Brut 250th Anniversary Edition Vintage
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared sea scallops, roasted poultry with wild mushrooms, and aged Comté cheese.
✨ Technical Specifications
Celebrating two and a half centuries of pioneering spirit, the Veuve Clicquot Brut 250th Anniversary Edition Vintage honors the legacy of Madame Clicquot, who took the reins of the house in 1805 and revolutionized Champagne production with her invention of the riddling table. This commemorative vintage bottling showcases the house's signature style, heavily anchored by Pinot Noir which provides structure and vinous depth. Sourced predominantly from prestigious Grand and Premier Cru vineyards across the Montagne de Reims and Côte des Blancs, the blend is complemented by Chardonnay for elegance and Meunier for fruitiness. Aged for several years on its lees in the historic chalk Crayères, the wine develops a complex profile characterized by toasted brioche, ripe stone fruits, and a refined mineral tension derived from the region's classic Kimmeridgian chalk soils.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1772 by Philippe Clicquot, Maison Veuve Clicquot attained legendary status under the stewardship of Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin, who was widowed in 1805. Madame Clicquot pioneered landmark innovations, creating the first recorded vintage Champagne in 1810, developing the riddling table (pupitre) in 1816, and formulating the modern blended rosé Champagne method in 1818. Today owned by LVMH, the house oversees roughly 390 hectares of estate vineyards—dominated by Grand and Premier Cru parcels across the Montagne de Reims, Côte des Blancs, and Vallée de la Marne—all certified under Haute Valeur Environnementale (HVE 3) and Viticulture Durable en Champagne (VDC). Under Cellar Master Didier Mariotti, the winemaking philosophy remains anchored in Pinot Noir, imparting structure, breadth, and vinous intensity. Masterful reserve-wine blending and extended maturation inside Reims' UNESCO-listed Gallo-Roman chalk crayères define benchmark cuvées such as Yellow Label Brut, Extra Brut Extra Old, and the prestigious vintage cuvée, La Grande Dame.
🍇 Grapes
Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier