Log in / Sign up Veuve Clicquot Vintage Rosé 2008
In 1818, Madame Clicquot invented the first known blended Rosé Champagne ever that you can enjoy and share today for its liveliness and burst of fruits. As with every vintage, this wine is a reflection of the year's weather and climate. 2008 ended wonderfully with the grapes maturing in ideal conditions.
New to Vintage Rosé 2008 is that 5% of the wines were produced and aged in wooden casks (foudres) from forests in Central France, and this addition increases the champagne’s strength and aromatic richness. The cask-aged wines act as spices to the blend, bringing very lightly woody, vanilla and toasted aromas.
Beef carpaccio, Duck, Speck, Beef, Tuna, Lamb, Mimolette cheese, Black fruits
Fresh red fruits (strawberry, raspberry, cherry) Citrus fruit fragrances (grapefruit) Lightly spiced notes of cinnamon and vanilla. Dried fruit and brioche notes.
The clear, taut flavour moves into a more full-bodied, structured and energetic palate. Its minerality reveals generous red fruit aromas from the Pinot Noir (Morello cherry) combined with notes of slightly candied citrus fruit from the Chardonnay. Hints of sweet pastries point to the wine's long and slow maturation on lees.
