Charles Heidsieck Champagne Rosé Reserve

The pretty and fruity vibe of 2018 is beautifully suited to the purity of Charles Rosé and the focus of this blend more on its base vintage than the reliance of Brut Reserve on reserve wines. Fresh strawberries and red cherries are accented with cranberries and billowing layers of crème brûlée and crème pâtissière. It unites fine chalk minerality with perfectly balanced dosage and intricately integrated acidity. Another great in the lineage of Charles Rosé.

Disgorged with nine grams per liter dosage in 2021, the 2012 Brut Rosé is a blend of 62% Pinot Noir and 38% Chardonnay sourced from 11 villages. Nine percent red wine from Les Ryceys has been added. Offering up aromas of blueberry, wild strawberry, pomegranate, almond and spring flowers, the palate is energetic with lively acids, perfectly balanced and juicy, but it already exudes freshness and clarity that lead to a finish with a light grace note of gastronomic bitterness. It will drink at its peak in four to six years’ time.

Very pale salmon in color, the Rosé Réserve NV has an attractive floral nose with teasingly ripe notes of red fruit, kumquat and pomegranate. The medium-bodied palate has a lithe acid line running throughout to accent red forest fruits with hints of spice and chalk through the long, lovely finish. A blend of 40% each of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay plus 20% Pinot Meunier; 5% of the Pinot Noir from Les Riceyes is always pre-blended with the best Pinot Meunier from the vintage, then added to the same assemblage as the Brut Reserve which includes 30% of reserve wines in the blend. This is a complex and well-crafted NV rosé with nine gram per liter dosage.

Pouring a pale salmon pink hue, the NV Champagne Brut Rose is a blended style of rosé with 5% of red Pinot Noir coming from their own vineyards in Bouzy, Ambonnay and Les Riceys. Based on the blend of the Brut Reserve, it’s a touch more reserved on opening, with delicate aromas of ripe peach, fresh flowers, and croissant dough. It’s full-bodied but has more tension and structure compared to the Brut Reserve, with a light chalky finish, and its mousse adds a delicate rounded feel and touch of spice. Based on 2018, it was bottled in 2019 and disgorged in 2023. Dosage 9 grams per liter.

Dejlig tilbageholdende duft af hindbær, ribs, friske æbler, kridt, gær og lidt rugbrød. Fin og sprød i munden med blød fylde og en flot vedvarende mousse. Afsluttes af en let bitter tørhed, der bider de rigtige steder i munden. Glimrende madchampagne med god længde på smagen.

Der er gang i jordbærmarkerne her, nærmest kaskader af frugt, suppleret af ingefær, kalk. Cremet rigdom og god frisk syre

This has a pale apricot color and aromas of baked apple, spiced pear, honey and croissant. It’s creamy and flavorful, with soft and rounded bubbles and a lightly spicy finish.