Pierre Gimonnet & Fils Champagne Premier Cru Rose de Blancs Brut 1001

Critic tasting note: "Didier, part of the third generation of the Gimonnet family, oversees the winemaking of their family winery, based in Cuis, in the heart of the Cotes de Blancs. This wine, like all of their chardonnay-centric wines, is laser focused. According to Didier, he wants a rose that tastes like a blanc de blancs with colour. "Powerful chardonnay." It certainly succeeds. This bottling sources fruit from Cramant, Oger, and Chouilly, adding 7% Bouzy still pinot noir. It was disgorged in June 2022, and from vintage 2020 (unlike his other NV wines, the Rose is from a single year, with no reserve wines). This salmon-hued rose champagne charms with wild strawberry, white cherry, and pithy lemon, lit with an effortless acidity, shaped with a chalky brace, and trailing with cherry blossoms and lingering salinity. Certainly one of the most chardy of all the rose champagnes, even with the relatively ample still wine added this vintage. A fantastic food wine. (Treve Ring)." - 93/100, Gismondi on Wine