La Grande Dame X Simone Porte Jacquemus
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2038
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared sea scallops, roasted pheasant or guinea fowl, and aged hard cheeses like Comte.
✨ Technical Specifications
La Grande Dame, the prestige cuvee of Veuve Clicquot, stands as a tribute to Madame Clicquot, the revolutionary 'Grande Dame of Champagne' who pioneered the riddling table and championed Pinot Noir. This exclusive collaboration with French fashion designer Simone Porte Jacquemus celebrates the solar energy and optimism of the house's exceptional vintages. Crafted predominantly from historical Grand Cru Pinot Noir vineyards in villages such as Verzenay, Verzy, and Bouzy, complemented by a touch of Chardonnay from Avize and Mesnil-sur-Oger, this cuvee represents the pinnacle of precision and power. The wine undergoes extensive cellar aging on its lees, resulting in a complex, structured Champagne that beautifully marries the tension of the terroir with a rich, expressive vinous character.
🍾 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