Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame 1990 (1.5L)

Veuve Clicquot’s 1990 La Grand Dame comes from an excellent Champagne vintage.

The 1990 Champagne vintage produced a bumper crop of ripe, concentrated grapes. Conditions were perfect, with a long warm summer and sufficient rains in September to prevent drought.

Veuve Clicquot is named after Nicole-Barbe Ponsardin and her husband Francois Clicquot (who died at just 30 in 1805). Nicole-Barbe made the bold move (at the time) of taking on the running of the House herself, and is responsible for ‘Veuve’ (lit. widow) appearing in the name of the House. A woman of great vision, her success in building the prestige of the House made her one of the most successful businesswomen of her time.

"Deep but youthfully unevolved aromas of toffee apple, lemon and mint. Penetrating, rich and thick, with a deep, yeasty, baked bread component. At once brisk and seamless but brooding more than expressive today." Wine Spectator