Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin Brut, Champagne, France. 75cl

REIMS FRANCE

Veuve Clicquot

The predominance of Pinot Noir provides the structure that is so typically Clicquot, while a touch of Pinot Meunier rounds out the blend. Chardonnay adds the elegance and finesse essential in a perfectly balanced wine.

Wine Spectator

There's plenty of finesse in this smooth-textured Champagne, whose flavors evoke apricot, peach, vanilla pastry and mineral. Racy, with snappy acidity providing energy and driving the flavors to a long conclusion. Drink now through 2012.

Score: 91. —Bruce Sanderson, November 30, 2009.

Wine Enthusiast

Ripe, mature, easy Champagne, maintaining the Clicquot style of bottle maturity, with toast, sweet pastry and a rich, full-in-the-mouth character of white fruits. The finish is relatively soft.

Score: 89. —Roger Voss, December 01, 2009.