2006 Piper-Heidsieck Champagne Cuvée Rare

Community Tasting Notes (73) Avg Score: 93.5 points

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Musigny1955's profile
  • Report Issue

  3/26/2024 - Musigny1955 Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Purchased on release, sound bottle. Tasted in a flight with the 1996 Krug. Rich, lots of brioche, "must have been on the lees forever" was one comment. Great by itself or with food. 4 of 12 (including me) voted this ahead of the Krug (8 of 12), which for me had begun the downside slope of maturity and was a perhaps 93. First time I have had this wine and nearly the level of the fabulous 2008.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comments (1)

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View WST's profile
  • Report Issue

  3/17/2024 - WST Likes this wine:

  I liked my previous bottles a bit more. Last night, the opulence and density seemed the main feature. Still, good complexity and flavors/scents including apricot and other orchard fruit, intense brioche, and even a little tropical fruit. We all preferred the lithe Guiborat BdB from last night.
  If you need a wine to stand up to a strongly flavored meal, this is a good choice.

  1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Greybush79's profile
  • Report Issue

  2/28/2024 - Greybush79 Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Just a lovely showing! It is so complex, and a perfect example of age bringing a bottle to life. It is right in the middle of it’s drinking window.

  1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View WST's profile
  • Report Issue

  2/10/2024 - WST Likes this wine:

  Excellent, especially for the warm vintage. Lemon, lime, apricot, honey, vanilla. Generous and round on the palate.

  1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View DrELW's profile
  • Report Issue

  2/9/2024 - DrELW Likes this wine: 95 Points

  This was drunk with friends earlier tonight at a restaurant. The wine was a medium yellow color that showed the wines age. What impressed me the most was the mid-palate body and flavors which were full and expressive. A great champagne at 18 years of age.

  1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment

View all 73 Community Tasting Notes

Professional reviews have copyrights and you can view them here for your personal use only as private content. To view pro reviews you must either subscribe to a pre-integrated publication or manually enter reviews below. Learn more.