In the glass
Aroma: candied lemon, baked pineapple, coffee, floral notes, toast
Palate: round richness, minerality, high acidity, long pure dry finish
A toasty, tropical vintage Blanc de Blancs: candied lemon and baked pineapple with coffee and floral tones, the round palate cut by minerality and high acidity on a long, pure, dry finish.
What it pairs with
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Lobster
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Round richness and minerality meet sweet shellfish. -
Turbot
High acidity and toast frame fine white fish. -
Aged Comte
Coffee and candied-lemon depth meet the cheese.
History
Blanc des Millenaires, first released from the 1983 vintage, is Charles Heidsieck's prestige Chardonnay cuvee, known for emerging toastiness after long ageing.
- 1983 — First vintage of Blanc des Millenaires
Facts
- Producer
- Charles Heidsieck
- Grapes
- Chardonnay (100%)
- Classification
- AOC Champagne
- Oak
- Stainless steel; Grand and Premier Cru Chardonnay, long lees ageing
- ABV
- 12.0%
- Price
- EUR 130 to 200 at retail
- Drinking window
- 10 to 30 from vintage
- First vintage
- 1983
Scores
- Vinous 95 (2007 vintage, reviewed 2021)