NV Jacques Selosse V.O. Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut

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11 comments have been posted

• Comment posted by BuzzzzOff:

  6/28/2015 6:06:00 PM - Thanks. We ditched flutes years ago. Still keep them for our friends' kids who join us in a toast...they have OJ ;-). We like the description "...even a bit oxidised in a beautiful way." Agreed not for beginners...Selosse is a rockstar!

• Comment posted by Zweder:

  6/28/2015 6:24:00 PM - :-) ;-) Selosse is GREAT! Thanks for your comment!

• Comment posted by Roughl:

  6/29/2015 2:39:00 AM - Had a meal where we started off with cold temp in flutes (some kind of vinotheque flutes) for apetizers and with increasing temperature went for wider glasses to end with the Zalto burg stems (alltime favorite) for mains. I've repeated this experience a number of times and I can only recommend it. Goes without saying that the burgundy glasses give the most 'complete' picture, the flutes and smaller glasses (and lower temp) are great to build up the intensity of the meal.

• Comment posted by Zweder:

  6/29/2015 3:25:00 AM - Zalto’s are great. Like a thin skin around the wine :-). In fact we brought Zalto Universal to this restaurant to taste our wines.

• Comment posted by aquacongas:

  6/29/2015 3:00:00 PM - Dear zweder, selosse is the Prince of champagne and zalto burgundy glas is the best around champagne glas but the best glas in my opinion is the riedel sommelier sauternes (yquem) glas for ripe champagnes. Hopefully see you end of october. Will send the invitation end of the week. Best Bubbly regards Alper

• Comment posted by BuzzzzOff:

  6/29/2015 5:41:00 PM - Thanks for the comments regarding Zalto. We noticed the brand being used extensively in many top-shelf restaurants in Europe last year. We largely have defaulted to Riedel over the years simply because they were there. Perhaps a change coming round the mountain! Either way, Selosse rocks...even if sipped out of a thimble ;-0

• Comment posted by Zweder:

  6/29/2015 6:03:00 PM - Well BuzzzzOff; Zalto is special and I love the glass because it is so light and thin and always a great pleasure to drink from. But…. for Sauternes the Riedel Sommeliers Sauternes is better than the Zalto meant for this wine. Even a real Zalto adept agreed upon that after he tried several wines. And personally, for good Bordeaux, I not seldom prefer The Riedel Vinum above the Zalto when it concerns the bouquet. Have tried it several times beside each other. (And yes, I could almost fill a wine glass store, because I have Spiegelau and Schott Zwiesel as well….;-))

• Comment posted by BuzzzzOff:

  6/29/2015 6:10:00 PM - Wow, Zweder, you are a glass aficionado. We have Riedel Sommelier Series, Riedel Vinum. We moved to Vinum after quite a few of the Sommelier ones broke...which hurts. We also have the Riedel wine glasses without stems (cashed in some useless points), which we use for water..even helps on that front ;-). We would gladly take a counter at your wine store to sell-off the sommelier series and then buy the Zalto :-)

• Comment posted by Zweder:

  6/29/2015 6:16:00 PM - :-) Wine glasses without stems…… I will NEVER understand that…. Use it for water; the only wise thing to do! :-) ;-)

• Comment posted by BuzzzzOff:

  6/29/2015 6:23:00 PM - Yes, we always thought tres uncivilised. We never look a gift-horse in the mouth and 12 nice water glasses is just that ;-) If someone suggested we use for wine, we would exit them from our house post-haste. Sadly, we notice many airlines using them. We can see the argument regarding safety, but we argued, unsuccessfully, that our years of experience should warrant trust in swirling and sipping...even at 30,000+ feet in the air!

• Comment posted by Zweder:

  6/29/2015 6:27:00 PM - :-) :-) And now I go to bed, because on my side of the pond it is quite late already ;-)!