98pts Tasting Panel

With 90% Pinot Noir and 10% Chardonnay from eight Grands Crus, this marks the 24th vintage of La Grande Dame since its inauguration in 1972. And what a finely wrought vintage it is already, with verve equal to its supple polish. Joining Bosc pear, sweet brioche, and lemon curd on the nose are fascinating nuances of smoke, stony minerality, and petrichor as well as jasmine and ginger; while the rippling palate builds steadily through peach and Asian pear to pomelo and tangerine peel to tangy sumac and white pepper on the finish. Stylish as ever.

96pts Wilfred Wong

The 2015 Champagne Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame Brut is sleek, linear, and focused. This is an impeccable performance.  Drawing from some of Champagne's finest and highest-rated vineyards, this wine delivers aromas and flavors of green apple with a whisper of minerality and chalkiness. Enjoy its sublime quality with the best moments life offers.

95pts Wine Spectator

This graceful Champagne offers hints of smoke and toasted brioche that transition to patisserie apple and blackberry fruit, candied ginger and mandarin orange peel notes. Seamlessly knit and mouthwatering, with a minerally underpinning and a finely detailed, dotted bead. Lush and creamy on the vibrant, lasting finish. Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Drink now through 2035.

Winemaker Notes

La Grande Dame 2015 is an exceptional sunny vintage for a wine full of tension and elegance. It reveals this great wine’s verticality thanks to the Pinot Noirs harvested from our historical Grands Crus.

Held up to the light, La Grande Dame 2015 reveals a beautiful, golden robe that sparkles brightly.

This solar vintage, while elegant and precise, offers fresh minerality with light floral notes of jasmine and acacia on the nose, which evolve into fruity notes of pear and clementine.

As for the first sip, it envelops the palate with a delightfully subtle, silky texture.

Much like Madame Clicquot, Paola Paronetto is an intuitive innovator, revisiting techniques to create something new and unique. And like all optimists, they share a passion for color.

With her talent and sensitivity, Paola Paronetto creates artworks at the crossroads of utilitarian objects and sculpture. Her work combines novelty, stylistic innovation, and the traditions of ancient art with that of pottery.