Medium

Cork

White

France

Tasted from magnum, the 1996's bristling, reductive and edgy energy is certainly on show next to the more settled, expressive 1995 Collection Crayères. Notes of lime, smoky embers and almond pastry lead a palate of punchy citrus and sweet-sour tangy stone fruit. This has been softened and mellowed by time, showing caramelised richness, yet never sheds the angularity of the vintage. It's a dynamic, intriguing Champagne but, as with Heidsieck's Blanc des Millénaires, markedly superior in 1995.

Chardonnay

Pinot Meunier

Pinot Noir / Pinot Nero

Charles Heidsieck, La Collection Crayères, Champagne, France, 1996

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Tasted from magnum, the 1996's bristling, reductive and edgy energy is certainly on show next to the more settled, expressive 19

75cl

United Kingdom

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Charles Heidsieck, La Collection Crayères, Champagne, 1996

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Charles Heidsieck, La Collection Crayères, Champagne, 1996

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