CELEBRATE SPECIAL OCCASIONS
How to Celebrate with Champagne
Maison Perrier-Jouët champagnes are rare cuvées boasting complex and elegant aromas. Presented in elegant gift boxes, they are always an excellent choice to celebrate special occasions.
In this article, discover our advice for choosing the right champagne for your party, whether you’re celebrating a graduation, a housewarming, an anniversary, an engagement or a wedding.
Why do we celebrate special moments with champagne?
Champagne has always been synonymous with luxury, success and joyful events. It is a rare product resulting from outstanding expertise, which contributes to its high-end reputation.
As early as the 18th century, it was tasted in all the great royal courts in Europe, Russia and the colonies. It was the favorite drink of King George 2 and Queen Victoria, in particular.
When it comes to tasting, its versatile aromas are suited to a wide range of celebrations from aperitifs to sit-down dinners.
Choosing a bottle
Brut, blanc de blancs or rosé champagne? A blend of outstanding grape varieties or a vintage cuvée? Read on to discover what sets each and every Perrier-Jouët cuvée apart.
Brut, blanc de blancs or rosé?
To help you choose the right cuvée, it’s best to begin by deciding on the type of blend: brut, blanc de blancs or rosé.
Grand Brut
Perrier-Jouët Grand Brut is the result of an exclusive combination of Pinot Noir, Meunier and Chardonnay. It is very versatile, making it the perfect accompaniment from the apéritif to the main dish.
Blanc de Blancs
Perrier-Jouët Blanc de Blancs is made exclusively from Chardonnay, the house’s emblematic grape variety. For Séverine Frerson, the Perrier-Jouët Cellar Master, “it is a lively, dynamic wine. The freshness of this champagne makes it ideal for the apéritif.”
Blason Rosé
Perrier-Jouët Blason Rosé is a blend of Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Meunier specifically designed to bestow the wine with the necessary power to suit many pairings, making it the perfect partner for celebratory meals from starter to dessert.
These three champagnes are made from grapes harvested during the current vintage and a set proportion of reserve wines from previous vintages. Their blend is decided on each year by the house’s cellar master to guarantee a consistent style from one vintage to the next.
For an extraordinary celebration, choose a vintage champagne
To give a unique character to your most memorable celebrations, why not choose a vintage champagne made exclusively from grapes from a given year.
The Perrier-Jouët Belle Epoque collection includes rare champagnes produced in very limited quantities and exclusively during years when the perfect conditions are met. These champagnes are ideal for celebrating engagements and special anniversaries.
Occasions to celebrate with champagne
While the light bubbles of champagne have always been synonymous with joyful moments, the Maison Perrier-Jouët cuvées provide an additional celebratory touch. Inspired by art and nature, their complex, floral notes add a refined, delicate touch to all the important milestones in your life.
Graduation
Graduation ceremonies are always a special day, marking a personal accomplishment and the culmination of hard work. To celebrate this special day, it is only natural to choose an iconic Perrier-Jouët Grand Brut champagne. As a pioneering champagne, it is the epitome of success. In fact, the K cuvée was the world’s first low-dosage champagne, meaning it had a lot less sugar than most champagnes at the time. Now known under the name “brut”, this type of champagne has since conquered the world over.
The aromatic qualities of Perrier-Jouët Grand Brut also make it a versatile wine which is sure to delight all guests.
Birthdays & Engagements
To celebrate these special occasions, consider creating a memorable experience for your guests by inviting them to taste a rare cuvée: Perrier-Jouët Belle Epoque Brut. This vintage champagne is the house’s iconic wine, and will add of a touch of exclusivity to the occasion.
Anniversaries
Perrier-Jouët Belle Epoque Rosé is the ideal champagne for celebrating relationships that bloom and companies that grow from strength to strength from one year to the next. This vintage cuvée symbolizes the unique character of everything that blossoms over time.
Housewarmings
You’ve recently moved house and want to gather your friends in your new “Home sweet home”? To celebrate this special moment, we recommend choosing Perrier-Jouët Blanc de Blancs. This lively and elegant cuvée is made from 100% Chardonnay and is the perfect way to celebrate the joy of moving house and celebrating a new chapter in your life.
Weddings
To accompany your ceremony from the cocktail reception to the meal and the aperitif to the dessert, choose a versatile cuvée tinged with the color of love. Subtle and sophisticated Perrier-Jouët Blason Rosé is sure to win over all your guests. It goes perfectly with a wide range of appetizers and dishes, particularly seafood, cheeses and some delicatessen meats.
Presented in an elegant gift box, this cuvée also makes an excellent gift idea for newlyweds!
Outstanding gastronomic pairings for your celebration
Looking for ideas for champagne and food pairings for your celebration? Discover our recommendations.
Perrier-Jouët Grand Brut is a champagne made from different grape varieties grown on several terroirs and blended to express the House’s complex and floral style. For Séverine Frerson, the House’s Cellar Master, it goes marvelously with “white meat or fish in a creamy sauce”.
Perrier-Jouët Blanc de Blancs is crafted exclusively from Chardonnay and is particularly refreshing, making it perfect for summer menus. “It pairs wonderfully with carpaccio of sea bass”.
Perrier-Jouët Blason Rosé is the champagne best suited to a celebratory get-together over “grilled rib steak”.
Vintage champagnes, gastronomic cuvées
Read on to find out how to elegantly pair vintage cuvées from the Belle Epoque collection with refined dishes to mark your celebration in style:
According to Séverine Frerson, Perrier-Jouët Belle Epoque Brut “is the partner of choice for exquisite products such as king shrimps with creamy polenta, sole meunière and Parmesan”.
Pure, precise, delicate and complex, Perrier-Jouët Belle Epoque Blanc de Blancs “shines when paired with seafood such as carpaccio of scallops and citrus zest, bass in a sea-salt crust, turbot, lobster or scampi”.
All in all, Perrier-Jouët Belle Epoque Rosé is a delicate and resolutely original champagne “which goes beautifully with tuna cooked on one side, salmon in a cranberry sauce or duck breast”.