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Yellow Label Brut Champagne
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Yellow Label Brut Champagne

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Brut Yellow Label

Yellow Label is the signature of Veuve Clicquot’s quality and style, recreated every year thanks to our priceless collection of reserve wines. Its brilliant yellow label reflects the champagne’s bright personality and impeccable winemaking credentials.

Rating & Reviews
Yellow Label Brut Champagne

94/100
This emblematic cuvée is back in the foreground, we feel that the work on the great pinots of the house and the wines of reserve bears fruits. Even more energy and intensity than usual, it’s superb.
2022 reviews and ratings
94/100
Lemony richness on the nose, a struck-match character that falls in with a lemon vanilla note. Toffee apple allure on the palate with chalky coolness and a savoury, nutty finish.
2021 reviews and ratings
90/100
This fresh and balanced Champagne is lightly toasty, with snappy acidity and a lively, creamy mousse carrying flavors of white cherry, pickled ginger and saline-laced minerality
2020 reviews and ratings
90/100
One of the most popular of all Champagnes, this is now showing a freshness that wasn't always there. The crisp texture and green-apple flavors give it an immediate drinkability as well as perfumed acidity and a vibrant aftertaste. Drink this bottling now.
2020 reviews and ratings

THE BLEND

Grapes from as many as 50 to 60 different Crus are used for the blending of Yellow Label. The predominance of Pinot Noir provides the core structure of Clicquot, while a touch of Meunier rounds out the blend. Chardonnay adds the elegance and finesse essential to a perfectly balanced wine.

He blends 30-45% reserve wines with grapes from as many as 50 to 60 different crus. The Pinot Noir predominance (50-55%) provides the structure that is so typically Veuve Clicquot, while Chardonnay (28-33%) adds the elegance and finesse essential in a perfectly balanced wine, and a touch of Meunier (15-20%) rounds out the blend.
The long aging in our Crayères (3 years minimum for Yellow Label) gives silkiness to the Champagne.

Tasting notes

Tightly knit, focused by robust acidity and a streak of minerality, this offers subtle notes of white peach, anise, biscuit and kumquat. The refined finish echoes a smoky note. Drink now through 2022.


Wine spectator DECEMBER 2012

Robe

  • Golden-Yellow
  • Tiny bubbles

Aromas

  • Yellow and white fruits
  • Vanilla
  • Toasty (Brioche)
Champagne

Food pairing

Suggestions

  • Salmon
  • Blinis
  • Fish tartars
  • Pasta
  • Parmesan
  • Seafood
  • Crackers

Cheese Pairing

CHEESE WITH CHAMPAGNE IS A MATTER OF TASTE. AUDACIOUS, SPARKLING, UNEXPECTEDLY GREAT TASTE.

Technical identity

StructureReservewinesRedwinesFreshnessFruitinessDosage
Structure
Pinot Noir
50 to 55%
Fruitiness
Meunier
15 to 20%
Freshness
Chardonnay
28 to 33%
Reserve wines
Blend
30 to 45%
Red wines
None
0%
Dosage
Brut
10 G/L
Serving temperature
8-10
Ageing potential
3
Years
Blend
50-60
CRUS
  • Grands crus
  • Premiers crus
  • Other crus

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