9 Ratings
Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame Rose
$293.99 USD
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Wine Details

Region

Champagne › France

Wine Description

(From 1998 Vintage) Fantastic nose, slightly floral; pink grapefruit color and mild tangerine edges. Honey and citrus upfront with a medium finish. A very well balanced champagne with tiny and appropriately semi-sparse bubbles.

Winemaker's Notes

A golden pink color. A characteristic nose for a rose which is up there with the very best, those whose embrace is far from syrupy, though it seduces with a profusion of fruity flavors. On the other hand, this wine is so dense that it almost seems closed in on itself, and takes time to reveal its mineral base. This explains the impression on tasting: initially the sine seems inexpressive, but from the first mouthful it opens like an estuary, first full-bodied, then very fruity, and finally mineral, all with a thread of acidity. The finish reveals an almost infinite note of mountain salt, despite a persistant fruity roundness which clings to the palate with a certain stubbornness.