Champagne Laherte Frères Rosé de Meunier NV (Base 19. Disg. Jan 2023)

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Champagne Laherte Frères Rosé de Meunier NV (Base 19. Disg. Jan 2023)
Producer Champagne Laherte Frères
Region, Country Champagne, France
Bottle Size 750ml
Product Code 22168-750

Meunier. Disgorged January 2023. This dazzling Meunier represents superb value in a market where rosé wines are getting increasingly pricey. Put simply, it’s a blend of Meunier vinified three ways. Some 60% of the volume is from fruit traditionally pressed off to make a white wine (over one-third of this component was reserve wines that had been aged in barrels). A second, 30% portion was made as a saignée rosé (the juice left in contact with the skins for a short period). The final 10% of the blend is from a full-blown red wine.

The fruit producing the white wine is from vines with an average age of 25 years, and the vines for the red and rosé wines are more than 40 years old. The wines fermented and aged in various vessels (vats, foudre and old demi-muid barrels) before being transferred to bottle for secondary fermentation. This release is a blend of 2019 (60%) and 2018 and was disgorged with just 2.5 g/L dosage. It’s a wonderfully pretty rosé with the juiciness of the ripe Meunier offset by mouthwatering acidity and the salty chalk expression that typifies the best wines of the Coteaux Sud d’Épernay.

Champagne Laherte Frères Rosé de Meunier NV (Base 19. Disg. Jan 2023)

Reviews

Note: This review refers to a later disgorgement. “The NV Extra Brut Rosé de Meunier is bright, punchy and super-expressive, with notes of cranberry, blood orange, mint, crushed rocks and dried flowers. Deceptive in its mid-weight feel, the Rosé de Meunier packs a pretty serious punch. The blend is 60% Meunier (white pressed), 30% Meunier with maceration and 10% still red Meunier. Dosage is 2.5 grams per liter. Disgorged: March 2023.”
91 points, Antonio Galloni, Vinous

Reviews

Note: This review refers to a later disgorgement. “The NV Extra Brut Rosé de Meunier is bright, punchy and super-expressive, with notes of cranberry, blood orange, mint, crushed rocks and dried flowers. Deceptive in its mid-weight feel, the Rosé de Meunier packs a pretty serious punch. The blend is 60% Meunier (white pressed), 30% Meunier with maceration and 10% still red Meunier. Dosage is 2.5 grams per liter. Disgorged: March 2023.”
91 points, Antonio Galloni, Vinous

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