1971 | Piper-Heidsieck | Hors-Serie

Introduction

Sparkling Wine: 1971 | Piper-Heidsieck | Hors-Serie

Opulent and spiced on the nose, with surprising freshness despite its maturity. Gingerbread and candied tropical fruit concluding on a long, evolving finish.

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Producer: Piper-Heidsieck

Ratings: EA | 94 F | 97

Vintage: 1971

Size: 750ml

ABV: 12%

Varietal: Chardonnay, Pinot Noir

Country/Region: France, Champagne

Opulent and spiced on the nose, with surprising freshness despite its maturity. Gingerbread and candied tropical fruit concluding on a long, evolving finish.

Reviews:

• Essi Avellan: It still had plenty of even fresh fruit to it with lemon highlighted on the zingy back palate. Really elegant and seamless, taking brilliantly time in glass. The other bottle showed much more maturity, with charred and spicy elements dominating over dried fruit, orange confit, black tea and almond notes.

• Falstaff: Deep golden and bright. The nose has white pepper and duxelles of field mushroom pervaded by lemon zest and candied lemon peel. The citrus element is taking over on the palate with candied orange and tangerine peel, the body has inherent gentleness and smoothest mousse.

Producer Information

Piper-Heidsieck is one of the most famous houses in Champagne. It is known for its structured, fruit-driven house style made predominantly from Pinot Noir, with smaller portions of Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier. Piper-Heidsieck’s top wine is the Rare Millsime, made from a Chardonnay Pinot Noir blend with the former dominating. The wine is full-bodied and well-structured, and is aged for seven years in the cellars before release. Rare is only made in the very best years fewer than 10 vintages have been released in the past 30 years. The winery is home to temperature-controlled cellars and a host of reserve wines which are used to keep the house style consistent from year to year. Grapes are vinified by grape variety and by individual plot to allow for more control in the blending process. Grapes for the Piper-Heidsieck Brut, Demi Sec Sublime and Ros Sauvage come from around a hundred cru vineyards in Champagne. The Piper-Heidsieck Vintage Brut is produced from between 15-20 grand and premier cru plots, and is usually a blend of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, without any Pinot Meunier. The company has its origins in the cloth- and wine-trading company Heidsieck and Co. which was founded in 1785 by Florens-Louis Heidsieck. The brand itself came about in 1838 after the marriage of Madame Heidsieck and Henri-Guillaume Piper, but went into a period of decline for the next hundred years. It was resurrected in the mid-20th Century, and has gone on to become one of the world’s most recognizable Champagnes.