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  • Country ranking ?

    979
  • Producer ranking ?

    22
  • Decanting time

    No
  • When to drink

    now to 2030
  • Food Pairing

    Salmon with a mild butter sauce

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The success of champagne at the beginning of the twentieth century contrasted sharply with the problems of the region that assailed its production and those who worked there . The Belle Epoque was its golden age. It was a period of unbridled pleasure for the wealthy classes and a phenomenon occurred whereby champagne became synonymous with the celebrations that always involved flutes and coupes and which were what Comtesse de Pange called the ...

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The Story

Perrier-Jouët Belle Epoque is the original Belle Epoque vintage cuvée, first appearing in 1964. Instantly recognisable throughout the world, its bottle is adorned with the graceful spray of Japanese white anemones created for Maison Perrier-Jouët by Art Nouveau master Emile Gallé in 1902.

Working at the vat, plot by plot, the Cellar Master tastes and tests time and again, finally isolating the wines, turning each cuvée into a unique wine th...

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Wine Information

1996 - A rare vintage, consigned for many years to the silence of the Perrier-Jouët cellars, an authentic expression of a tradition handed down since 1811.

The House has perpetuated the art of the vintage ever since 1811. It first selects choice wines from remarkable years and then consigns these rare vintages to the silence of its cellars. While each in turn possesses the particular character of its year, they all illustrate the outstandin...

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Vintage 1996

Up to this point 1996 has been considered a fantastic vintage which produced classic wines; the best since 1990. A long, dry summer produced grapes of record ripeness with record acidity. Some, including myself, question how the 1996s are aging. The wines are generally characterized by a distinctive rather lemony acidity and very good attack, but some wines now seem terribly austere, while others already seem dangerously short of fruit. None o...

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Tasting note

color

Medium and Green-Yellow

ending

Long, Smooth and Round

flavors

Toasty and Mineral

nose

Youthful, Round, Complex and Fresh

recommend

Yes

taste

High in Acidity, Low alcohol content, Well-structured, Balanced, Multi-dimensional, Medium-bodied, Fresh, Round, Elegant and Dry

Written Notes

Pale lemony colour. Creamy developed elegantly toasty nose. Classic style with butter and smoky mineral tones as well as tart lemon on the palate. The fine acid structure is well integrated to the fruit and mousse. Delicious and nuanced with impressive intensity. The 1996 starts to drink well. However, it will peak in 10 years time.
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Origin

Épernay, Champagne

Vintage Quality

Excellent

Value For Money

Very good

Investment potential

No Potential

Fake factory

None

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