Charles Heidsieck, Brut Millesime Vintage:2000 and quite saline

and quite saline

Roberto Voerzio describes 2008 as a year that was cold from start to finish

This is spicier still and a bit riper as well if not quite so elegant on the variety of black berry fruit aromas that are trimmed in very subtle wood

peppery and lively

This is an unusual 2011 that needs cellaring

Charles Heidsieck, Brut Millesime Vintage:2000 and quite salineDisgorged in 2019 with eight grams per liter dosage, the 2012 Brut Millsim offers up aromas of crisp orchard fruit, white flowers and clear honey, complemented by hints of toasted bread, citrus zest and linden. Medium to full bodied, elegantly fleshy and nicely concentrated, with lively acids and a pinpoint mousse, it's more generous and demonstrative than the 2008, but it will nonetheless reward a bit of bottle age.