In the glass
Aroma: white flowers, honeysuckle, citrus, fresh almond
Palate: delicate Chardonnay fruit, chalk, silky texture, floral length
The prestige cuvee in Emile Galle's Art Nouveau anemone bottle: white flowers, honeysuckle and citrus over fresh almond, the palate delicate and silky with chalk and floral length.
What it pairs with
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Lobster
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Delicate chalk and citrus meet sweet shellfish. -
Sole meuniere
Silky texture and minerality frame white fish. -
Goat cheese
Honeysuckle lift balances fresh cheese.
History
Belle Epoque debuted with the 1964 vintage, released in 1969 in the anemone bottle Emile Galle designed in 1902, and is the house's Chardonnay-led prestige cuvee.
- 1969 — Belle Epoque launched in the revived Galle anemone bottle
Facts
- Producer
- Perrier-Jouet
- Grapes
- Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier
- Classification
- AOC Champagne
- Oak
- Stainless steel; Chardonnay-led prestige cuvee in the anemone bottle
- ABV
- 12.0%
- Price
- EUR 130 to 200 at retail
- Drinking window
- 8 to 25 from vintage
- First vintage
- 1969
Scores
- Vinous 93 (2014 vintage, reviewed 2023)