Laurent-Perrier Millésimé Champagne 2018 | non-boxed | 6 bottles

Laurent-Perrier Brut Millésimé 2018 is the house's vintage Brut Champagne, made only in declared years, a blend of 52% Chardonnay and 48% Pinot Noir from Tours-sur-Marne.

Champagne, France | Vintage 2018 | 52% Chardonnay, 48% Pinot Noir

Tasting Notes

A pale gold colour with fine, delicate bubbles forming a persistent bead of foam. A fresh, airy nose expressing aromas of fresh citrus (pink grapefruit) and stone fruits (vine peach and mirabelle plum). A precise, lively palate offering notes of candied citrus (clementine) mingled with softer pastry and acacia honey notes, perfectly balanced. A slightly mineral and delicately saline finish that enhances the wine's length on the palate. Serving temperature: between 9°C and 11°C.

A precise, airy vintage Champagne from a warm, generous year, with citrus, stone fruit and a saline finish.

Why you'll love it: Vintage Champagne is made only in the best years and aged longer, giving more depth and a creamier, toastier character than non-vintage. The 2018 spent seven years ageing before release, a wine for a special table or the cellar.

The Vintage

Laurent-Perrier declares a vintage in fewer than one year in two, against a Champagne average of more than three in four. 2018 began with a mild winter and spring, with budburst in mid-April and flowering in early June. A warm, sunny summer gave ideal ripening conditions, and harvest began at the end of August in perfectly stable weather, bringing in grapes of exceptional quality and generosity. The Chardonnay comes from the Côte des Blancs (Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, Avize, Cramant and Chouilly) and the Pinot Noir from the Montagne de Reims (Verzy, Louvois, Aÿ, Tours-sur-Marne and Ambonnay), and the wine was aged for seven years before release.

The Royal Warrant

Laurent-Perrier holds the Royal Warrant as a supplier of Champagne to the Royal Household. King Charles III granted it in 2024, making Laurent-Perrier the first Champagne house to receive his warrant, a relationship that began when he appointed the house as Prince of Wales in 1998.

About Laurent-Perrier

Laurent-Perrier is an independent, family-owned Champagne house founded in 1812 at Tours-sur-Marne, a Grand Cru village in the heart of the region. After passing to cellar master Eugène Laurent and his widow Mathilde-Emilie Perrier, who gave the house its name, it was bought by Marie-Louise de Nonancourt in 1939. Her son Bernard de Nonancourt, a veteran of the French Resistance, took charge in 1948 and built the modern house style of freshness, elegance and purity, growing Laurent-Perrier into one of the world's leading Champagne houses. It remains independent and family-run, today led by Bernard's daughters Alexandra Pereyre de Nonancourt and Stéphanie Meneux de Nonancourt, with Chardonnay at the heart of its blends.

Perfect with oysters with seaweed butter, a lemon-infused chicken supreme, or a cheese soufflé. The citrus freshness and saline finish suit seafood and delicate, creamy dishes.

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