Charles Heidsieck Brut Millesime 2000 (Champagne, France) - [VM 91]

Charles Heidsieck Brut Millesime 2000
(Champagne, France) - [VM 91]


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About the winery:
The winery was founded in 1851 by 28-year-old Charles-Camille Heidsieck. The very next year he took the unusual step, at that time, of journeying to the United States to sell his Champagne. In fact, he was the first Champagne producer to visit the U.S.A.  "Champagne Charlie", as he became known, was a gracious gentleman and a born salesman, personally selling 300,000 bottles of his Champagne in the U.S. in one year! With a beginning like that, you would think that Charles Heidsieck would be a big-selling, well-known Champagne in the U.S. and throughout the world. But it is not.

The winery has undergone a number of changes of control during the 20th century and in 1985, Rémy Martin Cognac (a.k.a. Rémy-Cointreau) purchased both Champagnes Charles Heidsieck and Piper-Heidsieck(it had purchased Champagne Krug previously). Rémy-Cointreau's first move was to re-hire the brilliant Daniel Thibault in 1986 to be Chef de Caves for Charles Heidsieck. Régis Camus joined Charles Heidsieck as assistant winemaker in 1994 and has been the head winemaker of the House since 2002, since the untimely death of Daniel Thibault. In 2011, the winery was sold to the privately-owned French luxury goods group EPI founded by Christopher Descours (of Ralph Lauren fame).

Ratings & Reviews

91 Points - Vinous Media:
"Vivid gold with a strong bead. High-pitched aromas of nectarine, pear, honeysuckle and green almond, with a suave undercurrent of truffle and brown spices. Buttery orchard and pit fruit flavors stain the palate and are complemented by notes of fig and cherry pit. Precise and nervy on the finish, which echoes the spice and floral notes. This is complex enough to drink right now." - Josh Raynolds (Dec 2009)