Rare Champagne Millésime 2012
£177.95
The wine
Rich aromas suggesting brioche, almond, mango, guava and bergamot, with real depth behind.
The 2012 vintage was small and concentrated in Champagne after a difficult growing season, and is widely regarded as one of the finest of the decade. Rare is declared only in exceptional years, so vintages appear a decade or more apart. Rare Champagne began as a single cuvée made for the 1976 vintage and became its own house in 2018, with Régis Camus, long the chef de cave at Piper-Heidsieck, as its guardian.
The producer
Rare Champagne
View all Rare Champagne winesRare Champagne is one of the great prestige houses of Champagne, devoted solely to the creation of exceptional tete de cuvee wines made only in the most remarkable vintages. Named for its scarcity, it is a byword for opulence, precision and collectability.
Each cuvee is a meticulous selection of the finest Grand and Premier Cru fruit, built around Chardonnay for its elegance and finesse. Extended ageing on the lees in the house cellars gives the wines their extraordinary complexity and jewel-like refinement.
The range centres on the vintage Millésime and the rare, opulent Rosé Millésime, wines of profound depth crowned by the house iconic gold arabesque bottle. Only a handful of vintages are ever declared.
Sumptuous, intricate and made to age for decades, Rare Champagne is a connoisseur prestige cuvee of the very highest order.
