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Wine Description
The Story
Nicolas Feuillatte’s iconic cuvée, capturing its quintessential style, Palmes d’Or Brut is only revealed through the prism of the vintage, when a truly exceptional harvest year enables its primary qualities to truly shine. A wine defined by time, capable of stirring supreme emotion, offering texture and flavours of great finesse.
A precious, black, opaque bottle that shuns accepted Champagne tradition. A bottle specially designed to contain this exceptional Champagne, facetted like a precious stone, its exterior illuminated with a thousand shards of light. Golden letters, traced with a touch of luxury, subtly underscore the promise of an exceptional Champagne.
Blend:
• Chardonnay 50%, Pinot Noir 50% from 11-12 Grand Crus
• 95% of wines sourced from Grand Cru vineyards, a blend of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay in equal measure.
• Chardonnay – Chouilly, Cramant, Oger, Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, Avize et Montgueux)
• Pinot Noir – Bouzy, Verzy, Verzenay, Aÿ et Ambonnay..
• A pure gem, an ode to beauty.
• Rested in the cellars for almost a decade.
• A defining feature: Chardonnay from Montgueux, more tropical, fleshy and intense in character, and imparting its aromatic patina and cohesive qualities.
Taste:
• Aromas of bracingly fresh white fruits, dried almonds and apricots, and a slight hint of spice.
• Upfront, permeating flavours of redcurrant and citrus fruits. A second wave of Pinot Noir freshness and streak of minerality, underpinned by a distinctive chalk signature and acutely delicate smoky edge.
Vintage 1998
This year's harvest is the largest the region has ever seen. Every corner of the appellation has managed to achieve the maximum authorized harvest yield of 10,400 kilos of grapes per hectare. Producers were also allowed to harvest an additional 2,600 kg which was allocated to the Champagne reserve, called blocking. This led to 330 million bottles of champagne being made in total. The lock-in system (which allows more production than necessary to meet demand) was the main tool for maintaining a stable price level in the 1990s.
