2006 | Piper-Heidsieck Rare Brut Millesime | Champagne 3L Malvasia delle Lipari and cumin can be discerned

and cumin can be discerned

This second wine from Peay gives drinkers a window into the quality and energy of the estate style

soft-textured tannins

and a concentrated

a variety-hunter’s delight

2006 | Piper-Heidsieck Rare Brut Millesime | Champagne 3L Malvasia delle Lipari and cumin can be discernedThe flagship release is the 2006 Champagne Rare, a 70 30 split of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir thats 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