Rare Rare Champagne (Gift Box) 2013
98 POINTS - Jeb Dunnuck
"Originally a part of the legendary Piper-Heidsieck Champagne house Rare is moving their Champagne Millésime to a new brand and want it to stand alone. (Think Delamotte and Salon.) The 13th vintage for this cuvée the 2013 Champagne Millésime is a blend is 70% Chardonnay with the rest Pinot Noir with the majority of the blend coming from the Montagne de Reims Grand Cru and Premier Cru. A bright yellow hue its aromatics are exquisite and well-balanced with fresh notes of key lime candied apple fresh croissant dough fresh pineapple and honeysuckle. Medium to full-bodied it fills the palate with a rounded and supple texture and a pillowy mousse. It’s long on the palate and has a silky personality as well as a long pristine finish. It has fantastic balance of decadence and freshness and I could drink this all day. It’s going to have a long drinking window. Drink 2024-2044 and beyond. Disgorged December 2022."
95 POINTS - Wine Spectator
"There's a sense of finesse to this elegant Champagne with the plushly creamy mousse carrying a finely-meshed yet concentrated range of blackberry puree and poached apricot with blood orange peel salted pistachio and aromatic accents of verbena chalk and oyster shell. Mouthwatering acidity carries the complex profile on the long long finish. Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Drink now through 2038."
The effervescence of Rare Millésime 2013 is tinged with an intensely bright light golden color. The nose at first subtle and clean emerges in two stages combining tonicity and elegance. It all begins with the delicacy of white flowers a hint of black tea and touches of citrus kiwi and kumquat. Then notes of lime blossom green tea and fern give way to aromas of white fruits such as greengage plums. Touches of chestnut honey sweet spices vanilla and marzipan round off the wine's rich bouquet. The two facets of Rare Millésime 2013 are confirmed in the mouth: smooth and vibrant indulgent and dynamic. After hints of meringue whipped cream and marzipan kumquat blood orange and kiwi then provide a refreshing tonicity. On the finish the comforting texture of Rare Millésime 2013 appears as an aromatic and smoky indulgence punctuated by a freshness and a subtle bitterness. Rare Champagne's iconic signature of tropic minerality is expressed differently in Rare Millésime 2013 extended by a plump and prolonged aftertaste.
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98 POINTS - Jeb Dunnuck
"Originally a part of the legendary Piper-Heidsieck Champagne house Rare is moving their Champagne Millésime to a new brand and want it to stand alone. (Think Delamotte and Salon.) The 13th vintage for this cuvée the 2013 Champagne Millésime is a blend is 70% Chardonnay with the rest Pinot Noir with the majority of the blend coming from the Montagne de Reims Grand Cru and Premier Cru. A bright yellow hue its aromatics are exquisite and well-balanced with fresh notes of key lime candied apple fresh croissant dough fresh pineapple and honeysuckle. Medium to full-bodied it fills the palate with a rounded and supple texture and a pillowy mousse. It’s long on the palate and has a silky personality as well as a long pristine finish. It has fantastic balance of decadence and freshness and I could drink this all day. It’s going to have a long drinking window. Drink 2024-2044 and beyond. Disgorged December 2022."
95 POINTS - Wine Spectator
"There's a sense of finesse to this elegant Champagne with the plushly creamy mousse carrying a finely-meshed yet concentrated range of blackberry puree and poached apricot with blood orange peel salted pistachio and aromatic accents of verbena chalk and oyster shell. Mouthwatering acidity carries the complex profile on the long long finish. Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Drink now through 2038."
The effervescence of Rare Millésime 2013 is tinged with an intensely bright light golden color. The nose at first subtle and clean emerges in two stages combining tonicity and elegance. It all begins with the delicacy of white flowers a hint of black tea and touches of citrus kiwi and kumquat. Then notes of lime blossom green tea and fern give way to aromas of white fruits such as greengage plums. Touches of chestnut honey sweet spices vanilla and marzipan round off the wine's rich bouquet. The two facets of Rare Millésime 2013 are confirmed in the mouth: smooth and vibrant indulgent and dynamic. After hints of meringue whipped cream and marzipan kumquat blood orange and kiwi then provide a refreshing tonicity. On the finish the comforting texture of Rare Millésime 2013 appears as an aromatic and smoky indulgence punctuated by a freshness and a subtle bitterness. Rare Champagne's iconic signature of tropic minerality is expressed differently in Rare Millésime 2013 extended by a plump and prolonged aftertaste.
