Comtes de Champagne Rose 2011 – Kobrand Wine & Spirits

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Created as early as the 18th century and served in the royal French courts, rosé champagne is at the very source of the success of champagne in general. A symbol of joyful, liberated luxury in the “Roaring Twenties”, it is still highly prized today. It becomes an extremely rare, very exclusive pleasure with the Comtes de Champagne Rosé. This cuvee is only produced in exceptional years and is made from 100% Grand Cru Grapes. The Chardonnay grapes come from the most renowned vineyards of the prestigious Côte des Blancs, and the Pinot Noir from the Montagne de Reims. Only juice from the first pressing is used in order to ensure the structure and long aging potential that is so essential to this exceptional Champagne. 12% of the Pinot Noir is blended in as still red wine.

94 Points

Decanter.com

2011 vintage

96 Points

Wine Enthusiast

2011 vintage

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Harvest Note

This very different 2011 vintage was marked by early ripening and a spring drought, forcing the root network to delve deep in the earth. A cool, wet summer created favorable conditions for an August harvest. This vintage is a lively expression of the exceptional marriage between Pinot Noir and Chardonnay Grands Crus, highlighting the uniqueness of a cuvee that follows in its predecessors’ footsteps with a bold style, full of character, balance and purity.

Tasting Note

The 2011 vintage is cloaked in a beautifully colored robe of vivid pink gold. The shimmering red hues highlight the finesse and delicacy of the effervescence. The nose releases sweet notes of gingerbread, black fruits, cherry and acacia flowers intermingled with aromas of tangerine peel and slight touches of mint, licorice and sweet spices (turmeric, saffron) to add energy to this wine. On the palate, the delicately fruity, fine, and precise attack gives way to a silky and radiant tannic structure. This extraordinary vintage reflects the optimum ripeness of the Chardonnay, with great aromatic finesse, and a unique strength of character that is fresh with an abundance of fruit.

Technical Data

GRAPES: 60% Pinot Noir, 40% Chardonnay

APPELLATION: Côte des Blancs Grand Crus

PH: 3.12

ACIDITY: 3.78 g/l

ABV: 12.5%

DOSAGE: 9 g/l

AGING: More than 12 years of aging on the lees in chalk cellars.

Unique Selling Points

A premium vintage rosé wine
Produced only in exceptional vintage years
Made from 100% Grand Cru grapes

“If only once in your life . . . Comtes de Champagne.”

Vitalie Taittinger, President

About the Grape

Pinot Noir

In France, makes a silky, deceptively powerful wine of elegant, complex aromas and subtle, red fruit flavors, with earthy, floral, mushroom and mineral notes. In California, shows ripe, sweet characters.