What Makes a Cuvée “Prestige”?

Prestige cuvées represent the very best of Champagne. They are the wines a house puts its name to, the ultimate showcase of skill, tradition, and patience.

Vineyard Sourcing: Crafted from Grand Cru or top Premier Cru sites, often from old vines or meticulously selected parcels to ensure impeccable fruit quality.

Vintage Declaration: Produced only in exceptional years. Unlike Non Vintage Champagnes, these wines reflect the unique personality of a single harvest.

Extended Ageing: Years on lees and in bottle build layered flavours of brioche, hazelnut, honey, spice, and minerality with remarkable finesse.

Rarity & Price: Made in small quantities with intense care, these wines are highly sought after and command a premium for their pedigree and potential.

Presentation: Elegantly bottled, often with bespoke labels or gift packaging. A visual and sensory statement.

How Does Prestige Cuvée Taste?

Expect depth, structure, and length. These are wines with richness and refinement, often with a fine mousse, deep fruit, savoury complexity, and a finish that lingers. They evolve beautifully over time, with cellared bottles developing truffle, dried fruit, and patisserie notes.

Key Prestige Cuvée Bottles in Our Cellar

• Dom Pérignon – The original prestige cuvée, first released in 1936. Vintage editions including 2015 and rare back vintages.
• Pol Roger Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill – Powerful and elegant, made in tribute to the former Prime Minister.
• Perrier Jouët Belle Époque – Iconic floral bottle, delicate and expressive.
• Bollinger La Grande Année – A robust, oak aged prestige wine known for richness and ageing capacity.
• Laurent Perrier Cuvée Alexandra Rosé – An ultra rare, vintage rosé prestige cuvée.
• Salon Le Mesnil Blanc de Blancs – Legendary Blanc de Blancs prestige cuvée, produced only in the finest years.

Serving, Pairing & Cellaring

• Serve: 8 to 10 °C in a tulip shaped or white wine glass to enhance aromatic depth.
• Pair: Lobster, scallops, truffle risotto, foie gras, duck, or aged Comté.
• Cellar: Store horizontally in a cool, dark environment at 10 to 12 °C. Many prestige cuvées evolve beautifully over 10 to 30 years or more.

Prestige Cuvée Questions, Answered

What makes a Champagne a Prestige Cuvée?
It is the house’s top expression, from the best sites in the best years, made with care and aged to perfection.

Is Prestige Champagne always vintage?
Nearly always, yes. Prestige cuvées are produced only in standout harvests. Some houses release second plénitude or multi vintage prestige blends.

Why are Prestige Cuvées more expensive?
Rarity, fruit quality, extended ageing, and limited production drive the price. You are buying the finest a house can offer.

When should I drink a Prestige Cuvée?
They are beautiful on release, but many develop greater depth with 5 to 20 plus years of cellaring.

What is Dom Pérignon P2 or Krug Grande Cuvée?
These are prestige wines that follow a different path. Krug Grande Cuvée blends reserve wines across multiple years to express the house’s signature richness and complexity. Dom Pérignon P2 is a later release of a vintage wine aged longer on lees for greater depth and tension.

Why Shop Prestige Cuvée at Kent Street Cellars

Our selection is carefully curated to showcase the most exceptional Champagnes in the world, from iconic maisons to cult Grand Cru growers.

• Same day delivery across Sydney Metro
• Fast, secure shipping nationwide
• Rare allocations and cellared vintages
• Optional gift wrapping

Explore Prestige Cuvée Champagne and discover bottles that define excellence, made to mark life’s most remarkable moments.