1988 Veuve Clicquot Champagne Brut La Grande Dame
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By Allen Meadows
(Veuve Cliquot-Ponsardin Brut - La Grande Dame Champagne/Sparkling) Subscribe to see review text.
Oct-15, Issue #60, (See more on Burghound...)
JancisRobinson.com
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By Richard Hemming, MW
(Veuve Clicquot, La Grande Dame Champagne White) Subscribe to see review text.
7/2/2012, (See more on JancisRobinson.com...)
RJonWine.com
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By Richard Jennings
(Veuve Clicquot Champagne Brut La Grande Dame) Light yellow color with steady stream of tiny bubbles; nutty, yeasty, tart baked lemon, hazelnut nose; mature, yeasty, tart lemon, baked lemon, mineral palate; with medium acidity; long finish
10/26/2012, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 96 points -
By Richard Jennings
(Veuve Clicquot Champagne Brut La Grande Dame) Light golden yellow color; yeasty, apple, baked apple, pain grille, tart citrus nose; tart citrus, maturing, autolysis palate with tangy acidity; medium-plus finish
4/10/2010, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 94 points -
By Richard Jennings
(Veuve Clicquot Champagne Brut La Grande Dame) From magnum - lemon, almond, cream nose; creamy textured, tart lemon, mineral, baked lemon, nutmeg palate with medium acidity that's surprisingly flat compared to when we've had it before; medium-plus finish (the cork lacked the usual flared bottom of a Champagne cork, and was stamped 1985 instead of 1988 -- probable fake?)
12/30/2009, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 92 points -
By Richard Jennings
(Veuve Clicquot Champagne Brut La Grande Dame) Sweet, malty, brown sugar and Fig Newton nose; lovely palate of citrus and tangerine with good acidity; medium-plus finish
8/16/2007, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 93 points
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Wine Definition
- Vintage1988
- TypeWhite - Sparkling
- ProducerVeuve Clicquot
- VarietyChampagne Blend
- DesignationBrut La Grande Dame
- Vineyardn/a
- CountryFrance
- RegionChampagne
- SubRegionn/a
- AppellationChampagne
- Display optionsDefault
- UPC/EAN Code081753050207, 081753050870, 3049614040719
8/19/2023 - Mark Burnett Likes this wine:
Beautiful medium gold in the glass. Carbonation has faded to light, but is still there with sparsely separated bubbles.
Intense aromas still abound: buttered brioche, toast, baked Meyer lemon, toffee, caramel and smoke.
Flavors, thankfully, follow the nose and leave you with a long, lingering toffee and toasted brioche finish.
Mouthfeel is dry, with medium body and still holding with medium plus acidity. Drinking wonderfully in 2023.
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8/19/2023 - Trickyone Likes this wine:
Les Premiers Crus (aka Schrödinger's Tasting) (The Ridge): More details later.
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11/26/2022 - MC2 Wines Likes this wine:
Piemonte: Back to the truffling!; 11/24/2022-12/3/2022 (Wineries and various restaurants): While the 1961 did not have a pop and was truly a still wine from France this still had all of the bubbles. Drinking incredibly well. Good aged character (although coming on the heels of the other it tasted quite young). Great pairing with an artichoke tart. Very enjoyable.
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12/31/2021 - Shapnyc wrote: 88 Points
About 5 years late if I had to guess. Opened sufficiently after about 45 minutes. Brown and nutty. We finished the bottle.
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9/4/2021 - jhngo Likes this wine: 90 Points
Really fresh with bubbles but super drying. Very strange didn't have the age I expected.
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