The 2015 Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame is the house’s prestige cuvée, named in honor of Madame Clicquot, the pioneering figure who helped establish the estate’s reputation in the early 1800s. First launched in 1972 to mark the 200th anniversary of the house, La Grande Dame is sourced predominantly from eight historic Grand Cru vineyards—among them Verzenay, Verzy, and Ambonnay—totaling just over 90 hectares, with a focus on Pinot Noir (90%) and a small proportion of Chardonnay (10%). The 2015 vintage offered ideal ripening conditions following a dry, warm season with well-timed rainfall in August, allowing the Pinot to reach excellent maturity. Vinification is entirely in stainless steel with full malolactic conversion, and the wine is aged for nearly 8 years on the lees before disgorgement with a low dosage of around 6g/L. This release shows the hallmark depth and structure of Pinot-driven vintages: ripe red fruits, chalky tension, and a refined finish with excellent cellaring potential. 2015 is arguably the best example of the Grande Dame of all time. It's a top-tier tête de cuvée that shows Veuve’s ultra-serious side with Grand Cru precision and is available today at this excellent pricing!
Antonio Galloni 95 pts! The 2015 La Grande Dame is bright and nicely focused. There’s good energy driving a core of Pinot Noir fruit. Pear, white flowers, mint, white pepper and lime are nicely delineated. The 2015 is not the most complex Grande Dame I have ever tasted, but it offers plenty of immediacy with no vegetal notes or hard contours that have proven so challenging elsewhere. This is an expertly made Champagne by any measure. Dosage is 6 grams per liter. Disgorged: October, 2021. (Drink between 2023 - 2030)
John Gilman 95 pts! The 2015 vintage of La Grande Dame is a beautiful bottle of bubbly. It has a more forward character than the 2012, so will drink splendidly from the moment it is released into the market. It is composed from the now customary ninety percent pinot noir and ten percent chardonnay; this cépages has come to define this cuvée in its last few iterations. The vins clairs are all aged in stainless steel and the wine spent five years aging sur latte prior to its disgorgement in October of 2021. It was finished with a dosage of six grams per liter. The bouquet is quite beautiful already, wafting from the glass in a blend of apple, white peach, fresh-baked bread, fine base of minerality, a touch of caraway seed and a gently smoky topnote. On the palate the wine is bright, deep and full, with a superb core of fruit, refined mousse, bright acids and a long, complex, impeccably balanced finish. First class juice. (Drink between 2023 - 2065)
2015 Veuve Clicquot Champagne Brut La Grande Dame
2015 Veuve Clicquot Champagne Brut La Grande Dame
The 2015 Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame is the house’s prestige cuvée, named in honor of Madame Clicquot, the pioneering figure who helped establish the estate’s reputation in the early 1800s. First launched in 1972 to mark the 200th anniversary of the house, La Grande Dame is sourced predominantly from eight historic Grand Cru vineyards—among them Verzenay, Verzy, and Ambonnay—totaling just over 90 hectares, with a focus on Pinot Noir (90%) and a small proportion of Chardonnay (10%). The 2015 vintage offered ideal ripening conditions following a dry, warm season with well-timed rainfall in August, allowing the Pinot to reach excellent maturity. Vinification is entirely in stainless steel with full malolactic conversion, and the wine is aged for nearly 8 years on the lees before disgorgement with a low dosage of around 6g/L. This release shows the hallmark depth and structure of Pinot-driven vintages: ripe red fruits, chalky tension, and a refined finish with excellent cellaring potential. 2015 is arguably the best example of the Grande Dame of all time. It's a top-tier tête de cuvée that shows Veuve’s ultra-serious side with Grand Cru precision and is available today at this excellent pricing!
Antonio Galloni 95 pts! The 2015 La Grande Dame is bright and nicely focused. There’s good energy driving a core of Pinot Noir fruit. Pear, white flowers, mint, white pepper and lime are nicely delineated. The 2015 is not the most complex Grande Dame I have ever tasted, but it offers plenty of immediacy with no vegetal notes or hard contours that have proven so challenging elsewhere. This is an expertly made Champagne by any measure. Dosage is 6 grams per liter. Disgorged: October, 2021. (Drink between 2023 - 2030)
John Gilman 95 pts! The 2015 vintage of La Grande Dame is a beautiful bottle of bubbly. It has a more forward character than the 2012, so will drink splendidly from the moment it is released into the market. It is composed from the now customary ninety percent pinot noir and ten percent chardonnay; this cépages has come to define this cuvée in its last few iterations. The vins clairs are all aged in stainless steel and the wine spent five years aging sur latte prior to its disgorgement in October of 2021. It was finished with a dosage of six grams per liter. The bouquet is quite beautiful already, wafting from the glass in a blend of apple, white peach, fresh-baked bread, fine base of minerality, a touch of caraway seed and a gently smoky topnote. On the palate the wine is bright, deep and full, with a superb core of fruit, refined mousse, bright acids and a long, complex, impeccably balanced finish. First class juice. (Drink between 2023 - 2065)
