Cuvee Edouard Werle Brut
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2034
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Classic roasted poultry with a rich cream sauce, seared sea scallops, or aged hard cheeses like Comté.
✨ Technical Specifications
Named in honor of Édouard Werlé, the trusted business partner who succeeded the legendary Madame Clicquot in 1866, this ultra-rare prestige cuvée represents a historic chapter in the legacy of Veuve Clicquot. Produced only in exceptional vintage years prior to the introduction of 'La Grande Dame', the Cuvée Édouard Werlé is a masterclass in the house's signature style. It is crafted primarily from Pinot Noir sourced from historic Grand Cru vineyards in the Montagne de Reims, which provides power and structure, balanced by Chardonnay from prestigious Côte des Blancs sites for elegance and longevity. Aged for an extended period on its lees in the house's chalk crayères, this Champagne develops profound complexity, characterized by notes of dried stone fruits, toasted brioche, hazelnut, and a deep, mineral-driven finish.
🍾 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