Piper Heidsieck Rare 2006

Type: Champagne      Volume: 750ml

Winery: Piper Heidsieck

Country: France     Region: Champagne

District: Champagne

Grapes Varieties: 70% Chardonnay and 30% Pinot Noir

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Ratings and Tasting Notes:

RP94 - The 2006 Brut Cuvée Rare is a rich, gourmand rendition of this prestige bottling, unfurling in the glass with a complex bouquet that mingles aromas of yellow orchard fruit, pears and fresh pineapple with nuances of buttered toast, iodine and smoke. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, broad and textural, while remaining fresh and surprisingly tight-knit at the core, concluding with a long and saline finish. There's sufficient structural tension here to promise more than a decade's graceful evolution, and although this is nicely balanced, it's a generous, sun kissed rendition of the Cuvée Rare that reflects the warm vintage.