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MEDALS & RANKINGS:
98/100 – Wine Spectator 2015
Sparkling of the Year Trophy – International Wine Challenge 2013 – “Excellent balance and length. Complex persistence.”
Vintage Champagne Trophy – International Wine Challenge 2013
Gold – International Wine Challenge 2015
Champion of Champions (Rare 1998 Magnum) – International Wine Challenge 2015
Wine Description
The Story
The noble origin of Rare Champagne dates back to a tribute to Marie-Antoinette and expresses its revolutionary spirit fight against the trivialisation of vintages.
Over the last forty years, Rare Champagne has only declared eleven vintages, the most demanding in Champagne, all in limited production.
“Since 1976, the House has only released 8 vintages of Rare: 1976, 1979,1985, 1988, 1990, 1998 en Magnum, 1999, 2002, 2006, 2008 and now 201...
Wine Information
On the eye
Sparkling highlights set against a green-gold background with refined, delicate, little bubbles.
On the nose
An initial and extremely elegant touch of sandalwood and cedar gives way to a more generous and hearty bouquet of gingerbread, orange blossom and dried apricot. The lasting aromas are those of meringue, cocoa and liquorice, finishing with a more subtle and complex combination of the underwood, camphor and bergamot orange...
Vintage 1998
This year's harvest is the largest the region has ever seen. Every corner of the appellation has managed to achieve the maximum authorized harvest yield of 10,400 kilos of grapes per hectare. Producers were also allowed to harvest an additional 2,600 kg which was allocated to the Champagne reserve, called blocking. This led to 330 million bottles of champagne being made in total. The lock-in system (which allows more production than necessary ...
