RSRV Cuvee Lalou
⏳ Drikkevindue
2024 - 2034
🍽️ Mad & Vin-match
Pan-seared sea scallops, roasted milk-fed veal, or aged Comté cheese.
✨ Tekniske specifikationer
Named in honor of René Lalou, the legendary and visionary chairman who presided over G.H. Mumm for half a century, RSRV Cuvée Lalou represents the absolute pinnacle of the house's winemaking. Lalou was a passionate patron of the arts and a meticulous protector of terroir, establishing the historic Grand Cru parcels that define this prestige cuvée today. Crafted only in exceptional vintage years, this rare Champagne is an equal marriage of Grand Cru Pinot Noir from the Montagne de Reims (such as Verzenay and Ambonnay) and Grand Cru Chardonnay from the Côte des Blancs (including Cramant and Avize). Each parcel is vinified separately before blending, followed by approximately a decade of patient maturation on the lees in the historic chalk cellars of Reims. The result is a complex, majestic wine that balances the structural power of Pinot Noir with the mineral elegance and precision of Chardonnay.
🍾 Om vinhuset / producenten
Champagne G.H. Mumm blev grundlagt i Reims i 1827 af Mumm-brødrene og deres partnere og hører til blandt de mest legendariske og fremtrædende huse i Champagne. Husets ikoniske status blev for alvor slået fast i 1876, da Georges Hermann Mumm prydede flaskerne med det berømte røde silkebånd – inspireret af Æreslegionens Grand Cordon – som et symbol på husets urokkelige motto: »Kun det bedste«. Med solide rødder i omfattende Grand Cru-besiddelser, særligt på Montagne de Reims, bygger Mumms vinstil på Pinot Noir-druens struktur, friskhed og kraftfulde karakter. Huset er verdenskendt for sin livlige signaturcuvée, Cordon Rouge Brut, samt sofistikerede prestigetapninger som Cuvée R. Lalou og den historiske, mineralske Mumm de Cramant Blanc de Blancs.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier