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At end of the big event with the Cabernet Sauvignon was the center of attention, you uncork, with many expectations ...

Veuve Cliquot La Grande Dame 1990

deep golden yellow. very fine bubble. Limpid, bright, and vivacious spirit
The nose has a countless array of aromas. Thus she will try to group them into families. Yeast
: It was mutating from fresh baked bread aromas, then gained sweetness. Toast
black, dry cereals. Then come vanilla cookies to pass the chocolate chip cookies. As
fruits , a note of delicate green apple, quince, fresh, fresh lemon and some of dates rather mellow. Turning to
dried fruits, hazelnuts and walnuts are present.
touches of honey, vanilla, salted butter and fresh cream.
In the mouth, is an explosion of aromas and flavors. Totally free, smooth, lively spirit.
considerable complexity. Elegant and fragrant. Excellent acidity, fresh and long.


simply is one of the best exponents of champagnes I've tasted in my life.
Reviewing my notes from my beginnings in the wine world, I declare that I have tried: Charles Cazanova, Taittinger, Pommery, Mercier, Mumm, Demoiselle, Moet & Chandon, Bollinger, Laurent Perrier, Louis Roederer, Heidsieck, Pol Roger, Krug , Paillard, Pierre Mignon, Charles Mignon, Ruinart and Louis de Sacy , and some more that I found.
Rereading these notes, I dare say that is one of the best and most elegant exponents of world enology, throughout history.
simply is to drink a portion of history, in a crystal goblet .

History and bubbles

Nicole Barbe Ponsardin

born in 1777, a few years after the founding, in 1772, the house in the Champagne Clicquot.
This singular woman and only 1 meter 47 centimeters tall, marked not only his time, but the history of the drinks. Known at the end of his days as "The Grand Dame of Champagne", lived almost to ninety years and became the first woman in modern-day business. Clicquot
The house was not the first that produced sparkling wines but it is one of the oldest. (The first house was that of Nicolas Ruinart, founded in 1729 and born as a response to growing demand in court and the big bourgeoisie Parisian and London, the first two markets of champagne.)
Philippe Clicquot, the founder, had a son, Francois, who married Nicole Barbe Ponsardin in 1799. The marriage took place in the warehouse, 20 meters underground in the caves. Not for fanaticism, but actually got married there because, during the war, the churches were closed.
Five years later, Francois contracted yellow fever and died, leaving widow Nicole. Philippe Clicquot, hurt by the fact, decided to close the winery.
Madame Clicquot, against the wishes of the family, insisted until he could take over the House Clicquot. No muujer
took care of business, and nobody believed he could succeed, but time showed that it did.

LA GRANDE DAME

Launched in 1972, La Grande Dame was established in honor of Madame Clicquot, "La Grande Dame Champagne, and to celebrate the bicentennial of the house Veuve Clicquot . The decision to make this famous cuvée born in 1962, eight Grands Crus (Verzenay, Verzy, Ambonnay, Bouzy, Aÿ, Avize, Oger and Le Mesnil - sur Oger).
These were chosen from among the vineyards originally purchased by Madame Clicquot.
Although there was no classification system at the time, currently set at 100% is classified in the "Echelle of Crus. " Further evidence of the impeccable instincts of Madame Clicquot.
This blend made only in exceptional vintage years, aged in bottle for six years.
The 1990 harvest breaks the statistics and records of La Champagne, since it was the 3rd consecutive crop, ranked as excellent.
The mixture of this coasecha 1990 was made from 61% Pinot Noir from the Grands Crus de Ay ( Grande Vallée de la Marne ) and Verzenay , Verzy , Ambonnay and Bouzy (Montagne de Reims ) and as 39% Chardonnay from the Grands Crus de Avize , Oger and Le Mesnil - sur Oger (Côte des Blancs )
The Chardonnay was harvested the second week of September, and a week later, the inks were harvested Pinot Noir, so abtenerse 10.5 ° grams per liter of sugar, and acidity of 8 grams / liter.


within infinity ad hit attributed to him, the most important was the great improvement that developed the method of producing champagne Benedictine monk Pierre Perignon.
Upset with cloudy bottles of this sparkling wine, Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin, thought to improve this aspect, thus achieving a more limpid and brilliant wine, denoting most elegant.
At that time, the sediment was left off the champagne at the base of the bottle by placing them face down in piles of sand. The girl fell to the wineries and shaking of the foot sparks escaping from the light of his lamp, toured the wineries, observing and reflecting. And it occurred
develop holes that cut into the surface of the table in his kitchen, which could hold the bottles (today known as the desks) and gradually tilting irlas, so that the sediment could slide gently to the base.

nonstop
Reims to St Petersburg

Another of his major achievements was to initiate the export wines of Champagne.

It happened like this: because of the British blockade had sold out of champagne in Russia, when the blockade was lifted on traveling the widow came to the land of the Tsars with a boatload of Champagne, just in time when the Czar was celebrating the birth of a child, which was celebrated with Veuve Clicquot. He was nicknamed
Clicvske and from then on was the favorite in Russia, where he had a large share of the market until the Bolshevik revolution.
Subsequently, the export of Veuve Clicquot was extended to all markets.
When the widow took over the winery he was just 27 years old. Fifteen years later he put labels on the bottles. Sell \u200b\u200b
at that time was very difficult. The salesman of Veuve Clicquot realized that all houses of St. Petersburg were yellow. So La Grande Dame Champagne, asked them to do to honor the yellow tags, significantly increasing sales.
Today the yellow label is one of the most distinctive in the world.

Al monk Pierre Perignon , gratitude for the economic prosperity of the region. A
Nicolas Ruinart , chapeaux, a pioneer in commercial processing.
And Nicole-Barbe Ponsardin , not only have improved the preparation, but have created these magical bottles, which remain in the history of mankind.

A my drinking buddies, for these moments. Robert Gorczyca
A, Roby, for his bubbly friend.

Greetings. Emiliano