The Winery Charles Heidsieck of Champagne

Winery Charles Heidsieck
The winery offers 21 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.3.
It is ranked in the top 24 of the estates of Champagne.
It is located in Champagne
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The Winery Charles Heidsieck is one of the world's great estates. It offers 21 wines for sale in of Champagne to come and discover on site or to buy online.

The Charles Heidsieck Estate is located in Reims, France, in the heart of the magnificent Champagne vineyard. Founded in 1851 by Charles Heidsieck, the house is one of the main big names in the champagne industry. Charles was an innovative visionary, he introduced superior luxury, unique quality, and a distinctive style. His cuvée created in 1851 is today one of the oldest and best in the region. The estate extends over 11 hectares located in the best terroir of Champagne. Gentle sloping hillsides, a classic landscape with beautiful vineyards and sumptuous flora. A variety of grape varieties are planted to compose the estate's three award-winning cuvées. Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and Meunier, alone or blended, all provide fine and complex wines with exceptional length of flavor. Charles Heidsieck cultivates the terroir and diversity, his philosophy on wines is based on respect and innovation. The grapes from the estate are hand-selected, and their maturation is monitored to extract the best aromas and flavors. The vinification is done according to traditional methods of superior quality, and the finished product is aged in steel barrels until it reaches its final perfection. In addition to manufacturing the estate's flagship cuvées, Charles Heidsieck also creates blends carried out by the Cellar Master Philippe Bessin, winner of numerous prestigious awards. The prestige cuvées offer a special character and aromatic complexity that distinguishes them from other champagnes offered by the estate. If you want to discover the lands of the Charles Heidsieck Estate, you can register for a visit and taste the award-winning cuvées and blend wines. You will enjoy a unique stay in the heart of the Reims hillsides and discover the history and know-how of the house.

Top Winery Charles Heidsieck wines

Looking for the best Winery Charles Heidsieck wines in Champagne among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Charles Heidsieck wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Charles Heidsieck wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Charles Heidsieck

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Charles Heidsieck

How Winery Charles Heidsieck wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) such as recipes of capellini with prosciutto, parillade of fish and seafood or pasta with tuna, garlic and lemon cream.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wines of Winery Charles Heidsieck

On the nose the sparkling wine of Winery Charles Heidsieck. often reveals types of flavors of butterscotch, lemon peel or earthy and sometimes also flavors of cherry, lemon zest or tropical fruit. In the mouth the sparkling wine of Winery Charles Heidsieck. is a powerful with a nice vivacity and a fine and pleasant bubble.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Charles Heidsieck

  • 1983With an average score of 4.69/5
  • 1995With an average score of 4.60/5
  • 1989With an average score of 4.56/5
  • 1981With an average score of 4.56/5
  • 1985With an average score of 4.53/5
  • 2004With an average score of 4.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Charles Heidsieck.

  • Chardonnay
  • Pinot Noir
  • Pinot Meunier

Discovering the wine region of Champagne

Champagne is the name of the world's most famous Sparkling wine, the appellation under which it is sold and the French wine region from which it comes. Although it has been used to refer to sparkling wines around the world - a point of controversy and legal wrangling in recent decades - Champagne is a legally controlled and restricted name. See the labels of Champagne wines. The fame and success of Champagne is, of course, the product of many Complex factors.

Yet there are three main reasons we can be reasonably certain of. First, the large bubbles, which distinguish it from less "exciting" wines. Second, the high prices that champagne commands, which give it a sense of exclusivity and uniqueness. Third, two centuries of clever marketing to a willing and very receptive consumer base.

The top red wines of Winery Charles Heidsieck

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Charles Heidsieck

How Winery Charles Heidsieck wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of very simple spaghetti carbonara, rice croquettes with salmon or lamb curry indian style.

Discover the grape variety: Pinot Meunier

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Charles Heidsieck

Planning a wine route in the of Champagne? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Charles Heidsieck.

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

News about Winery Charles Heidsieck and wines from the region

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Péronne

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Péronne, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are availablein French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWine ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Chardonnay

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Chardonnay, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Bourgogne ...

The Mâcon plus appellation seen by Charles Lamboley

Charles Lamboley, marketing and communication director from Vignerons des Terres Secrètes, explains the differences between the appellation Mâcon-Villages and Mâcon plus a geographical denomination. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (March 2020). The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to enjoy this video in which Jean-Pierre Renard, Expert Instructor at the Ecole des Vins de Bourgogne, explains the topographical and geological characteristics of t ...

The word of the wine: Fade in

Said of a wine whose different elements are perceived in the mouth in a pleasant and harmonious way.