1996 Charles Heidsieck Millesime Brut Collection Crayeres

98 points - Bruce Sanderson, Decanter
Tasted from magnum. Seamless from start to finish. An elegantly woven tapestry of fruit blossoms, citrus, honey and vanilla, creamy and pliant, finely integrated with the firm structure. This really sings today.

93 points - Wine Enthusiast
Spent nine years on lees; starts off with a pastry-crust aroma. The wine's mouthfeel is beautifully textured, neither too coarse nor too foamy. The flavor that manifests itself as butterscotch in the nonvintage brut is, here, like honey and toffee, adding richness to a pear-fruit core. A creamy, full and sexy wine, finishing medium-long. To toast with this wine is reason in and of itself to get married.