September 3, 2021
There’s just something about the loud pop! when opening a bottle and the party of bubbles that dance in your glass when having sparkling wines or champagne… I cannot get enough of it!
Sparkling wines and champagne themselves can be quite harsh when you first take it in, but when eating a delectable plate of seafood pasta or mixing with your mimosa, it is the perfect complement. I was at the liquor store for my usual biweekly Friday run with a friend (don’t judge me!) and I found myself gazing at the tall wall of wine towards the left side of the store.
Now, I am not the greatest judge of wine and champagne, but I do love when it is above 13% (again, thou shalt not judge!) ? . While looking among the many bottles, the odd name or two pops out at me with their crazy designs. Eh, they’re doin’ too much.
My friend began to rush me, so of course your eyes do the rushed ‘pick something!’ thing, and the one thing that caught my eye was Black Girl Magic Sparkling Brut in a simple, tall black and gold sans serif font.
Already, I loved the bold letters for easily catching my eye and the gold foil about the top. I even stopped to read the back just to see their introduction…
Black Girl Magic is more than a phrase.
McBride Sisters Collection – Black Girl Magic Sparkling Brut – California
It’s a feeling. A look. A taste.
You damn right! I hustled toward the register with my other items, excitement heightening from the heavy, 750ml cold bottle in hand.
Lemme skip past the ride home, the choice in glass, the bit of extra chill time to give it that perfect crisp taste. First of all, the bottle was pretty easy to open. Love it even more. Take off perforated foil, twist the wire, pop the top.
They say you should wait for wine to aerate a bit before you taste. Ain’t nobody got time fo dat. I gave it about 60 seconds for the bubble foam to wind down, and took my first taste.
As I said earlier, the bubbly can be quite harsh when you first take it in (a good reason to aerate). Powerful, yet pleasantly cold and invigorating bubbles crept across my tongue, temporarily taking the taste out of my mouth, but leaving me wanting to taste more.
As the bubbles settled, the definite taste of green apples and pears crept up behind the dry taste of this brut. As labeled on the bottle, you will have the ‘crisp green apples, juicy pear, melon and citrus zest’. I can also smell the refreshing scent of said apples. Let me tell you, gurl, I loved it!
I cooked up some delish shrimp Alfredo pasta to go with it, and kept it chilled throughout my enjoyment as a lovely palate cleanser. You simply must keep it chilled (not really cold), it stays just perfect that way. Warm bubbles—for me—are no fun.
I learned later you can make a pretty cool recipe called the Oakland 75 using this sparkling wine, great for a Sunday brunch. Learn about the wine, then check out the recipe and the rest of the site with the link below.
View Black Girl Magic Sparkling Brut
