Andre Clouet 1911 Grand Cru Reserve Champagne MV

D&M NOTES (10/2025):

OVERVIEW: The cuvée takes its name from the original printing of their 1911 labels and seeks to emulate the rich and toasty aged champagnes of that long departed era. It is entirely drawn from the house’s Pinot Noir holdings in Bouzy, and was raised in oak barrels. It is made up of 50% 2015, with the remainder being an assemblage of reserve vintages. It was aged on its lees for over 90 months before being disgorged in February 2022, with a dosage of 4 grams per liter. 

TASTING: This pours a light golden color in the glass. The nose opens with aromas of apple butter, butterscotch, candied orange, mushroom, forest floor, and graham cracker. The palate shows its Pinot essence with citrus, apple, forest floor, and a distinct bake shop character. This will drink well through 2037

CRITICAL ACCLAIM:

"The NV Un jour de 1911... is another 100% Bouzy Pinot Noir with an ancient label design. The shining golden-colored cuvée combines ripeness, complexity and finesse with intensity and elegance on both the nose and palate. It's a powerful and rich yet very fine and balanced Champagne with great freshness and complex length. It is juicy and intense but also highly delicate, and its mineral tension and persistent finish make it a first-class wine for elaborate dishes. A great Champagne, with a label that doesn't give any more detailed information regarding vintages or disgorgement date, but we know it's always a 50/50 blend of three vintages (including one great millésime at least 10 years old) and reserve wines from a solera system. I tasted the wine as a Brut with Clouet's German importer in Bremen. You shouldn't drink it too early, as it would be a waste of its talents. Drink 2021-2033" - 96 PTS., STEPHEN REINHARDT, WINE ADVOCATE (04/2021)