Champagne Pommery Cuvee Louise Rosé 1996
The 1996 Champagne Pommery Cuvée Louise Rosé is a vintage rosé champagne from Champagne, produced by the Pommery house from Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. As the prestige cuvée of the house, Cuvée Louise comes from Pommery vineyards; its rosé version is traditionally completed with a small portion of red wine from Aÿ. A published tasting of the 1996 vintage highlights a developed color, notes of cooked apricot and apple tart, as well as a fruity palate, tensioned by a lively and prolonged acidity.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- Chardonnay, Pinot Noir
Pommery
Pommery is a Champagne house based in Reims, on the Butte Saint-Nicaise. Stemming from the company Pommery & Greno, founded in 1856, it is characterised by the influence of Madame Pommery, who developed the cellars carved into the chalk pits and launched a brut champagne in 1874. The house is now owned by the Maison Pommery & Associés group and owns the 25 hectares of the Clos Pompadour vineyards, in the heart of Reims.
- Owner
- Maison Pommery & Associés
- Maître de chais
- Clément Pierlot
- Surface (ha)
- 25.00 ha
Histoire du domaine
The history of Pommery builds on the legacy of a Reims-based wine merchant established in 1836. The company Pommery & Greno was founded in 1856 by Louis-Alexandre Pommery and Narcisse Greno. On the death of Louis-Alexandre Pommery in 1858, his wife Jeanne-Alexandrine Pommery took over the management of the house. In July 1868, she commissioned the conversion of the old chalk cellars on the Butte Saint-Nicaise to house the cellars. The work resulted in an underground network of approximately 18 kilometres of tunnels, some thirty metres below ground. In 1874, the house launched ‘Pommery Nature’, a brut champagne that helped shape evolving tastes, which at the time were dominated by sweeter wines. The estate’s buildings were constructed between 1870 and 1878, and the cellars were opened to visitors from 1878 onwards. The site was damaged during the First World War, then rebuilt identically around 1920. After belonging to the Polignac family, the brand was sold to BSN in 1979, subsequently came under the control of LVMH, and was then acquired by Paul-François Vranken in 2002. It is now part of Maison Pommery & Associés, whilst Clément Pierlot has been the cellar master since 2017.
Cuvée Louise
Cuvée Louise is Pommery's vintage prestige cuvée. It is based on a blend of three Grands Crus of the House: Avize, Cramant, and Aÿ. The range notably includes Brut, Brut Nature, and Rosé expressions.
- Origin of the cuvée name
- Created as a tribute to Louise Pommery.
- Cuvée creation year
- 1979
- Style of the cuvée
- A champagne striving for purity, finesse, and elegance, featuring a delicate expression of the Grands Crus, a fine effervescence, and maturity developed through extended aging on lees.
- Position within the range
- An emblematic prestige cuvée, presented by Pommery as its most refined cuvée.
Histoire de la cuvée
Created for the first time in 1979 as a tribute to Louise Pommery, this cuvée requires rigorous selection of terroir and vintage. Its identity rests on three Grands Crus and prolonged aging in the cellars of the House.
