For some strange reason '95 La Grande Dame is affordably cheap at one of the airports I frequently pass through and after 4 bottles I'm convinced that there is a place for the large manufacturers in Champagne. I mean, I like Larmandier-Bernier, Andre Clouet, Jerome Prevost as much as the next wannabe hipster, but it's quite reassuring to pop some manufactured Champagne once in a while. Yes, I think the dosage might be slightly high, and yes it does smell a bit like it's been spoofulated but it is quite, quite delicious now. I guess there's no way I'll ever be a member of the Politburo, huh?