Veuve Clicquot Extra Brut Extra Old avec étui
Description
Veuve Clicquot fait ce vin effervescent avec un coupage de ses meilleurs millésimes : 1988, 1996, 2006, 2008, 2009 et 2010. Ces vins ont été choisis pour leur noblesse et ont en commun une structure magnifique, une générosité et une fraîcheur. C'est, en résumé, le grand frère du classique de la maison, le Yellow Label, et il se montre très puissant et élégant en dégustation
Fiche technique
Dégustation
Vignoble et élaboration
L'avis des experts
Satisfying and impressively wrought example with a nervy, stylish nose, all lemons, apple pie and sea breeze. These characters magnify in the mouth and keep going. Long, salty lemon finish.
I like the toasty complexity here, with quince, dried apples, lemon pie, brioche, honey, walnut and nougat. Creamy and layered, with a medium body and soft bubbles. Delicious nut and pastry notes. 50% pinot noir with 30% chardonnay and 20% meunier. Made only from reserve wines from 1990, 1998, 1999, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2012. Dosage 3g/l. Disgorged on November 2018. This is the second edition. Delicious now.
One of the most interesting wines in the Veuve Cliquot portfolio is the NV Extra-Brut Extra Old, a blend of reserve wines from 2010 back to 1988—though the latter only represents some 2% of the assemblage—that spent three years in foudre before tirage, followed by three years sur lattes before disgorgement. Opening in the glass with a complex bouquet of toasted nuts, candied peel, orchard fruit, peach and smoke, it's medium to full-bodied, rich and saline, with a textural profile, lively acids and a long finish.
A new approach for this producer, this Champagne is almost dry and has also had six years' aging before release. The result is a taut, nervy and well-structured wine that is wonderfully crisp. Great acidity and citrus flavors add to the effect. Drink now.