Brut Vintage Rose
⏳ Drinking Window
2021 - 2032
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
roasted duck, seared salmon, aged Iberico ham
✨ Technical Specifications
Veuve Clicquot's Vintage Rosé is a testament to the house's pioneering spirit, tracing its lineage back to 1818 when Madame Clicquot herself broke with tradition to create the very first blended Rosé Champagne by combining her still red wines from Bouzy with her white sparkling wines. Crafted only in exceptional years, this cuvée highlights the structure and power of Pinot Noir, which dominates the blend. The grapes are sourced from prestigious Grand and Premier Cru vineyards in the Montagne de Reims and Côte des Blancs. To achieve its deep complexity and copper-pink hue, a portion of Pinot Noir is vinified as still red wine before blending. The wine is then aged for several years in the historic, labyrinthine chalk cellars (Crayères) of Reims, resulting in a Champagne of remarkable depth, boasting notes of red berries, toasted brioche, and refined minerality.
🍾 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
🍷 ABV
12.5%