Charles Heidsieck was one of the very first Champagne Houses to demonstrate its passion for Chardonnay by producing a Blanc de Blancs in its 1949 vintage. There is also evidence that the Maison had produced some mono-crus from the C�te des Blancs as early as1906. Through this cuv�e, relaunched in 2018, two of the House�s areas of expertise come together: the production of great white wines and the art of blending a large selection of wines from different years and terroirs. The considerable challenge is to make opposites coexist: the tautness and the freshness of young chardonnays on the one hand, and the silky �Charles� character on the other. The Blanc de Blancs is the result of a very selective blend of 100% Chardonnay from the C�te des Blancs and, in particular, the cuv�e base 2016 is composed of 10