From Moet, we ventured down Champagne Avenue in Epernay to Mercier. Both Moet and Mercier are owned by luxury goods conglomerate LVMH. Tours are cheaper than Moet, starting at 11 euro for one sample, 16 euro for two and 19 euro for three. We ended up doing the two sample option. When you first enter the building, there is a massive barrel that Eugene Mercier had built for the 1889 World Fair in Paris. The barrel could hold 200,000 bottles worth of champagne and apparently it was one of the leading attractions at the fair, along with the Eifel Tower. 
There definitely were similarities to the Moet tour, going by countless bottles in the tunnels and hearing about the process for making Champagne, however there were differences too. The Mercier tour was more of an attraction. I thought it would have been something Disney would design. It starts out by taking a slow elevator ride down to the tunnels. One side of the elevator is glass and you pass by different settings that you can see from the elevator. Once in the tunnels, there is a train that takes you around.
The first sample we had was the Mercier Brut. It was not as light-tasting as the Moet and no real noticeable scent. It was slightly sweet, still well balanced. JC90
The second sample was the Mercier Brut Rose. It had a slightly sweet smell and was well balanced between dry and sweet. JC92
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