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The Building Blocks of Blending Champagne, Part III:

A tasting of the 2008 and 2009 base wine components of Veuve Clicquot's Yellow Label with chef de cave Dominique Demarville
Posted: Jun 9, 2010 2:41pm ET

Veuve Clicquot’s chef de cave Dominique Demarville shares 18 base wines, known as vins clairs, with me to showcase some of the components of the Brut NV “Yellow Label” blend and how he and his team use these as building blocks for the cuvée.

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