Charles Heidsieck 1995 Blanc des Millenaires vintage champagne bottle with green glass and silver foil top
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Charles Heidsieck 1995 Blanc des Millenaires

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€469,25l
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The 1995 Blanc des Millenaires defines the style as the best Blanc des Millenaires: ripe sun-soaked Sicilian lemon, grilled almonds, buttery, creamy richness over a fine mineral core. In the meantime, it has become rare and prices are rising incessantly. Without exaggeration, the 1995 Blanc des Millenaires is one of the best Champagnes you can buy anywhere. Richard Juhlin writes: A wine that symbolises the super-polished and toasted era with Daniel Thibault, legendary winemaker at Charles Heidsieck, who passed away much too early in 2002. Today, the wine is an ultra-sophisticated tidbit, which is among the most inviting and difficult to pinpoint" Source champagneclub. com With difficult to pinpoint Juhlin alludes to the great complexity, which he shows especially when you follow him for hours in the glass, with constantly new facets, which at certain moments emerge more clearly from the harmonic whole, only to discreetly give way to other nuances afterwards. Of course, it is also among Tyson Stelzer's "100 champagnes to try before you die". It has great harmony of fruit, complex spice and mineral finesse with perfectly integrated acidity. It will appeal to lovers of both ripe and fresh champagnes.

Blanc des Millenaires is the work of Chef de Cave Daniel Thibault. The first vintage, 1983, was released in 1993. It impressed us again at a tasting in February 2025. It replaces Champagne Charlie as the house's prestige cuvée, which Daniel Thibault introduced with the 1979 vintage. Charlie was discontinued after the last vintage in 1985. The assemblage of Champagne Charlie is based on Pinot Noir. With a pure Chardonnay cuvée, the aim is to create a particularly fine champagne that is seductive even when young and to attract a new, younger audience. Business was going badly at the time. When Daniel Thibault became Chef de Cave in 1977, a complete remake began. He mercilessly cut back production in order to build up a large stock of reserve wines. Even with Brut Reserve, the average age of the wines is over 10 years. This is hardly financially viable, so Cointreau hands the house over to new owners. After Daniel's death, the current owners decided to ramp up production and cultivate a more commercial style.
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The 1995 Blanc des Millenaires defines the style as the best Blanc des Millenaires: ripe sun-soaked Sicilian lemon, grilled almonds, buttery, creamy richness over a fine mineral core. In the meantime, it has become rare and prices are rising incessantly. Without exaggeration, the 1995 Blanc des Millenaires is one of the best Champagnes you can buy anywhere. Richard Juhlin writes: A wine that symbolises the super-polished and toasted era with Daniel Thibault, legendary winemaker at Charles Heidsieck, who passed away much too early in 2002. Today, the wine is an ultra-sophisticated tidbit, which is among the most inviting and difficult to pinpoint" Source champagneclub. com With difficult to pinpoint Juhlin alludes to the great complexity, which he shows especially when you follow him for hours in the glass, with constantly new facets, which at certain moments emerge more clearly from the harmonic whole, only to discreetly give way to other nuances afterwards. Of course, it is also among Tyson Stelzer's "100 champagnes to try before you die". It has great harmony of fruit, complex spice and mineral finesse with perfectly integrated acidity. It will appeal to lovers of both ripe and fresh champagnes.

Blanc des Millenaires is the work of Chef de Cave Daniel Thibault. The first vintage, 1983, was released in 1993. It impressed us again at a tasting in February 2025. It replaces Champagne Charlie as the house's prestige cuvée, which Daniel Thibault introduced with the 1979 vintage. Charlie was discontinued after the last vintage in 1985. The assemblage of Champagne Charlie is based on Pinot Noir. With a pure Chardonnay cuvée, the aim is to create a particularly fine champagne that is seductive even when young and to attract a new, younger audience. Business was going badly at the time. When Daniel Thibault became Chef de Cave in 1977, a complete remake began. He mercilessly cut back production in order to build up a large stock of reserve wines. Even with Brut Reserve, the average age of the wines is over 10 years. This is hardly financially viable, so Cointreau hands the house over to new owners. After Daniel's death, the current owners decided to ramp up production and cultivate a more commercial style.
Ratings
Fact sheet

750 mL

12.5

Champagne

Chardonnay

Sulphites

  • Brut

France

PH-CH 12 Allée du Vignoble 51100 Reims - France

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