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Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin

Veuve Clicquot Brut Vintage

Champagne

Champagne, brut

🎨 Klar og lysegrønn til strågul farge med et krystallinsk gullaktig slør.

👃🏼 Dyp, frisk og attraktiv nese med sitron og grapefrukt som kjerne, samt og hvit fersken, brioche og hasselnøtter. Til slutt følger et eksotisk preg med tørket aprikos og lett kandisert appelsinskall.

👄 Ganen har veldig god fyll, nyansert og uttrykksfull bløt inngang med flott mousse og munnfølelse, mer som en eleganse av sitrus bobler. Den fantastisk lyse og sprø syren gir et komplekst exit og en dvelende finish med ristet brioche i ettersmaken.  Denne champagnen har en frisk renhet og kombinert med god modenhet. Drikker veldig godt nå og det neste tiåret.

Amatør

En utviklet og perfekt drikkemoden vintage Champagne. Duft av røde epler, aprikos, sopp, toast, nøtter og mineraler. Middels fyldig med høy syre. Rik utviklet moden frukt med preg av toast og sopp og mineralsk avslutning.

Sommelier

God og kremet, smak av pære og eple, med hint av grønne urter.

Anbefaler veldig.

Amateur

Magnum; disgorged 07/2019: The nose is clean and intensely fruity with pears, apricots and limes. It is also mineral, and the autolysis is clean and elegant with bun dough and a little coffee. The palate is full-bodied, fresh, velvety, intensely fruity and acidic in a fine balance. The finish is long, acidic and complex. 

It is great to drink now, but It seems young and can easily be aged for another 10 years.

Expert

Veuve Clicquot: Vintage 1995

House: Veuve Clicquot (Reims)
Bottle: Vintage 1995
Grapes: 67 % Pinot Noir, 33 % Chardonnay
Dosage: N/A (Brut)

As one of the major “Grandes Marques” Maisons, Veuve Clicquot needs no introduction, nor does the woman behind the fame of the house and responsible for many of the great inventions in the méthode champenoise.

One idea of hers is the invention of the concept of vintage champagnes, as she produced the first vintage champagne in 1810. This makes the 1995 vintage the 58th edition of the vintage series of the Maison! Very impressive.

The 1995 vintage is considered quite a good vintage and only a little below the great 1996 vintage, which has most definitely overshone 1995. The year was warm, and the late blooming combined with a dry summer provided for very mature wines, which is certainly also the case for this wine. 

Characteristics: 

On the nose, the maturity of the wine is certainly not hidden. It is extremely mature, and the scents are very deep and heavy. The predominant note is light sherry, which is one of the signs of age but also the beginning of the descent. The fruity notes follow the same expression with matured mango, figs, and dates. The most surprising and rare note of this cuvée is coconut. 

On the palate, the same picture is painted. The notes are matured mango and yellow fruits, but this is accompanied by some of the desired notes of old champagne such as hazel nuts and melted butter with a hint of the sherry in its proximity. 

All in all, a beautiful wine at the very top of its potential – or maybe even a few years past it. For this reason, I recommend drinking it now, as both the wine and the 1995 vintages does not support the prospects of aging it further.

A wine of this calibre and age should be tasted, examined, and enjoy on its own. 

Value for money: 6,5 of 10 
Rating: 91🍾

2019	No priceNot available	Outstanding
2018	No priceNot available	Excellent
2015	No priceAvailable	Excellent
2012	kr 689,90Available	Excellent
2008	No priceAvailable	Excellent

Category	Sparkling wine
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Producer	Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin
Vintages	2008
Country	France, Champagne
Bottle	75 cl

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