2007 Champagne Charles Heidsieck, Blanc des Millénaires, Brut

So densely packed on the nose. Explodes in the mouth but not with ersatz frothiness, with pure flavour and refreshment. Amazing it's so youthful while it's 15 years old! Lacy and built from the ground up. I wonder whether it will last as long as the 1995!Drink 2022 - 2030jancis_robinson_mw MW, JancisRobinson.com (May 2022)

This is the second release of disgorgement, with this one being disgorged in 2023, whereas the previous release had been disgorged in 2021. 8 grams per litre dosage.Also tasted last year, the 2007 Champagne Blanc De Millénaires is the cuvée that features Chardonnay from the Côtes De Blancs, with five crus represented in the blend. Pouring a bright yellow straw hue, it’s expressive with a floral profile on the opening and is rounded and balanced on the palate, with layered refinement to its lovely notes of fresh Meyer lemon, candied citrus, and fresh croissant, an elegant, rounded mousse, a chalky texture, and a floral finish that lasts long on the palate.Drink 2023 - 2032audrey_frick, JebDunnuck.com (November 2023)

The 2007 Brut Blanc de Blancs Blanc des Millénaires is the seventh opus of this vintage after the 1983, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2004 and 2006 vintages. This 100% Chardonnay exhales aromas of candied lemon, lemon oil, spring flowers, ripe orchard fruits and hints of pastry. The palate is coated and fleshy, rich and dense, with racy acids and a chalky, penetrating finish. Hide bottles for seven to eight years.Drink 2023 - 2043Yohan Castaing, Wine Advocate (April 2023)

Seven up for Charles Heidsieck; the seventh release of their magnificent Blanc des Millénaires Champagne, the 2007. Their charismatic chef de caves, Cyril Brun, describes the wine as ‘dangerous’, as in dangerously good, and it is hard not to concur. The legendary Daniel Thibault, who made the first Blanc des Millénaires in 1983, was aspiring to make a very specific style of Chardonnay, rich and indulgent at the same time as being classical and rigorous of construction, a deft paradox in other words. The 2007, child of a cooler, more linear vintage than the rather heady 2006, has achieved this ambition with great aplomb. Cyril is confident that stylistically the 2007 will be closest to the 2004 and the 1995, both greatly lauded and both of which have had an unfailing capacity to win virtually every competition into which they are entered. The pale gold shimmers invitingly, its mousse discreet yet persistent, its aromatics hitherto dominated by notes of grapefruit, yuzu, citrus and quince, behind that sourdough, flint-stone and intimations of toast and honey, both of which will become more pronounced over the splendours of a long life. 20% each of five great villages, all but Vertus ranked as Grand Cru, have provided the raw materials for this most magisterial of Blanc de Blancs Champagnes. Dosed at 7.3g/L (the lowest ever at Charles) and disgorged in July 2021, with a smart new bottle design.Drink 2022 - 2032Simon Field MW, Decanter.com (March 2022)

Intense oyster-shell and candied-lemon aromas pull you into this very elegant champagne, which is so precise on the sleek and focused palate with a finish of crystalline purity and brightness. Still really youthful, thanks to the uplifting freshness! A Blanc de Blancs from 5 top Crus in the Côte des Blancs.Drink or holdjames_suckling, jamessuckling_com (July 2022)