2008 Rare Champagne Millésime Brut - 3x75cl
19A8RARE3PK _ 2008 - Rare Champagne Millésime Brut - 3x75cl
  • Colour Champagne_Sparkling
  • Producer Rare
  • Region Champagne
  • Drinking 2021 - 2035
  • Case size 3x75cl
  • Available Now

2008 - Rare Champagne Millésime Brut - 3x75cl

  • Colour Champagne Sparkling
  • Producer Rare
  • Region Champagne
  • Drinking 2021 - 2035
  • Case size 3x75cl
  • Available Now
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Case price: £424.50 Duty Paid inc VAT
Case price: £345.74 In Bond
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  • Jancis Robinson, March 2021, Score: 17.5

    Brilliant pale coppery colour. Mmmm! So concentrated and heady with a huge array of aromas including, amazingly, coconut - but not in a tarty way. Masses of tense lime fruit aromas. Very dense nose. Lifted and refreshing and this seems much more youthful than12 years old. It does rather remind me of Dom Perignon with its concentration and density but I don't suppose that comment will necessarily be welcome with the winemaker. It's just so electric in texture. Truly an exciting, luxurious champagne.

  • Wine Spectator, December 2020, Score: 97

    Like a stallion out of the gate, this shows an initial explosion of power, in the form of mouthwatering flavours and fine texture, before quickly settling into an elegant gait. The racy acidity is seamlessly knit, buoying the lacy mousse and flavours of cassis, toasted brioche and tangerine, with accents of candied ginger, hazelnut and fleur de sel lingering on the long, creamy finish. Drink now through 2035.

  • Wine Enthusiast, November 2020, Score: 96

    The new release of this producer`s prestige cuvée comes in its usual beautifully sculpted bottle. The Champagne, from a great vintage in the region, is just approaching maturity still showing minerality from the high amount of Chardonnay in the blend. Nutty flavours are creeping in, keeping the great texture adding complexity. Drink this very fine wine now although it will also age further.

  • SF, January 2022, Score: 96

    Rare Champagne boasts an illustrious past, with its first vintage having been presented to Marie Antoinette in 1785. The wine is produced in very limited quantities and is restricted to exceptional years, with only 11 vintages being declared over the past four decades of production. 70% Chardonnay, 30% Pinot Noir from selected grand cru vineyards. Gentle bead, lovely evolved notes of hazelnut, even a hint of praline, enrobed and ennobled by firm acidity and a persuasive finish.

Producer

Rare

Made only eleven times in the past 50 years, Rare Champagne is one of the region’s great prestige cuvées. A champagne fit for royalty, founder Florens-Louis Heidsieck presented his first ever vintage to Marie Antoinette in 1785. Its ornate bottle was first designed by Gustav Fabergé, jeweller of Tsar Nicholas II, and the gleaming gold casing that adorns it to this day is a fitting tribute to its illustrious past. Today, eig...Read more

Made only eleven times in the past 50 years, Rare Champagne is one of the region’s great prestige cuvées. A champagne fit for royalty, founder Florens-Louis Heidsieck presented his first ever vintage to Marie Antoinette in 1785. Its ornate bottle was first designed by Gustav Fabergé, jeweller of Tsar Nicholas II, and the gleaming gold casing that adorns it to this day is a fitting tribute to its illustrious past. Today, eight-time Sparkling Winemaker of the Year, Régis Camus, is the Chef de Cave and his unparalleled winemaking skills have further cemented the legendary status of this exceptional Champagne.Read less

Region

Champagne

Champagne, the world's greatest sparkling wine, needs little introduction - with imitations produced in virtually every country capable of growing grapes, including such unlikely candidates as India and China. The Champagne region, to the north of Paris, has the most northerly vineyards in France, with vines grown on slopes with a southerly exposure to maximise sunlight. The soil is chalky, providing an excellent balance of drainage and water retention. The key to the wine is in the cellar - the bubbles result from a second fermentation in the bottle and the rich toasty flavours in great Champagne come from extended bottle ageing on the yeasty lees. Until the eighteenth century, the wines produced in the Champagne area were light acidic white wines, with no hint of sparkle. However glass and closure technology developed at that time and it was not long before Dom Perignon, a Benedictine monk at the Abbey of Hautvilliers, started experimenting with blends and produced the first recognisable champagne. In a world accustomed to still wines, the advent of champagne was almost a flop. It was saved when it became fashionable at the French court as a result of Louis XV's mistress Madame de Pompadour commenting "Champagne is the only wine that lets a woman remain beautiful after she has drunk it." And the rest is history, with famous (or infamous) champagne lovers including Casanova, Dumas, Wagner, Winston Churchill, James Bond and Coco Chanel.

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