Veuve Clicquot, La Grande Dame Vintage:2006 Frédéric Engerer

Frédéric Engerer

This wine should continue to offer gorgeous and good-value drinking for another decade

iodine and honeycomb

(from a mix of vines up to 50 years of age)

These two wines are qualitative equals in 2006 but their respective personalities are radically different

Veuve Clicquot, La Grande Dame Vintage:2006 Frédéric EngererFine burnished gold, apt for a 30 year old Champagne alive and kicking. What impresses is the fresh Chardonnay, which balances the opulence of 1990 mature Pinot opulence. A lovely interplay of those peach & quince flavours with enlivening citrus repertoire, especially citron confit; still long & vigorous. Model post disgorgement ageing since 2003. A wine for venison and even foie gras.