{"id":603,"date":"2016-09-29T17:37:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-29T16:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sparklingdirect.co.uk\/blog\/post\/veuve-clicquot-vintage-brut-2004"},"modified":"2016-09-29T17:37:00","modified_gmt":"2016-09-29T16:37:00","slug":"veuve-clicquot-vintage-brut-2004","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sparklingdirect.co.uk\/blog\/post\/veuve-clicquot-vintage-brut-2004","title":{"rendered":"Veuve Clicquot Vintage Brut 2004 Champagne"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/champagne\/brand\/veuve-clicquot-champagne\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2016%2f9%2fveuve-clicquot-vintage-2004.png\" alt=\"Veuve Clicquot Vintage Brut 2004\" width=\"350\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Vintage 2004, the House&#8217;s 64th vintage, is a perfect opportunity to pay tribute to Roger Z&egrave;ches, Cellar Master from 1941 to 1969.<\/p>\n<p>Born on August 7, 1904, he took over from his father and left his indelible mark on the post war vintages.<\/p>\n<p>The 1904 harvest was abundant for the time and proved one of the best of the early 20th century.<\/p>\n<p>History may or may not repeat itself, but these two cuvees, separated by exactly a century, owe their beginnings to similarly beneficial conditions.<\/p>\n<p>The exceptionally good weather conditions in September 2004 allowed the abundant crop of grapes to ripen beautifully. So between September 23 and October 13, we harvested some exceptional grapes in excellent conditions.<\/p>\n<p>The Pinot Noir wines are fruity and full-bodied; the <a href=\"\/wine\/variety\/chardonnay-wine-gifts\">Chardonnay wines<\/a> show a lot of distinction, and the Meunier wines add a touch of gourmandise.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"\/wine\/\">vintage wines<\/a> express subtle, complex aromatic notes that allow for the most daring food pairings whilst offering exceptional aging potential<\/p>\n<p>Distinctive and powerful, each <a href=\"\/champagne\/vintage\/vintage-champagne-gifts\">Champagne Vintage<\/a> is the unique expression of a single harvest chosen for its remarkable quality and loyalty to the House&rsquo;s style.<\/p>\n<p>Vintages with exceptional qualities and unparalleled aging potential are carefully preserved for decades at the heart of Veuve Clicquot&rsquo;s chalk cellars in Reims, making up the Cave Priv&eacute;e.<\/p>\n<p>View our range of <a href=\"\/champagne\/brand\/veuve-clicquot-champagne\">Veuve Clicquot Vintage Champagne Gifts<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Veuve Clicquot Vintage Brut 2004 Champagne the House&#8217;s 64th vintage, is a perfect opportunity to pay tribute to Roger Z\u00e8ches, Cellar Master from 1941<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gifts-for-champagne-lovers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sparklingdirect.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sparklingdirect.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sparklingdirect.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparklingdirect.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparklingdirect.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparklingdirect.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sparklingdirect.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparklingdirect.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sparklingdirect.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}