Alexandra Grande Cuvee Rose
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted game birds (such as duck or pheasant), glazed wild salmon, and premium cured meats like Jamon Iberico.
✨ Technical Specifications
Laurent-Perrier's Alexandra Grande Cuvee Rose is a legendary prestige cuvee born from a secret passion project of Bernard de Nonancourt, who created this rare rose to present to his eldest daughter, Alexandra, on her wedding day in 1987. Unlike most rose Champagnes made by blending red and white wines, Alexandra is crafted through a rare and demanding co-maceration process. Pinot Noir (typically around 80%) from celebrated Grand Crus like Ambonnay and Bouzy is macerated together with Chardonnay (around 20%) from the Cote des Blancs. This simultaneous maceration of two distinct grape varieties requires meticulous timing to extract the perfect delicate salmon-pink hue and complex aromatic profile without overpowering the wine. Aged for a minimum of a decade on its lees in the chalk cellars of Tours-sur-Marne, this Champagne is only released in exceptional vintage years, offering a sublime balance of red berry intensity, mineral precision, and velvety texture.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1812 by André Michel Pierlot in Tours-sur-Marne, Laurent-Perrier grew into one of Champagne's preeminent family-owned houses under the visionary stewardship of Bernard de Nonancourt. Situated at the junction of the Montagne de Reims, Vallée de la Marne, and Côte des Blancs, the domaine draws from prestigious Grand Cru villages rooted in deep, moisture-regulating Belemnite chalk and limestone subsoils. Pioneering the systematic use of stainless-steel temperature-controlled fermentation during the late 1970s, Laurent-Perrier forged a signature vinous architecture anchored by Chardonnay dominance, absolute reductive clarity, crystalline freshness, and pristine tension without oxidative masking. Led cellar-side by Chef de Cave Olivier Vigneron under the custodianship of the de Nonancourt family, the estate's benchmark cuvées include its emblematic Cuvée Rosé macerated from 100% Pinot Noir and the prestigious Grand Siècle, a benchmark multi-vintage prestige assemblage blending three complementary declared vintage declarations to reconstruct the ideal year.
🍇 Grapes
Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier