Heidsieck/Charles Brut Champagne Rosé Réserve NV

95 points Tyson Stelzer (The Champagne Guide): "(tasted in 2024 in Australia; 2018 base vintage of equal thirds of chardonnay, pinot nor and meunier; 20% young reserves of 50% chardonnay and 50% pinot noir; 5% red wine from Les Riceys; vinified in stainless-steel vats, cru by cru; 60 crus; technological cork). The pretty and fruity vibe of 2018 is beautifully suited to the purity of Charles Rosé and the focus of this blend more on its base vintage than the reliance of Brut Reserve on reserve wines. Fresh strawberries and red cherries are accented with cranberries and billowing layers of crème brûlée and crème pâtissière. It unites fine chalk minerality with perfectly balanced dosage and intricately integrated acidity. Another great in the lineage of Charles Rosé. (Edition VII; 2024)"

95 points Bettane & Desseauve Guide (2022).

93 points Tom Hewson (TimAtkin.com): "45% Chardonnay, 35% Pinot Noir, 20% Pinot Meunier with 30% reserve wines. The 2014 base Rosé Reserve is in a striking place, just emerging now into a stage where the red fruits are softening, quietening into some dried strawberry and warm peach, spiked with delicious touches of anise and orange peel. The palate is calming, but still full of freshness and beautifully integrated, never dominated by the 7-8% red wine addition. N.B. – the 2018 base is currently being distributed as of winter 2022, likely to have a much more youthful character but not yet tasted. In any case, the 2014 base is a fine argument for a little patience. (Dec 2022)"

93 points Wine Spectator: "[$87 list] A graceful rosé Champagne, with a creamy mousse caressing the palate while juicy acidity creates a mouthwatering frame for the white cherry, grilled nut, candied pink grapefruit zest, ground ginger and cardamom spice flavors. Long and lovely on the finish, drawing you back for sip after sip. Disgorged 2018. Drink now through 2027. 510 cases imported. (11/30/20)"

93 points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): "The Charles Heidsieck “Rosé Réserve” non-vintage Brut is composed of the same blend of one-third each of chardonnay, pinot noir and pinot meunier, but with six percent of the pinot noir being still red wine from the fine village of Riceys in the Aube. The current release is from the base year of 2008 and was disgorged in 2015, after six years aging sur latte and finished with a dosage of eleven grams per liter. The wine delivers lovely aromatic complexity in its constellation of wild strawberries, tangerine, brioche, chalky soil tones, fresh almond and a touch of dried rose petals in the upper register. On the palate the wine is bright, full-bodied, focused and still quite youthfully racy, with a lovely core of fruit, superb mineral drive, elegant mousse and outstanding balance and grip on the long and racy finish. This seems far drier than its eleven grams of dosage might suggest, as this bottling has a superb chassis of 2008’s racy acidity. It is already very tasty, but it will age superbly well and I would bury it in the cellar for five or six years and really let it relax a bit structurally and start to sing unashamedly! 2018-2045. (Sep/Oct 2018)"