Dom Pérignon Rosé Vintage
The dark side of rosé: copper-colored in the glass, with spices, cacao and roasted fig on the nose and a smoky edge around it. More than ten years of aging has transformed the red fruit into something entirely different.
A rosé that smells of spices
When people hear rosé, they think of strawberry and raspberry. This bottle goes completely against that expectation. In the glass, the color is copper rather than pink, the bubbles are so fine they are almost unnoticeable, and the nose opens with dark spices and cacao that quickly give way to roasted fig, apricot and candied orange, with a smoky edge around it. That comes from the aging: more than ten years in the cellar, during which the fresh fruit transforms into something much darker.
On the palate, it is full and intense, yet silky smooth, with fresh acidity that keeps the spicy notes in check. The grapes are pinot noir and chardonnay, as with every bottle from this house, and the alcohol content is 12.5%. There is no non-vintage version: the 2009 is the vintage currently being served. If you are looking for a rosé centered on red fruit and flowers, the Rosé 2010 is the other side of this house.
In short
Cacao, roasted fig and candied orange
Dark and smoky
Dark spices and cacao up front, followed by roasted fig, apricot and candied orange. Surrounding it all is a smoky edge that keeps returning.
Full and silky smooth
Full and intense at first, but without sharp edges: the texture is silky smooth. Fresh acidity keeps the spicy notes in balance.
Copper with tiny bubbles
Copper-colored rather than pink, with very fine bubbles that rise calmly and almost imperceptibly. You can only really see that in a spacious glass.
Flavor profile of the Rosé Vintage. The Rosé 2010 from the same house is all about red fruit and flowers, making it taste much lighter.
A bottle for attention, not the crowd
This champagne deserves a moment when people listen to what is happening in the glass: a small gathering, late in the evening, with few other aromas on the table.
Don't serve too cold
Keep it at 8 to 10 degrees and pour closer to 10. Below 8 degrees, the cocoa and roasted fig fade into the background, leaving mostly acidity.
To the glasses →Pour generously, fill halfway
Use a large glass and pour only 10 cl into it. The empty space above the wine is where the spices and smoky edge gather; filling it costs you exactly that.
Wine glasses →After the main course
Because it is so spicy and intense, it works better once the table has settled down than as an aperitif between bites. Pour generously, set the bottle down and let the glasses sit for a moment.
More about champagne →Cocktails with rosé champagne
You drink this bottle neat, without exception: ten years in the cellar and a nose full of cocoa and fig disappear in a cocktail in a single stir. For the classics below, reach for a simple brut or an uncomplicated rosé bubbly.
Negroni Sbagliato
Campari and red vermouth with bubbles instead of gin. Spicy and bittersweet, with little alcohol.
Christmas Cocktails
Spices, citrus and bubbles belong in December. Here you'll find the recipes that suit the season.
Champagne Cocktail
Sugar cube with Angostura at the bottom, then top up. The bitters complement spicy bubbles beautifully.
Kir Royal
Cassis at the bottom, then top up with a dry bubbly. The easiest pink drink there is.Which glass brings out the spices best?
The more room, the more you smell. A wide bowl or a white wine glass gives the cocoa, fig and smoky edge a chance to rise; in a narrow flute, little of that remains.
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