In the glass
Aroma: cherry, strawberry, raspberry, white pepper, saffron, biscuit, gingerbread
Palate: red and black fruit, spice, orange peel, toast
A richly aromatic rose combining cherry, strawberry and raspberry with white pepper, saffron and biscuit, finished by toast, orange peel and gingerbread accents.
What it pairs with
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Charcuterie
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Red fruit and spice frame cured meats. -
Seared salmon
Cherry and citrus lift balance the oily fish. -
Duck rillettes
Spice and gingerbread meet the rich duck.
History
In 1818 Madame Clicquot blended the first known rose Champagne by adding still red wine, a method the house still uses for its Brut Rose.
- 1818 — Madame Clicquot creates the first known blended rose Champagne
Facts
- Producer
- Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin
- Grapes
- Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier
- Classification
- AOC Champagne
- Oak
- Stainless steel; Yellow Label base with added still red wine
- ABV
- 12.0%
- Price
- EUR 55 to 75 at retail
- Drinking window
- now to 6 from release
- First vintage
- 1818
Scores
- Wine Spectator 90