Rare Champagne - Rare Millésime Brut Champagne 2013 (750ml)
| Producer | Rare Champagne |
| Country | France |
| Region | Champagne |
| Varietal | Champagne Blend |
| Vintage | 2013 |
| Item# | 15070 |
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Jeb Dunnuck: 98 Points
Originally a part of the legendary Piper-Heidsieck Champagne house, Rare is moving their Champagne Millésime to a new brand and want it to stand alone. (Think Delamotte and Salon.) The 13th vintage for this cuvée, the 2013 Champagne Millésime is a blend is 70% Chardonnay with the rest Pinot Noir, with the majority of the blend coming from the Montagne de Reims Grand Cru and Premier Cru. A bright yellow hue, its aromatics are exquisite and well-balanced, with fresh notes of key lime, candied apple, fresh croissant dough, fresh pineapple, and honeysuckle. Medium to full-bodied, it fills the palate with a rounded and supple texture and a pillowy mousse. It’s long on the palate and has a silky personality as well as a long, pristine finish. It has fantastic balance of decadence and freshness, and I could drink this all day. It’s going to have a long drinking window. Drink 2024-2044 and beyond. Disgorged December 2022.
Wine Spectator: 95 Points
There's a sense of finesse to this elegant Champagne, with the plushly creamy mousse carrying a finely-meshed yet concentrated range of blackberry puree and poached apricot with blood orange peel, salted pistachio and aromatic accents of verbena, chalk and oyster shell. Mouthwatering acidity carries the complex profile on the long, long finish. Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Drink now through 2038.
