Houses
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.
- Founded
- 1772
- Location
- France
- Ownership
- LVMH（モエ・ヘネシー）傘下
- 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
- 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.
Cuvées
- Brut Yellow Label — the non-vintage flagship; Pinot Noir–led (around 50–55%).
- Rosé Yellow Label — one of the first named rosé NV bottlings in Champagne, dating to 1818.
- Extra Brut Extra Old — a low-dosage NV based on long-aged reserve wines.
- Vintage / Vintage Rosé — single-year releases.
- La Grande Dame / La Grande Dame Rosé — the prestige cuvée, created in 1972 for the house's bicentennial.
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.