Antonio Galloni of the Wine Advocate first tweeted about Andre Clouet Cuvée Un Jour de 1911, propelling this low-key Champagne House into the spotlight - 'André Clouet 1911 ... absolutely majestic...like silk on the palate!' A tiny 1,911 bottles of this multi-vintage Champagne, crafted from only the very top years, are produced annually, making a rare and very impressive gift. Creamy and yeasty with ethereal scents of lime blossom, rose petal and jasmine - divine! The champagnes are cellared beneath the Clouet family's pretty, vine-covered, 17th century house in the Grand Cru village of Bouzy, in the Montagne de Reims. Jean-François Clouet, winemaker, is known for his fanatical devotion to quality. Full of ideas, he aspires to Bollinger in style and quality. Thanks to an ancestral land grant from Napoleon, Jean-François has the privilege of working with some of the best-situated vines in the Bouzy sub-region.
In 1850, Madame Clicquot agreed to a minimalist first white label, a first in the world of champagne. This label was quickly followed by another when, with the rising popularity from the mid-19th century of sec, or dry champagnes with less sugar, Veuve Clicquot decided to label the bottles with a colour that would distinguish them from other cuvées. And so the famous yellow label was born in 1877.Over the years the label took on a more intense, almost orange hue, making it easier to recognize Veuve Clicquot champagne in dark wine cellars. In 1945, Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin Sec was renamed Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin Brut, dressed in the Yellow Label we know today, carrying on a tradition that thrives 140 years later.
Madame Clicquot's wine displays a superb marriage of freshness and power, gorgeous and deceptively pale colour with fine, persistent bubbles - a poised, delicately bready nose - and on the palate a richness of fruit and mouth-filling mousse that lingers long.