Ponsardin Brut NV
⏳ Drinking Window
2018 - 2024
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Fresh oysters, aged Parmesan cheese, pan-seared scallops
✨ Technical Specifications
Veuve Clicquot’s signature Ponsardin Brut NV, famously known as the Yellow Label, is an iconic symbol of Champagne excellence. Established in Reims, the house owes its legendary status to Madame Clicquot, the Grand Dame of Champagne, who took over in 1805 and pioneered the riddling table to clarify sparkling wine. This non-vintage cuvée is defined by its Pinot Noir dominance, which provides the structural strength and complexity characteristic of the house style. It is blended with Chardonnay for elegance and Pinot Meunier for roundness, incorporating a high proportion of reserve wines aged up to nine years to ensure consistency and depth across releases. The famous yellow label, first introduced in the late 19th century, represents a legacy of innovation, strength, and celebration.
🍾 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%, Pinot Meunier 15-20%
🍷 ABV
12%