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Old Jul 2, 2018 | 1:10 am
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QRC3288
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Had the P2 and Cheval Blanc 2004 the other day on EK
The P2 was just fantastic. Full of brioche and very expressive but in an understated way, this is a marvelous Champagne. And it was my first go at P2 2000, despite owning a decent amount of Champagne! I had a lot of fun. Drank it with some canapes, caviar, and even a biyriani. Obviously there are stylistic differences, but I find this P2 2000 much preferable to Krug NV and even Krug 2004 which seem a bit more common on the airlines I fly, and in the case of Krug 2004 being hawked very aggressively by my wine sellers for very good prices (one reason I suspect a few airlines ended up with so much Krug 2004....it is being marketed like crazy by LVMH, whereas 2002 is nowhere to be found.....hmmmm). This all says nothing of just how many steps above this P2 is above recent "normal" Dom vintages, which I find to be the most overhyped Champagne out there. Terrible value. This P2 on the other hand is downright amazing!

For the Cheval Blanc, I forgot to ask but I *think* they had more than one bottle. Because at least three of us on the left side alone had carafes and another passenger had a glass, and this was just during the first go around after takeoff with FAs asking us what we wanted. And I didn't hear any rejections. Fwiw we had a full A380 14/14 in F.

For someone relatively new to the EK frequent flyer world, the EK wine list approach really takes some getting used to in a GOOD way.
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