Delavenne Rose Grand Cru Champagne

Generous and vinous with aromas of red berries, baked red apples and rose petals. Juicy and mouth-filling with an elegant, mineral-laced finish. Serve as an aperitif or with duck, tuna tartare, sashimi, spiced cuisine. Excellent with dark chocolate or berry desserts and custards.

Made of 43% Pinot Noir and 40% Chardonnay  that comes from family vines harvested in in Bouzy and Ambonnay. 17% come from single plot A.O.C. Bouzy Rouge from 2012’s harvest

This Champagne is the product of low-manipulation, single-village cuvées.  Only the coeur de cuvée goes in Delavenne's champagnes. A blend of 2 harvest years, the wine is made in stainless steel and enamel tanks (no oak). Wild, native yeasts are used. There is no malolactic fermentation or fining and

A ‘Récoltant-Manipulant’, family-owned since 1920 and with 9ha of Grand Cru vineyards in Bouzy, Ambonnay and Cramant. The estate’s average vine age is 45 years and the vineyard is managed in a holistic way without the use of herbicides or chemical fertilisers. Growth between the vines is encouraged and the grapes are entirely hand-harvested. Jean-Christophe Delavenne is President of the "Échevins de Bouzy" (fraternal order of Champagne Producers from Bouzy). Champagne Delavenne's elegant cuvées are served at many Michelin Starred restaurants across Europe.

restricted use of sulphur. Dosage is carried out using a liqueur created from a Solera system of Delavenne's own 11 vintage wines and cane sugar from the French Islands.