Vintage Rosé 2008
Vintage Champagnes
Distinctive and powerful, each Vintage is the unique expression of a single harvest chosen for its remarkable quality and loyalty to the House’s style. Vintages with exceptional qualities and unparalleled aging potential are carefully preserved for decades at the heart of Veuve Clicquot’s chalk cellars in Reims, making up the Cave Privée.
Vintage 2008
Vintage 2004
Cave privée 1990
Cave privée 1989
Cave Privee 1982
Cave Privee 1979
Vintage Rose 2008
The harvests, grouped together throughout Champagne, took place between mid-September and early October, in perfect weather. The quality of this harvest was exceptional, with great potential for aging.
Naturally then, 2008 was declared a Veuve Clicquot Vintage, the third in the decade following 2002 and 2004 and the House's 65th since its first Vintage of 1810.
New to this 2008 Vintage: 5% of the wines were produced and aged in wooden casks from forests in Central France, from Allier and Vosges. This was to increase the complexity and aromatic richness of our Vintages, our gourmet wines. These cask-aged wines constitute the spices of the blend. Their aromas are very lightly woody, vanilla and toasted aromas.
Tasting notes
The clear, taut flavor moves into a more fully-bodied, structured and energetic palate. Its minerality reveals generous red fruit aromas from the Pinot Noir (Morello cherry) combined with notes of slightly candied citrus fruit from the Chardonnay. Hints of sweet pastries point to the wine's long and slow maturation on lees.
Robe
- A bright pink color with light copper hues.
- Very delicate bubbles forms
Aromas
- Fresh red fruits (strawberry, raspberry, cherry)
- Citrus fruit fragrances (grapefruit)
- Lightly spiced notes of cinnamon and vanilla
- Dried fruit and brioche notes
Food pairing
Suggestions
- Duck
- Speck
- Beef
- Tuna
- Lamb
- Mimolette cheese
- Black fruits
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Technical identity
Structure
Pinot Noir
61%
Fruitiness
Meunier
5%
Freshness
Chardonnay
34%
Reserve wines
Blend
0%
Red wines
red wine from Bouzy
+ 14%
Dosage
Brut
8 G/L
Serving temperature
10-12
Ageing potential
From now until
2030
Blend
8
crus
