Champagne Perrier Jouet Grand Brut
Champagne Perrier-Jouët Grand Brut is a non-vintage sparkling white champagne crafted by Maison Perrier-Jouët in Champagne. Its blend comprises 40% Pinot Meunier, 40% Pinot Noir, and 20% Chardonnay. As the house's emblematic cuvée, it combines wines from around fifty crus across the Montagne de Reims, the Vallée de la Marne, and the Côte des Blancs. It benefits from a minimum aging period of three years and incorporates up to 15% reserve wines. The house style is defined as floral and fresh, featuring nuances of fresh fruit, buttery brioche, and vanilla, supported by a generous finish.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Loose
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- Sparkling White
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Champagne
- Producteur / Domaine
- Perrier Jouët
- Cuvée
- Grand Brut
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 40% Pinot Meunier, 40% Pinot Noir, 20% Chardonnay
Perrier Jouët
Founded in Épernay in 1811, Perrier-Jouët is a Champagne house owned by the Pernod Ricard group. Its estate-owned vineyards cover 65 hectares, notably in the Côte des Blancs, with a significant proportion planted with Chardonnay. The house is also associated with the Japanese anemone motif created by Émile Gallé in 1902.
- Owner
- Pernod Ricard
- Maître de chais
- Séverine Frerson-Gomez
- Surface (ha)
- 65.00 ha
Histoire du domaine
The Perrier-Jouët house was founded in Épernay in 1811 by Pierre-Nicolas Perrier and Rose-Adélaïde Jouët, one year after their marriage. Pierre-Nicolas Perrier was then a winegrower and botanist, whilst Rose-Adélaïde Jouët came from a family of Norman merchants. From its earliest decades, the house took a particular interest in Chardonnay and gradually acquired plots in the Côte des Blancs, notably in Cramant and Avize. Their son Charles Perrier took over the management of the house in 1848. In 1842, Perrier-Jouët created the Cuvée K, presented by the house as its first brut champagne. In 1902, Octave Gallice commissioned Émile Gallé to design a motif of Japanese anemones for one of the house’s bottles; this motif became its enduring hallmark. In 1964, four magnums decorated by Gallé were rediscovered by cellar master André Baveret, an event that led to the creation of the Belle Époque cuvée. Perrier-Jouët joined the Pernod Ricard group in 2005. Since October 2020, Séverine Frerson-Gomez has been the house’s cellar master.
Grand Brut
Perrier-Jouët Grand Brut is a non-vintage cuvée from the Maison's classic collection. Every year, it blends around 50 crus of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Meunier, complemented by reserve wines to maintain a consistent style. The Maison presents it as a floral, harmonious, fresh, and generous champagne.
- Cuvée creation year
- 1846
- Style of the cuvée
- A floral and harmonious champagne, seeking a balance between freshness, finesse, roundness, and generosity, with a prominent place given to the expression of Chardonnay.
- Position within the range
- Non-vintage cuvée from the classic collection and emblematic introduction to the floral style of Perrier-Jouët.
Histoire de la cuvée
The Maison traces the origin of Grand Brut back to Cuvée K, created in 1846 to cater to the British taste for drier champagnes. This historic cuvee, with a low dosage for its time, is explicitly presented as the ancestor or direct predecessor of today's Perrier-Jouët Grand Brut.
