No.1 Reine Cuvée Reserve NV
Product.Nr. 2291
Recognised by Master Sommelier Cameron Douglas as one of the most exceptional wines of 2025. No.1 Reine Cuvée is a tribute to the family’s Mother and Mémère, Reine Vautrelle Le Brun. The floral pattern is inspired by a precious heirloom ring handed down to granddaughter Virginie Le Brun. This classic Méthode Traditionelle blend of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Meunier has had long term lees ageing and minimal dosage to create a seamless and sophisticated Extra Brut Reserve NV.
Customers also purchased
product description
No.1 Reine Cuvée Reserve NV
Reviews
Cameron Douglas MS: 97/100 & Top NZ Wine Selection 2025. This is a fantastic wine beginning with plush pale golden hues and lemon highlights leading to a bouquet of white fleshed orchard fruits and citrus swathed in a fresh butter brioche autolysis from extended fine lees complexities. Apple blossom, nut and honey highlights complete the bouquet. A complex wine touches the palate with a softly textured voluminous mousse and super fine bubble. Nicely weighted with a rounded satin-cream texture, core flavours of oatmeal, citrus, white fleshed orchard fruits with layers of autolysis and acidity. A delicious wine with a dry, lengthy finish offering perfect drinking today and through the next eight to twelve years.
Sam Kim, Wine Orbit: 97/100. Exquisitely composed and styled, showing crunchy apple, lemon pith, sweet pastry and white floral nuances, leading to a brilliantly focused palate exhibiting creamy mouthfeel combined with beautifully pitched acidity, finishing graceful and captivating. Seamless and perfectly proportioned.
Bob Campbell, MW (The Real Review): 96/100 & Top Rank.
Tasting Note
The bouquet is rich and complex with delicious buttery shortbread and brioche autolysis and delightful hints of ripe apricot. The extended lees ageing has created a charming méthode that is full and rich but retains finesse. Champagne-like characters of brioche and buttered toast are entwined with baked peach and ripe apricot. The pallet is broad with beautifully balanced acidity creating a seamless and elegant méthode that is crisp, yet lingers on the taste buds.
Aromas and flavours:
Additional information
Type: Sparkling wine from New Zealand
Varietal: 50% Chardonnay, 43% Pinot Noir, 7% Pinot Meunier
Food match: Oysters, Beef Tartare
Winemaking: Bottle fermented and aged on lees for a minimum of 4+ years.
Cellaring: 5 years
Alcohol: 12.5% vol
Total acidity: 7.2 g/l
Residual sugar: 4.9 g/l
Sweetness: Extra Brut
Bottle size: 0.75l
Notice: contains sulphites
Nutritional Information| Nutritional Information per 100 ml | |
|---|---|
| Energy | 296 kJ (72 kcal) |
| Carbohydrates | 0.3 g |
| of which Sugars | 0.3 g |
| Contains negligible amounts of fat, saturates, protein and salt. | |
Ingredients: Grapes, enrichments sucrose/sugar, Liqueur d'expédition, packaging gas carbon dioxide, preservatives: sulphites
Produced and bottled by: No.1 Family Estate, 169 Rapaura Road, RD3, Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand
Distributor: vinabonus GmbH, Simmedenweg 40, 34134 Kassel, Germany
Switzerland
