1995 Charles Heidsieck 'Blanc des Millenaires Blanc de Blancs Brut'

Consumption Date: 12/31/2011

Notes: Mild aromas of yeast bread and wet chalk with a hint of flowers.  Rich, creamy body with a solid core of mellow, ripe fruit (apples with a hint of white grape muskiness) with a fine chalky minerality and a nice yeasty/bready component.  Finish long with more fruit and a more pronounced chalky minerality.

This is another fine Champagne and another interesting variation on what this region can produce.  As an older vintage wine, the fruitiness is more mellow and subdued than the Roger Coulon Champagne I most recently opened.  As an all Chardonnay Champagne, it is a bit more austere than the other Champagnes I have drunk recently, although the yeasty quality works well to balance this.  It is perhaps not as complex as I would have expected, but it is still quite enjoyable.  Decent value.