Champagne Laurent-Perrier - Grand Siècle
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Hachette
17/20
RVF
18/20
Bettane & Desseauve
97/100
Wine Enthusiast
"Laurent-Perrier has always preferred to keep its prestige cuvée as a non-vintage blend. With eight years of aging after bottling and plenty of reserve wines in the blend, this is a mature wine with an energetic, toasty character. To top it all off, the superb grapes used in this blend come exclusively from Grand Cru vineyards. Ready to drink." (Wine Enthusiast 2018)
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Eye
Bright color and fine effervescence
Nose
Intense and complex with slightly candied citrus notes, followed by aromas of pastries and toasted almonds with subtle hints of honey and gingerbread.
Mouth
Tasty, evolving with a feeling of fullness. Beautiful minerality and freshness. Balanced between strength and delicacy.
Serve
At 10-12°C
Drink before
2028
Food and wine pairings
Pairs well with surf and turf dishes, shellfish, and fine fish...
Bettane & Desseauve
Wine rated (2019 guide) 18/20 (Reference wine)
Rated estate (2023 guide) 5 stars (Exceptional producers, representing the absolute pinnacle of quality in France and worldwide)
About wine:
Roundness, charming fruitiness, floral notes, and a very tender yet persistent finish. Creamy and utterly refined.
About the estate:
Always delicate and refined, Laurent-Perrier champagnes are now characterized by remarkable maturity and precision. All cuvées, starting with La Cuvée, one of the house's finest bruts, offer supreme elegance and complexity. The whole range is superb and ascending in quality. The first house to develop a rosé champagne, a pioneering ultra-brut, Laurent Perrier remains and continues to be a benchmark in this category. Cleverly, the famous and brilliant Grand-Siècle cuvée is now identified by numbered iterations that reveal the traditional three years that make up the blend. Alexandra and Stéphanie de Nonancourt and Michel Fauconnet, the distinguished cellar master, continue to pursue this jewel-like craft with passion.
Guide Hachette des vins
Wine noted (guide 2019) 1*Star (Very successful wine)
Rated estate (2019 guide) Award-winning wines (This producer's wines are regularly recognized by the guide)
About wine:
The house's most prestigious cuvée, designed as a masterpiece of blending. It is a blend of Chardonnay (around 55%) and Pinot Noir, from the finest terroirs (11 grands crus, such as Bouzy, Ambonnay and Mailly for the blacks, Avize, Cramant and Le Mesnil-sur-Oger for the whites) and vintages (always three). After aging for at least seven years, this version is adorned with a lively robe of fine bubbles; it offers an open nose of fruit, smoke, and toasted almonds, as well as a taut and long palate, lemony and iodized. A champagne that deserves careful tasting. It is equally suited as an aperitif or with a meal.
About the estate:
This famous house, founded in 1812 by cooper André-Michel Pierlot, combines the surnames of Mathilde Perrier and her husband Eugène Laurent, the cellar master who took over the business. It expanded until the aftermath of the Great War, then fell into lethargy after the death of the widow Laurent-Perrier in 1925, who had no heirs. Marie-Louise de Nonancourt, née Lanson, bought the house in 1939; her son Bernard (1920-2010) restored it to its former glory and turned it into a major group owning renowned brands such as Salon and Delamotte, and famous for its special cuvées.
Guide des Vins Gault & Millau
Rated estate (2023 guide) Recommended (Recommended)
About the estate:
Founded in 1812 in the village of Tours-sur-Marne, the house enjoyed its heyday under the leadership of Bernard de Nonancourt, a key figure in the region who passed away in 2010. He was the founder of the Laurent-Perrier group, which also includes the Castellane, Salon, and Delamotte champagnes. Michel Fauconnet, a member of the board of directors, serves as cellar master and director of vineyards, supplies, and production. The house embodies both tradition and modernity: in 1981, Laurent-Perrier was the first to create a champagne without any dosage ("Ultra Brut"), and currently offers its highly successful non-dosage blanc de blancs. The "Grand Siècle" cuvée is one of the finest in the region.
Robert Parker - Wine Advocate
Rated estate (2019 guide) Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Robert Parker - The Wine Advocate)
RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France
Wine rated (2019 guide) 17/20 (Great wine)
Rated estate (2023 guide) 1*Star (Up-and-coming stars or quality winemakers producing good-quality wines; you won't be disappointed when tasting the wines from these estates)
About wine:
A blend of three vintages, Grand Siècle offers a lovely vinosity and beautiful complexity with notes of dried fruit.
About the estate:
The Laurent-Perrier group (Delamotte, Salon, De Castellane, Jeanmaire, etc.), the fifth largest Champagne group, was the most innovative during the era of its founder Bernard Nonancourt, who passed away in 2010 and was succeeded by his daughters. The historic cellar master, Michel Fauconnet, guardian of the "L.-P." taste built around Chardonnay, has bowed out. The group's own vineyards cover only 10% of its supplies. Aromatic, lively, and partially malolactically fermented, the range has played a major role in the global success of aperitif champagne, both white and rosé.
Wine Enthusiast
Wine rated (2018 guide) 97/100
About wine:
Laurent-Perrier has always preferred to keep its prestige cuvée as a non-vintage blend. With eight years of aging after bottling and plenty of reserve wines in the blend, this is a mature wine with an energetic, toasty character. To top it all off, the superb grapes used in this blend come exclusively from Grand Cru vineyards. It is ready to drink.
James Suckling
Rated estate (2022 guide) Recommended