Champagne Laurent-Perrier Cuvee Grand Siecle 1990
Champagne Laurent-Perrier Grand Siècle 1990 is a sparkling white champagne from Champagne, signed by the house of Laurent-Perrier. Classified as a Champagne Grand Cru, it combines 55% Chardonnay and 45% Pinot Noir. Grand Siècle is the house's prestige cuvée; the 1990 edition is one of the rare vintage-dated versions, produced when the quality of the harvest warrants it. This blend thus brings together the freshness and finesse of Chardonnay with the structure of Pinot Noir.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- Sparkling White
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Champagne
- Producteur / Domaine
- Laurent-Perrier
- Cuvée
- Grand Siècle
- Millésime
- 1990
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 55% Chardonnay, 45% Pinot Noir
Laurent-Perrier
Founded in Tours-sur-Marne in 1812, Laurent-Perrier is a Champagne house that forms part of the Laurent-Perrier Group, controlled by the de Nonancourt family. The house relies on its own vineyards and long-term partnerships with Champagne winegrowers. Olivier Vigneron has been its cellar master since 2025.
- Owner
- Famille de Nonancourt, via le Groupe Laurent-Perrier
- Maître de chais
- Olivier Vigneron
Histoire du domaine
André-Michel Pierlot, a former cooper and bottler, settled in Tours-sur-Marne in 1812 as a Champagne wine merchant. His son Alphonse succeeded him, then passed the business on to his cellar master, Eugène Laurent. Following Eugène Laurent’s death in 1887, his widow, Mathilde-Émilie Perrier, took over the business and renamed it Veuve Laurent-Perrier. In 1889, she launched a ‘Grand Vin Sans Sucre’ (sugar-free fine wine), aimed in particular at British customers. Her daughter, Eugénie-Hortense Laurent, took over in 1925 and sold the estate in 1939. That same year, Marie-Louise de Nonancourt acquired Laurent-Perrier. Her son, Bernard de Nonancourt, took over the management of the house in 1948, having trained in viticulture and winemaking. He subsequently expanded the business and founded the Laurent-Perrier Group in 1983. The group is now controlled by the de Nonancourt family, who held 65.17 per cent of the share capital as at 31 March 2026. Olivier Vigneron, who joined Laurent-Perrier in 2004, became the house’s fourth cellar master in 2025.
Grand Siècle
Grand Siècle is the prestige cuvée of Laurent-Perrier. It blends three exceptional and complementary years in order to symbolically recreate a "perfect year", rather than expressing a single vintage. Predominantly composed of Chardonnay complemented by Pinot Noir, it originates from a maximum of eleven Grands Crus and benefits from extended ageing on the lees.
- Origin of the cuvée name
- The name refers to the "Grand Siècle", a prosperous period in 17th-century France associated with Louis XIV and the ideal of harmony, balance, and perfection created by man.
- Cuvée creation year
- 1959
- Style of the cuvée
- A champagne for long-term ageing that seeks the balance between aromatic intensity and complexity, persistent freshness, acidity, finesse, and elegance.
- Position within the range
- The prestige cuvée of Laurent-Perrier, presented as the pinnacle of its art of blending.
Histoire de la cuvée
In 1948, Bernard de Nonancourt decided to create a prestige cuvee based on the blending of several years rather than a single vintage. The first iteration was born in 1959 from the blend of the 1955, 1953, and 1952 vintages. Since then, each new blend has been identified as an "iteration" of Grand Siècle.
