Grand Siecle
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared sea scallops, roasted poultry with wild mushrooms, or aged Comte cheese.
✨ Technical Specifications
Laurent-Perrier's Grand Siecle is a testament to the visionary philosophy of Bernard de Nonancourt, who in 1959 challenged the traditional notion of vintage prestige cuvees. Believing that nature could never provide the perfect single year, he sought to recreate it by blending three exceptional, complementary vintages declared by the house. Named in honor of the 17th-century 'Great Century' of King Louis XIV, this masterpiece is crafted from a selection of 11 of Champagne's most prestigious Grand Crus. The blend typically favors Chardonnay from legendary villages like Avize, Cramant, and Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, balanced by Pinot Noir from Mailly, Ambonnay, and Bouzy. Aged on its lees for over a decade, it achieves a sublime harmony of fresh citrus, toasted brioche, honeyed hazelnuts, and intense minerality, embodying the pinnacle of the art of assemblage.
🍾 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