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Wine Description
The Story
Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame is name in honour of the famed and undoubted Champagne pioneer, widow Clicquot. Widowed at the tender age of 28, Madame Clicquot continued her late husband's work and is the sole reason why her Champagne house is held in the high esteem that it is today. The 1998 La Grande Dame is a wine of pure beauty and power.
A majority blend of Pinot Noir, the vintage conditions are clearly visible in the glass with flavo...
Wine Information
Symbolizing the ancestral savoir-faire of Maison Veuve Clicquot, La Grande Dame 2018 embodies the quintessential expression of Pinot Noir, the flagship grape variety of Champagne. True to Madame Clicquot's visionary philosophy, "Our black grapes make the finest white wines", this exceptional vintage combines power and delicacy in a blend of 90% Pinot Noir, complemented by 10% Chardonnay.
Produced from a generous, sun-drenched harvest, this ...
Vintage 2018
CHAMPAGNE: With record rainfall in winter, many hours of sunshine in spring and summer and the earliest harvest on record, the 2018 harvest in Champagne was truly unique. Its prematurity, abundant volume, ripeness and wholesomeness have left many growers singing its praises to the harvest. After a wet winter, budburst took place in April, from which time growth was accelerated. The exceptional conditions led to vigorous vegetative growth and a...
