Yellow Label Brut
⏳ Drinking Window
2020 - 2026
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Fresh oysters, roasted chicken, aged Parmesan cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
Veuve Clicquot's signature Yellow Label Brut is an iconic symbol of Champagne, instantly recognizable by its distinctive golden-yellow label first trademarked in 1877. This non-vintage cuvée is a masterclass in blending consistency, reflecting the house's historic motto: 'Only one quality, the finest.' Dominated by Pinot Noir, which provides the signature structure and strength championed by Madame Clicquot, the blend is balanced by the elegance of Chardonnay and the fruitiness of Meunier. To maintain the house style year after year, the cellar master incorporates a remarkably high proportion of reserve wines, some aged up to nine years. The wine undergoes extensive aging on its lees in the historic chalk crayères of Reims, resulting in 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 50-55%, Chardonnay 28-33%, Meunier 15-20%
🍷 ABV
12%