Blanc de Blancs de Chardonnay
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2030
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Fresh oysters on the half shell, pan-seared white fish, or light poultry dishes.
✨ Technical Specifications
Laurent-Perrier's relationship with Chardonnay is legendary, championed by the visionary Bernard de Nonancourt who redefined the house style towards freshness, elegance, and purity. The Blanc de Blancs Brut Nature is the ultimate expression of this philosophy. Sourced from choice Grand Cru and Premier Cru vineyards across the Côte des Blancs and the Montagne de Reims, this cuvée is crafted from 100% Chardonnay. Vinified in stainless steel to preserve the pristine fruit and aged extensively on its lees, it is disgorged with zero dosage. This reveals the stark, mineral-driven beauty of the chalky Champagne soils, balanced by a delicate, persistent effervescence, vibrant citrus notes, and a complex, chalky finish.
🍾 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
100% Chardonnay