CHARLES HEIDSIECK

Charles Heidsieck is one of Champagne’s quietly cerebral houses—less about flash, more about depth, patience, and long-aged wines built to last. Founded in 1851 by the famously dapper “Champagne Charlie,” the house has always had an international flair. Charlie was known for his larger-than-life personality and globe-trotting ambition at a time when Champagne was very much still a local luxury. He promoted Champagne as a drink of sophistication, rather than just courtly excess. The ancient chalk cellars (crayères) at the Reims headquarters, date back to Gallo-Roman times and produce rich, layered wines that are generous yet precise. The vintage wines in particular trade immediacy for nuance and age-worthiness. These are very much at the ‘vinous’ end of the style spectrum, with savoury complexity, and showing their best at the table.  

NV Brut Reserve
Charles Heidsieck

NV Brut Reserve

$99.99 x 6

$599.94 PER CASE
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SIZE
6 PACK, 750ml BOTTLES
PRODUCER
Charles Heidsieck
VINTAGE
NV
COLOUR
Sparkling
REGION, COUNTRY
Champagne, France
GRAPE
chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier
 

Elegant and richly layered with 50% reserve wine adding depth. Freshly baked brioche, apricot, mirabelle plum, with almond and praline. A substantial non-vintage Champagne that is broad across the palate but with great freshness and detail. 
 

93 Points, Wine Enthusiast

Even the nonvintage cuvée from this top producer has bottle age, so the yeasty edge and touches of almonds balance with the Champagne's acidity and fruitiness of white fruits and citrus flavours. This fine poised wine is ready to drink.

NV Brut Rosé Reserve
Charles Heidsieck

NV Brut Rosé Reserve

$124.99 x 6

$749.94 PER CASE
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SIZE
6 PACK, 750ml BOTTLES
PRODUCER
Charles Heidsieck
VINTAGE
NV
COLOUR
Sparkling
REGION, COUNTRY
Champagne, France
GRAPE
Pinot Noir, chardonnay, Pinot Meunier
 

The NV Brut Rosé is sophisticated and subtle on the nose with citrus, peach, wild strawberry, rose, and gingerbread notes. Powerful and poised on the palate with blackcurrant and whipped cream. The 5-6% red wine adds fragrance and tannic structure, while extended lees aging (3-4 years) gives the wine a subtle oxidative complexity. 
 

92 Points, Wine Spectator

This is a beautifully balanced and elegant offering, with pleasant fruitiness, tight acidity and a fragrant, crisp character. It's full bodied, and falls in the middle of the brut spectrum of dryness. This is ready to drink now