{"id":362,"date":"2018-10-15T15:52:01","date_gmt":"2018-10-15T14:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comptoirdesmillesimes.com\/blog\/?p=362"},"modified":"2018-11-17T00:56:21","modified_gmt":"2018-11-16T23:56:21","slug":"champagne-best-vintages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comptoirdesmillesimes.com\/blog\/en\/champagne-best-vintages\/","title":{"rendered":"The best vintages of Champagne"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_363\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-363\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-363\" src=\"https:\/\/www.comptoirdesmillesimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/meilleurs-millesimes-champagne-300x172.jpg\" alt=\"The best Champagne vintages\" width=\"300\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comptoirdesmillesimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/meilleurs-millesimes-champagne-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.comptoirdesmillesimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/meilleurs-millesimes-champagne.jpg 548w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-363\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The best Champagne vintages<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Do you regularly drink sparkling wine? Until you've tasted one of the finest vintages of Champagne, your enjoyment of wine is only a thousandth of what it should be. As you read on, discover <strong>the best vintages of the region's wines <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comptoirdesmillesimes.com\/champagne\">Champagne<\/a><\/strong>. <!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Exceptional Champagne vintages<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">- <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comptoirdesmillesimes.com\/vins-1996\">The year 1996<\/a><\/strong> was the great vintage of the 1990-2000 decade. Very fine, with great ageing potential, the wines of this vintage will remain of remarkable excellence, thanks to a long, dry summer, conducive to perfect ripening of the grapes. A <strong>1996 vintage<\/strong> will be enough to disarm all Champagne's detractors.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">- As in many wine-growing regions, the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comptoirdesmillesimes.com\/vins-1990\">1990 vintage<\/a><\/strong> was exceptional in <strong>Champagne<\/strong>. The wines of this vintage have a taste that would make many jealous at parties and celebrations. Full-bodied and with great ageing potential, these wines will seduce you not only with their alcohol and acidity levels, but also with their unprecedented richness and impressive aromatic power. Don't be surprised if the excellence of these wines exceeds predictions. Clearly, they were produced in a hot, dry year, with a perfectly controlled early harvest.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Champagne's great vintages<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">- The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comptoirdesmillesimes.com\/vins-1964\">Vintage 1964<\/a><\/strong> has all the characteristics of a great vintage. Its wines are full-bodied, concentrated and elegant. A vintage Champagne from this year will certainly delight you if you're looking for a bottle full of sweetness and fruitiness.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">- Classified as one of the great Champagne vintages, the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comptoirdesmillesimes.com\/vins-1975\">1975 vintage<\/a><\/strong> allows you to drink top-quality champagnes that are balanced, fruity and passionately delicious.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">- Enjoying a cool spring followed by a wonderfully sunny summer, the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comptoirdesmillesimes.com\/vins-1988\">1988 vintage<\/a><\/strong> joins the ranks of the great Champagne years. Favored by nature, the grapes of this vintage are said to have reached exceptional ripeness.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Now that you have enough information about <strong>best vintages of Champagne wines<\/strong>So don't deprive yourself of a fabulous tasting of these precious bottles. 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Champagne Blanc de Blancs - Pierre Moncuit - \u20ac29.00<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>on April 28, 2026 at 12:18 PM <\/small><p>Pierre Moncuit<\/p><\/div><\/li><\/ul> <\/div><style type=\"text\/css\" media=\"all\">.feedzy-rss .rss_item .rss_image{float:left;position:relative;border:none;text-decoration:none;max-width:100%}.feedzy-rss .rss_item .rss_image span{display:inline-block;position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%;background-position:50%;background-size:cover}.feedzy-rss .rss_item .rss_image{margin:.3em 1em 0 0;content-visibility:auto}.feedzy-rss ul{list-style:none}.feedzy-rss ul li{display:inline-block}<\/style>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you regularly drink sparkling wine? Until you've tasted one of Champagne's finest vintages, your enjoyment of wine is only a thousandth of what it should be. Read on to discover the best vintages of wines from the Champagne wine region.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3149,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,13,43,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-champagne","category-le-saviez-vous","category-meilleurs-millesimes","category-vieux-millesimes"],"gutentor_comment":0,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.comptoirdesmillesimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/chamapgne.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comptoirdesmillesimes.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comptoirdesmillesimes.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comptoirdesmillesimes.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comptoirdesmillesimes.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comptoirdesmillesimes.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.comptoirdesmillesimes.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3434,"href":"https:\/\/www.comptoirdesmillesimes.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362\/revisions\/3434"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comptoirdesmillesimes.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comptoirdesmillesimes.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comptoirdesmillesimes.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comptoirdesmillesimes.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}