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97
/ 100
Jeb Dunnuck -
96
/ 100
Wine Spectator -
94
/ 100
Wine Advocate
Sparkling
Classification
Pinot/Chardonnay
Variety
2006
Vintage
750ml (Bottle)
Bottle Size
France
Country
Champagne,
Region
12.0%
Alcohol %
15 Plus Years
Cellaring
Scores
97 / 100"The flagship release is the 2006 Champagne Rare, a 70/30 split of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir that’s a cellar selection from 8 different Grand Cru vineyards. Tight, backward, and straight-up structured, it offers brilliant notes of stone fruits, toasted brioche, white flowers, and obvious minerality. Needing plenty of air to show at its best, this beauty has a wonderful mid-palate, a racy mousse, and the balance and class to cruise for over two decades in cool cellars."
- Jeb Dunnuck
96 / 100
"Aromas and flavors of toasted brioche and grilled nut enrich the yellow plum, nectarine and grated ginger notes of this rich and creamy Champagne. Finely woven and beautifully integrated, with a firm backbone of mouthwatering acidity providing precise balance for the lush range of flavor."
- Wine Spectator
94 / 100
"The 2006 Brut Cuvée Rare is a rich, gourmand rendition of this prestige bottling, unfurling in the glass with a complex bouquet that mingles aromas of yellow orchard fruit, pears and fresh pineapple with nuances of buttered toast, iodine and smoke. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, broad and textural, while remaining fresh and surprisingly tight-knit at the core, concluding with a long and saline finish. There's sufficient structural tension here to promise more than a decade's graceful evolution, and although this is nicely balanced, it's a generous, sun kissed rendition of the Cuvée Rare that reflects the warm vintage."
- Wine Advocate
Tasting Notes
Rare Millésime 2006 is both exotic and fresh, mature and warm. Its almost paradoxical mineral and opulent tautness offers substantial potential for expression. To the eye, the 2006 vintage has an iridescent yellow-green gold colour. Dynamic bubbles glisten in brilliance. The first aromas offer a generous honeyed and oriental nose. An intense nose can reveal precocious, but great, maturity, the sign of a generous, intense year. Expressive fragrances of white chocolate, cocoa, coffee, tropical fruits, mango, and quince lend to the complexity. An infinitely rich and inviting palate. An exceptionally long finish with hints of mocha and cappuccino blend with dried apricots, vanilla, and sweet spices. As it warms in the glass, Rare Millésime 2006 pulses with accents of crisp honeyed pastries and Espelette pepper. Testifying to its solar generosity, this depth underscores the wine’s taut freshness and foreshadows a magnificent longevity
Tasting Profile
- Light
- Full
- Sweet
- Dry
- Low Acidity
- High Acidity