Wine:

Born out of a prodigious year, one of the most successful of the decade, Rare 2008 is an ultra pure, fresh and incredibly graceful champagne. A beautiful wine, placed on a cold vintage, it offers scents of dried flowers, honey, dried fruits, delicately toasted. The palate is sublime, unctuous and mineral, with a splendid saline tone. Grandiose! Rated 99/100 Bettane+Desseauve, 94/100 RVF and 93+/100 Parker.

Vinification:

Hand harvested, aged for a minimum of 8 years on lees. Limited production.

Color:

Crystalline gold with a fine bubble.

Nose:

The first nose is marked by aromas of orange blossom, hyacinth and white flowers. Then, vanilla flower, a touch of fresh coconut, aromas of Williams pear and fresh almond are enriched by notes of mandarin and blackcurrant bud. On the second nose, the minerality, saline and refined, signs an iodine-smoke harmony, enhanced by a touch of liquorice.

Palate:

The aromatic flavors multiply and reveal notes of fresh pineapple, just cut, passion fruit, kiwi, coconut and tangy citrus. They mingle with spring accents of incomparable length. Finally, the finish, punctuated with salinity, remarkable and iodized, prolongs this discovery of a pure and infinite spring.

Temperature:

To be enjoyed between 8 and 10°C.

Cellar aging:

From now until 2050 and more for the enthusiasts

Just like a Dom Pérignon or a Cristal, Rare Champagne is amongst the elite. Issued in limited quantities, each Rare Champagne vintage combines three essential parameters: an exceptional or atypical year, the expertise of the Cellar Master Régis Camus and the maturation time. Thus, in more than forty years, Rare Champagne has declared only eleven vintages, all of which were issued in limited series.

An unusual blend of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from the Montagne de Reims, Rare Champagne expresses itself in a great velvety intensity and a pure and silky texture.