditional form. Thank God that some things just never change, because the hazelnut in this baby would leave the makers of Frangellico scratching their heads, wondering where they went wrong.
Now as said, the price can get up there (about $135), but let me tell you that if you regard champagne as a wine for special occasions and want to seal that occasion with something that you will never forget, then get this wine immediately! You will not regret it!
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