Or shall we call it ‘The Richards’ ?! Instead of ‘The Champagne Oscars’ ? We want to sum-up the year of 2025 from a Champagne perspective. In 20+ categories we hand out awards for this years most memorable Champagnes & Champagne related topics! [ read the full champagne story ]
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Historical winners
| 2025 | 1955 Veuve Clicquot Vinothèque |
| 2024 | 2024 – mv Moët & Chandon ’Esprit du Siècle’ |
| 2023 | 1961 Moët & Chandon ‘Grand Vintage Collection’ |
| 2022 | mv Selosse ‘La Côte Faron Aÿ’ [base 2015] |
| 2021 | 1996 Krug ’Clos d’Ambonnay’ |
| 2020 | 1975 Bollinger ’R.D. Vinothèque’ [dégorgement ’15] |
★★★★
Grand Trophy of the Year
1955 Veuve Clicquot ‘Vinothèque’
PN 67 CH 33
(Magnum)
99(99)p
TASTING NOTE by Champagne Club by Richard Juhlin ‘One of the world’s very best champagnes and the greatest ever made at Veuve Clicquot. Quite simply one of the top five champagnes I’ve ever tasted and if I were to run a new Millennium tasting today with one of the remaining 28 magnums, the wine would be a favorite for gold along with the 1966 Dom Pérignon P3 on magnum, as the few I have higher up like the 1928 Pol Roger Grauves and 1938 Krug probably won’t appear in such a perfect guise these days. Since 1962 modern vinification techniques and stainless-steel tanks have been used. If you find old, well-kept vintages they’ll be very like Bollinger and Krug. Despite the factory scale, the house has managed to keep its Pinot-based classic style, where dough, bread, and pepper are clear elements.This is the third time I’ve tasted the wine and the style has been consistent, but I wonder if the one that Didier Mariotti disgorged for us under the Cave Privée flag at the Hotel du Marc in May 2025 was the most intense of them all. Served blind, it took me 2 seconds, no mistake. One second to recognize the wine. I stood up and ran euphorically screaming across to the other side of the magnificent dining room table and kissed Didier’s forehead gratefully. Emma Hartvig was so moved by the scent that she couldn’t hold back her tears and former elite gymnast Jesper Fornstam was so happy that he walked a lap of honor on his hands around the entire table in praise of the 55′. Thank you Didier and thank you Clicquot for being able to give us such euphoric moments of happiness when the world outside is so conflict-filled and chaotic. There is an unstoppable rush of happiness in our bodies.’
The best Veuve Clicquot off all time !
Champagne Club by Richard Juhlin
A classic house that is one of the greatest!
Champagne Club by Richard Juhlin
