Champagne Charles Heidsieck – Stephen Leroux

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Charles Heidsieck Blanc des Millénaires – Extraordinary discoveries

Master Class lectures
Friday 26th of April at 19:30
Saturday 27th of April at 15:00
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Price: 120 €

Speaker: Maxime Watelet, Area Director, Champagne Charles Heidsieck
Stephen Leroux, CEO, Champagne Charles Heidsieck

Note! This lecture will be held in English.

Blanc des Millénaires stands as a testament to centuries of laborious winemaking and selective, uncompromising decisions. As a forerunner in producing chardonnay-only blends, Charles Heidsieck embraced this style early on, even when it was less conventional. Each Blanc des Millénaires vintage is exclusively composed of wines from a single, exceptional year, carefully chosen by the cellar master for its remarkable ageing potential. These cuvées are a rarity, only 9 releases have seen the daylight in the past 40 years. Join us for an extraordinary vertical tasting experience, featuring five different vintages, including two recent releases (1996 and 2014), and immerse yourself in the depth and complexity of Charles Heidsieck Blanc des Millénaires.

Born in Glasgow in 1966 from a French father (Leroux) and Scottish mother (Mc Carroll – Mac Gregor), Stephen was brought up in Champagne from 1967 onwards. One of his great grandfathers was a Champagne Négociant in Bar- sur-Aube until the early 1930ies (Champagne Van der Gucht). Another one created Chicorée Leroux, one of the most historical-patrimonial French agro- industry companies, famous for sponsoring the Tour de France in at the dawn of the 20th century.

Leroux studied business and finance in Paris and started a career in corporate banking with HSBC France for 2 years. He then joined a Champagne region based large wheat cooperative business as a reporting financial controller, before working in the development of a branded French artisanal bakery concept within the same group.

An opportunity arose in the Champagne sector in 1997 and Stephen never left the industry since. After various responsibilities in sales and marketing within some of the industry big names (Vranken, Bollinger, Louis Roederer), he was called late 2012 by the EPI Group family business to take the reins of the recently acquired Charles Heidsieck, in a capacity of Executive Director. Stephen was made CEO of the Charles Heidsieck House in 2022.

Champagnes:

• Charles Heidsieck Blanc des Millénaires 2014
• Charles Heidsieck Blanc des Millénaires 2007
• Charles Heidsieck Blanc des Millénaires 2004
• Charles Heidsieck Blanc des Millénaires 1996
• Charles Heidsieck Blanc des Millénaires 1995

Please note that you also need an entrance ticket to the event to participate in the Master Class.