[SOLD-OUT] Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame 2004

Mike Bennie 95+ Points!
Disgorged at the end of 2010 with 7 years on the lees. 'We don't disgorge all the bottles at once, we disgorge for the need of the year after. The longer the aging on the lees, the longer it must be after disgorgement before release. The wine needs more time to rebalance'. Most of La Grande Dame is sourced from Veuve Clicquot's own vineyards and in the 2004 it is 61% pinot noir and 39% chardonnay. Demarville states 'for me the idea is to make a creamy and light pinot noir style wine, most of the time pinot Noir wines from Champagne are seen as heavy taste, concentrated, which is not what I am looking for in La Grande Dame. For me the Veuve Clicquot style of course comes from fresh fruit flavours, yes, it is complexity but it's also very bright acidity, a lot of energy. If it is heavy it isn't Veuve Clicquot', in Demarville's words.

(MB) " Immediately ultra fresh citrus, orchard fruit, blossom aromas. Steely almost, chalk and talc perfume too. Laser-like in the palate, structured and tense, still coats the mouth but in gossamer-like delicacy, finishes very fine and long. Reveals the hand of heavier pinot noir in faint strawberry wafts in the bouquet and in slender chalky tannin, the residual presence of very faint red fruits with soft sweetness. A hand print in sand. Very precise, so much detail to investigate in the mouth, and most important, spectacularly refreshing. A very good LGD vintage."
The Wine Front, Mar 2012

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Ralph Kyte-Powell 95 points!
Heading a superb 2004 Veuve Clicquot champagne family, La Grande Dame has fantastic complexity. Refined fruit, yeast, leesy ferment, seamless intensity and finesse. Lovely.
The Age Epicure, 17th December 2013.

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Country:

France

Region:

France- Champagne

Variety:

Wine Sparkling - Champagne

Size:

750mL