Description
// 90% Pinot Noir and 10% Chardonnay (entirely Grand Cru fruit)
Aged on lees for 5 years before disgorgement early 2024
6g/L dosage
"La Grande Dame 2018 enhances the Pinot Noir, which accounts for 90% of the blend, in keeping with Madame Clicquot’s vision: ‘Our black grapes give the finest white wines’. Deep and precise, the 2018 vintage is one of the finest harvests in recent years." - House Notes
"The long sunny days and warmth of the 2018 vintage has provided glowing stone and citrus fruit to this glorious Grande Dame. While the initial attack plays on various riffs of lemon oil, verbena, orange rind and grapefruit, it's the deeply mineral and tightly wound core that surprises most with this wine, and this is what will ensure its long-term ageing potential. Delectable candied orange rind builds to a crescendo of yuzu and coconut cream. A luminous and energetic iteration of La Grande Dame." - 97 Points, Natalie Earl, Decanter
"The 2018 La Grande Dame is a very pretty wine that shows the contemporary style that is prevalent here these days. Floral overtones lift a core of citrus fruit, while marzipan, anise, mint, dried pear and spice open with a bit of coaxing. The 2018 is a delicate Grand Dame, as most Champagnes are in a vintage in which yields were exceptionally high. I especially admire the finesse here." - 94 Points, Antonio Galloni, Vinous