Classification | |
Type | Effervescent |
Marque | Veuve Clicquot |
Millésime | 2012 |
Pays | France |
Région | Champagne |
Raisin | Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier, Chardonnay |
Volume | |
État | Parfait |
Étiquette | Parfait |
Consommable | 2024-2038 |
Stock | 0 |
The 2012 Brut Rosé La Grande Dame is the finest wine I've tasted from Veuve Clicquot in several decades. Offering up aromas of red berries, bee pollen, orange zest and freshly baked bread, it's medium to full-bodied, pillowy and precise, with a deep core of fruit and a vibrant, tightly coiled profile, concluding with a penetrating, sapid finish. This isn't the muscular, powerful Clicquot style of yesteryear, but it's a compelling effort in a fine-boned, more polished register.
Fine and graceful, this dances across the palate with its bright, well-defined freshness and detailed flavors of Mandarin orange, toast point, crème de cassis and minerally oyster shell. Subtle in its intensity, with all the pieces seamlessly knit into an elegant whole.