Veuve Clicquot : La Grande Dame Rose 2015

Characteristics and tasting notes for La Grande Dame Rosé 2015 by Maison Veuve Clicquot

The tasting

Color
Brilliant, with coppery highlights.

Nose
The nose reveals floral (violet, rose), fruity (strawberry, raspberry) and spicy aromas.

Palate
Complex, with aromas of red fruit, licorice, breadcrumbs and peppermint. A long, persistent finish.

Service

For an optimal tasting experience, serve between 10 and 12°C.

An exceptional Rose Champagne from the finest Champagne terroirs

The producer

Today, Veuve Clicquot has become a brand with a worldwide success. The Veuve Clicquot myth was created thanks to a woman: Madame Clicquot. It was in 1798 that François Clicquot married the daughter of Baron Nicolas Ponsardin. Son of the founder of the Clicquot Champagne House, he passed on all of his passion to his wife, initiating her into the secrets of champagne-making. When her husband passed away prematurely, at the age of 27, she took over the reins of the Veuve Clicquot Champagne House with determination. Guided by an innate sense of innovation and a perpetual quest for perfection, she invented the riddling table and marketed the first blended rosé champagne. Veuve Clicquot has turned this uncompromising requirement into her motto: "Only one quality, the finest".

The vineyard

La Grande Dame comes from a rigorous selection of Champagne's most illustrious Grands Crus.

The wine

To mark the bicentenary of the Maison Veuve Clicquot, this La Grande Dame champagne was launched in 1972 as a tribute to Madame Clicquot, nicknamed "La Grande Dame de la Champagne".

The blend

Pinot Noir (90%)
Chardonnay (10%)
The blend also includes 13% Pinot Noir red wine, exclusively from the Clos Colin parcel in Bouzy.