Charles Heidsieck
Brut Réserve Champagne Blend
Champagne, France
Been awhile since I’ve had this one. Always consistently good.
Beautiful mousse, bruised red apple & Bosc pear, underripe pineapple flesh, blood orange, quince, nougat, hints of white peach, white spice-ginger, whipped cream, yeasty bread dough, sea spray, speckled chalk bits, grey volcanics, limestone, withering yellow lilies/flowers, crisp acidity, well tensioned-structured, well balanced and elegant finish that last two-minutes.
@BalancesRestaurant - Lucerne.
Been awhile since I’ve had this one. Always consistently good.
Beautiful mousse, bruised red apple & Bosc pear, underripe pineapple flesh, blood orange, quince, nougat, hints of white peach, white spice-ginger, whipped cream, yeasty bread dough, sea spray, speckled chalk bits, grey volcanics, limestone, withering yellow lilies/flowers, crisp acidity, well tensioned-structured, well balanced and elegant finish that last two-minutes.
@BalancesRestaurant - Lucerne.
Charles "Champagne Charlie" Heidsieck was one of the first to recognize the importance of the U.S. as a Champagne market. A blend with 40% reserve wines, fruit and floral bouquet, with orange blossom & yeasty notes. Fine bubbles, nice mousse, showing quality. Outstanding rich flavors of apple, pear and biscuit, well balanced, good structure, creamy. Long finish ending with toasty nutty oak & mineral notes.
Charles "Champagne Charlie" Heidsieck was one of the first to recognize the importance of the U.S. as a Champagne market. A blend with 40% reserve wines, fruit and floral bouquet, with orange blossom & yeasty notes. Fine bubbles, nice mousse, showing quality. Outstanding rich flavors of apple, pear and biscuit, well balanced, good structure, creamy. Long finish ending with toasty nutty oak & mineral notes.
May 7th, 2024
Love ending meals with Champagne! This is always a charmer. Some pastry richness and excellent energy.
Love ending meals with Champagne! This is always a charmer. Some pastry richness and excellent energy.
Dec 10th, 2022
Bigger style, not shy. Toast and baked apple.
Bigger style, not shy. Toast and baked apple.
Jun 14th, 2022
Complex, oxidative Champagne. A joy tasting this after the last time of doing so four years ago. Superb stuff.
Complex, oxidative Champagne. A joy tasting this after the last time of doing so four years ago. Superb stuff.
Aug 24th, 2021My style of Champagne...65% reductive-35% oxidative. Really love how they stylized this cuvée.
Previous notes will stand.
Last of our garden cherries tomatoes. 😞
My style of Champagne...65% reductive-35% oxidative. Really love how they stylized this cuvée.
Previous notes will stand.
Last of our garden cherries tomatoes. 😞
Gorgeous sweet edges. Lovely fruit but balancing acidity. Very good stuff with a long life ahead. From mag.
Gorgeous sweet edges. Lovely fruit but balancing acidity. Very good stuff with a long life ahead. From mag.
Aug 8th, 2020Tonight we tested the Riedel Vintage Sommelier flutes with the friends that gifted us our first set vs the flutes we had been using.
I wanted to do it with this champagne as I know it well. Moving back and forth between flutes, the nose was more green apple with the Somm flutes which, show more pineapple at the start.
From the Somm flutes there was green apple, lime zest, lemon, nougat, almonds, yeasty, more refined grainy minerals, volcanics, saline, yellow flowers with jasmine. The acidity is near perfect. The finish is; rich, well polished, nicely knitted and persists for minutes.
Photos of; the Champagne house of Charles Heidsieck, Stephen Leroux, director of Charles Heidsieck, one of the the best cave tasting rooms in Champange & their tasting salon
Tonight we tested the Riedel Vintage Sommelier flutes with the friends that gifted us our first set vs the flutes we had been using.
I wanted to do it with this champagne as I know it well. Moving back and forth between flutes, the nose was more green apple with the Somm flutes which, show more pineapple at the start.
From the Somm flutes there was green apple, lime zest, lemon, nougat, almonds, yeasty, more refined grainy minerals, volcanics, saline, yellow flowers with jasmine. The acidity is near perfect. The finish is; rich, well polished, nicely knitted and persists for minutes.
Photos of; the Champagne house of Charles Heidsieck, Stephen Leroux, director of Charles Heidsieck, one of the the best cave tasting rooms in Champange & their tasting salon
Opened a mag tonight and it’s just (to me) the nonpareil for NV Champers at an affordable price point.
Opened a mag tonight and it’s just (to me) the nonpareil for NV Champers at an affordable price point.
May 23rd, 2020