Domaine Ste. Michelle Frizzante wine

Nose: pleasant apple and light citrus
Palate: off dry, big bubbles
Finish: nice finish with bigger citrus coming back and a dryer texture.

Overall: a fun bubbly from the usa. This goes best with the milk chocolate with lavender tonight.

We are hosting a bubbly and chocolate tasting this evening so I'll be blogging all the bubbly we taste. The chocolates here include d'Oliva Bar (olive and white chocolate), dark chocolate and chili, milk chocolate and lavender, white chocolate and simple dark chocolate.

Freixenet Cordon Negro Brut Cava wine

Nose: apple and some honey melon hints
Palate: very dry, small delicate bubbles
Finish: finish is understated with green apple being the most prominent with a nearly puckering dryness.

Overall: quite nice for an affordable dry sparkling wine. This one paired best with the Ghirardelli dark chocolate with raspberry squares.

Perrier Jouet Grand Brut wine

Nose:complex character, warm white soft cheese nose, soft floral scents, and cool bread dough.
Palate: Dry, good and noticeable structure. Delicate bubbles.
Finish: lingering and tapering. Dry with green apples and floral citrus.

Overall: The feature of the evening. Exquisite. I paid aprox. $45 for this. It's such a treat and a distinctive profile. Please treat yourself to a bottle of this champagne this Christmas.

Prosecco Del Veneto wine

Nose: clear cotton candy and bubble gum nose
Palate: small bubbles that are stumbling. Off dry.
Finish: tapering finish of apples and citrus

Overall: this Italian sparkling comes with a bottle top that is reminiscent of the Steve Martin, Kermit the frog, Miss Piggy scene in The Muppet Movie. A distinctive nose that promises a good time. We paid about $13 for this bottle