This video is the first of four that complete the wine review videos I have made on my trip to England visiting English Wine producers. This is the first of two wines tasted in the Emirates Lounge at Gatwick Airport. In my recent experience Laurent Perrier’s La Cuvee Brut N V Champagne has normally been available to try here and I was not disappointed on this occasion – it is always an agreeable way to start a trip.
Laurent-Perrier is one of the famous houses of Champagne. Founded in 1812 in the village of Tours-sur-Marne, its house style is known for its finesse and elegance, based around an emphasis on Chardonnay, in all save its rose wines. In this video I explain how the sourcing of more highh -quality Chardonnay vineyards has allowed the house to rebrand its non-vintage Chanpagne as La Cuvee, also improving quality.
The wines are vinified separately according to their vineyard, allowing for more control over the blending process. Laurent-Perrier was one of the first Champagne houses to use stainless steel tanks for fermentation.
The company has thousands of bottles stored in 11 kilometres (seven miles) of cool, humid cellars under the house at Tours-sur-Marne, awaiting their eventual disgorgement and release.
Like Veuve Clicquot, Laurent Perrier’s success is due to a widow, in this case Mathilde Emilie Perrier. After the vineyards were established, the original owner gave control of the company to his cellarmaster Eugene Laurent and his wife Perrier. After his death in 1887, Perrier took over the house, naming it for herself and her late husband. Under her leadership, Laurent-Perrier became one of Champagne’s most successful companies in the years leading up to World War I.
Laurent-Perrier was sold in 1939 to the de Nonancourt family and Bernard de Nonancourt, a war hero who was a part of the unit that unearthed Hitler’s wine cellar following World War II, took control of the house in 1948. He ran the company until his death in 2010, and is widely acknowledged to be the creator of the modern image of Laurent-Perrier.
To find out more about this wine, its price and where to purchase it follow this link to the wine-searcher website:
https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/laurent+perrier+la+cuvee+brut+champagne+france
▶️ CHAPTERS:
0:00 Laurent Perrier wine label
0:10 In Emirates Lounge London Gatwick
0:20 Laurent Perrier introduction
0:39 History of Laurent Perrier
1:04 Bernard de Nonancourt
1:21 About Laurent Perrier
1:44 Pressings
2:12 Winemaking
2:43 Blend
2:54 Reserve wines
3:06 Lees ageing
3:24 Dosage
3:49 Tasting
3:52 Appearance
4:05 Aromas
4:33 Palate
5:11 Conclusions
5:34 Score
5:50 Thanks and sign-off
▶️Follow this link to view a playlist containing all the wines I tasted in the course of travelling from Auckland to London and back in September 2025: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVa2LhpxQpetgMwqT0u5CZZ77BKG6q7g3
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