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1995 Charles Heidsieck Champagne Blanc des Millénaires

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  • T.E.D. wrote: 93 points

    April 19, 2024 - One year later and once again, a beautiful bottle. An excellent mature champagne, very unctuous and Rich in profile. Still good effervescence. Years left, but certainly at its pinnacle and my opinion, in terms of structure, and profile

    1 person found this helpful Comment
  • Papies wrote: 95 points

    April 6, 2024 - Lizzie St Supper Club (Lizzie St, London): A wine we have had a good dozen times over the last decade ( Papies 92-94) and dare we say this our last bottle was the best we have ever had. Easily WOTN of our dinner and ever so surprised by how fresh and energetic it still is. Soft smoky edge from the oak in its elevage, bright mineral , soft richness and just enough of a secondary side to add to the complexity . Impressive and this has another decade of life we felt.95-96

    2 people found this helpful Comment
  • matage Likes this wine: 91 points

    December 31, 2023 - Came across as a tad weak without the body I expected. Might be my palate for the day though - having stressed around in the kitchen for a good 7h...

  • VinoGeeko Likes this wine: 91 points

    December 31, 2023 - almost no atmospheres of pressure left (cork BARELY expanded on opening) had on xmas eve. Sarahs birthyear bottle. so sentimental bonus point given. Aged notes with cheese notes surprisingly mono-dimensional with almonds predominant: but surprising dearth of butter/toast notes. less surprisingly no primary fruit beyond a shadow of green apple / stoney citrus.

    Im not too well versed in vintage Champagnes but I’d say Drink up!

  • palfr2 wrote:

    December 27, 2023 - Drank from own cellar, BYOB at La Cagouille, Paris. Could not be more different than last bottle. Fairly oxidative with quasi copper colour and mirabelle plum dominating the nose. I would be struggling to pick this up blind as a BdB. Drinkable but not representative of a properly-aged version of this

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  • By Richard Jennings
    11/30/2016 (link) 95 points

    (Charles Heidsieck Champagne Blanc des Millénaires) Lemon yellow color with steady, tiny bubbles; autolytic, almond, brioche, hazelnut nose; creamy textured, mature, elegant, brioche, pear cream, almond palate with tangy acidity; medium-plus finish 95+ points

  • By Richard Jennings
    9/30/2013 (link) 96 points

    (Charles Heidsieck Champagne Blanc des Millénaires) Light yellow color with abundant, tiny, speedy bubbles; toasty, autolytic, hazelnut nose; creamy textured, delicious, autolytic, hazelnut, almond, almond cream palate; long finish 96+ points

  • By Richard Jennings
    10/1/2012 (link) 95 points

    (Charles Heidsieck Champagne Blanc des Millénaires) Light lemon yellow color with tiny bubbles; very appealing, yeasty, toasty, baked lemon nose; rich, toasty, yeasty, baked lemon, mineral palate; long finish

  • By Richard Jennings
    8/12/2012 (link) 95 points

    (Charles Heidsieck Champagne Blanc des Millénaires) Light medium yellow color with few tiny bubbles; very appealing, lemon, maturing, light mushroom nose; tasty, rich but poised, tart lemon, mineral, dried mushroom palate; medium-plus finish

  • By Richard Jennings
    9/26/2011 (link) 95 points

    (Charles Heidsieck Champagne Blanc des Millénaires) Light yellow color; yeasty, maturing, baked lemon nose; rich, tasty, yeasty, toasty, baked lemon, apple, mineral palate, delicious as always; medium-plus finish

  • By Richard Jennings
    11/6/2010 (link) 93 points

    (Charles Heidsieck Champagne Blanc des Millénaires) Light yellow color; lovely, elegant, lemon, apple, honey, aspirin nose; tasty, poised, youthful, delicious, tart apple, mineral, green apple palate with depth; medium-plus finish 93+ pts.

  • By Richard Jennings
    10/21/2010 (link) 93 points

    (Charles Heidsieck Champagne Blanc des Millénaires) Light lemon yellow color; yeasty, lemon, citrus nose; tasty, poised, maturing, autolytic, citrus, lemon, mineral palate; medium-plus finish 93+ pts.

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    9/27/2010 (link) 95 points

    (Charles Heidsieck Champagne Blanc des Millénaires) Light yellow color; lovely, yeasty, citrus, lemon nose; tasty, poised, yeasty, creamy textured, tart lemon palate; medium-plus finish

  • By Richard Jennings
    11/18/2009 (link) 93 points

    (Charles Heidsieck Champagne Blanc des Millénaires) Light yellow color; nice toast, smoke, yeast nose; tasty, rich but balanced, creamy lemon, yeast, mineral palate; medium-plus finish 93+ pts.

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  • By Gary Vaynerchuk
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    (Charles Heidsieck Blanc De Millenaire) COLOR-golden; NOSE (w/ no decant)-a quick blast of marzipan; a cinnamon toast crunch cereal aspect; some dried fruits; PALATE (w/ no decant)-sliced fresh golden apples dominate; a chalk dust minerality; NOSE (w/ 60' decant)-much more aromatic; more caramel & brown sugar components; PALATE (w/ 60' decant)-the bubbles are considerably softer; substantially more rounded and integrated; baked apple pie w/ caramel and brown sugar; NOSE (w/ 90' decant)-even more pronounced, but the difference from no decant to 60 minute decant was more pronounced; PALATE (w/ 90' decant)-there are clearly still bubbles; apples and bread like before, but one thing I'm picking up for the first time is a substantial lemon peel component; WS-95; GV-No Score

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  • By Richard Jennings
    9/28/2009 (link) 92 points

    (Charles Heidsieck Champagne Blanc des Millénaires) Light yellow color; yeasty, toast nose; toast, tart lemon, yeast and mineral palate; medium finish

  • By Richard Jennings
    9/22/2008 (link) 93 points

    (Charles Heidsieck Champagne Blanc des Millénaires) Light, yeasty, flaky croissant nose; very tasty, croissant, yeast palate, with good acidity; medium-plus finish 93+ pts.

  • By Richard Jennings
    4/11/2008 (link) 95 points

    (Charles Heidsieck Champagne Blanc des Millénaires) Light yellow color; yeasty white flower, honeysuckle and peach nose; rich, big, very tart grapefruit and pear palate with good stuffing and zesty, refreshing acidity that gave it an edge over the '93 BdM in the same flight; medium finish 95+ pts.

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  • By Gary Vaynerchuk
    It's Celebration Time Here at WLTV!, Episode #267, 6/29/2007 (link) 88 points

    (CHARLES HEIDSIECK BLANC DE MILLENAIRE) #3; VaynerPAZZZ; COLOR-beautiful golden; NOSE-tighter, little grapefruit, dried toast, little hazelnut; TASTE-nice sour pear coming through, but it completely disappears ("Caspar Syndrome"), a lack of finish, shocking for such a good producer; WS-95; GV-88

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  • By Richard Jennings
    12/28/2006 (link) 92 points

    (Charles Heidsieck Champagne Blanc des Millénaires) Group's #4 (my #4) – 81 pts; 2, 3, 1, 0 – chalky, tangy, citrus nose, that becomes savory after 45 minutes in the glass; refreshing, with good acidity, structure and mineral edges; medium finish

Wine Definition

  • Vintage 1995
  • Type White - Sparkling
  • Producer Charles Heidsieck
  • Varietal Chardonnay
  • Designation Blanc des Millénaires
  • Vineyard n/a
  • Country France
  • Region Champagne
  • SubRegion n/a
  • Appellation Champagne
  • UPC Codes 066705000059, 087236301781, 087236301828, 3037900003845, 3037900003968, 3037900004194, 667505000159, 9047200003845

Community Holdings

  • Pending Delivery 74 (1%)
  • In Cellars 2,925 (44%)
  • Consumed 3,606 (55%)

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Apéritif, Áperitif, Fine food, Fish, Fisk, lobster roll, Meditation, Nyårsmiddag A&G +K&R, Poultry, Salmon apps

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