Champagne Malard Brut Speciale Reserve NV and Osetra Caviar

The Malard House is a small champagne house founded in 1996 by Jean Louis Malard. It is located in Aÿ-Champagne, the renowned village of the Grands Crus de Noirs in the Montagne de Reims.  To produce such a quality champagne, the Malard House has been able to secure grapes from Premier Crus and Grand Crus vineyards. It operates vat facilities and cellars which are spread over more than 5,000 meters in Oiry, a Grand Cru village in the famous Côte des Blancs.

Champagne Malard Brut Speciale Reserve NV 

This champagne is a blend of 40% Pinot Noir, 40% Pinot Meunier, and 20% Chardonnay. The base wine is from the 2011 harvest with reserve wines from the 2010, 2011 and 2012 harvests. The champagne has a dosage level of 8 g/l and was disgorged in November 2015.

Champagne Description

The champagne has a pale straw gold color with tiny streaming bubbles. There are flowery aromas of ripe fruit with soft notes of brioche and minerality.

On the palate, it is round and filled with mineral coated ripe fruit. It finishes dry with soft brioche, ripe fruits and an underlying nuttiness.

Lady Elena Caviar Pairing

With the caviar the fruit notes are highlighted as the champagne cleanses the palate. There is also a slight sweet fruit floralness lingering. A great Lady Elena Caviar champagne pairing.

Champagne Barrat Masson Fleur de Craie NV with Osetra Caviar

Champagne Barrat Masson is a small champagne house whose vineyards are located in Bethon. This is a commune in the Marne department of Champagne in northeastern France.

In 2010 they changed from a grower to a Champagne House with the 2011 harvest being their first harvest for their Champagne Barrat Masson.

We had the privilege to taste along with the owners, wife and husband team of Aurélie  Masson (oenologist) and Loic Barrat (wine maker) their Fleur de Craie NV champagne with Osetra caviar from Lady Elena Caviar.

Fleur de Craie NV Champagne
This is 100% Chardonnay from the 2011 harvest with a dosage of 5 g/l. This is an exciting bottle since this is their first bottling since becoming their own champagne house.

Being 100% Chardonnay this is considered a Blanc de Blancs however they chose not to label it as such. The name translated as "the flower of the chalk" does describe the wines expression. These vines have an average age of 40 years an are planted in clay limestone soil. The champagne is made from the "couer" or the first press. The wine is aged on its lees for about 9 months and goes through partial maloactic fermentation. The wine is aged in the bottle for at least 24 months and at least 3 months after disgorging.
This champagne has  light straw color with those tiny streaming bubbles. On the aroma there is such freshness of nutty citrus with a touch of sweet brioche. On the palate, the minerality pleasantly makes it appearance with the balanced wine. The finish is lively with slight brioche and citrus laced with the minerality of the wine.
 
Lady Elena Caviar Pairing

O My Setra Caviar (Osetra): This is a great pairing. The minerality and the liveliness of the champagne balances the creaminess of the Osetra caviar. The palate is cleansed with some floral orange blossoms lingering.

Kentucky Derby Churchill Downs Seating

Where are your seats?

2016 Kentucky Derby Picks

It is Kentucky Derby time and its time to make our final picks. Decisions Decisions

What should we wear?
What shall we eat?
What should we drink?

What horse do we expect to win?

What to wear?
For the Ladies, the hat is very critical. So our Lady Elena has chosen a Winner's Circle Feathered Hat from BerkeleyHat.com. 
This is a wide oblong feathered hat in colored Sinamay straw.  It has beautiful feathers cut and curved that adorn this hat in a spectacular explosion of elegance. Just the perfect hat for the Lady Elena Caviar Elegance caviar.

What shall we eat?
The Ladies prefer Elegance and Lady Elena Caviar golden osetra caviar is the perfect Kentucky Derby snack

What to drink?
G.H Mumm is the official champagne of the 2016 Kentucky Derby.

What horse do we expect win?
You tell me, I thought the horses were just guests at the party.

FrereJean Freres Champagne and White Sturgeon Caviar on Mothers Day

Celebrate Mom

For that special Mother's Day meal, we have found a champagne that pairs with the White Sturgeon Caviar from Lady Elena Caviar. This FrereJean Freres Champagne Brut champagne is very food friendly and will pair nicely with all of your other favorites dishes.

Celebrate Mom with the Great Gift of Osetra Caviar from Lady Elena Caviar

 

Jewelry is a great ‪gift‬ for Mom on ‪Mother‬'s Day.

We offer the Lady Elena Caviar Pearl Necklace.

Each one is unique and always delicious. This necklace is designed with white sturgeon caviar pearls sustainably farmed in the United States and a pendant of a one ounce jar of white sturgeon caviar. (one size fits all and assembly required)
To accessorize we recommend some champagne.