Charles Heidsieck Brut Reserve Champagne NV (6 Bottles) Reims, France

Charles Heidsieck is a historic Champagne house based in Reims, France, founded in 1851 by Charles-Camille Heidsieck, the charismatic figure later known as “Champagne Charlie.” From the outset, the house distinguished itself through an international outlook and an uncompromising focus on quality, becoming one of the first Champagne producers to build a strong reputation in the United States while remaining deeply rooted in the traditions of Champagne.

Rather than relying heavily on estate vineyards, Charles Heidsieck sources fruit from a wide network of growers across Champagne, drawing particularly from the Côte des Blancs, Montagne de Reims and Vallée de la Marne. This diversity of crus, combined with extensive chalk cellars beneath Reims, allows for long ageing and the house’s signature use of mature reserve wines, a defining element of its style.

“Charles Heidsieck might be nicknamed Poor Man’s Krug given the astonishing number of vintages in the reserve wines, their age (10 years in tank), and the seven years the wine spends on lees once blended and bottled. It is an exceptional wine in the mouth, supple, layered, complex and long.”
96 points, James Halliday