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2008 Champagne Veuve Clicquot, La Grande Dame, Brut

  • White
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
Ready - mature
Jancis Robinson MW
17/20
Michael Edwards
97/100
William Kelley
88/100
Product: 20088036382
2008 Champagne Veuve Clicquot, La Grande Dame, Brut

Description

Disgorged March 2019.

The 2008 Champagne La Grande Dame is forward, with a luxurious perfume of honeysuckle, tropical fruit of papaya, and buttered citrus. The mousse is rounded, with an opulent texture, and it does finish dry, with orange marmalade, ripe melon, and chestnut. Its driving and impressive acidity will make this worthy to cellar and enjoy over the coming 20 years.

Drink 2022 - 2042

Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com (November 2022)

Colour White
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2008
Maturity Ready - mature
Body Full Bodied
Producer Veuve Clicquot

Critics reviews

Jancis Robinson MW 17/20
Very pale with a greenish tinge. Fresh, pretty youthful nose. Masses of acidity and very definitely not ready yet. Still seems embryonic. But it certainly isn’t too sweet!jancis_robinson_mw, JancisRobinson.com (June 2020)
Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com (Jun 2020)
Michael Edwards 97/100
A classic, slow-maturing year picked into October. It's a pale, pristine hue - a beautifully assembled mix of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from Aÿ, Ambonnay, Bouzy, Verzy, Verzenay and Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, combining saline-wrapped orchard fruits with great Pinot Noir subtlety yet strength. THE aperitif Champagne, but also try with sea trout. Drinking Window 2020 - 2030Michael Edwards, Decanter (February 2019)
Michael Edwards, Decanter.com (Feb 2019)
William Kelley 88/100
The 2008 La Grande Dame offers up subtle aromas of honeycomb, crisp orchard fruit and brioche, followed by a medium to full-bodied, broad and fleshy palate, with a frothy mousse, ripe acids and little in the way of concentration, concluding with a somewhat fleeting finish. The overall impression is disappointingly anonymous, especially in the context of the vintage and the track record of this generally dependable cuve. This example was disgorged in May 2017. Can it really be a representative bottle?William Kelley - 30/04/2019
William Kelley, RobertParker.com (Apr 2019)

About this wine

Veuve Clicquot

Philippe Clicquot-Muiron established Veuve Clicquot in 1772. However, it was Phillipe`s daughter-in-law, Nicole-Barbe Clicquot, who really laid the foundations of the modern company. She was one of the great innovators - it was she who invented remuage in the early 19th century. Now it is part of the LVMH group. The Non-Vintage Brut is a blend of 55% Pinot Noir, 30% Chardonnay and 15% Pinot Meunier. It has a nose of white fruits and freshly baked bread and is fresh and balanced on the palate. The vintage wines are similar in character but with more depth of fruit and more structure. La Grande Dame, first made in 1969, is a rich, smooth and finely textured Champagne that simply oozes class and breeding.
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