Extra Brut Extra Old 4
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2030
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Fresh oysters on the half shell, pan-seared sea scallops, or aged Comté cheese.
✨ Technical Specifications
Veuve Clicquot's Extra Brut Extra Old 4 represents the ultimate expression of the house's blending heritage, drawing from their legendary library of reserve wines. This unique multi-vintage cuvée is crafted exclusively from prestigious reserve years, selected for their complexity and freshness. The blend primarily features Pinot Noir for structure, complemented by Chardonnay for elegance and Meunier for roundness. Madame Clicquot, the 'Grande Dame of Champagne' who revolutionized the region with the invention of the riddling table, championed the use of reserve wines to ensure consistency. For this cuvée, the wines are aged on their lees in vats for several years before undergoing a second prolonged aging period in the bottle after disgorgement. With a very low dosage, this wine showcases a pure, mineral-driven expression of Champagne's chalky terroir, balanced by rich, autolytic notes of toasted brioche, ripe citrus, and candied fruits.
🍾 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