Winery Piper-HeidsieckVintage Brut Champagne
Sparkling wine
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Chardonnay and the Pinot noir.
In the mouth this sparkling wine is a powerful with a nice vivacity and a fine and pleasant bubble.
This wine generally goes well with pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish.
Taste structure of the Vintage Brut Champagne from the Winery Piper-Heidsieck
Light | Bold | |
Soft | Acidic | |
Gentle | Fizzy |
In the mouth the Vintage Brut Champagne of Winery Piper-Heidsieck in the region of Champagne is a powerful with a nice vivacity and a fine and pleasant bubble.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Vintage Brut Champagne of Winery Piper-Heidsieck in the region of Champagne often reveals types of flavors of butterscotch, pineapple or cream and sometimes also flavors of grapefruit, tropical or citrus.
Food and wine pairings with Vintage Brut Champagne
Pairings that work perfectly with Vintage Brut Champagne
Original food and wine pairings with Vintage Brut Champagne
The Vintage Brut Champagne of Winery Piper-Heidsieck matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of grandma's chicken casserole, smoked salmon omelette or crab matoutou.
Details and technical informations about Winery Piper-Heidsieck's Vintage Brut Champagne.
Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay
Whites with many faces: mineral and taut at Chablis (lemon, green apple, flint), opulent and buttery at Meursault and Puligny-Montrachet (hazelnut, brioche, yellow fruits), tense and chalky in Champagne (Blanc de Blancs). Also vinified sparkling and widely exported (Sonoma, Margaret River, Casablanca). A Burgundian variety, a cross of Pinot Noir × Gouais Blanc, half-sibling of Aligoté.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Vintage Brut Champagne from Winery Piper-Heidsieck are 2012, 2006, 2008, 2004 and 2000.
Informations about the Winery Piper-Heidsieck
The Winery Piper-Heidsieck is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 35 wines for sale in the of Champagne to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Champagne
World benchmark sparkling wines: fine bubbles, citrusy tension, notes of brioche, toasted almond, white flowers and white-fleshed fruits after ageing on lees. Three grapes blended or solo: fleshy Pinot Noir (38%), fruity Meunier (33%), chiselled Chardonnay (28%). From straight Blanc de Blancs to vinous Blanc de Noirs, from non-vintage Brut to age-worthy Millésimé. AOC since 1927, 34,300 ha on chalk, 17 Grands Crus and 44 Premiers Crus.
The word of the wine: Performance
Quantity of grapes harvested per hectare. In AOC, the average yield is limited on the proposal of the appellation syndicate, validated by the Inao. The use of high-performance plant material (especially clones) and better control of vine diseases have increased yields. This is not without consequences on the quality of the wines (dilution) and on the state of the market (too much wine). We must not over-simplify: low yields are not synonymous with quality, and it is often in years with generous harvests that we find the greatest vintages (1982 and 1986 in Bordeaux, 1996 in Champagne, 1990 and 2005 in Burgundy...).
