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    1 135
  • Producer ranking ?

    26
  • Decanting time

    No
  • When to drink

    2020-2035
  • Food Pairing

    Seafood, Salads & Consommes

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The Story

The first Heidsieck vintage rosé to market since 1999, released before the slumbering 2005, reminds us what pure pleasure it is. A roll-call of Champagne’s most distinguished crus – no fewer than 15 – contribute to the blend of 63% pinot noir and 37% chardonnay. Its obvious distinction is secondary to the pure pleasure of its fragrant, nuanced floral aromas and exquisite, ‘drink-me-now’ flavours, but this will keep too

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Vintage 1999

A difficult start to the year led to early budbreak. There were some damaging hailstorms in early May, but the frost ultimately stayed away. The summer was overall warm and thanks to the hot and dry August, the grapes looked promising for the harvest. However, a damp September challenged producers and dilution was an issue for some. The 1999 harvest that started on September 15th produced a large yield (12,989 kg/ha) of sweet grapes that resulted in soft wines, low in acidity, which produced Champagnes that, in many cases, miss linearity and structure. Voluptuous and enjoyable with ripe, fruity, even exotic characters but in most cases for the medium-term only, even if the best seem to be maturing better than initially expected. The red wines of the year were exceptional and resulted in some outstanding prestige cuvée rosés, such as Louis Roederer Cristal Rosé, Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Rosé and Bollinger La Grande Année Rosé.

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Latest Pro-tasting notes

33 tasting notes

Tasting note

color

Light, Salmon and Bright

ending

Long, Round, Extensive and Acidic

flavors

Raspberry, Toasty, Floral, Perfumed and Spice

nose

Youthful, Refined, Tempting and Complex

recommend

Yes

taste

Average in Acidity, Perfectly balanced, Multi-dimensional, Well-structured, Developing, Medium-bodied, Elegant, Round, Harmonious and Dry

Verdict

Sophisticated and Impressive

Written Notes

Deep peach with onionskin hues Super developed, rich and mature, honey and coffee toned, sweet Pinot nose Velvet rich, opulent and caressing Long, calm and beautifully concentrated Fully mature but no signs of tiring 2015-2020 Comfort wine
  • 95p

“Superb toasty nose with expressive coffee, cherry, saddle leather and spicy notes. Soft, mellow, plush velvety palate, getting mature but holding on there. Very long and opulent, sweet finish. This is a real serial winner having finished 5th at FINE Champagnes Best Champagnes for 2015 and awarded Gold at the 2014 Champagne and Sparkling Wine World Championships. One of the best champagne bargains out there. Peaking now at 95 points.”

  • 95p
Good looking normal size bottle. Colour is salmon, and looking bright and light. On the nose it is open, youthful, refined and tempting. The taste is round, harmonious, fruity, elegant, perfumed, fragrant, vivid, refined, and dry, and average in acidity, medium-bodied, with perfectly balanced structure and developing. On the palate it is layered and has perfumed, toasty, floral, raspberry and spice flavours. The finish is long, lingering, round, flavorful, extensive and vibrant. This wine is sophisticated and impressive. Perfectly stored bottles are still very worthy and will last well for another 1-5 years.
- (Tasting note created by Tb's AI)
  • 92p
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Origin

Reims, Champagne

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