Champagne and Burgundy evening (Private home in Arlington, Virginia): Served with a lobster salad, whose colors matched the rosé Champagne (these are important considerations!), the Dom Ruinart proved both vivacious and smooth, a bubbly with a refined bead. Composed of 80% Grand Cru Chardonnays from the Côte des Blancs (Avize, Chouilly, Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, and Oger), the Montagne de Reims (Sillery and Verzenay), and 20% Aÿ Grand Cru Pinot Noirs. It had undergone malolactic fermentation with some 10 years aging on the lees. On the palate, ripe citrus, red apple and orange rind, but above all perfumed forest strawberry, with subtle brioche that reflected its creamy texture but still very vibrant on the palate, with a long finish: a very good pairing for the lobster. Dosage at 5 g/L, clocking in at 12.5% alcohol. Thanks to Chris Bublitz for this wine, which I think has the depth and concentration to age gracefully, such as a 1979 that we had enjoyed some 15 years ago.
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New Years Day: Vrai Champagne, Seventh Annual Edition (Brad & Marcia's Place, St. Paul, MN): Light medium strawberry color. Drank a glass over 20+ minutes. Brought this for NYD Chamapgne party. We had a bevy of rose Champagnes and this was only exceeded by the '09 Cuvee Elisabeth Salmon. This had more power and weight than the ethereal CES, but doesn't venture into what I think of as a big wine. There's a mix of apple, apple, peel, red raspberry and red currants, with a nice mix of spice, chalk, and toastiness. Maybe better in a year or too yet. 93+ to 94pts.
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Tete de Cuvee Rose Tasting (Brookhaven, GA): Lovely nose, rich brioche, rounded, fleshy, cranberry, orange peel, candied fruit, fine bubbles, poised and well put together, a little understated; is this Dom?
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Vibrant and juicy raspberry and strawberry fruit. Also a lot of Dommy brioche I get more of in Dom Perignon. High chalk and mineral in here too. Pâte des fruits. Bright and quite striking. Intense pink / copper colour.
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Spectacular, and the best rosé champagne I’ve had, hands-down. Rich, almost sweet but elegant, poised, harmonious, very long and thrillingly bright and long. The magic of this was it tasted first and foremost like a great champagne, with the rose motif playing a secondary role. It had all the peach, blood orange, hard candy, gingery notes you could expect from a rose, but they were accents and nuances that support the lemon and brioche core of the wine rather than overwhelm it. Loved it.
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This was very good, a step up from the Deutz rosé NV (as it should be, since it is 3x the price). Complex nose of strawberry, white flowers, some spices. Elegant palate, appropriately dry finish.
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Bursting with ripe citrus fruits and red berries flavours, some warm spices as well, buttery, yeasty, very creamy mouthfeel. A well balanced rosé which is both sweet and savoury, with much depth and intensity. Ruinart just doesn't disappoint. Drink now.
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Pale pink orange. Medium+ intensity aroma of toast, strawberry. Dry, high acidity, medium- body. Medium intensity flavour of strawberry, cheese, toast, cranberry juice. Medium finish.
Perfect for a terrasse.
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Fantastic complex rosé with a shy nose of mild strawberry and raspberry, grapefruit, brioche, and buttermilk. Palette is perfectly balanced with a noce vibrant acidity, and super fine bubbles.
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Kuki'o Wine Trip 2019; 9/22/2019-9/28/2019 (Champagne & Bordeaux): Sharp red berry pate-des-fruits nose and flavors that remind me of a younger grower champagne style. Extremely juicy. Doesn’t have the DP brioche or toastiness, but very good and proved to be a real crowd pleaser. In a whirlwind dinner at Runinart that pitted '06 and ;07 blancs and rosés against each other and a struggle to crank out notes, but this '07 rosé was definitely outstanding from the current portfolio...
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1/28/2024 - PanosKakaviatos Likes this wine: 96 Points
Champagne and Burgundy evening (Private home in Arlington, Virginia): Served with a lobster salad, whose colors matched the rosé Champagne (these are important considerations!), the Dom Ruinart proved both vivacious and smooth, a bubbly with a refined bead. Composed of 80% Grand Cru Chardonnays from the Côte des Blancs (Avize, Chouilly, Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, and Oger), the Montagne de Reims (Sillery and Verzenay), and 20% Aÿ Grand Cru Pinot Noirs. It had undergone malolactic fermentation with some 10 years aging on the lees. On the palate, ripe citrus, red apple and orange rind, but above all perfumed forest strawberry, with subtle brioche that reflected its creamy texture but still very vibrant on the palate, with a long finish: a very good pairing for the lobster. Dosage at 5 g/L, clocking in at 12.5% alcohol. Thanks to Chris Bublitz for this wine, which I think has the depth and concentration to age gracefully, such as a 1979 that we had enjoyed some 15 years ago.
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1/1/2024 - rocknroller wrote: 94 Points
New Years Day: Vrai Champagne, Seventh Annual Edition (Brad & Marcia's Place, St. Paul, MN): Light medium strawberry color. Drank a glass over 20+ minutes. Brought this for NYD Chamapgne party. We had a bevy of rose Champagnes and this was only exceeded by the '09 Cuvee Elisabeth Salmon. This had more power and weight than the ethereal CES, but doesn't venture into what I think of as a big wine. There's a mix of apple, apple, peel, red raspberry and red currants, with a nice mix of spice, chalk, and toastiness. Maybe better in a year or too yet.
93+ to 94pts.
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1/1/2024 - galewskj wrote: 93 Points
I love this producer and this bottle did not disappoint, with apple, raspberry, brioche, chalk and good acid
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11/16/2023 - Rezy13 Likes this wine:
Tete de Cuvee Rose Tasting (Brookhaven, GA): Lovely nose, rich brioche, rounded, fleshy, cranberry, orange peel, candied fruit, fine bubbles, poised and well put together, a little understated; is this Dom?
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8/14/2023 - The Vines That Bind wrote: 92 Points
Vibrant and juicy raspberry and strawberry fruit. Also a lot of Dommy brioche I get more of in Dom Perignon. High chalk and mineral in here too. Pâte des fruits. Bright and quite striking. Intense pink / copper colour.
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8/6/2023 - blanquito wrote: 96 Points
Spectacular, and the best rosé champagne I’ve had, hands-down. Rich, almost sweet but elegant, poised, harmonious, very long and thrillingly bright and long. The magic of this was it tasted first and foremost like a great champagne, with the rose motif playing a secondary role. It had all the peach, blood orange, hard candy, gingery notes you could expect from a rose, but they were accents and nuances that support the lemon and brioche core of the wine rather than overwhelm it. Loved it.
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6/22/2023 - Collector1855 wrote: 94 Points
This was very good, a step up from the Deutz rosé NV (as it should be, since it is 3x the price). Complex nose of strawberry, white flowers, some spices. Elegant palate, appropriately dry finish.
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4/14/2023 - Burgundy Al wrote: 93 Points
HDH Ruinart Dinner (Le Select - Chicago IL): Spicy with slightly more apple than berry, but everything well harmonized, while complex. Lots here.
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2/2/2023 - Kevin Mak Likes this wine: 94 Points
Medium Salmon
Medium (+) Acidity
Medium Alcohol
Medium (+) Bodied
Fine Mousse
Medium (+) Finish
Medium (+) Intensity
- Lime, Grapefruit, Orange Peel, Blood Orange, Baked Apple, Strawberry, Raspberry, Butter, Biscuits, Toast, Almond, Cloves
Bursting with ripe citrus fruits and red berries flavours, some warm spices as well, buttery, yeasty, very creamy mouthfeel. A well balanced rosé which is both sweet and savoury, with much depth and intensity. Ruinart just doesn't disappoint. Drink now.
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9/6/2022 - englishman's claret wrote: 94 Points
Slightly reserved but winning nectarine, fleshy fruit, rhubarb,
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4/27/2022 - mayakacz Likes this wine:
Pale pink orange.
Medium+ intensity aroma of toast, strawberry.
Dry, high acidity, medium- body. Medium intensity flavour of strawberry, cheese, toast, cranberry juice. Medium finish.
Perfect for a terrasse.
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12/31/2020 - Pschnipper Likes this wine: 96 Points
Fantastic complex rosé with a shy nose of mild strawberry and raspberry, grapefruit, brioche, and buttermilk. Palette is perfectly balanced with a noce vibrant acidity, and super fine bubbles.
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6/14/2020 - Oddbod Likes this wine: 96 Points
Rich, subtle, smoky, medicinal, old leather, redcurrant, fruitcake, oregano, autumn leaves, pink peppercorns. Great structure, length, balance of freshness and maturity. Genius wine.
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1/28/2020 - henrygjeffreys Likes this wine:
orange colour
Meaty nose, yeasty
Very tangy with a seville orange tang, little bit of sweetness.
Then pastry notes, long finish.
Very nice.
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11/9/2019 - Burgundy Al wrote: 93 Points
La Fête du Champagne Grand Tasting (Pier Sixty - New York NY): Walk around tasting. Complex combination of spice, apple, lemon curd, berry and gingerbread with very good depth. Even better than the Blanc de Blancs.
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9/24/2019 - The Vines That Bind wrote: 93 Points
Kuki'o Wine Trip 2019; 9/22/2019-9/28/2019 (Champagne & Bordeaux): Sharp red berry pate-des-fruits nose and flavors that remind me of a younger grower champagne style. Extremely juicy. Doesn’t have the DP brioche or toastiness, but very good and proved to be a real crowd pleaser. In a whirlwind dinner at Runinart that pitted '06 and ;07 blancs and rosés against each other and a struggle to crank out notes, but this '07 rosé was definitely outstanding from the current portfolio...
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