Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame 2018: Interview with winemaker Gaëlle Goossens

Benjamin Herzog, 14.04.2025

The champagne house Veuve Clicquot presented the latest edition of its prestige cuvée La Grande Dame at a historic dinner in Paris. To mark the launch, Falstaff spoke to winemaker Gaëlle Goossens about the 2018 vintage and the special history behind it.

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This year's presentation of Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame 2018 in Paris pulled out all the stops, with 11 chefs sharing no less than 18 Michelin stars between them each creating a dish to match the new vintage. Among them were 3-star chef Enrico Crippa from Piazza Duomo in Alba, Kanji Kobayashi from Japan and Dario Cadonau from the Swiss hotel In Lain Cadonau. The lucky 100 that were invited to the Galerie de Minéralogie et de Géologie had ample opportunity to sample the prestigious cuvée. As part of the presentation, Falstaff spoke to Gaëlle Goossens, one of Veuve Clicquot's winemakers.

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