VEUVE CLICQUOT X AUDI DINNER

Available for purchase from 14 May 2024 - 17 May 2024

250 years of savoir-faire

Barbe Nicole Clicquot Ponsardin was born in 1777, the daughter of a textile manufacturer in Reims, Champagne. Widowed at the age of only 27, she took control of her own destiny and became one of the first modern entrepreneurs. In an era when women were excluded from the business world, she dared to assume the head of the company founded by her father-in-law in 1772, a role she undertook with passion and determination.

Her creativity and lust for innovation led to many firsts in Champagne: the first known vintage champagne; the invention of the riddling table; the first known blended rosé champagne. Three inventions that revolutionised champagne making and were widely adopted by producers, becoming the basis of modern champagne production.

Madame Clicquot made her name into a brand of excellence and had it shine the world over. Her formidable contributions earned her the nickname of "la grande dame of Champagne".

Only one quality,the finest

Champagne is a wine of legend. The entire history of the Veuve Clicquot House is marked by mythical wines, all of which respect the demand for quality that was the force that drove Madame Clicquot. True to this heritage, the House is proud of its motto: "Only one quality, the finest."

A short lineage of just 11 Cellar Masters has led this quest for quality, thereby ensuring the continuity of the Veuve Clicquot style: strength and complexity. Veuve Clicquot priors itself on excellence and quality. Only the juice from the cuvée (the first and most noble pressing) is used.

  • BRUT YELLOW LABEL

    Grapes from as many as 50 to 60 different Crus go to the blending of Yellow Label. 

    Clicquot Yellow Label truly is the House’s signature champagne – balancing all 4 dimensions defining the Veuve Clicquot style: freshness, strength, aromatic richness & silkiness

     

    APPEARANCE

    • Golden-Yellow
    • Fine bubbles

     

    AROMAS

    • White and yellow fruits (pear, apple, peach)
    • Citrus notes (mandarin, grapefruit)
    • Pastry aromas (brioche, croissant)
    • Hint of dried fruits
  • BRUT ROSÉ 

    Full bodied and deliciously fruity, with intense flavors of juicy ripe strawberries and cherries, Veuve Clicquot’s Rosé is a burst of red fruits and the expression of Madame Clicquot’s ingenious and audacious spirit.

     

     

    APPEARANCE

    • Luminous color
    • Copper hues

     

    AROMAS

    • Red and black fruits (cherry, strawberry, raspberry, blueberry)
    • Spices licorice
    • Pastry (biscuit, croissant)
    • Orange zest and peel Gingerbread and toasted bread

     

  • LA GRANDE DAME 2015

    La Grande Dame 2015 is an exceptional sunny vintage for a wine full of tension and elegance. It reveals this great wine’s verticality thanks to the Pinot Noirs harvested from our historical Crus.

     

     

    TASTING PROFILE

    Held up to the light, La Grande Dame 2015 reveals a beautiful, golden robe that sparkles brightly.

     

    This solar vintage, while elegant and precise, offers fresh minerality with light floral notes of jasmine and acacia on the nose, which evolve into fruity notes of pear and clementine.

     

    As for the first sip, it envelops the palate with a delightfully subtle, silky texture.

  • LA GRANDE DAME ROSÉ  2015

    Veuve Clicquot unveils La Grande Dame Rosé 2015, a tribute to Madame Clicquot's pioneering spirit.

     

    In 1818, she defied conventional practices by blending her red wine from her beloved ‘Clos Colin’ parcel with her white wine. Criticized at first, she is now acknowledged as the inventor of the first known blended rosé champagne.

     

    TASTING PROFILE

    Held up to the light, La Grande Dame 2015 reveals a beautiful, golden robe that sparkles brightly.

     

    This solar vintage, while elegant and precise, offers fresh minerality with light floral notes of jasmine and acacia on the nose, which evolve into fruity notes of pear and clementine.

     

    As for the first sip, it envelops the palate with a delightfully subtle, silky texture.