2018 Emmanuel Brochet Champagne Rosé de Saignée

Community Tasting Notes (13) Avg Score: 91.9 points

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  12/26/2023 - aquacongas wrote: 91 Points

  not blind
  drank it over 2 days. There is some bitterness which disturbs me a little bit. Fruity and rough likewise but not perfectly balanced. 91

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  7/10/2023 - kuumies wrote:

  Well there is brett on this nose. The fruit behind is bright and fresh but the overall character is not of that. Some popcorn reduction as well. Strong effervescence. Wonderful acidity on this one, this is one hella lively wine on the palate and evaporates crazy fast. I don’t care about the nose but on the palate this is fire. Great intensity and persistence, it just lingers on on the palate. Paired up nicely with lobster rolls.

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  7/8/2023 - forceberry wrote: 91 Points

  100% organically farmed Pinot Meunier from the La Motelle vineyard, planted in 1965. Fermented spontaneously, macerated with the skins for 24 hours. Aged for 11 months in oak casks. Bottled unfined and unfiltered. Disgorged after 48 months of aging sur lattes. 12% alcohol, dosage 5 g/l. As the wine isn't aged for the full three years, it isn't officially a single-vintage wine, but the lot number LR18 tells the wine is from the 2018 harvest. Total production 3400 bottles.
  
  Pale, evolved brick-orange color. The nose feels very meaty, rustic and funky with savory, brett-driven aromas of game and crunchy cranberry, some wild strawberries, light stony mineral notes, a little bit of ripe cherry, a hint of earth and a smoky touch of charred bacon. The overall impression is pretty jolting, to say the least. However, the wine is a bit more conventional on the palate with a dry and crunchy overall feel, a medium body and quite intense flavors of ripe dark forest fruits, some wild strawberries, light meaty notes of umami, a little bit of earth, hints of fresh bing cherries and sour cherry bitterness and a touch of leathery funk. The mousse feels fine and creamy, the acidity brisk, focused and electric. The finish is dry, crisp and quite concentrated with a lengthy and pretty intense aftertaste of wild strawberries, some meaty tones, a little bit of fresh cherry, light sweeter nuances of dark berries, a hint of cooked cream and a touch of bruised apple.
  
  A very idiosyncratic, quite funky and remarkably intense rosé Champagne that is surprisingly meaty for a bubbly. The nose might be the funkiest element here - although the meaty and otherwise bretty elements are present also on the palate and in the aftertaste, the biggest impact is on the nose and the wine is much more orthodox on the palate. However, even then the style is rather savory, sauvage and somewhat rustic, so maybe this wine isn't the best choice for the uninitiated, who might appreciate a more ordinary rosé Champagne instead. To me, this was a pretty lovely effort - maybe a tad too funky or meaty to hit the jackpot, but still a thoroughly enjoyable effort all the same. Especially the intensity and electric energy here are just wonderful. As the wine is still super young, I can imagine the wine will evolve effortlessly for many, many years more - one can only hope those animale tones manage to stay in check as the wine ages! Feels a tad expensive for the quality at 90€, but at least the wine is memorable, if anything.

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  4/16/2023 - remyworldpeace Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Lovely nose, very distinct Pinot Meunier smokey red fruit. Hints almost like smokey bacon crisps! Palate the red fruit and smokey bacon/fat note (apparently from longer extraction from the skin). Light yet powerful. Very unique and distinctive.
  
  100% Meurnier. €120 at Le Wine Bar by Le Vintage, Reims (such a good price!). 2018 Base.

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  4/15/2023 - burg_gram_Jason Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Fantastic saignée, ie, does not taste like one, more like a proper rosé, ie a Prevost Facsimile. Aside from the pinkish color (vs Prevost’s copper tone) if blinded, you would be hard pressed to tell it apart from facsimile.

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