🍾 Charles Heidsieck

Charles Heidsieck is a Champagne house in Reims. According to the house, Charles-Camille Heidsieck was born in 1822 and at 29 founded a house in his own image, that is, in 1851. In 2011 the house passed to the Descours family.

The house bought the Crayères in 1867: chalk cellars that, according to the house, date back to the 3rd century BC. They are more than 8 km of galleries about 30 m underground and hold several million bottles, which mature for at least four years, some for more than forty. The house dates its first vintage cuvée to 1874, and calls itself the first major international brand to produce Blanc de Blancs champagnes. Its Blanc des Millénaires, 100 % Chardonnay, was first presented in 1993 with the 1983 vintage.

Champagne is a wine with a protected designation of origin (AOC/PDO); under its rules the wine goes through a second fermentation in the bottle. Charles Heidsieck is a brand; Champagne is the name of a place.