One time I was somewhere in the pretty aromatic mellow summertime, and some man around my age, remarked on me that i was like a fine vintage champagne..at the time i didn't know what vintage wine or vintage champagne really meant..so i was completely bewildered at the comment,and thought he thinks i am utterly old, and it's just too late in life for any joy & dreaming for me..but now i feel much better to know it was really a very flattering & sweet comment afterall...
When it comes to bubbles, not all champagne is created equal. Some of the most famous champagne brands in the world, such as Dom Pérignon, Salon and Cristal, only exist as vintages. With differences in style, production and taste, vintage champagne is much more than an expensive version of regular fizz.
Katy Lavanant, an independent fine wine consultant, said: “Vintage champagne is a different product to non-vintage champagne. It has different flavours and aromas and is not to everyone’s taste. Non-vintage champagne is generally revered for being fresh, acidic and very fizzy. Vintage champagne is often less fizzy, much richer and more like a good white Burgundy.”
Vintage
Vintage, in winemaking, is the process of picking grapes and creating the finished product—wine (see Harvest (wine)). A vintage wine is one made from grapes that were all, or primarily, grown and harvested in a single specified year. In certain wines, it can denote quality, as in Port wine, where Port houses make and declare vintage Port in their best years. From this tradition, a common, though not strictly correct, usage applies the term to any wine that is perceived to be particularly old or of a particularly high quality.
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