Ultra Brut
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2028
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Fresh oysters on the half shell, sashimi or crudo, and light seafood tempura.
✨ Technical Specifications
Laurent-Perrier's Ultra Brut is a historic pioneer in the zero-dosage Champagne category. Its origins date back to 1889, when Mathilde Emilie Perrier, the formidable widow who ran the house, created a 'Grand Vin Sans Sucre' to cater to the dry palates of British connoisseurs. Although the style slipped into obscurity, Bernard de Nonancourt revived it in 1981, launching the modern Ultra Brut. Crafted from a meticulous selection of fully ripe Chardonnay and Pinot Noir grapes from Grand and Premier Cru villages, this cuvée requires exceptional raw material because there is no dosage (added sugar) to mask any imperfections. Aged for at least six years on its lees, this bone-dry Champagne showcases a pure, crystalline expression of terroir, characterized by intense mineral drive, citrus purity, and a remarkably clean finish.
🍾 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