Veuve Clicquot Rosé
Not a pale summer rosé, but a copper-colored champagne bursting with red fruit. That red fruit comes from the 12 percent red wine added to the blend, on top of the same grapes used in Yellow Label.
Rosé made with red wine
Most rosé gets its pink color from briefly macerating the skins of dark grapes in the juice. In Champagne, there’s another option: adding still red wine to a white base wine. Veuve Clicquot uses this method. The base is the same blend as Yellow Label, with 50 to 55 percent pinot noir, 28 to 33 percent chardonnay and 15 to 20 percent meunier, supplemented with 30 to 45 percent reserve wines from previous harvests. Then 12 percent red wine is added, and that percentage determines both the copper color and the fruit character. The house has a history with this style: the first known blended rosé is credited to Madame Clicquot.
The result is further from Yellow Label than you might expect from a single addition. Where the yellow bottle leans toward pear, citrus and almond, here a layer of red fruit adds fullness and juiciness to the champagne. The alcohol content is also slightly higher: 12.5% instead of Yellow Label’s 12%. That’s no coincidence; it’s the result of the red wine in the blend, made from grapes harvested at greater ripeness.
In brief
Raspberry and wild strawberry with pastry underneath
Red fruit up front
An explosion of red fruit: raspberry and wild strawberry first, followed by cherry and blackberry. It smells ripe but not jammy.
Full and juicy
Vinous and full-bodied, with more body than the yellow bottle. The fruit fills the whole mouth, and the bubbles carry it along rather than cutting through it.
Pastry
Underneath the fruit are pastry-like notes from aging on yeast. They warm up the finish and keep the rosé from fading into fruit juice.
The Rosé's flavor profile at 8 to 10 degrees. The fruit seems sweeter than it is: the style is still that of a dry champagne.
How to pour the Rosé
Chill to 8 to 10 degrees, but no colder. Below that, the red fruit you bought this bottle for disappears, leaving little more than acidity and bubbles.
Neat in a large bowl-shaped glass
Pour about 12 cl down the side of a tilted glass and fill it two-thirds full. A 75 cl bottle makes six glasses. Let the glass sit for a minute before smelling: the raspberry only comes through once the champagne has warmed slightly.
Glass: tulip or wine glass →With shellfish
This bottle is at its best with shrimp, lobster, and oysters. The red fruit has enough body to stand up to the sweet shellfish, while the acidity cuts through a creamy sauce.
Champagne flutes →As a pink Kir Royale
Add 15 ml crème de cassis to the bottom of the glass and slowly top up with 110 ml chilled rosé. Only do this if you go easy on the cassis; otherwise, it will overpower the raspberry already in the drink.
Go to recipe →Cocktails with rosé champagne
The red fruit is already there, so choose a mixer that complements it rather than overpowering it. Keep the addition small and the champagne cold.
Bellini
Add peach purée to the bottom and top up with bubbles. With rosé, it has a deeper color and a rounder flavor.
Pink cocktails
A whole range of drinks that call for pink bubbles, from festive to refreshing.
Kir Royal
Crème de cassis with champagne. Keep the cassis light; the fruit already comes from the bottle.
Summer cocktails
Fresh serves for a warm afternoon, when rosé champagne easily takes the place of prosecco.Which glass is best for rosé champagne?
With this bottle, aroma matters more than the bubbles. A tulip-shaped glass or wine glass gives the red fruit room; a narrow flute retains the mousse longest but closes off the raspberry.
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Veuve Clicquot
Where it all began. On the brand page, read all about Veuve Clicquot: its origins, styles and classic cocktails.
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Veuve Clicquot Brut Vintage
A single vintage, partly aged in wooden casks. Apricot, fig, honey and mocha.
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Veuve Clicquot Demi Sec
Ripe, candy-like fruit and wine gums over freshly toasted bread. The house's dessert bottle.
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Veuve Clicquot Rich
Citrus and floral notes, full and rounded. Made to be served with ice cubes and one garnish.
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Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame
Grand Cru grapes only, floral and silky. The bottle for oysters and caviar.
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Veuve Clicquot Extra Brut Extra Old
Made entirely from reserve wines, the oldest dating from 1988. Silky-smooth, complex and elegant.
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Questions about Veuve Clicquot Rosé
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