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White - Sparkling
1998 Piper-Heidsieck Champagne Cuvée Rare
Champagne Blend
- France
- Champagne
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Community Tasting Notes 64
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jlgnml Likes this wine: 95 points
January 25, 2024 - Toasty, full body and weight. Delicious
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KeithAkers wrote: 94 points
January 24, 2024 - Dinner at Iki Ramen vol.II (Iki Ramen, Los Angeles CA): This was from magnum and was firing from the get-go with deep tones of freshly baked bread, golden grahams, nougat, brioche, nectarines, red apples, nougat, spiced pears, vanilla bean, and yellow flowers. The Medium bodied feel is rich, deep, and balanced with crisp, high acidity. The feel is gorgeous and flowing with a lot of texture that leads into a lengthy finish. This is a real beauty and shows off the joy that is a Rare with age.
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Bubbly Babes wrote: 94 points
January 21, 2024 - Cuvee Holiday: Paired with seared halibut, baby roasted carrots with plum butter sauce, pumpkin seeds and orange zest.
Lots going on with dish but orange paired nicely and butter helped stand up to richness of wine -
WST wrote: flawed
December 30, 2023 - Corked but drinkable
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BurgundySimon Likes this wine: 93 points
December 28, 2023 - From magnum. Felt very youthful with some oxidative notes, good acidity and integrated bubbles. Yellow apples, lemon, brioche, nuts, and a good finish.
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By Richard Jennings
9/26/2013 (link) 97 points(Piper-Heidsieck Champagne Cuvée Rare) From magnum - light lemon yellow color with abundant, steady, tiny bubbles; elegant, yeasty, brioche, toasty, saline nose; delicious, autolytic, lemon, mineral, lemon cream palate; long finish (this vintage was only produced in magnum) 97+ points
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1998
- Type White - Sparkling
- Producer Piper-Heidsieck
- Varietal Champagne Blend
- Designation Cuvée Rare
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Champagne
- SubRegion n/a
- Appellation Champagne
- UPC Code 087236657963
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 33 (4%)
- In Cellars 525 (60%)
- Consumed 314 (36%)
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