Champagne Larmandier-Bernier 1er Cru Rosé de Maturation 2013 Disg. Jun 2018

Rosé de Maturation is Larmandier-Bernier's rosé de saignée from the oldest Pinot Noir at Vertus, held back deliberately to see how a serious pink Champagne ages.

Vertus is a premier cru of the Côte des Blancs known above all for Chardonnay, but its warmer slopes carry Pinot Noir and the estate draws this wine from its oldest plots of it. The colour is obtained by bleeding the juice off the skins after two or three days of maceration rather than by blending in red wine, which remains uncommon in Champagne. Part of the wine then ferments spontaneously in wooden casks and the rest in concrete; after about eleven months the two are assembled and bottled. Larmandier-Bernier has been biodynamic since 1999 and certified organic since 2003, farms sixteen hectares of massal-selection vines with ploughing, and neither fines nor filters. The name refers to what follows: this bottling spent roughly six years maturing on its lees before hand disgorgement in mid-2018, with a discreet three grams of dosage.

Drink now or hold for a few more years; serve at about 8°C with charcuterie, salmon or roast quail.

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