NV Charles Heidsieck Champagne Cuvée Charlie
Interesting concept. NV prestige cuvee with 2016 base (disgorged in 2021). But 80% of the blend is actually reserve wines. The 2016 base is Pinot Noir only and the remaining 20%.
This definitely had some depth from the reserve wines and didn’t taste like “just” a young champagne but still had the liveliness of something that is pretty recently disgorged. It had a very yeasty / bready nose after about an hour of air.
This is a solid product, but the pricing was quite ambitious. The US MSRP was $600-$700/ bottle at release. I imported mine from the UK and it came to ~$500 / bottle with all shipping and duty. Now you can find pre-arrival in the US around that level (ex-sales tax), but still quite high considering it’s > 2x what Krug is charging for their NV GC.
