Yellow Label Brut Ice Jacket
⏳ Drinking Window
2021 - 2025
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Fresh oysters on the half shell, aged Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, and classic lightly salted potato chips or French fries.
✨ Technical Specifications
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.
🍾 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