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Wine Description
The Story
These cuvées are truly exceptional, as they are made up solely of wines from the same year. These years (1983, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2014) are recognized as extraordinary by our cellar masters and selected with extreme care for their unusual maturation capacities.
Blanc de Millénaires is a masterpiece cuvée from the Côte des Blancs in a legendary vintage. 17 years’ worth of complexity and yet so fresh.
A precise selection ...
Wine Information
If every cuvée is the exclusive product of great Chardonnays from iconic terroirs, exceptional for their incomparable texture, aromatic complexity and ability to mature, each one will develop its own personality, linked to the organoleptic profile of its vintage year.
The year 2014 delivered remarkable freshness and purity for the Chardonnays of the Côte des Blancs.
The 2014 vintage signals the latest iteration of Charles Heidsieck's 100...
Vintage 2014
This year was all about alternating weather patterns. A particularly wet winter gave way to a warm and dry spring. May saw some rain, and even though late June-brought about a minor heatwave, the remainder of the summer was moist and murky. Disease pressure was lifted but once again fine, hot September weather was able to save and concentrate the crop. A large crop (11,553 kg/ha) was picked from September 8th onwards. The year's biggest proble...