November 26, 2008. Another Portovino meeting at Cafeina Wine & Tapas, Oporto. This time we were Fernando Costa Lima, Miguel Sousa Otto, Eduardo Aires, João Bruschy, Vasco Mourão, and myself, Luis Miguel Novais.
Vasco found for us a relic: a 1985 bottle of Champagne Grand Siécle, Exceptionellement Millésimé, by Laurent Perrier. Old but still grand with a middle of the mouth bubble and grilled hazelnut flavor.
According to Laurent Perrier's website: «At the Palace of Versailles Louis XIV was the first French King to drink Champagne. Louis XIV's era became known as the Grand Siècle - the "Great Century". Bottled in a replica of a 17th Century bottle evoking the radiance of that period, Laurent-Perrier's prestige cuvées embody luxury, magnificence and elegance fit for a king». And so it felt, like bottled old sunshine with finesse bubbles.
