Laurent Perrier Champagne Grand Seicle No. 26
Just in time for your New Year’s Eve celebration, and at the lowest pricing in the US! I’m delighted to offer one of those truly unique Champagne experiences - one that is all about the……wait for it….
….the BLEND! You would have been forgiven if you thought it was all about the VINTAGE. Especially these days as the grower revolution blossoms and expression of terroir is on the tip of everyone’s tongue, vintage wine is the easiest way to showcase terroir. But don’t you love a good story of a guy running the opposite direction?
Seventy years ago, Bernard de Nonancourt decided to look beyond the notion of vintages, with the aim to create “the perfect year”, the one that nature cannot provide on its own. In Champagne, vintages are showing a large variation of style, expression and quality. Bernard de Nonancourt observed that he could not rely on their single expression to create the Prestige Cuvée he was dreaming about. He was looking for a perfection that none of these vintages were individually providing to him.
The House has worked to recreate through each iteration the perfect year. Each iteration requires patience, time and skill before being revealed: patience to wait for the appropriate exceptional vintage years, and the time and skill necessary to reach the desired harmony and aromatic complexity. This additional maturation leads to a further expression of Grand Siècle displaying greater aromatic depth, density and a silkier texture.
Due to its difference in conception, it took a long time for Grand Siècle to be considered as a one of the very best champagnes in the world. After many decades, Grand Siècle has finally obtained recognition from the most well-known wine critics and is nowadays a benchmark reference within premium champagnes... ‘It takes time to become an icon’...
Vintage in Champagne is usually synonymous with excellence for Prestige Cuvées. Contrarily, Laurent‑Perrier believes that only the art of assemblage can offer what nature can never provide, that is, the perfect year.
The expression of the perfect year is that of a great champagne wine that has long aging potential and over time develops depth, intensity and aromatic complexity yet retains its freshness and vibrancy.
