Grand Siecle Iteration N°26
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2038
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared sea scallops, roasted guinea fowl, and aged Comté cheese.
✨ Technical Specifications
Conceived in 1959 by the visionary Bernard de Nonancourt, Laurent-Perrier's Grand Siècle represents a revolutionary approach to prestige Champagne. Rather than showcasing a single vintage, it blends three exceptional years to recreate the 'perfect year' of balance, complexity, and structure. Named in honor of the 17th-century golden age of Louis XIV, Iteration N°26 is a masterclass in assembly, blending the legendary 2012, 2008, and 2004 vintages. Sourced exclusively from 11 of Champagne's most prestigious Grand Cru villages—including Cramant, Avize, and Le Mesnil-sur-Oger for Chardonnay, and Ambonnay, Bouzy, and Mailly for Pinot Noir—the wine undergoes more than a decade of cellar aging on its lees. This meticulous process yields a Champagne of breathtaking depth, marrying fresh citrus, white flowers, and toasted brioche with a vibrant, chalky minerality.
🍾 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