2008 Veuve Clicquot, Vintage, Champagne, France

2008 Veuve Clicquot, Vintage, Champagne, France (£54.99, Selfridges tel. 0800 123400, Hedonism Wines tel. Hedonism, Jeroboams tel. 020 7730 8108).  I rather dread tasting new vintages of big name Champagnes because they invariably disappoint.  Young, squeaky, tense and gassy, they are at the wrong end of their drinking lives and yet they are pushed onto […]