Veuve Clicquot Brut Rose Champagne

The non-vintage rosé is the end result of a desire to create a rosé champagne with a delightfully luscious, fruit-based charm. Jacques Péters, the cellarmaster, and his team wanted a champagne that would be accessible and naturally engaging while conserving Veuve Clicquot's essential values in terms of style.

Made using 50 to 60 different crus, the cuvee is based on Brut Yellow Label's traditional blend: 50 to 55% Pinot Noir, 15 to 20% Pinot Meunier, and 28 to 33% Chardonnay.
The blend includes a particularly high percentage (25-35%, sometimes 40%) of reserve wines originating from several harvests (usually 5 or 6), ensuring the house style's consistency. The reserve wines, some of which are nine years old, are kept separately depending on the origin of the crus and the years in which the wines were produced. This blend is completed with 12% red wines using red grapes especially raised and selected to give a marvelous balance to this rose.
 

Critical Acclaim:

"This seems drier than its stablemate, the famous Yellow Label and is the better for it. There is an urgent freshness here, driven by red currants and tight plum skin flavors. It is lively but full in the mouth and shows just the right bottle age." 91 Points, Wine Enthusiast


"This has the bright savor of a strawberry dipped in sea salt. It's light, with a hint of smokiness to balance the fruit. Together with the fine bubbles, that fruit savor will clean up after cured sausages and other charcuterie." 91 Points, Wine & Spirits


"The impression here is elegant overall, but there's a firm backbone of acidity that's finely meshed with the delicate range of flavors, including white raspberry, spiced plum, biscuit, pink grapefruit zest and a base note of smoky minerality." 90 Points, Wine Spectator

Pairs well with:

Vegetables
Fish and seafood
Poultry and game birds (i.e.duck)