Help me pick two bottles of Champagne

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SteveTimko

Steve Timko
I'm going to a Champagne tasting. My plan to bring sparkling Huet or Foreau was frowned upon. I'm bringing the wine to make other wine geeks happy, not necessarily for my own tastes. That can be risky. Looking at these choices, what bottlings stand out? I know very little about most of them. And if you like one and recommend it, please tell me if it more nutty/caramel or floral/fruity or anything else to help me decide.

2002 Laurent-Perrier Brut Champagne
2004 Baron Fuente "Grand Millésimé" Brut Champagne
2005 Amaury Coutelas Vintage Brut Champagne
2005 Elisabeth Goutorbe Brut Champagne
2005 Launois Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne
2005 Michel Loriot Vintage Brut Champagne
2006 Ariston Aspasie Vintage Brut Champagne
2006 Marguet Pere et Fils Grand Cru Brut Champagne
2006 Michel Loriot "Pinot Meunier Vieilles Vignes" Brut Champagne
2006 Ruelle-Pertois Grand Cru Vintage Blanc de Blancs Champagne
2007 Ariston Aspasie Vintage Brut Champagne
2007 Franck Bonville "Millesime" Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne
2007 Marguet Pere et Fils Brut Rosé Champagne
Ariston "Aspasie Brut Prestige" Champagne
Ariston Aspasie "Carte Blanche" Brut Champagne
Ariston Aspasie Blanc de Blancs Brut Champagne
Ariston Aspasie Brut Rosé Champagne
Barnaut Brut Rosé Authentique
Barnaut Grande Reserve Brut
Baron Fuente "Esprit" Brut Champagne
Billecart-Salmon "Brut Reserve" Champagne
Bruno Michel "Blanche" Brut Champagne
Bruno Michel "Les Roses" Brut Rosé Champagne
Bruno Michel Premier Cru Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne
CD De Norston Brut Champagne
Charles Ellner "Cuvée Reserve" Brut Champagne
Charles Heidsieck "Brut Reserve" Champagne
Charles de Cazanove 1er Cru Brut Champagne
Charles de Cazanove Brut Rosé Champagne
Charles de Cazanove Tete de Cuvee Brut Champagne
Dampierre Ambassadeurs Blanc de Blancs Brut Champagne (Previously $36.99)
Delamotte Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne
Delamotte Brut Champagne
Devaux "Cuvée D" Brut Champagne
Devaux Grand Réserve Brut Champagne
Elisabeth Goutorbe "Cuvée Eclatante" Brut Champagne
Fleury "Carte Rouge" Brut Champagne
Fleury "Cuveé Robert Fleury" Brut Champagne
Fleury Brut Rosé Champagne
Franck Bonville "Brut Selection" Blanc de Blancs Champagne
Franck Bonville "Prestige" Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne
Gaston Chiquet Brut Tradition Champagne
Gosset "Brut Excellence" Champagne
Heidsieck Monopole "Blue Top" Brut Champagne
Henriot Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne
J. Lassalle 1er Cru Brut Champagne
Jacquart "Mosaique" Brut Champagne
Lancelot-Pienne Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne
Lanson "White Label" Sec Champagne
Lanson Black Label Champagne
Lanson Brut Rosé Champagne
Launois "Cuvée Reserve" Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne
Launois "Quartz" Blanc de Blancs Brut Champagne
Launois "Veuve Clemence" Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne
Laurent-Perrier Brut Champagne
Louis Roederer "Brut Premier" Champagne
Louis Sostene "Cuvée LS" 1er Cru Brut Champagne
Louis Sostene "Cuvée LSR" 1er Cru Brut Rosé Champagne
Marguet Pere et Fils "Cuvée Reserve" Brut Champagne
Marguet Pere et Fils Blanc de Noirs Brut Champagne
Marguet Pere et Fils Brut Rosé Champagne
Michel Arnould "Grand Cuvée" Brut Champagne
Michel Arnould Verzenay "Brut Reserve" Champagne
Michel Arnould Verzenay Brut Rosé Champagne
Michel Dervin Brut Champagne
Michel Loriot "Cuvee Reserve" Brut Champagne
Michel Loriot "Marie-Leopold" Sec Champagne
Michel Loriot Rose Brut Champagne
Moet & Chandon "Imperial" Champagne
Moet & Chandon "Nectar Imperial" Demi-Sec Champagne
Nicolas Feuillatte Brut Rosé Champagne
Paul Bara Brut Reserve Grand Cru
Philippe Gonet "Roy Soleil" Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne
Philipponnat "Royal Reserve" Brut Champagne
Philipponnat Brut Reserve Rosé
Pierre Moncuit "Cuvée Pierre Moncuit-Delos Grand Cru" Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne
Pierre Paillard "Acte 1" Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Champagne
Pierre Paillard "Acte 1" Grand Cru Blanc de Noirs Champagne
Pierre Paillard Grand Cru Brut Champagne
Pierre Paillard Grand Cru Brut Rosé Champagne
Piper-Heidsieck "Cuvée Sublime" Demi-Sec Champagne
Piper-Heidsieck Brut Champagne
Piper-Heidsieck Rosé Sauvage Champagne
Pol Roger "White Foil" Brut Reserve Champagne
Pommery "Brut Apanage" Champagne
Pommery "Brut Royal" Champagne
Ruelle-Pertois Premier Cru Blanc de Blancs Cuvee Reserve Champagne
Taittinger "La Francaise" Brut Champagne
Veuve Clicquot Brut Champagne
Veuve Clicquot Demi Sec Champagne
 
Steve, It's hard to go wrong with...

Billecart-Salmon "Brut Reserve" Champagne
Billecart-Salmon Extra Brut

I would say more floral/fruity but very much in balance with these trophies.

. . . . . Pete
 
originally posted by SteveTimko:
Help me pick two bottles of ChampagneI'm going to a Champagne tasting. My plan to bring sparkling Huet or Foreau was frowned upon. I'm bringing the wine to make other wine geeks happy, not necessarily for my own tastes. That can be risky. Looking at these choices, what bottlings stand out? I know very little about most of them. And if you like one and recommend it, please tell me if it more nutty/caramel or floral/fruity or anything else to help me decide.

2002 Laurent-Perrier Brut Champagne
2004 Baron Fuente "Grand Millésimé" Brut Champagne
2005 Amaury Coutelas Vintage Brut Champagne
2005 Elisabeth Goutorbe Brut Champagne
2005 Launois Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne
2005 Michel Loriot Vintage Brut Champagne
2006 Ariston Aspasie Vintage Brut Champagne
2006 Marguet Pere et Fils Grand Cru Brut Champagne
2006 Michel Loriot "Pinot Meunier Vieilles Vignes" Brut Champagne
2006 Ruelle-Pertois Grand Cru Vintage Blanc de Blancs Champagne
2007 Ariston Aspasie Vintage Brut Champagne
2007 Franck Bonville "Millesime" Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne
2007 Marguet Pere et Fils Brut Rosé Champagne
Ariston "Aspasie Brut Prestige" Champagne
Ariston Aspasie "Carte Blanche" Brut Champagne
Ariston Aspasie Blanc de Blancs Brut Champagne
Ariston Aspasie Brut Rosé Champagne
Barnaut Brut Rosé Authentique
Barnaut Grande Reserve Brut
Baron Fuente "Esprit" Brut Champagne
Billecart-Salmon "Brut Reserve" Champagne
Bruno Michel "Blanche" Brut Champagne
Bruno Michel "Les Roses" Brut Rosé Champagne
Bruno Michel Premier Cru Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne
CD De Norston Brut Champagne
Charles Ellner "Cuvée Reserve" Brut Champagne
Charles Heidsieck "Brut Reserve" Champagne
Charles de Cazanove 1er Cru Brut Champagne
Charles de Cazanove Brut Rosé Champagne
Charles de Cazanove Tete de Cuvee Brut Champagne
Dampierre Ambassadeurs Blanc de Blancs Brut Champagne (Previously $36.99)
Delamotte Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne
Delamotte Brut Champagne
Devaux "Cuvée D" Brut Champagne
Devaux Grand Réserve Brut Champagne
Elisabeth Goutorbe "Cuvée Eclatante" Brut Champagne
Fleury "Carte Rouge" Brut Champagne
Fleury "Cuveé Robert Fleury" Brut Champagne
Fleury Brut Rosé Champagne
Franck Bonville "Brut Selection" Blanc de Blancs Champagne
Franck Bonville "Prestige" Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne
Gaston Chiquet Brut Tradition Champagne
Gosset "Brut Excellence" Champagne
Heidsieck Monopole "Blue Top" Brut Champagne
Henriot Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne
J. Lassalle 1er Cru Brut Champagne
Jacquart "Mosaique" Brut Champagne
Lancelot-Pienne Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne
Lanson "White Label" Sec Champagne
Lanson Black Label Champagne
Lanson Brut Rosé Champagne
Launois "Cuvée Reserve" Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne
Launois "Quartz" Blanc de Blancs Brut Champagne
Launois "Veuve Clemence" Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne
Laurent-Perrier Brut Champagne
Louis Roederer "Brut Premier" Champagne
Louis Sostene "Cuvée LS" 1er Cru Brut Champagne
Louis Sostene "Cuvée LSR" 1er Cru Brut Rosé Champagne
Marguet Pere et Fils "Cuvée Reserve" Brut Champagne
Marguet Pere et Fils Blanc de Noirs Brut Champagne
Marguet Pere et Fils Brut Rosé Champagne
Michel Arnould "Grand Cuvée" Brut Champagne
Michel Arnould Verzenay "Brut Reserve" Champagne
Michel Arnould Verzenay Brut Rosé Champagne
Michel Dervin Brut Champagne
Michel Loriot "Cuvee Reserve" Brut Champagne
Michel Loriot "Marie-Leopold" Sec Champagne
Michel Loriot Rose Brut Champagne
Moet & Chandon "Imperial" Champagne
Moet & Chandon "Nectar Imperial" Demi-Sec Champagne
Nicolas Feuillatte Brut Rosé Champagne
Paul Bara Brut Reserve Grand Cru
Philippe Gonet "Roy Soleil" Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne
Philipponnat "Royal Reserve" Brut Champagne
Philipponnat Brut Reserve Rosé
Pierre Moncuit "Cuvée Pierre Moncuit-Delos Grand Cru" Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne
Pierre Paillard "Acte 1" Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Champagne
Pierre Paillard "Acte 1" Grand Cru Blanc de Noirs Champagne
Pierre Paillard Grand Cru Brut Champagne
Pierre Paillard Grand Cru Brut Rosé Champagne
Piper-Heidsieck "Cuvée Sublime" Demi-Sec Champagne
Piper-Heidsieck Brut Champagne
Piper-Heidsieck Rosé Sauvage Champagne
Pol Roger "White Foil" Brut Reserve Champagne
Pommery "Brut Apanage" Champagne
Pommery "Brut Royal" Champagne
Ruelle-Pertois Premier Cru Blanc de Blancs Cuvee Reserve Champagne
Taittinger "La Francaise" Brut Champagne
Veuve Clicquot Brut Champagne
Veuve Clicquot Demi Sec Champagne
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Are you kidding?
 
I went to the K&L event last month when many of those were tasted. I and several others were very impressed by the Pierre Paillard wines. Goutorbe also caught my eye.
 
originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
originally posted by SteveTimko:
Help me pick two bottles of ChampagneI'm going to a Champagne tasting. My plan to bring sparkling Huet or Foreau was frowned upon. I'm bringing the wine to make other wine geeks happy, not necessarily for my own tastes. That can be risky. Looking at these choices, what bottlings stand out? I know very little about most of them. And if you like one and recommend it, please tell me if it more nutty/caramel or floral/fruity or anything else to help me decide.

2002 Laurent-Perrier Brut Champagne
2004 Baron Fuente "Grand Millésimé" Brut Champagne
2005 Amaury Coutelas Vintage Brut Champagne
2005 Elisabeth Goutorbe Brut Champagne
2005 Launois Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne
2005 Michel Loriot Vintage Brut Champagne
2006 Ariston Aspasie Vintage Brut Champagne
2006 Marguet Pere et Fils Grand Cru Brut Champagne
2006 Michel Loriot "Pinot Meunier Vieilles Vignes" Brut Champagne
2006 Ruelle-Pertois Grand Cru Vintage Blanc de Blancs Champagne
2007 Ariston Aspasie Vintage Brut Champagne
2007 Franck Bonville "Millesime" Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne
2007 Marguet Pere et Fils Brut Rosé Champagne
Ariston "Aspasie Brut Prestige" Champagne
Ariston Aspasie "Carte Blanche" Brut Champagne
Ariston Aspasie Blanc de Blancs Brut Champagne
Ariston Aspasie Brut Rosé Champagne
Barnaut Brut Rosé Authentique
Barnaut Grande Reserve Brut
Baron Fuente "Esprit" Brut Champagne
Billecart-Salmon "Brut Reserve" Champagne
Bruno Michel "Blanche" Brut Champagne
Bruno Michel "Les Roses" Brut Rosé Champagne
Bruno Michel Premier Cru Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne
CD De Norston Brut Champagne
Charles Ellner "Cuvée Reserve" Brut Champagne
Charles Heidsieck "Brut Reserve" Champagne
Charles de Cazanove 1er Cru Brut Champagne
Charles de Cazanove Brut Rosé Champagne
Charles de Cazanove Tete de Cuvee Brut Champagne
Dampierre Ambassadeurs Blanc de Blancs Brut Champagne (Previously $36.99)
Delamotte Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne
Delamotte Brut Champagne
Devaux "Cuvée D" Brut Champagne
Devaux Grand Réserve Brut Champagne
Elisabeth Goutorbe "Cuvée Eclatante" Brut Champagne
Fleury "Carte Rouge" Brut Champagne
Fleury "Cuveé Robert Fleury" Brut Champagne
Fleury Brut Rosé Champagne
Franck Bonville "Brut Selection" Blanc de Blancs Champagne
Franck Bonville "Prestige" Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne
Gaston Chiquet Brut Tradition Champagne
Gosset "Brut Excellence" Champagne
Heidsieck Monopole "Blue Top" Brut Champagne
Henriot Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne
J. Lassalle 1er Cru Brut Champagne
Jacquart "Mosaique" Brut Champagne
Lancelot-Pienne Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne
Lanson "White Label" Sec Champagne
Lanson Black Label Champagne
Lanson Brut Rosé Champagne
Launois "Cuvée Reserve" Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne
Launois "Quartz" Blanc de Blancs Brut Champagne
Launois "Veuve Clemence" Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne
Laurent-Perrier Brut Champagne
Louis Roederer "Brut Premier" Champagne
Louis Sostene "Cuvée LS" 1er Cru Brut Champagne
Louis Sostene "Cuvée LSR" 1er Cru Brut Rosé Champagne
Marguet Pere et Fils "Cuvée Reserve" Brut Champagne
Marguet Pere et Fils Blanc de Noirs Brut Champagne
Marguet Pere et Fils Brut Rosé Champagne
Michel Arnould "Grand Cuvée" Brut Champagne
Michel Arnould Verzenay "Brut Reserve" Champagne
Michel Arnould Verzenay Brut Rosé Champagne
Michel Dervin Brut Champagne
Michel Loriot "Cuvee Reserve" Brut Champagne
Michel Loriot "Marie-Leopold" Sec Champagne
Michel Loriot Rose Brut Champagne
Moet & Chandon "Imperial" Champagne
Moet & Chandon "Nectar Imperial" Demi-Sec Champagne
Nicolas Feuillatte Brut Rosé Champagne
Paul Bara Brut Reserve Grand Cru
Philippe Gonet "Roy Soleil" Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne
Philipponnat "Royal Reserve" Brut Champagne
Philipponnat Brut Reserve Rosé
Pierre Moncuit "Cuvée Pierre Moncuit-Delos Grand Cru" Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne
Pierre Paillard "Acte 1" Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Champagne
Pierre Paillard "Acte 1" Grand Cru Blanc de Noirs Champagne
Pierre Paillard Grand Cru Brut Champagne
Pierre Paillard Grand Cru Brut Rosé Champagne
Piper-Heidsieck "Cuvée Sublime" Demi-Sec Champagne
Piper-Heidsieck Brut Champagne
Piper-Heidsieck Rosé Sauvage Champagne
Pol Roger "White Foil" Brut Reserve Champagne
Pommery "Brut Apanage" Champagne
Pommery "Brut Royal" Champagne
Ruelle-Pertois Premier Cru Blanc de Blancs Cuvee Reserve Champagne
Taittinger "La Francaise" Brut Champagne
Veuve Clicquot Brut Champagne
Veuve Clicquot Demi Sec Champagne
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Are you kidding?
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As Larry alluded to, these are the choices from K&L. They are between $30 and $50. This is my best choice for buying Champagne. So no, I'm not kidding.
Thank you Peter and Larry for your input.
 
originally posted by SteveTimko:
So no, I'm not kidding.
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It may give the impression of posting the whole card catalog and asking whether anyone could suggest a book you should read.

The folks who have read lots of books will find the task perplexing.
 
originally posted by SFJoe:
originally posted by SteveTimko:
So no, I'm not kidding.
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It may give the impression of posting the whole card catalog and asking whether anyone could suggest a book you should read.

The folks who have read lots of books will find the task perplexing.
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according to fb's recent research, yes
 
originally posted by slaton:
Ice Imperial. It's a regal drink for people who enjoy exquisite Champagne. In Miami.
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Hee hee. Love it. Reminds me that saw a young couple at lunch today. The gentleman ordered a half bottle of Krug NV; his young lady friend got small glass of orange juice to mix with hers. Repeated for the 2d split.
 
In case it might be in any way helpful I think the Louis Roederer "Brut Premier" Champagne might be an uncontroversial and generally well liked NV Champagne.

It certainly falls into that category for me and I cannot recall anyone who likes Champagne saying they have ever found it distasteful.

I don't think it is confined by either of the two descriptors you provided but is usually a Champagne of some complexity and distinction. It is one of my favourite NVs if one excludes some of the very much more expensive MVs none of which are on your list.
 
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