Producer:Veuve Clicquot
Region:Champagne,France
Blend:51% Pinot Noir, 34% Chardonnay, 15% Meunier
Year:2012

Wine & Spirits, 94 Points

“This focuses on red fruit (51 percent pinot noir, 15 percent meunier), with chardonnay providing the balance, all of it from premier or grand cru sites. A portion of the blend (11 percent) was aged in foudres, adding power to the wines structure without diminishing its scent of spring flowers, a sunny, floral note that contrasts the wines chalk cloud of minerality and its rich depths of flavor. A great vintage from Clicquot, this is fresh, grand and giving.”

James Suckling, 94 Points

“Theres a serious structure behind the considerable richness of this bold champagne. A wide range of dried-fruit aromas, but also some mint and sage freshness. Complex texture at the long, chalky finish. 12% of the cuve is fermented in barrel. 60% pinot noir, 30% chardonnay and 10% pinot meunier, all from Premier and Grand Cru vineyards. Drink or hold.”

Wine Enthusiast, 92 Points

“This is a vintage very much in the producers style. It is soft, with a dosage that gives baked-apple flavors as well as acidity. Both need to come together in this young wine. Its dosage will allow it to age well into a toasty old age.”

Decanter, 91 Points

“Floral, pepper and raspberry bouquet. Crunchy and lively in the mouth with red fruits, steely grip and a supple long finish. Good ageing potential.”

Alcohol: 12%

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