Burger and pommes frites, of course. Here the Pierre Péters Réserve Oubliée, an extraordinary blend of each of their 56 parcels of Chardonnay from the villages of Le Mesnil, Oger, Avize and Cramant, all classified Grand Cru in the Cote des Blancs, an east-facing chalk-rich slope south of Épernay, the acknowledged epicentre of Champagne. It is enriched with the addition of more than 20 vintages in a perpetual solera but strictly speaking, the French „solera“ has nothing to do with Jerez and Sherry. The wine has the tight, grippy structure, salty and iodine notes with zesty lemon-lime charabgers intermingled with noes of patisserie and sourdough that is so typical of good Cote des Blancs. Cuts through the cheddar cheese melted on top of the burger perfectly. Oh, and copes with the mayonnaise thee Germany like to dunk their chips into.
