Description
The Bérêche rosé—Campania Remensis— uses the Roman name for the countryside around Reims. The 2019 is 70% Pinot Noir and Meunier with 25% Chardonnay, topped up with 5% still red wine. The fruit is sourced from vines planted by the brothers’ maternal grandmother in the 1950s. These three hectares of old vines are deeply rooted in the sandy Les Montées vineyard in Ormes, just west of Reims.
The fruit was harvested on September 13th at 11.5-12.1% potential alcohol, making it one of the ripest harvests of the last decade and producing a wine of great concentration and rich flavour. A long, slow fermentation was followed by aging in three- to six-year-old barrels on lees. After secondary fermentation, the cuvée saw a further 36-plus months in the bottle on lees. As always, this was disgorged by hand, with 3.5 g/L dosage.
The fruit was harvested on September 13th at 11.5-12.1% potential alcohol, making it one of the ripest harvests of the last decade and producing a wine of great concentration and rich flavour. A long, slow fermentation was followed by aging in three- to six-year-old barrels on lees. After secondary fermentation, the cuvée saw a further 36-plus months in the bottle on lees. As always, this was disgorged by hand, with 3.5 g/L dosage.
