Rich Reserve
⏳ Drinking Window
2020 - 2028
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Foie gras, Peking duck, fruit-based desserts
✨ Technical Specifications
Veuve Clicquot's Rich Reserve is a rare, vintage Sec Champagne that pays homage to the historical 19th-century preference for sweeter sparkling wines, which were famously favored by the Russian Imperial Court and European high society. While modern palates lean toward dry Brut styles, Madame Clicquot's era celebrated 'rich' wines with a higher dosage. Crafted only in exceptional years, this cuvée utilizes a robust backbone of Pinot Noir for structure, complemented by Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier. The elevated dosage is beautifully integrated through extensive cellar aging on the lees, resulting in a harmonious Champagne that balances luscious sweetness with vibrant acidity, showcasing mature notes of dried fruits, honey, and toasted brioche.
🍾 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
🍷 ABV
12%