We have a few splits of Champagne left over from my Christmas gift to the wife. We can’t feel as guilty since they’re half bottles, so we open them for a side by side comparison.

Guess which one is so tired it’s dead….yup, the Pommery may end up as our second most expensive cooking wine yet.

The Laurent Perrier and Perrier Jouet both are lovely. LP is crisp, lemony, strawberried, and fun.  PJ is vibrant as well, but a touch sharper, less sweet, frothier, and a bit more biscuity, vanilla laced, and right now more complex and interesting.

Well 2 outta 3 ain’t bad.