Veuve Clicquot Brut Vintage 2015 750ml

This 2015 is Veuve Clicquot's portrait of a single harvest, a Brut held back in the Reims cellars long after the house's non-vintage bottles have shipped.

Pinot Noir leads the blend at 50%, with 30% Chardonnay and 20% Meunier. Around a tenth of the wine was aged in large oak casks, and the dosage is a restrained 6 grams per liter, so it finishes dry.

It opens on orange, grapefruit and lemon zest. The long rest on the lees then brings biscuit, brioche, marmalade and dried apricot, closing on toasted almond, hazelnut and honey.

Choose the Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label Brut for a toast where the bottle gets poured fast; pick this vintage when the Champagne is the point of the evening and you want more depth and toast in the glass.

Serve it at 50 to 54°F in a white-wine glass rather than a narrow flute so the pastry notes open. Roast chicken, aged Comté or mushroom risotto suit its toasty side.

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