Yellow Label Brut Ice Jacket
⏳ Drikkevindue
2021 - 2025
🍽️ Mad & Vin-match
Fresh oysters on the half shell, aged Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, and classic lightly salted potato chips or French fries.
✨ Tekniske specifikationer
Veuve Clicquot's iconic Yellow Label Brut, presented here in its innovative, portable Ice Jacket, represents the historic house's signature style. Founded in 1772, the house was famously shaped by Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin—the 'Grande Dame of Champagne'—who took the reins in 1805. Madame Clicquot revolutionized Champagne production by inventing the riddling table to clarify the wine and creating the first blended Rosé. The Yellow Label, trademarked in 1877, is a masterclass in blending consistency, dominated by Pinot Noir (50-55%) for structure, balanced by Chardonnay (28-33%) for elegance, and Meunier (15-20%) for fruitiness. Sourced from up to 60 different crus and incorporating a high proportion of priceless reserve wines (often 30-45%), this non-vintage cuvée is aged for a minimum of three years on its lees, yielding a complex Champagne with notes of yellow fruits, brioche, and vanilla.
🍾 Om vinhuset / producenten
Veuve Clicquot blev grundlagt i Reims i 1772 af Philippe Clicquot, men opnåede for alvor global berømmelse under Madame Clicquots visionære lederskab. Den legendariske »Grande Dame de la Champagne« overtog huset i 1805 og revolutionerede branchen med skelsættende nyskabelser som opfindelsen af pultrebrættet (la table de remuage) og fremstillingen af den første blendede rosé-champagne. Huset har dermed sat et uudsletteligt præg på den moderne mousserende vinhistorie. Med rødder i Champagnes fornemste terroirs dyrker ejendommen en Pinot Noir-domineret stil, der forener strukturel styrke og fylde med en rank og vedvarende friskhed. I dag hører champagnehuset under LVMH-gruppen og er verdenskendt for sin ikoniske Yellow Label Brut samt prestigeserier som La Grande Dame og de eksklusive årgangsvine i Cave Privée-serien.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier