Grand Siecle les Reserves N°20
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2033
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared turbot with a rich butter sauce, slow-roasted milk-fed veal, and aged Comté or Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese.
✨ Technical Specifications
Conceived by the visionary Bernard de Nonancourt in 1959, Laurent-Perrier's Grand Siècle represents the pinnacle of Champagne blending philosophy: recreating the 'perfect year' by marrying three exceptional, complementary vintages. The ultra-rare 'Les Réserves' N°20 is a monument to this art, blending the legendary 1999, 1997, and 1996 vintages. Composed of approximately 60% Chardonnay and 40% Pinot Noir sourced exclusively from prestigious Grand Cru vineyards such as Cramant, Avize, and Ambonnay, this cuvée underwent more than two decades of slow maturation on its lees in magnums and jeroboams within the chalk cellars of Tours-sur-Marne. The result is an incredibly complex, deep, and majestic Champagne that honors the 'Grand Siècle' (Great Century) of King Louis XIV, a golden age of French gastronomy and culture.
🍾 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