When I started with my intellectual immersion in Champagne, I was determined to try them all, but some, after tasting weren't as captivating as others. I have in mind Rose (pink) style.
It was too sweet, it was too plain, it was too pink and that was enough to make me dislike it. In the earlier days there weren't many Roses. The few I can recall were almost unattainable and my reasoning validated spending money on the white more premium wines; just as any sensible student would do!
Krug Rose, was so expensive I just thought it was a completely different virginal extract a tipple to dip a nipple in. Bollinger Rose was not really on the market in its NV option. Laurent Perrier had been already an icon but not really that famous to make it to the top shelves of posh shops in Sydney. Billercart et Salmon? Who the ..... was Billecart et Salmon? and many others.
Anyway, several years later, I had the pleasure of tasting quite a few; in fact, I did not just taste them, I actually drank them! Fyi I am Mr. Swallows.
So here follow the most memorable Rose Champagne and those that were so, hmmm, you will see...
Laurent Perrier Rose NV
- Superb aromas but restrained;
Ruinart Rose NV
- Raspberry Cheesecake
Dom Ruinart 1990 Rose
- (WOW!!!) Peach pie which has just been taken out of the oven overwhelming anyone with the sweet yet burnt juices of the peaches on the baking tray.
Krug Rose
- What the...?
Billercart et Salmon Rose
- Blood oranges
Bollinger Rose 1988
- Dead!
Bollinger Rose NV
- A basket full of freshly picked sun-kissed strawberries. (quite syrup like)
Gosset Rose
- Summer berries (mostly raspberries, and red currants) slightly restrained in taste.
Louis Roederer Rose 2002
- Yum! Slightly spicy and earthy.
Cuvee Dom Perignon 1992 Rose
- £300 a bottle, thank God I did not pay for it!
So this is it if you have any question feel free to ask.
If you want to invalidate my comments on the premise 'all depends on personal taste', unleash your passion with no restraint.
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