Sigura Viudas - Brut Reserva
Champagne (or sparkling wine)
Hyatt Hotel - Anaheim
Price - Complementary ($9.95)
We were treated during our honeymoon at the Hyatt in Anaheim (Disneyland!) to a complimentary bottle of this Sigura Viudas and a plate of chocolate covered strawberries. The Hyatt is a classy joint, but the TVs could use some upgrading. Well, we didn't drink the bottle on the trip since we'd gone to the nearby Target to get some wine, but we saved it and brought it home. It was probably the best bottle of champange I'd ever had, but that's not saying much.
The cork came right out, which is the one thing I really require of sparkling wine. After the Barefoot experience where I tore the skin off my hand trying to get the thing to pop this was a joy. Right off. In fact, I nearly broke the glasses. So, with that done, and the bubbly poured (poored... haha... puns) we dove in. Small bubbles. Which I hear is good. And the flavor was not overwhelming as I find it to be sometimes on sparkling wines. So, that was nice. Nice enough to go ahead and kill the bottle.
Okay, but here's the real kicker about it. The champange hangover. It was surreal. I'd not been that sick in quite some time. I'm thinking Brut Reserva translates into Bruttle something... It was tough. So, bringing back my scale. It gets 3 thumbs up, but a 5 pill hangover. The dreaded 3:5 ratio makes this one a no reccommend. Unless you're not going to be dealing with whomever you served it to the next day.
- S
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