Emery Davis > wrote in
:

> A friend has asked about a bottle of champagne he received as a gift.
> He's just trying to find out the right use for it I think, certainly
> not interested in value. Anyway, I've never heard of it, thought to
> ask here.
>
> Comte Audoin de Dampierre, Cuvée des Ambassadeurs, premiere cru.


Comte Audoin de Dampierre is, according to Richard Juhlin's "4000
Champagnes", a quite new Champagne house (dating from 1980). They do not
own vineyards and operate as a Negociant-Manipulant, bottling their own
wine in Avize, even if the maison is in Chenay.

The count is a Champagne lover and makes the wine for his own taste, not
for the business, and Richard Juhlin seems to like it quite a lot. He rates
the Cuvée des Ambassadeurs with 77 points but this is actually a good note
from Juhlin (he is very conservative with ratings). This cuvée should be
50% PN and 50% CH.

On a note side, this house has produced a Champagne set that fits in some
space of an Aston Martin car model, a brand of cars that the count
patronizes. And this is, IMHO, a good proxy for taste!!!

I would like to try this Champagne, fwiw.

S.