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July 2019 Wine of the Month Review - Laurent-Perrier La Cuvée Champagne NV
Laurent-Perrier La Cuvée Champagne NV
This wine replaces Laurent-Perrier’s non-vintage brut champagne.
A perfect way to start an al fresco lunch in the middle of winter in Sydney.
L to R: Michael Gleeson-White, Deborah Evans and John Studdert Echanson d’Australie
Laurent-Perrier Brut NV is the fifth biggest selling champagne in the world, and changing the work-horse of the house is no trivial matter. In fact, this new wine is the result of about 15 years of experimentation.
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How is it different from the NV we know so well? There is a number of important differences including: an extra year of bottle ageing in their cellar resulting in a more complex wine; balancing this it is made of only first pressing juice; and it has more chardonnay – 59% in fact – making it fresher and purer with hints of fresh citrus on the nose.
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Huon Hooke reviewed it in The Real Review saying it is ‘an outstanding wine for such a big house. Very creamy, with hints of peach and toast.’ He rated it at 94/100.
It was so good we featured it at the recent NSW Bailliage event at Brycefield in the Hunter Valley earlier this month.
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It was purchased from Kemenys in Sydney for $59.95 per bottle in a pack of six.