The 10th Day of Christmas with Champagne & Sparkling Wine

You know how it is. A wine of some type comes along and forces you -- or encourages you or persuades you -- to admit that it is an archetype, an avatar, a piece of wondrous architecture. Such a one for me recently was the Champagne Chartogne-Taillet "Heurtebise" Blanc de Blancs Brut, from the year 2008, though this fact is indicated only on the back lab…