Veuve Clicquot Brut NV Champagne Magnum 150clVeuve Clicquot yellow label Brut is a luxury full bodied, rich, but restrained in style. It represents 95% of sales for the house which is now part of the LMVH group, producing 11 million bottles per year. The house was founded in the eighteenth century, and driven successfully forward by the young widow owner as innovator and developer of the new markets, a pioneer against a backdrop of challenges of military aggression and blockades which she

strawberry and basil salad

There is a pleasing crescendo in the mouth driven by that Merlot content and it finishes with some swagger

Five generations of the family have cultivated Ribolla in the Collio vineyards of the village

" Scores: 91/92 - James Suckling

The finish is lingering with firm acidity

There are hints of blueberry

palate is slightly more full

ripe and appealing

a velvety texture combined with a fresh flavor gives this wine a certain ethereal quality

Lisa Perrotti-Brown

There is classic Medocain savour - with hints of camphor and cedar - but this is delicately structured and vibrant with fruit and acidity

SUSTAINABLE/ORGANIC/BIODYNAMIC: Organic farmed