Originally Posted by
Swanhunter
IIRC The Alfred Gratien Cuvée Paradis was around in F for a couple of years after the Rocket’s demise.
Indeed, it showed up late in 2005/early 2006, just after the “Charles de Cazanove crisis” of 2005
BA did sporadically have some really crap options in F champagne from the time Krug went away in the early 2000s until Grand Siecle became a fixture.