La Grande Dame – Essi Avellan

Tasted: Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame 2012

Yayoi Kusama’s bubbly (or rather polka dotty) design contributes, but wow, what a wine the 2012 edition is! The ’new’ La Grande Dame was first created by chef de cave Dominique Demarville in 2008 as almost a blanc de noirs. But for the 2012 (an excellent harvest, a real contender to the 2008) La Grande …

2006 La Grande Dame – a rich and creamy vintage

2006 represents the last La Grande Dame vintage crafted by Jacques Péters, the predecessor of Veuve Clicquot’s current chef de cave Dominique Demarville. This warm vintage produced ample and generous champagnes. La Grande Dame, first produced in 1962, is the wine of elegance at Veuve Clicquot. Demarville describes it as ‘northern facing wine’ due to …