Pommery POP Blue
Pommery POP Blue is a off-dry, light-bodied sparkling from Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier, Chardonnay (Champagne, France), in the sparkling style. Acidity is fresh; oak influence is some. Good with duck, salmon, roast chicken, creamy pasta. Cheapest offer £17.00 at Fulham Wine Company.
| Wine | Sweet | Body | From | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pommery POP Silver Champagne Pommery · Champagne | £19.50 | |||
| Grounded Cru Sparkling Pinot Noir/Chardonnay Brut, Adelaide Hills Grounded Cru · Adelaide Hills | £17.20 | |||
| Allimant Laugner Cremant d'Alsace Rose Allimant-Laugner · Alsace | £17.50 | |||
| Journey's End MCC Brut Reserve, NV Journey's End · Stellenbosch | £17.50 |
When Pommery launched POP in 1999, it broke one of Champagne's oldest rules. This was the first Champagne ever made to be drunk straight from the bottle - through a straw, if you liked - a deliberately provocative, unstuffy idea aimed at a younger crowd who found the usual Champagne ceremony a bit much. It worked, and a whole category of single-serve fizz followed. The blue bottle is the original. Inside it is proper Pommery, not a novelty stand-in: the classic three-grape Champagne blend, led by Pinot Noir for roundness, with Pinot Meunier and Chardonnay from around Reims for freshness. It comes in a 20cl cobalt-blue bottle with a real cork, a full-size wire cage and silver foil - a Champagne bottle in miniature. It's made in the Extra Dry style, which sits just off-dry - a touch softer and rounder than a brut - so it's easy, fruity and approachable. One bottle is a single generous glass. Serve it as cold as you can, straight from the fridge.