Charles Heidsieck Brut Millesimé 2005

Wine Enthusiast: Still very young, this holds great potential. Rich, full-bodied and densely structured, it is a wine first, sparkling second. Ripe apple and peach flavors partner with a strongly mineral texture. It needs to age more in bottle, so drink from 2016. 95/100 (2014)

James Suckling: This has terrific composure, among the fresher and better-presented of the vintage in terms of aromas. It's toasty with grilled hazelnuts, chalky and flinty. Aromas are in the pithy grapefruit and dried peach spectrum, with lemon too. The palate's seamless, powerful and quite deeply flavored. It climbs high and wide, then focuses neatly through the finish as acidity chimes in as well as some cherry flavor that steadies and balances. 93/100 (2015)

Falstaff: Mittleres Grüngelb, Silberreflexe, lebendiges Mousseux. Vom Pinot Noir geprägtes Bukett mit feinwürzigen Anklängen von dunklen Kirschen, ein Hauch von Trockenkräuter, dezente nussige Aromatik. Am Gaumen saftig, reife gelbe Fruchtanklänge, zarter Honigtouch, cremige Textur, mineralischer Nachhall. 93/100 (2017)