Mission Codename Gilded Age
You won’t find this bottle anywhere else. An ULTRA RARE SPECIAL GOLD EDITION tête de cuvée from one of the best in Champagne.
And today… we’re slashing over $100 off the price tag!
Seriously, if you like Krug Grand Cuvée, a blend of multiple vintages from older base wines, this is a wine cut from the same cloth – only with an even older, more complex blend. And today: around half the $$$.
You won’t be surprised to hear that we are MASSIVE fans of Champagne. So, it’s rare to come across a bottle that we haven’t tried, much less heard of…
Of course, we knew and LOVED the Palmes d’Or by Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte. When we when we saw this blinged out, exclusive GOLD EDITION in our friend’s hand when he arrived for lunch, we instantly salivated like one of Pavlov’s dogs.
And it did not disappoint!!! It’s old-school Hollywood glam in a glass. Pouring a deep glossy gold color reminiscent of the bottle’s veneer, it’s marked by a lively, pin-point mouse. Layers of dried and fresh citrus, pear, and stone fruit weave seamlessly with notes of brioche, beeswax, allspice, chalk, and so much more. The pleasure goes on and on and on throughout the ultra-long finish.
We needed to know more.
Nicolas Feuillatte, if you are not familiar, is the top-selling Champagne house within France. “The brand owes much of its reputation to the spirit and charisma of founder Nicolas Feuillatte, an entrepreneur who made his fortune in the coffee business in New York. A native of France, he inherited a vineyard in Champagne, eventually making Champagne for his jet-setting friends.” notes Wine Spectator.
Friends that included Jackie Kennedy-Onassis, Lauren Bacall, Sophia Loren, Princess Diana, Yves Saint Laurent… the man was connected.
Founded in the 1970’s, the Palmes d’Or was created with the 1985 vintage as their top wine – the iconic dimpled bottle designed by Feuillatte himself to mimic black pearls. Their secret weapon - winemaker Jean-Pierre Vincent. In a retrospective of multiple vintages, Wine Spectator raves, “The (wine’s) quality derives from the steady guidance of Vincent over the 30-plus years he has been sourcing the grapes and making the Feuillatte Champagnes.”
The GOLD EDITION follows the same model, and is the brainchild of Guillame Roffiaen, Vincent’s successor as chef de cave. Like the usual Palmes d’Or bottling it’s 50% Pinot Noir and 50% Chardonnay from the best Grand Cru sites on the Montagne de Reims and Cotes de Blancs. But rather than a single vintage aged 10 years, this is a multi-Vintage blend of the best-of-the-best of their library wines – aged an average of 15 years, the base being from 2005, a vintage whereby, per Jancis Robinson, “big-shouldered wines were made” like this golden beauty.
It’s multifaceted and as ultra-complex as it is ultra-rare. Only available in the US in select clubs and fine-dining establishments, through our TOP SECRET connections we secured a small allocation.
And at OVER $100 OFF!
Grab as many as you can. Come you next anniversary, birthday, of ‘just-because’ day, you’ll be glad you did.
Because Oscar Wilde is right again, “pleasure without Champagne is purely artificial.”
What the Winery Says
'Palmes d'Or' Gold Edition Brut
- Winemaker
- Guillaume Roffiaen
- Varietals
- 50% Chardonnay, 50% Pinot Noir
- Vintage
- NV
- Alcohol
- 12.5%
- Appellation
- Champagne, France
- Vineyards
- Various Grand Cru Sites
- Aging
- Average 15 years in the cellars
- Barrels
- Stainless steel
About the Winery
Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte
WHAT THE AGENTS SAY
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