Young Madame Pommery inherited the small champagne from her deceased husband, and expanded it around the world. She was a great collector of art and because of this, the caves feature various art exhibits, scattered amongst all the bottles of champagne. In addition to statues and carvings, the current art exhibit was on modern sound; it was slightly strange, and odd, and very unique.
The caves themselves were pretty similar to the ones we toured at G.H. Mumm. They were 30 feet underground and there were sections of the tunnels that were 2000 years old. So unbelievable. The humidity in the caves is 98% which supposedly is the perfect humidity to age the champagne. In these caves there was around 21 million bottles of champagne at different stages of the aging process. If I heard correctly, the bottles must be ages foe a minimum of 33 months, but the more expensive bottles are ages for much, much longer.
Of course, champagne tasting followed. Lovely, light and bubbly. My favorite type of champagne is a demi-sec which is much sweater then the brut. It has me excited to be back in the Okanagan this summer, amongst all the boutique wineries.
The oldest bottles in the caves. One is from 1874!
Look at all that dust and mold.
Inside the cathedral on a rainy Sunday. So pretty.
The sun started shining again so we've been busy and soaking it up, even if there is a cool Fall chill in the air. Autumn is such a cozy season; a favourite of mine. I'm still sorting through loads of pictures but will post more shortly.
love this!! looks like you're having a great time! keep the pictures coming!
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