92 Par Robert Parker
The NV Princes Brut Rosé is 100% Pinot Noir sourced in Verzenay (80%) and Les Riceys (20%). The wine has a clear, fresh and noble bouquet of red fruit aromas (wild strawberries, red currants), gooseberries, pink grapefruit and orange zest. This all combines with a noble smokiness and Pinot vinosity. The attack on the palate is as clear and fresh as if you were biting into a crisp Granny Smith apple. The wine is intense, firmly structured and aromatic in its dense, long and fruity finish that makes it an ambitious aperitif and a good partner with lobster or salmon. This is a seriously good Rosé that is entirely based on the 2012 vintage and contains 6% of red wine from 40-year-old vines cultivated in the lieu dit “La Forêt” in Les Riceys. Disgorged in July 2017 with a dosage of six grams per liter; tasted in November 2017. (Lot LPRR7178BT)<br/>Champagne de Venoge's finest wines come along in carafe-shaped bottles that one might call kitsch, but I like them. They don't fit in my fridge door, but my fridge is big and the Champagne's good enough to deserve its own shelf and an upright position. The prestige cuvées Louis XV and Louis d'Or are remarkably elegant and vinous sparkling wines with structure, great complexity and also finesse. The 2006 Brut Rosé is one of the finest you can get, and the 1995 Louis XV is a greatly matured and generous Champagne that is still terribly fresh even though it was disgorged more than ten years ago in 2006. Cellar master Isabelle Tellier is doing a great job; there is not a single disappointing wine in the current portfolio that starts with the easy-drinking Cordon Bleu and offers some sophisticated cuvées in the Princes range. Champage de Venoge is—despite its glorious but volatile history (in terms of frequent changes of ownership)—still an underrated rising star in the Champagne region. Champagne de Venoge is now owned by Lanson-BCC.
92 Par Robert Parker
The NV Princes Brut Rosé is 100% Pinot Noir sourced in Verzenay (80%) and Les Riceys (20%). The wine has a clear, fresh and noble bouquet of red fruit aromas (wild strawberries, red currants), gooseberries, pink grapefruit and orange zest. This all combines with a noble smokiness and Pinot vinosity. The attack on the palate is as clear and fresh as if you were biting into a crisp Granny Smith apple. The wine is intense, firmly structured and aromatic in its dense, long and fruity finish that makes it an ambitious aperitif and a good partner with lobster or salmon. This is a seriously good Rosé that is entirely based on the 2012 vintage and contains 6% of red wine from 40-year-old vines cultivated in the lieu dit “La Forêt” in Les Riceys. Disgorged in July 2017 with a dosage of six grams per liter; tasted in November 2017. (Lot LPRR7178BT)<br/>Champagne de Venoge's finest wines come along in carafe-shaped bottles that one might call kitsch, but I like them. They don't fit in my fridge door, but my fridge is big and the Champagne's good enough to deserve its own shelf and an upright position. The prestige cuvées Louis XV and Louis d'Or are remarkably elegant and vinous sparkling wines with structure, great complexity and also finesse. The 2006 Brut Rosé is one of the finest you can get, and the 1995 Louis XV is a greatly matured and generous Champagne that is still terribly fresh even though it was disgorged more than ten years ago in 2006. Cellar master Isabelle Tellier is doing a great job; there is not a single disappointing wine in the current portfolio that starts with the easy-drinking Cordon Bleu and offers some sophisticated cuvées in the Princes range. Champage de Venoge is—despite its glorious but volatile history (in terms of frequent changes of ownership)—still an underrated rising star in the Champagne region. Champagne de Venoge is now owned by Lanson-BCC.
The NV Princes Brut Rosé is 100% Pinot Noir sourced in Verzenay (80%) and Les Riceys (20%). The wine has a clear, fresh and noble bouquet of red fruit aromas (wild strawberries, red currants), gooseberries, pink grapefruit and orange zest. This all combines with a noble smokiness and Pinot vinosity. The attack on the palate is as clear and fresh as if you were biting into a crisp Granny Smith apple. The wine is intense, firmly structured and aromatic in its dense, long and fruity finish that makes it an ambitious aperitif and a good partner with lobster or salmon. This is a seriously good Rosé that is entirely based on the 2012 vintage and contains 6% of red wine from 40-year-old vines cultivated in the lieu dit “La Forêt” in Les Riceys. Disgorged in July 2017 with a dosage of six grams per liter; tasted in November 2017. (Lot LPRR7178BT)<br/>Champagne de Venoge's finest wines come along in carafe-shaped bottles that one might call kitsch, but I like them. They don't fit in my fridge door, but my fridge is big and the Champagne's good enough to deserve its own shelf and an upright position. The prestige cuvées Louis XV and Louis d'Or are remarkably elegant and vinous sparkling wines with structure, great complexity and also finesse. The 2006 Brut Rosé is one of the finest you can get, and the 1995 Louis XV is a greatly matured and generous Champagne that is still terribly fresh even though it was disgorged more than ten years ago in 2006. Cellar master Isabelle Tellier is doing a great job; there is not a single disappointing wine in the current portfolio that starts with the easy-drinking Cordon Bleu and offers some sophisticated cuvées in the Princes range. Champage de Venoge is—despite its glorious but volatile history (in terms of frequent changes of ownership)—still an underrated rising star in the Champagne region. Champagne de Venoge is now owned by Lanson-BCC.
