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Veuve Clicquot Brut 2008  - First Bottle

Reviews

96 Decanter -
Veuve Clicquot 2008 (Magnum) --- Shimmering green-gold. Easily up several notches from the bottle. Perfect balance of freshness, ripe acidity and complex vinosity to come. Near perfect wine, patina of seasoned spice of subtle oak. --- Elegant and complex Champagne with plenty of fine mousse and flavours of toast, smoke and roasted fruit notes to balance the fresh acidity. A refined and refreshing fullbodied wine in a gastronomic style with the potential to drink well for many years.
93 Wine Spectator -
A vivid version, like raw silk on the palate, with a powerful frame of acidity well-meshed with saline-tinged, minerally underpinnings and flavors of black currant, apricot, almond biscotti and crystallized honey. Disgorged February 2016. Drink now through 2030.
93 Wine Enthusiast -
A lively mousse is the starting point for this wine. It is intensely rich, dense and still young, with a soft background to the ripe white fruits that are cut with lime. From a vintage year whose wines need to age, this follows the pattern, so wait at least until 2018.
98 Gillbert and Gaillard -
Light yellow. Extremely refined, fresh nose opening up to fresh fruit and citrus zest with subtle biscuit undertones. Incredibly mouth-filling palate showing great presence and elegance. Very precise aromas, silky texture and pervasive freshness.

Technical Details

  • Blend61% Pinot Noir, 34% Chardonnay and 5% Pinot Meunier
  • CountryFrance
  • RegionChampagne

Veuve Clicquot Brut 2008

Proprietary Blends  |  France
G&G98, D96, WS93, WE93, JS93

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NO, NOT A TYPO - $69.95 for 2008 Veuve 96 and 98 points from top European reviewers!! IN STOCK AND READY TO GO! After patiently waiting months for this tasty parcel to arrive, we are ready to unleash it --- RIDICULOUS PRICE (esp. With FREE SHIPPING on 6) on VINTAGE Veuve! Average online price is $90 right now! This is a fantastic opportunity to stock up on a classic! Vintage Veuve is not made every year. We can go on about the lush toastiness or the very fine tension that is expressed here, but let's let Veuve themselves do the talking (not to mention all the critical acclaim!):

"Its clear, brilliant, gold color lights up in the delicate tumult of fine bubbles produced by its persistent and remarkable effervescence. The nose is fresh, refined and elegant. Fragrances of citrus fruit and stone fruits (peach, apricot) appear first, which are then enriched by delicate, warm notes of sweet pastries, (almonds, Mirabelle plum tart): a subtle alliance of freshness and fullness. On the palate, the frank lively and pure attack moves into a powerful, structured palate, delicately chiseled from the minerality of Champagnes' chalky terroir. The generosity of the Pinot Noir's fruitiness resonates harmoniously with the freshness of the light candied citrus fruit aromas (lemon) which are embellished in the finish with delicate hints of toasted notes and dried fruit (apricots). Vintage 2008 is the perfect combination of power, freshness and finesse, and ends with an incredibly long finish."

Composed of 61% Pinot Noir, 34% Chardonnay and 5% Meunier sourced exclusively from Grand and 1er Cru vineyards. This is the first vintage with Dominique DeMarville at the helm, and he has integrated 5% of large wood foudres into the otherwise stainless steel fermentation.

About the Producer

Madame Clicquot was born in Reims in 1777. Within just a few years she made her name into a brand of excellence, a name today renowned throughout the world. Even then, her peers recognized her formidable contributions, and referred to her as the ?Grande Dame of Champagne".