Decanter’s Champagne correspondent Tom Hewson makes the case for Champagne’s dark rosés.
‘I want the explosion of the year! I want the madness of the year!’
This is what Jean-Baptiste Geoffroy, winemaker at Champagne Geoffroy, says to me on a sunny morning in Aÿ as he pours a wine that, to many casual Champagne drinkers, might ring a few alarm bells.
It’s a deep pomegranate pink, almost red, the foam itself gently tinged with colour as it rises up the sides of the glass.
Explosion is the word, too; just standing over the glass is enough to get a hit of Pinot Noir’s joyous side from the sunny 2018 vintage: cherries, oranges and tropical fruits race their way out of the glass.
Scroll down for tasting notes and scores for eight rosé de saignée Champagnes to…
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