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- VouvrayHead - 11-01-2008

Yum!
This is a Rose made in the saignée fashion.
This champagne took a while to open up and was best as it warmed-up a bit as well.
VERY fruity for champagne, with intense strawberry, cherry and raspberry coming to the party with a good bit of doughiness as well, leading to my impression of "strawberry shortcake." This was a very heady and deeply scented wine... My nose hardly left my glass the entire evening, but once in the mouth, while beautifully creamy, the doughiness was mostly absent while the fruit mingled with a touch of citrus.
While not quite as complex as premier cru rose champagne can be, this wine was incredibly fun and very, very pretty.
Worth the money, which is high praise indeed for premier cru champagne these days.

This is one of Terry Theise's grower champagnes.

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- wondersofwine - 11-04-2008

Sounds like one I would like. Do you remember the price?


- VouvrayHead - 11-05-2008

I'm really having trouble remembering... It was one I kind of had my eye on for a while and ended up getting as a gift.
The regular wine from them was $45-$50, so I suspect this was $60-$70...


- wondersofwine - 11-06-2008

Oops. A little high for me.


- VouvrayHead - 11-06-2008

Yep [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb/smile.gif[/img] Hard to get the real stuff in Rose much cheaper, though...
One of the best reasons to root for the dollar to rebound [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb/wink.gif[/img]

You HAVE had the Lucien Albrecht Brut Rose, haven't you? If not, RUN, don't walk, to find it for $17 or so...

Oops! I saw your old notes for it [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb/smile.gif[/img]

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