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Pinot Noir、Chardonnay
France
Champagne
750ml
8-10∘C
Robert Parker92(NV)
This is a refined, somewhat smoky wine, the stuff that dreams are made of – for an afternoon or a dessert time, with perhaps a raspberry charlotte, strawberries on their own or a red fruit coulis. The blend of mostly Pinot Noir with some Chardonnay gives the wine its lovely pale pink color and delicate hints of red fruit – strawberry, raspberry and even wild strawberry.
In 1760, Champagne Delamotte was one of only five Champagne houses in the region. Located in the heart of the Côte des Blancs in Le Mesnilsur- Oger it is the sister house and contiguous to the mythical House of Champagne Salon with which it shares the same viticultural, winemaking and management team. Vineyard location is the key that guides Delamotte’s expression defining the house’s elegant, focused style of wine. A house like no other with all its vineyards sourced from the Grands crus of the Côte des Blancs, Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, Oger, Avize and Cramant for chardonnay, Delamotte is one of the very few négociants to cultivate such a passion for the expression of this unique ward of Champagne. Delamotte’s winemaking is the simple translation of a singular expression of wine grown on the lees for an extended amount of time. There is no use of oak, no particular yeast selection and a little blending to guide the wine. The objective of winemaking is to translate as precisely and articulately as possible a year of work in the vineyard.
This delivers an elegant and structured wine thanks to Grand Cru Pinot Noir growing on the south-east facing hillsides of the Montagne de Reims: Ambonnay, Bouzy and Tours-sur-Marne. In association with Chardonnay from Mesnil-sur-Oger, this rosé is a dazzling salmon pink in colour, with an amazingly complex wine sparkling beneath. After bottling, Delamotte Rosé matures for around three years on the lees before disgorgement.
