Critic Reviews (13)
Among the tightest, most refreshing Champagnes on the shelf, this has a lifted, intense flinty minerality on the...
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Made in a lively, elegant style this true Champagne brand was first created in 1785. The House style has always been...
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Piper is always the fresher, leaner, very dry and more crisp bottling, relative to stablemate Charles Heidsieck, yet...
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An intense nose with lots of lees, toasty, bready and savoury notes along with chalky, mineral and red fruit notes....
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Piper Heidsick with its distinctive red label is on the lighter side of the Champagne genre. The nose shows delicate...
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Just an insinuation of darker fruits. That's what well done, pinot-driven Champagne gives you. Was surprised that...
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Progressive, assertive Pinot sparkling. Bready, beady, minutely toasted and dry rye aromas lead to maximum citrus...
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Correct autolytic, bready nose, with rich, creamy palate. Perfect mousse. Not the austere style - has more richness...
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A classic non-vintage Brut that shows well in almost any setting. Compelling with a lightly yeasty, bready nose and a...
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A fresh creamy mousse spreads out across the palate with well-managed acidity/sweetness ratio. Honey, baked...
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Leading and completing with dough, toast and lemon curd, this 40/30/30 pinot noir/pinot meunier/chardonnay blend is...
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Still brioche, but also, it seemed to me, more dosed, sweeter. Otherwise, the wine is eminently drinkable, it goes...
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Nose biscuit, lightly toasted. A composition of 85% of black grapes probably explains its vinous and delicate flavors...
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Community Reviews (5)
Medium straw in colour with a medium to medium+ intense nose & fine mousse.
The sports car of Champagnes; fast, lean, racy & easy to drink
Positives: This complex wine features light toast & yeast, guava, honeysuckle, pear, green apples, pistachio, tobacco, melba toast & icing sugar on the finish. Light to medium body with good acidity & a long length.
Negatives: $20 more expensive in Ontario than Florida.
Drink now or over the next 5 years on its own or pair it with raspberry point oysters.
Interesting Point: My wife’s go to Champagne, and if it were priced like Florida this would be a weekly staple.
Tasted: 5 January 2014
Top Pick
Score: 9.5/10, Value: 9/10 Total: 18.5/20
Out of 5 stars, I rated this wine: 4.5
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Tried for the first time (02/24) and received confirmation of the reviews placed here. A notably complex, interestingly nuanced (flavours) and yet refreshing Champagne without the slightest austerity. Lovely balance of fruit, florality, minerality and acidity. I like the description 'precision' John S uses, that's my perception. This Champagne has moved to the top of my list of favourites, just behind Taittinger, and well above the average.
Absolutely worth a try if you never have.
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What a great way to start of my study of "Old World Wines" with a bottle of this bubbly.
Amona of fresh baked bread with a hint of minerality. Lots of mineral on the taste along with fresh bread, toast and lemon citrus.
A wonderful bubbly.
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Enjoyed this at a wine tasting- LCBO Old World Wine appreciation course.
Very nice- Champagne is never my first choice. Nor is it my second, third fourth...
you get the picture.
But I really enjoyed this. Very clean on the palate. Fresh and citrus-forward.
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