Rose de Saignee Grand Cru

RELEASE LOCATION:LCBO Vintages Classics Catalogue
CSPC:185744
VINTAGE:NV
WINERY:Louis de Sacy Champagne
COUNTRY:France
REGION:Champagne
VARIETAL:Pinot Noir/Chardonnay
ALCOHOL PERCENTAGE:12.0%
RETAIL PRICE:$74.00
Stock Status: Yes

Per Case / Size: 750mLml

Intro: Our House is located in a very famous terroir in Montagne de Reims, Verzy. This is where we have grown vines for 13 generations with passion and the wish of transmission of our know how always in mind.
Our family owns vineyard in Champagne since 1633, and André Sacy, in 1962, make the decision to produce Champagne, creating at the beginning Champagne Sacy Père et Fils which will become Champagne Louis de Sacy in 1986, named after our brilliant ancestor.
Then, his son, Alain Sacy, made Louis de Sacy grow in France and also developed the export that is now an important part of our business.
Yaël and Jonathan Sacy, after different work experiences in France and abroad, joined the family business in 2012 to continue what has been built and develop the notoriety of the brand.


Description: The Champagne displays a fluid, luminous and shimmering orange- pink colour, with salmon-pink highlights in the glass. It is crossed by fine and vivid bubbles providing for a lingering collar. The visual sensation indicates both richness and freshness.

Vinification: 75 % Pinot Noir 25 % Chardonnay. Dosage 3 g/l
This "skin contact maceration" Rosé is elaborated from a selected parcel called "Les Buissons" which has a very good exposure right at the entrance of the village of Verzy. This parcel is only Pinot Noir and it is 50 years old. 10% Pinot Meunier is added to the blend.

Flavours: The first nose evokes notes of peach, kumquat, redcurrant, pomelo, with fragrance of acacia. When aerated it evolves towards smells of rose, wet chalk, pear, raspberry, ample, strawberry, apricot, marmalade.
The approach in the palate is supple and fresh with a creamy and melted effervescence. The Champagne develops pulpy and light matter, sustained by an acidity reminding those of orange and pomelo. The middle mouth is orchestrated by chalky minerality that provides frankness, saltiness, joined by iodine and mentholated breeze delivering good freshness feel. Consideration for dosage allows you to appreciate this breath and the fruity smile all along the finish.

Food Pairings: Rosé de Saignée Grand Cru is a Champagne that gives an aerial feeling, ready to share at tapas time as well as tenderness moment or for more gastronomic way. Enjoy your Champagne in a curved flute glass with an ideal tasting temperature from 9 to 14°C
Toast of salmon rillette and blood orange
Sea bream tartar and jelly of summer vegetables Langoustine, cherry tomato juice with chopped basil Rillettes of sardine with pomelo
Gravlax salmon
Cod fillet, crushed tomatoes and coriander
Lasagne with salmon and spinach
Grilled red mullet and small vegetables
Sole fillet, reduction of clementine juice
Parma ham
Carpaccio of beef and Timut pepper
Tomme from sheep milk and Espelette pepper
Whipped past of soft ripened cheese and strawberry jelly

Review: WINE SPECTATOR score: 90/100
A firm rosé made for food, with a rich, smoky underpinning and a finely detailed mousse to support the subtle flavors of wild strawberry and raspberry, fresh forest and salted almond.
WINE ENTHUSIAST score: 90/100 & EDITOR'S CHOICE
This pale-colored rosé is all about fruit. It is packed with attractive raspberry and red currant flavors that are lifted by the crisp texture and acidity. It has a good depth of flavor with its tangy aftertaste and final burst of fruit.