Yellow Label Brut Luminous
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2028
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Fresh oysters on the half shell, roasted chicken with light herbs, and aged Comté cheese.
✨ Technical Specifications
The Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label Brut Luminous represents the iconic house style of one of Champagne's most legendary estates, presented in an innovative, light-up bottle designed for celebration. Founded in 1772, the house owes its global renown to Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin—the 'Grande Dame of Champagne'—who took the reins in 1805 as a young widow. Madame Clicquot revolutionized Champagne production by inventing the riddling table to clarify the wine and creating the first recorded blended Rosé. The Yellow Label Brut, first introduced in the late 19th century, is dominated by Pinot Noir (typically 50-55%), which provides structure and strength, balanced by the elegance of Chardonnay (28-33%) and the roundness of Pinot Meunier (15-20%). To ensure consistency across years, the blend incorporates up to 45% reserve wines, some aged up to nine years, before undergoing a minimum of three years of cellar aging on its lees. The result is a complex, rich Champagne with notes of yellow fruit, brioche, and vanilla, reflecting the historic terroir of the Champagne AOC.
🍾 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