Brut
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2026
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Fresh oysters, pan-seared scallops, or roast chicken.
✨ Technical Specifications
Veuve Clicquot's signature Brut, famously recognized by its iconic yellow label, is the definitive ambassador of the house's style and rich heritage. Established in Reims, the house owes its legendary status to Madame Clicquot, who took the reins in 1805 and revolutionized Champagne production by inventing the riddling table to clarify the wine. This non-vintage cuvée is built on a foundation of Pinot Noir, which provides the structure, strength, and intense character so typical of the house. It is blended with Chardonnay for elegance and freshness, and Meunier for roundness. To ensure absolute consistency year after year, the master blender incorporates an exceptionally high proportion of priceless reserve wines (often 30% to 45%) sourced from multiple past harvests. Aged for a minimum of three years on its lees in the historic chalk crayères of Reims, the wine develops its signature complexity, balancing vibrant yellow fruitiness with rich brioche and vanilla notes.
🍾 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 50-55%, Chardonnay 28-33%, Meunier 15-20%
🍷 ABV
12%