In the glass
Aroma: ripe lemon, pineapple, buttery pastry, vanilla toast
Palate: textural richness, saline, chalk, refreshing lift
A richly mature non-vintage built on a large reserve component: ripe lemon and pineapple over buttery pastry and vanilla toast, with textural richness lifted by a saline, chalky finish.
What it pairs with
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Roast chicken
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Buttery pastry and toast meet roasted poultry. -
Comte
Textural richness and vanilla echo the aged cheese. -
Oeuf mayonnaise
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Saline lift refreshes the creamy egg.
History
Charles-Camille Heidsieck founded the house in 1851; its Brut Reserve is built on an unusually large proportion of mature reserve wines for a rich, toasty style.
- 1851 — Charles-Camille Heidsieck founds the house in Reims
Facts
- Producer
- Charles Heidsieck
- Grapes
- Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier
- Classification
- AOC Champagne
- Oak
- Touch of oak; very high proportion of mature reserve wines
- ABV
- 12.0%
- Price
- EUR 55 to 75 at retail
- Drinking window
- now to 8 from release
- First vintage
- 1851
Scores
- Vinous 93