VEUVE CLICQUOT LA GRANDE DAME ROSÉ 2008 1.5L
Product price
$849.99
Description
96 points- Decanter There's a racy tension here, with vivid acidity and an underlying streak of minerality, yet this is elegant overall, with a finely detailed mousse and well-meshed flavors of ripe raspberry, nectarine, Earl Grey tea and biscuit. Offers a long, chalk-tinged finish.
92% Pinot Noir, 8% Chardonnay
Product Details
| Category | High End Fine Wine |
| Country | France |
| Region | Champagne |
| Varietal | ChardonnayPinot Noir |
| Producer | Veuve Clicquot |
| Vintage | 2008 |
| Size | 1.5 L |
| Container | Bottle |
| Rater | Decanter |
| Rating | 96 Points |
| Wine Style | Sparkling |
Expert Reviews
A pink-copper-gold color with a smoky Burgundian nose of delicate red fruits. A blend of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from six grand cru sites, with 14% Pinot Noir red wine from the Clos Colin vineyard, this is the Chambolle of Champagne. Great with duck
There's a racy tension here, with vivid acidity and an underlying streak of minerality, yet this is elegant overall, with a finely detailed mousse and well-meshed flavors of ripe raspberry, nectarine, Earl Grey tea and biscuit. Offers a long, chalk-tinged finish.
There's a racy tension here, with vivid acidity and an underlying streak of minerality, yet this is elegant overall, with a finely detailed mousse and well-meshed flavors of ripe raspberry, nectarine, Earl Grey tea and biscuit. Offers a long, chalk-tinged finish.
The 2008 Brut Rosé La Grande Dame is also showing well, wafting from the glass with notes of red berries, warm spices, toasted brioche and citrus rind. Full-bodied, fleshy and enveloping, it's a vinous, muscular wine like its white sibling, with a lively spine of acidity and delicately phenolic back-end grip.