Peter Liem, Alan Bednarski and Claire Thevenot MS tasted 28 wines, with 3 Excellent and 20 Extremely advisable.
Classic rosé Champagne panel tasting scores
28 wines tasted
Distinctive 0
Excellent 3
Extremely advisable 20
Really helpful 5
Counseled 0
Truthful 0
Poor 0
Entry standards: producers and UK brokers have been invited to submit their current-release, single-vintage rosé Champagnes, permitting for any model from zéro dosage by brut to demi-sec
Rosé Champagne is a troublesome class to generalise about, and classic rosé maybe much more so. Most on this tasting have been of wonderful high quality, displaying that there are a number of methods to realize success. One conspicuous component was a comparatively restrained dosage, even for these wines not labelled as further brut or non-dosé.
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Traditionally there was an inclination to dose rosés barely increased than their blanc counterparts, typically resulting from an archaic stereotype about rosé being sweeter to go well with the feminine palate – however some winemakers additionally imagine that the tannins of crimson wine want extra sugar to steadiness.
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Classic rosé Champagne panel tasting scores
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The judges
Peter Liem is an awarded wine author and writer specialising in Champagne. Resident in Epernay, he publishes his web site champagneguide.internet and co-hosts the annual La Fête du Champagne occasion within the US. His e book Champagne was printed in 2017 (Mitchell Beazley).
Alan Bednarski is a sommelier, wine marketing consultant and a DWWA decide. He’s co-owner of a brand new ‘consolation European meals’ restaurant resulting from open in Katowice, Poland in spring 2023, and is quickly to launch his Cool Local weather Wine Information initially on-line.
Claire Thevenot MS is proprietor of UK-based importer Vins-Clairs. She moved from jap France in 2002, rising to be head sommelier at Resort du Vin in Winchester, then in 2006 she turned the primary French feminine Grasp Sommelier, successful the UK Sommelier of the 12 months competitors in the identical 12 months.
