Rare Champagne Tasting with Special Guest Maxime Levi

Rare Champagne Tasting

Friday October 9^th

7:30pm

2012 Rare Champagne Brut

2013 Rare Champagne Brut

2014 Rare Rosé Champagne Brut

2008 Rare Champagne Brut Magnum

1998 Rare Champagne Brut Magnum

1985 Rare Champagne Brut

Menu

Truffle Parmesan Shoestring Fries

Sea Scallop Carpaccio with Candied Citrus and Lavender Aioli

Pork Belly Bites with Black Garlic Florida Grits and Local Oranges and Honey Sauce

Japanese A-5 Filet Mignon Sashimi with Champagne Rice

Strawberry Shortcake

The fee for this tasting which includes dinner and gratuity is $395 + tax, for reservations call 954-523-9463 or e-mail andy@winewatch.com.  Please let us know when you make your reservations if you have any dietary restrictions or aversions and chefs Toni and Dani will be happy to accommodate you. 

All the Rare Champagne Available at Wine Watch:

1998 Rare Brut Champagne 1.5 Liter Magnum

Price: $1125.00                                      Your Price: $1012.50

(98 Points) A beautifully bright and expressive Champagne, with precision and vivid acidity throughout; roasted coffee bean and graphite notes lead to a rich palate of toasted brioche, crystallized honey, bergamot and crème de cassis. Exotic ground spice details of cardamom, ginger and anise show on the finish. (AN) -Wine Spectator Review Date: 11/2019

2002 Rare Champagne Brut 6 Liter Methuselah

Price: $5880.00                                      Sale $5292.00

(97 Points) Like a stallion out of the gate, this shows an initial explosion of power, in the form of mouthwatering flavors and fine texture, before quickly settling into an elegant gait. The racy acidity is seamlessly knit, buoying the lacy mousse and flavors of cassis, toasted brioche and tangerine, with accents of candied ginger, hazelnut and fleur de sel lingering on the long, creamy finish. Drink now through 2035. 2,000 cases imported.  Wine Spectator

2006 Rare Champagne Brut 3 Liter

Price $2550.00                          Sale $2295

(96 Points) Aromas and flavors of toasted brioche and grilled nut enrich the yellow plum, nectarine and grated ginger notes of this rich and creamy Champagne. Finely woven and beautifully integrated, with a firm backbone of mouthwatering acidity providing precise balance for the lush range of flavor. Drink now through 2029. -Wine Spectator

2008 Rare Champagne Rose Brut 3 Liter

Price 3600.00                            Sale $3240.00

(98 Points) The 2008 Champagne Rare Rosé is straight-up sensational. Only the second time they’ve produced this cuvée, it offers a deep, full-bodied, powerful yet chiseled and laser-focused style carrying loads of wild strawberry fruit as well as notes of orange blossom, spice, and crushed rocks. Backward, austere, yet simply loaded with potential, it needs a solid 4-5 years of bottle age and will drink brilliantly for two decades or more.  Jeb Dunnuck

2008 Rare Champagne Brut Magnum

Price: $847.50                                        Your Price: $762.75

(97 Points) Like a stallion out of the gate, this shows an initial explosion of power, in the form of mouthwatering flavors and fine texture, before quickly settling into an elegant gait. The racy acidity is seamlessly knit, buoying the lacy mousse and flavors of cassis, toasted brioche and tangerine, with accents of candied ginger, hazelnut and fleur de sel lingering on the long, creamy finish. Drink now through 2035.  Wine Spectator

2012 Piper Heidsieck Rare Brut Champagne

Price: $297.00                                        Your Price: $267.30

(93+ Points) Unfurling in the glass with incipiently complex aromas of citrus oil, wheat toast, fresh peach and crisp orchard fruit, the newly released 2012 Vintage Brut is full-bodied, deep and tightly wound, with excellent concentration, racy acids and a fine mousse, concluding with a long and penetrating finish. Even though it's still a little reserved after its recent disgorgement, - WK

2012 Rare Rosé Champagne Brut 6 Liter Methuselah

Price: $14,625.00                                                Sale $13,162.50

Blend: 60% Chardonnay & 40% Pinot Noir; 12 Crus of which 8 are classified as Grand Crus and 3 are classified as Premier Crus:

Chardonnay: Villers Marmery, Vertus,Mesnil-sur-Oger, Oger, Chouilly, Avize

Pinot Noir: Verzy, Ay, Verzenay,Ambonnay, Ville-DommangeRed

Wine: Les Riceys (8%)Full malolactic fermentation

Dosage: brut (7g/l)Time aged on lees: 8 years minimum

2013 Heidsieck Rare Millesime Brut Champagne

Price: $225.00                                        Your Price: $202.50

(98 Points) 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.  Jeb Dunnuck
 

2014 Piper-Heidsieck Rare Brut Rose Millesime Champagne, France

Price: $517.50                           Your Price: $465.75

(97 Points) Bursts with vibrant energy as soon as this hits the palate, yet is refined and elegant throughout -- akin to a prima ballerina's marriage of stored power and grace. Reveals a lovely range of strawberry coulis, blood orange granita, raw almond, honeycomb, smoke and chalk notes framed by chiseled acidity and carried on the vivacious, finely detailed mousse. Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Drink now through 2038. -Wine Spectator