Grand Siecle Iteration N°22
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared sea scallops with a rich butter sauce, slow-roasted poultry such as capon or pheasant, and aged hard cheeses like vintage Comté.
✨ Technical Specifications
Grand Siècle is Laurent-Perrier's signature prestige cuvée, conceived in 1959 by the visionary Bernard de Nonancourt. Rejecting the convention that a prestige Champagne must be a single vintage, de Nonancourt sought to recreate the 'perfect year' by blending three exceptional complementary vintages. The name pays homage to the 17th century, the 'Great Century' of Louis XIV, an era of unparalleled refinement in French gastronomy and art, and the wine is presented in a distinctive curved bottle inspired by the period's hand-blown glass. Iteration N°22 is a masterful assemblage of the 2004, 2002, and 1999 vintages, composed of approximately 55% Chardonnay and 45% Pinot Noir sourced exclusively from 11 of Champagne's most prestigious Grand Crus. Aged for over a decade on its lees, this cuvée balances the freshness of Chardonnay from the Côte des Blancs with the structural power of Pinot Noir from the Montagne de Reims, resulting in a complex profile of toasted brioche, candied citrus, honey, and roasted hazelnuts.
🍾 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