Veuve Clicquot Extra Brut Extra Old
A Champagne made entirely from the house’s reserve wines: more than 400 wines from seventeen harvest years, the oldest dating back to 1988. While other bottles use reserve wine to adjust the blend, here it makes up the entire bottle.
Only reserve wine, from seventeen harvest years
Every Champagne house sets wine aside from good years to blend into wines from less favorable years. At Veuve Clicquot, 30 to 45 percent of this stock goes into Yellow Label, so the bottle tastes the same year after year. With Extra Old, the ratio is reversed: it consists entirely of reserve wines, more than 400 of them from seventeen harvest years, the oldest dating back to 1988. So there’s no young base wine setting the tone, only wine that has spent years in the cellar.
You can hear it in the name. Extra brut indicates a lower dosage than a regular brut, which makes sense for wines of this age: there’s little to mask, and sugar would only push the aged character into the background. The grapes are the house’s three varieties: pinot noir, chardonnay and meunier. The alcohol content remains at 12%, the same as Yellow Label. There’s no vintage on the label, because there are seventeen.
At a glance
Silky smooth, complex, and composed
Layered
Complex and layered rather than overtly fruity. Seventeen harvest years side by side create an aroma that reads differently with every sip.
Silky smooth
The texture is its hallmark: soft and seamless, without sharp edges. That comes from the age of the wines, not from sugar.
Elegant and dry
A low dosage lets the finish end dry. What lingers is the aging, and it fades slowly rather than abruptly.
The Extra Old’s flavor profile. It relies entirely on aged reserve wines, so a large glass and a few extra degrees make a noticeable difference.
Pour it like a white wine
Treat this bottle less like a party bubbly and more like an aged white wine: 8 to 10 degrees, a large glass, and time to open up.
From a wine glass
Pour 10 cl into a wine glass and let it sit for five minutes. The layers from seventeen harvest years only come through when they get some air; in a narrow flute, they stay trapped below the rim.
Wine glasses →With oysters or white meat
Allow 12 cl per glass alongside oysters or a piece of poultry. The dry, silky style goes with both, and unlike a young brut, this bottle has enough body for meat.
Glass: wine glass or large tulip glass →Taste it alongside Yellow Label
Pour 6 cl of Extra Old and 6 cl of Yellow Label side by side. The same grapes, the same percentage, yet two different wines: that’s the difference between reserve wine as an adjustment and reserve wine in the starring role.
Go to Veuve Clicquot →Champagne cocktails
This bottle is meant to be poured on its own. More than 400 reserve wines from seventeen harvest years disappear behind the first splash of liqueur or juice, and then you’re drinking an expensive mixed drink. The classics below call for a simpler brut, such as Yellow Label.
French 75
Gin, lemon, and syrup topped with bubbles. The gin sets the tone, so the champagne can be simple.
Champagne Cocktail
A sugar cube with Angostura, slowly topped up. Bitters mask every aged nuance.
Sgroppino
Lemon sorbet, vodka and bubbles stirred until foamy. A young, fresh bottle belongs here.
Aperitif cocktails
An overview of light serves before the meal. Serve the Extra Old neat alongside rather than in the drink.A wine glass does more for this than a flute
Aged wine needs air. A generous bowl lets its layers unfold, while a narrow flute mainly retains the bubbles and keeps the aroma in.
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Veuve Clicquot
Where it began. On the brand page, read all about Veuve Clicquot: origins, varieties and classic cocktails.
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Veuve Clicquot Rosé
Copper-colored, full and juicy. Raspberry, wild strawberry and cherry, with pastry notes underneath.
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Veuve Clicquot Brut Vintage
One harvest, partly aged in large oak casks. Apricot, fig, honey and mocha.
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Veuve Clicquot Demi Sec
Ripe, candy-like fruit and wine gums over freshly toasted bread. The house's dessert bottle.
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Veuve Clicquot Rich
Citrus and floral notes, full and rounded. Intended for ice cubes and one garnish.
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Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame
Made exclusively from Grand Cru grapes, floral and silky. The bottle to pair with oysters and caviar.
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