La Grande Dame Brut Champagne Blend

I am seldom dumbfounded when it comes to wine. So, I appreciate it when that happens.

This 1990 La Grande Dame was amazing and so fresh. Full disclosure, I am not normally impressed by this producer and this cuvée. Unusual for a champagne of 35 yrs to be so fresh in my experience from inception. So much so, if poured blind many would call it N/V or a fairly recent vintage. The color was even palish straw. Mags were brought from their Champagne House.

Excellent with the dessert of the evening, “Lemon Meringue Pie Cookie.”

Enjoyed at the 2026 “From Cellar Event” Pebble Beach Food and Wine.

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Sweeter style almost honeyed. Drying finish.

Sweet creamy with a little coffee maturity. Finishes with depth length and bright acids. Not powerful but in perfect balance.

Is good. Is no dom p

A little disappointing but certainly drinkable

Magnum, not really feeling this one too much, a little too developed, but went really well with the squab/foie, great pairing.

Killer in 3L. Toasty and delicious.

achieved new level of deliciousness: moist, meaty Miss Lily's Jamaican jerk chicken with long-aged, label-challenged, rich, nutty Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame #Champagne 1990 (in magnum)

What a beauty! Layered, complex and a very mature lady. It was as elegant as can be and didn't disappoint. Perfectly aged and just spectacular. Almost had to rate it as a completely separate champagne because it was so different from the others.

Double mag