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Veuve Clicquot

A Reims house founded in 1772, made famous in the early 19th century by Madame Clicquot, whose cellar innovations — including the riddling table — are foundational to modern champagne production.

Veuve Clicquot branded yacht racing on open water
Larchmont yacht club. [from old catalog] · Public domain
Founded
1772
Location
Reims, France
Ownership
Part of LVMH (Moët Hennessy)
Known for
Yellow Label (Brut NV) · La Grande Dame (prestige cuvée) · Invented the riddling table (table de remuage) · Madame Clicquot's 19th-century business leadership
Grapes
Pinot Noir (6) · Chardonnay (4) · Meunier (1)
Official site
www.veuveclicquot.com

Style

Pinot Noir dominates the Yellow Label blend, giving the house style its recognisable structure and body. Veuve Clicquot farms around 390 hectares of vineyard, concentrated in grand and premier cru villages.

History

Founded in 1772 by Philippe Clicquot-Muiron. The house took its modern form under Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin, widowed in 1805 at 27 and running the house thereafter as the "Veuve" (widow) Clicquot-Ponsardin. She pioneered the riddling table (table de remuage) in 1816 — the mechanism that allowed sediment to be gathered in the bottle neck and disgorged without cloudiness, a step still central to the traditional method today. The house was acquired by LVMH in 1986.

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