1990 | Charles Heidsieck | Blanc des Millenaires

Description

Sparkling Wine: 1990 | Charles Heidsieck | Blanc des Millenaires

Bright pale yellow color. Musky, multidimensional nose combines lemon, fresh pineapple, orange zest, hazelnut and smoke. Creamy-sweet and tactile, with superb fruit intensity and impressive extract. Complicated by low tones of earth and mushroom.Impressively long on the finish.

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Producer: Charles Heidsieck

Ratings: WS | 97V | 94

Vintage: 1990

Size: 750ml

ABV: 12%

Varietal: Chardonnay

Country/Region: France, Champagne

Bright pale yellow color. Musky, multidimensional nose combines lemon, fresh pineapple, orange zest, hazelnut and smoke. Creamy-sweet and tactile, with superb fruit intensity and impressive extract. Complicated by low tones of earth and mushroom.Impressively long on the finish.

Reviews:

• Wine Spectator: Understated excellence. Very refined in texture. Complex, revealing honey, coffee, citrus confit and ginger notes enmeshed in the supple, fine-grained texture. Firm yet perfectly integrated. A beautiful, stately expression of Chardonnay from Champagne.

• Vinous: Bright pale yellow color. Musky, multidimensional nose combines lemon, fresh pineapple, orange zest, hazelnut and smoke. Creamy-sweet and tactile, with superb fruit intensity and impressive extract. Complicated by low tones of earth and mushroom.Impressively long on the finish.

Producer Information

Charles Heidsieck is a prestigious Champagne producer. Its house style is structured and creamy, with a high proportion of reserve wine used in the Brut NV. Charles Heidsieck uses the three main Champagne grapes; Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier, in the wines, and the grapes of which are now sourced from more than 200 growers throughout Champagne. The house began in 1851 when its eponymous founder – the original “Champagne Charlie” – went into business for himself. Rather than investing in vineyards, Heidsieck invested in underground chalk cellars based in the center of Reims. The cellars, which are still part of the house today, are 60 feet (18m) below ground and have a constant temperature and humidity – they have been used to age wines for nearly 150 years. The cellars were less than 330 feet (100m) away from the German front line during the First World War and managed to survive, even though 80 percent of Reims was destroyed. In 1852, Charles Heidsieck left France for America, a market that was so far untouched by Champagne. He found great success there and was seen as not only an ambassador for Champagne but for France as a whole. Today, Champagne Charles Heidsieck is a premium producer of sparkling wines. The house produces both classic brut and rosé non-vintage wines, both of which are aged for three years, around 20 months longer than is legally required for non-vintage champagnes. There are also a range of vintage expressions in the portfolio.