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Champagne Pierre Gimonnet & Fils Brut Rosé de Blancstext
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Champagne Pierre Gimonnet & Fils Brut Rosé de Blancs NV

Côte des Blancs, Champagne, FranceDidier, part of the third generation of the Gimonnet family, oversees the winemaking of their family winery, based in Cuis, in the heart of the Côtes de Blancs. This wine, like all of their chardonnay-centric wines, is laser focused. According to Didier, he wants a rosé that tastes like a blanc de blancs with colour. "Powerful chardonnay." It certainly succeeds. This bottling sources fruit from Cramant, Oger, and Chouilly, adding 7% Bouzy still pinot noir. It was disgorged in June 2022, and from vintage 2020 (unlike his other NV wines, the Rosé is from a single year, with no reserve wines). This salmon-hued rosé champagne charms with wild strawberry, white cherry, and pithy lemon, lit with an effortless acidity, shaped with a chalky brace, and trailing with cherry blossoms and lingering salinity. Certainly one of the most chardy of all the rosé champagnes, even with the relatively ample still wine added this vintage. A fantastic food wine.Tasted: 19 February 2024Tasted by: Prices:
BC$100.00750mlprivate wine shops
Producer: Champagne Pierre GimonnetDistributors: Trialto Wine Group
Blend: Chardonnay - Pinot NoirCSPC: 778753UPC: 3490920000155