Veuve Clicquot Brut Yellow(NV)

in a perfectly balanced wine.

THE BLEND
Grapes from as many as 50 to 60 different
Crus go to the blending of Brut Yellow Label.
Traditionally, the proportion of each grape
variety used is:
· 50 to 55% Pinot Noir
· 15 to 20% Pinot Meunier
· 28 to 33% Chardonnay
These figures vary slightly from year to year
according to conditions. The Cellar Master has
to achieve the total consistency of taste, which
makes Brut Yellow Label so immediately
recognisable, so utterly reliable both in terms of
quality, colour and bouquet.
He will draw on priceless reserve wines for the
blend: from 25 to 35%, sometimes as much as
40% to ensure the continuity of the House
style. Each of these older wines - perhaps nine
years old - is kept separately to preserve the
unique qualities of the vineyard and the
vintage.

SENSORY CHARACTERISTICS
First, Brut Yellow Label looks beautiful:
golden-yellow, with a foaming necklace of tiny
bubbles. Next it is so pleasing to the nose:
initially reminiscent of white fruits and raisins,
then of vanilla and later of brioche. Note the
fine balance between the fruity aromas coming
from the grape varieties and the toasty aromas
following the ageing in the bottle.
The first sip delivers all the freshness and
forcefulness so typical of Yellow Label with
asymphony of fruit tastes following on. Here is
a true member of the powerful Brut family,
well structured, admirably vinous. The
lingering aromas echo and re-echo, with each
fruit or spice note distinct.
Veuve Clicquot Brut Yellow Label manages to
reconcile two opposing factors - forcefulness
and finesse - and to hold them in perfect
balance. This consistent power to please makes
it ideal as an aperitif, and perfect as the
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