Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame Rose 2008 750ml

D96
WS94
WA93
W&93

Veuve Clicquot’s La Grande Dame Rosé 2008 is a tribute to the bold vision of Madame Clicquot, capturing the essence of Pinot Noir with grace and finesse. This prestige cuvée is composed primarily of Pinot Noir (92%) sourced from the house’s historic Grand Cru vineyards, with a touch of Chardonnay (8%) and the addition of still red wine from Bouzy to create its radiant rosé hue.

The 2008 vintage delivers remarkable precision and elegance. On the nose, it opens with vibrant aromas of wild strawberries, dried rose petals, and hints of citrus peel. The palate is structured and refined, unfolding layers of red fruit, blood orange, and minerality, all balanced by a crisp acidity and a silky, persistent finish. Aged for over a decade in Veuve Clicquot’s cellars, this Rosé is both powerful and poised—a Champagne of true character and longevity.

Tasting Notes: Wild strawberry, dried rose, blood orange, citrus zest, mineral finish

Blend: 92% Pinot Noir, 8% Chardonnay, including red wine from Bouzy

Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame Rosé 2008 is a refined expression of a great vintage—vibrant, elegant, and made for moments of distinction.

Veuve Clicquot’s La Grande Dame Rosé 2008 is a tribute to the bold vision of Madame Clicquot, capturing the essence of Pinot Noir with grace and finesse. This prestige cuvée is composed primarily of Pinot Noir (92%) sourced from the house’s historic Grand Cru vineyards, with a touch of Chardonnay (8%) and the addition of still red wine from Bouzy to create its radiant rosé hue.

The 2008 vintage delivers remarkable precision and elegance. On the nose, it opens with vibrant aromas of wild strawberries, dried rose petals, and hints of citrus peel. The palate is structured and refined, unfolding layers of red fruit, blood orange, and minerality, all balanced by a crisp acidity and a silky, persistent finish. Aged for over a decade in Veuve Clicquot’s cellars, this Rosé is both powerful and poised—a Champagne of true character and longevity.

Tasting Notes: Wild strawberry, dried rose, blood orange, citrus zest, mineral finish

Blend: 92% Pinot Noir, 8% Chardonnay, including red wine from Bouzy

Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame Rosé 2008 is a refined expression of a great vintage—vibrant, elegant, and made for moments of distinction.

Ratings

D96
Decanter

A pink-copper-gold color with a smoky Burgundian nose of delicate red fruits. A blend of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from six grand cru sites, with 14% Pinot Noir red wine from the Clos Colin vineyard, this is the Chambolle of Champagne. Great with duck.

WS94
Wine Spectator

There's a racy tension here, with vivid acidity and an underlying streak of minerality, yet this is elegant overall, with a finely detailed mousse and well-meshed flavors of ripe raspberry, nectarine, Earl Grey tea and biscuit. Offers a long, chalk-tinged finish.

WA93
Wine Advocate Robert Parker

The 2008 Brut Rosé La Grande Dame is also showing well, wafting from the glass with notes of red berries, warm spices, toasted brioche and citrus rind. Full-bodied, fleshy and enveloping, it's a vinous, muscular wine like its white sibling, with a lively spine of acidity and delicately phenolic back-end grip.

W&93
Wine & Spirits

Tense and reductive, this wine needs air to show its floral pinot-noir scents of cherries and strawberries. The fruit is transparent and beautiful, both restricted and enriched by oak, lasting with briskness and freshness.

Product Detail

Size 750 mL
Producer Veuve Clicquot Champagne
Dominant Varietal Pinot Noir
Vintage 2008
Country France
Region Champagne
Alcohol Percentage 12.5