NV Charles Heidsieck Champagne Brut Réserve
Community Tasting Note
pmarlo Likes this wine:
Tuesday, January 16, 2024 - 1/1/24-Bubbles medium but not aggressive. Initial taste is subdued grapefruit and perhaps peach. Not heavy but enough to tell. Next day. Some bubbles left more in balance. Improved a good tick. Very nice on second day. Has good weight in the mouth; not delicate but substantial without being heavy. Impressive NV, one of the better ones to be had. Nice cut. This may be to the chardonnay being sufficient. A pinot dominant blend would be more luscious and generous. This is nice for a blend. Think its 40% pinot and chardonnay each and 20% munier.
I see a lot of praise and admiration for this wine, and after having it myself, think it's well deserved. If one feels the need to compare, please remember to compare to other brut wines. This has a nice weight to it without being heavy and just the right cut for a brut. For me it's a solid 92.
Well reviewed wine here on CT, older house, uses a higher percentage of reserve wine (40%) than most houses. Although at this time Dec 2023 only 90.5, most rating in 2023 are 90 plus, which tells me these recent vintages are higher quality.
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Comment posted by Skotto:
1/18/2024 1:24:00 AM - Thanks for the note. I completely agree. Have tasted at least 10 different (recent) bottles - all enjoyable. In about 1/3 of them, the bubbles were just a bit rough on opening. Letting the bottle rest in ice after opening is a big help. I’ve also put a few boxes in the back of the cellaring for a few years to settle.
Comment posted by pmarlo:
1/18/2024 4:42:00 AM - Thanks Skotto for the input. Other than encountering a wine that is obviously flat, the bubbles are the hardest for me to evaluate, as they don't persist and decrease over time.