2014 Rosé Sparkling
$34.95
Estate Bottled | VQA — Niagara-on-the-Lake
Winemaker's Notes
Our Rosé sparkling is a classic blend of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir made in the traditional method. The pronounced salmon colour comes from using Pinot Noir as the dosage. We bottle age this wine on the lees for a minimum of 18 months and disgorge each bottle just before it leaves our hands. The practice of “RD” or recently disgorged, a sign of quality and attention to detail on the part of the producer. This is a beautifully expressive wine that engages all your senses. The flavours will remind you of ripe strawberries but the wine is dry and refreshing with lots of tiny bubbles.
Vineyard Manager's Notes
The Chardonnay and Pinot Noir for our sparkling wines are among the first grapes we pick each year. We hand select bunches right in the vineyard, looking for good ripeness while still retaining high acidity. We include grapes from all four of our vineyard sites in order to help maintain the consistency of aromas and flavours in the cuvée each year. Note that this wine is vintage dated, a rarity among sparkling wines.
Bosc Family Food Pairings
This is a yummy wine for sipping while making dinner. It is fresh and crisp so it will also pair with many appetizers; from smoked salmon to chicken satay.
Technical Notes
| Harvest Date |
Alcohol |
Brix at Harvest |
PH |
Total Acidity |
Cases Produced |
Residual Sugar |
| September 15 & 14 |
12% |
20.2/19.5˚ |
3.18 |
5 |
750 |
10.0 g/L |
Featured Accolades
“… lovely strawberry, raspberry, toasted notes and minerals with a medium, persistent mousse. It has wonderfully creamy texture and is more rounded on the palate with rich red fruits and a
smoky/brioche note on the finish.” 90 points. --Rick VanSickle, winesinniagara.com, May 2017
“Baking brioche and stone fruit aromas waft from the frothy, fine-bead mousse. It spreads over the palate with red currant, pomegranate and pie cherry tang finishing in a blaze of ruby red
grapefruit and cranberry.“ 4/5 stars.
--Vic Harradine. Winecurrent.com, May 2017.
“…striking bright pink colour and offers aromas of raspberry, cherry and tender rose petals… a delicate yeasty, autolytic note on the palate. Elegant and well-balanced with no apparent sweetness and a slight tannic edge. Mid-weight with very good length.” 88 points. --Sara d’Amato, winealign.com, June 2017.
"Very pretty colour (from PN dosage), reminiscent of strawberry blush, almost 2 years lees contact and fermented in the bottle. Full, rich, ripe yeasty biscuit complexity. Citric finish...Stunning." 91 points. --Dean Tudor, www.gothicepicures.com, June 2017.
“Vibrant bright pink colour. Attractive, dry, gently fruity, plummy, strawberry-tinged nose with some mineral notes. Fairly dry, medium-light bodied, harmonious, gently spicy, fresh, plummy, bright. strawberry flavours with a lingering, effervescent, crisp. refreshing finish. The best yet!” 89 points. --Michael Vaughan, www.vintageassessments.com, May 2017.
“This is everything I love about pink bubbles – crisp, refreshing with notes of summer fruit on both the nose and palate. And given the quality – two years on lees, disgorged by hand – you’re getting a very well-made product at a very reasonable price. We expect to pop a lot more CDC corks this summer.” --Krista Lamb, kristalamb.com, July 2017.
“Raspberry and lime zest take charge with hints of brioche backing it up – there are some nice red berries mid-palate and good acidity on the finish giving it
freshness, that also helps it linger to a strong medium length, if not longer.” 4/5 stars. --Michael Pinkus, michaelpinkuswinereviews.com, July 2017.
“The nose offers subtle red fruit over a nice bready note. The vibrant red fruit is front and center… Raspberry, Strawberry, Cherry and a nice layer of citrus bringing up the finish. This wine manages to walk a tightrope between a rich concentrated rosé and bright vibrant sparkling wine. Simply put this is delicious. I shouldn’t be surprised at the value this bottle offers from Château des Charmes but it needs to be noted.” 4.5/5 stars. --Andre Proulx, andrewinereview.ca , July 2017.
