Grand Siecle Iteration N°27
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pairs magnificently with noble seafood such as seared turbot or lobster, roasted milk-fed veal, and aged hard cheeses like Comté.
✨ Technical Specifications
Grand Siècle is Laurent-Perrier's pinnacle expression, conceived in 1959 by the visionary Bernard de Nonancourt. Rejecting the traditional notion that a single vintage can capture perfection, de Nonancourt sought to recreate the 'perfect year' by blending three exceptional, complementary vintages. Iteration N°27 is a masterclass in this philosophy, uniting the stellar years of 2015, 2012, and 2008. Composed of approximately 52% Chardonnay and 48% Pinot Noir sourced exclusively from 11 prestigious Grand Cru villages, this cuvée is aged for over eight years on its lees. The name pays homage to the 17th-century 'Grand Siècle' of Louis XIV, an era of unprecedented artistic and culinary refinement in France, and the wine is housed in a distinctive curved bottle modeled after historical 17th-century hand-blown glass. It offers a spectacular balance of tension, depth, and aromatic complexity, featuring notes of candied citrus, fresh honey, toasted brioche, and 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