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2015 Champagne Veuve Clicquot, La Grande Dame, Brut

  • White
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
Ready - at best
Simon Field MW
94-95/100
Tom Hewson
94/100
Product: 20158036382
2015 Champagne Veuve Clicquot, La Grande Dame, Brut

Description

Pinot Noir is now at the core of La Grande Dame blends at around 90%. It was a bold move at the time and has paid off. The wine expresses energy and elegance. Subdued at first, it blossoms on the nose. Grapefruit, lemon and blood orange aromas are followed by honey, almonds and warm bread on the mid palate. This is very much a Champagne to appreciate slowly. As you taste your final sip, that’s when you discover its full complexity.

Drink 2025 - 2040

Joshua Friend, Senior Account Manager, Berry Bros. & Rudd (April 2023)

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Colour White
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2015
Maturity Ready - at best
Body Full Bodied
Producer Veuve Clicquot

Critics reviews

Simon Field MW 94-95/100
A soft colour and gentle mousse; the nose is at first flinty-reductive, oyster shell and green apple to the fore, red fruit hitherto intriguingly absent. The floral notes are next to appear; jasmine and a touch of honeysuckle; delicate and upstanding.A little aeration and a little more by way of revelation; a citric foundation, then a slow build of honey, nutmeg, and just a whisper of ginger. Subtle power, la force tranquille; the dance of the seven veils is well under way, this promising plenty of drama to come and a more than happy ending.Simon Field MW, The World of Fine Wine (March 2023)
Simon Field MW, TheWorldOfFineWine.com (Mar 2023)
Tom Hewson 94/100
2015 shows off the sunny fruits of the year with more grip and intensity than the 2008 and 2012. Fleshy orange, red pear, dried pineapple and chewy grapefruit peel build on a firmly structured frame, although there is a suppleness of nougat and acacia honey lurking in the middle that promises to emerge with a little patience. The bustling energy of the vintage is sitting proud for now, bitter almond and fruit skin building to an energising close despite the moderate acidity. An edition that will perform especially well at the table. Drink 2023 - 2033 Tom Hewson, Decanter.com (March 2023)
Tom Hewson, Decanter.com (Mar 2023)

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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